UN chief describes Covid-19 emergency as the 'most challenging since the Second World War'
It comes as leaders around the world warn of an intense few weeks ahead as the virus continues to spread.
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It comes as leaders around the world warn of an intense few weeks ahead as the virus continues to spread.
Police in Sarasota launched an investigation into who caused the damage – repairs were estimated to be worth $1,000.
10,000 miles and seven decades are not enough to keep them away from each other, apparently.
The men were artists, audio technicians, actors and designers who created inflatable mock-ups of military vehicles, tanks and artillery.
Victory in Europe (VE) Day was declared after Germany’s unconditional surrender in Berlin on 8 May, 1945.
Tributes were paid to Patrick Gillen yesterday in Cork.
Patrick Gillen, aged 89, dedicated his medal to all of his comrades that did not survive the Second World War.
Oskar Groening is accused of managing money and property stolen from victims.
President Higgins was unveiling a Cross of Sacrifice to the war dead of Ireland — the first of its kind to be erected in the State.
The 48-year-old was arrested as part of the probe into the 2012 killings of three members of the al-Hilli family and a French cyclist.
Alan Turing was criminally convicted for being gay and underwent forced hormone treatment to extinguish his sex drive.
Confidential documents from the 1940s show that the maintenance of Ireland’s neutrality was going be difficult – and hard decisions on policy would have to be made practically every day.
A confidential report on a meeting with Neville Chamberlain in 1940 shows the British Prime minister wanted to pass on advice to the then Taoiseach, Eamon de Valera about the threat of Germany.
The newly released files also uncover attempts to turn Ireland into a fascist state, in addition to Britain’s wartime recruitment within the 26 counties.
David Gray, the US Amabassador to Ireland in 1940, reveals just what he thought of Dev, the 1916 leaders and why he thought Ireland was in collusion with the Nazis.
Some 650 Irish soldiers were taken prisoner by the Japanese during WW2. They were starved, beaten, even crucified – but showed incredible bravery, writes historian Robert Widders.
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