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Trump declares May 8 a national holiday. Here's what to know

Trump announced new national holidays on November 11 and May 8 to celebrate U.S. victories in World War I and II.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for the new U.S. ambassador to China, former U.S. Senator David Perdue, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo(REUTERS)

world news

Published on May 08, 2025 06:48 PM IST

ByArya Vaishnavi

Trump proposes to rename Veterans Day and recognise May 8 as Victory Day

In a social media post, Donald Trump suggested renaming Veterans Day to Victory Day for World War I and officially recognizing May 8 as Victory Day.

Trump called for renaming Veterans Day to Victory Day for World War I and establishing May 8 as Victory Day for World War II, emphasising the need to celebrate US military victories. (AFP)

world news

Updated on May 02, 2025 08:45 PM IST

ByBhavika Rathore

Donald Trump intends to rename two US holidays to Victory Day

Donald Trump aims to rename US holidays to Victory Day for WWII and WWI, citing the nation's significant contributions to the wars.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to graduating students at the Coleman Coliseum at the University of Alabama on May 01, 2025 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)(Getty Images via AFP)

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Published on May 02, 2025 10:14 AM IST

AFP | | Posted by Tuhin Das Mahapatra

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is an account of the imperial nature of World War 1 and its impact on anticolonial resistance in India, a book on Indian modernity, nationalism, and society as seen from the location of men in the home, and a sharp crime thriller with psychological depth

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes an account of Indian sepoys in World War 1, a book on Indian modernity seen from the location of men in the home, and a crime thriller. (Akash Shrivastav)

books

Published on Mar 07, 2025 10:48 PM IST

ByHT Team

The Girl with the Needle review: Denmark's Oscar nominee is a gothic fairy tale

The Girl with the Needle, directed by Magnus von Horn, takes shape in the underbelly of World War One-era Copenhagen, where hope persists alongside agony.

The Girl With The Needle is available to watch on Mubi.

entertainment

Updated on Jan 25, 2025 06:13 AM IST

BySantanu Das

Event commemorating liberation of Haifa by Indian soldiers cancelled due to tensions in region

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Published on Sep 23, 2024 12:31 PM IST

PTI |

Wildbuzz | Dogs at war with trench rats

The ultimate horror of trench rats was suffered in WWI when the rodents fed off food, wastes and corpses, promoting disease and affecting troops’ morale

Pet terrier of the Middlesex Regiment of the British Army with its catch of rats in the trenches on the Western Front during World War I. (Imperial War Museums, The UK)

cities

Updated on Sep 22, 2024 08:04 AM IST

ByVikram Jit Singh

HH Asquith, on the precipice of propriety

Precipiceis the story of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, who was pM of Britain from 1908 to 1916, and his infatuation for Venetia Stanley, an aristocratic socialite

Herbert Henry Asquith, the Earl of Oxford, who was prime minister of Britain from 1908 to 1916 (Government of the United Kingdom/Wikimedia Commons)

opinion

Published on Sep 14, 2024 08:59 PM IST

ByKaran Thapar

Listicle: 10 grand gates that you must pass through on holiday

Grand gates, iconic archways, entry points that made history and now go viral on Reels. Here are 10 we love

India Gate, Delhi, was built to pay homage to the 70,000 Indian soldiers who died in World War I. (ILLUSTRATIONS: MALAY KARMAKAR)

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 02:36 PM IST

ByShraddha Chowdhury

Trump deletes ‘unified Reich’ video from Truth Social after severe backlash

The video was posted and shared on the former president's Truth Social account while he was on lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial Monday afternoon

Former US President Donald Trump, center, and Todd Blanche, attorney for former US President Donald Trump, right, at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign. Photographer: Justin Lane/EPA/Bloomberg(Bloomberg)

world news

Published on May 21, 2024 09:01 PM IST

AP | | Posted by Arya Vaishnavi

Donald Trump invokes Nazi Germany in poll video, calls for 'unified Reich'

Former US president Donald Trump shares video with controversial references to 'unified Reich' and World War I.

Former US President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign. Photographer: Mark Peterson/New York Magazine/Bloomberg(Bloomberg)

world news

Published on May 21, 2024 09:09 AM IST

AP | | Posted by Tuhin Das Mahapatra

When nations go to war, democracy is under stress

Tragedy in West Asia is aiding those who seek to split the world along sectarian lines

Smoke rising from the Gaza Strip due to Israeli bombardment on October 29. (AFP Photo)

opinion

Published on Oct 30, 2023 12:36 PM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

Explained: Why the 155 mm howitzer round is so critical in Russia-Ukraine war

Essentially, the 155 mm round is a very big bullet, made up of four parts: the detonating fuse, projectile, propellant and primer.

