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Twenty-nine world leaders are expected at Moscow’s World War II victory commemorations, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - Twenty-nine world leaders, including China's Xi Jinping, are expected to attend World War Two Victory Day ...
Opinion: Remembering VE Day — 80 years on from victory in Europe
As we celebrate Victory in Europe Day, we should remember the Four Freedoms — Christian and American ideals that lay at the ...
Trump Says He Is Renaming Veterans Day ‘Victory Day for World War I’
The president said he would also label May 8, known as V-E Day for Victory in Europe, as “Victory Day for World War II,” and ...
Trump to rename Veterans Day to ‘Victory Day for World War I’
Veterans groups disagreed with the move, saying it detracted from veterans from other wars, including the Vietnam War and war ...
Trump says he’ll rename Veterans Day to Victory Day for World War I
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day to mark 11:11 a.m. Nov. 11, 1918, when the Allies and the Central Powers agreed to end ...
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‘No safety guarantee’: Could Ukrainian drones target Putin’s Victory Day?
On the same day, Russia hit back by warning Ukraine against violence on May 9. Former president and deputy chairman of the ...
Why is Russia honouring ex-Odisha CM Biju Patnaik on Victory Day?
Russia has invited BJD chief Naveen Patnaik for a special reception in honour of his father – Biju Patnaik – on Victory Day, ...
How did World War II end – and why do Europe and the US recognise different dates?
The war between the US and Japan had started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The ...