Fri, 26 Apr 2024 Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary A group of Second World War veterans have come together to share a “bit of living history” ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. | Ken Hay, Alec Penstone, Stan Ford, Henry Rice, Donald Howkins, Richard Aldred, Gilbert Clarke, John Dennett and Mervyn K... | Chinese foreign minister receives written interview with Al Jazeera Media Network BEIJING -- Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi recently received a written interview with Al Jazeera Media Network. The following is the full text of the written interview: | Q1: Foreig... | With Russia in mind, French carrier joins drills under NATO command ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE, off southern France - NATO on Friday launched one of its biggest naval deployments since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with French aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle under the command of the alliance for the first time.... | With Russia in mind, French carrier joins drills under NATO command By Andrew Gray | With Russia in mind, French carrier joins drills under NATO command | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE, off southern France, - N ATO on Friday launched one of its biggest naval deployments since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with French air... | Chinese foreign minister receives written interview with Al Jazeera Media Network BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi recently received a written interview with Al Jazeera Media Network. The following is the full text of the written inte... | US-led effort to bring aid to Gaza by sea is moving forward but big concerns remain The construction of a new port in Gaza and an accompanying U.S. military-built pier offshore are underway, but the complex plan to bring more desperately needed food to Palestinian civilians is still mired in fears over security and how the humanitarian aid will be deli... | US coalition warship shoots down missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels over the Gulf of Aden A warship — part of a U.S.-led coalition protecting shipping in the Mideast — intercepted an anti-ship ballistic missile fired over the Gulf of Aden. The Houthis claimed the assault Wednesday, which comes after relative pause from the rebels after ... | Pummeled by airstrikes, Ukrainians in Kharkiv defy Russia by getting on with daily life It made for an unlovely municipal symbol, soaring but hardly graceful: the 800-foot-tall Soviet-era television tower that was for decades a familiar signature in the skyline of Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Ungainly though the tower may have been, the sight ... | Oldest living MLB player turns 100, vividly recalls facing Dodgers in 1953 World Series Art Schallock has the easy laugh of someone as delighted with his current circumstances as he is with his memories. 'I'm still alive and I'm healthy,' he said, prefacing the words with a chuckle. Schallock, the oldest living former Major League Baseball player, certainl... | | |
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