Ukrainian service members ride a self-propelled howitzer, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine April 7. (REUTERS)

world news

Published on Apr 23, 2023 10:55 AM IST

AP | | Posted by Yagya Sharma

UK imposes export bar on painting of Indian soldiers during World War I

The painting is extremely rare in depicting active Indian participants in the First World War.

The painting of two World War I Indian soldiers placed under an export bar by the UK government this week, in London.(PTI)

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Published on Apr 15, 2023 05:30 PM IST

PTI | | Posted by Yagya Sharma

Israeli envoy recalls key role of India in WW-I

Naor Gilon recalled his visits last year along with EAM S Jaishankar to “some places commemorating more than 900 Indian soldiers buried in Israel”. These were soldiers “who fought during World War 1 as part of the British Indian army to liberate this area that later became Israel”, he said.

Israeli ambassador to India Naor Gilon said Jews have lived “for over 2,000 years in India in total equality and peacefully”.(ANI)

india news

Published on Jan 25, 2022 04:01 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Ambala Christian cemetery in ruins amid battle for possession

One party claims burial ground belongs to the Church of England, another says it’s common property belonging to the Christian community with the government of India as the landlord and the British high commissioner holding occupancy rights

The Christian Cemetery in Ambala Cantonment.(HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Nov 17, 2020 11:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ambala | ByBhavey Nagpal, Ambala

Several wounded in WWI memorial attack at Jeddah cemetery for non-Muslims: France

France’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that at an annual ceremony for commemorating the end of World War I at the non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah, attended by several consulates, including that of France, was the target of an IED attack that morning

Wednesday’s blast came as French President Emmanuel Macron, the target of ire in much of the Muslim world for vowing to confront Islamist radicalism following a spate of attacks, attended a WWI memorial ceremony in Paris(AFP)

world news

Updated on Nov 11, 2020 05:23 PM IST

Jeddah | ByAgence France-Presse | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri

Watches: Wearing his heart on his wrist

In times of fitness trackers, what makes millennials romance wristwatches?

At the Swiss Observatory Trials in 1968, a Grand Seiko ranked higher in accuracy than any other competing Swiss mechanical movement

lifestyle

Updated on Sep 06, 2020 07:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAmish Behl

Reading books, with your ears

Audiobooks change the way we interact with the written word

As it becomes increasingly difficult to find time to sit in one place for extended periods of time to read a book, the habit of listening to something — such as audiobooks and podcasts — while commuting, driving, or doing other work around the house, appears to be here to stay(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

editorials

Updated on Nov 22, 2019 08:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

The fatal dose: Poison in Agatha Christie’s works

Agatha Christie’s first novel is almost 100 years old. Poison played a role in it, and in her later works too

Agatha Christie had worked as a nurse in a Red Cross hospital during World War I. In her autobiography, she writes of her slack periods when all she did was “sit around in a room surrounded by poisons”.(Getty Images)

books

Published on Nov 02, 2019 06:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByParamita Ghosh

The Geneva Convention tempers war with compassion

In a world where the treatments of immigrants and refugees is one of the bigger problems we all face, we must remember that we are honour-bound to extend compassion and dignity to everyone – even those we may be ready to kill

Indian Air Force pilot, Abhinandan Varthaman, after being released from Pakistani custody. In a climate of uncertainty and open hostility between nations, the Geneva Conventions play an important role in tempering the aggression of war with a touch of compassion(PTI)

editorials

Published on Jul 26, 2019 07:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Let’s tree again: Emmanuel Macron offers Donald Trump replacement ‘friendship’ oak

The original oak tree given to Donald Trump, was the tree came from a northern French forest where 2,000 US Marines died during World War I.

The two leaders recently marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day together.(Reuters File Photo)

world news

Updated on Jun 13, 2019 12:04 PM IST

Paris | ByAgence France-Presse

The UK must apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Apart from the horrific killings and their cover up, the impact of the massacre on the economy and social fabric of Amritsar and many of the cities of undivided Punjab also needs to be considered

A scene of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Amritsar, 1999. The apology for the massacre should have come in 1919 itself , when the issue was discussed in the British Parliament(Hindustan Times)

analysis

Updated on Feb 22, 2019 02:14 PM IST

ByKishwar Desai

PM Narendra Modi to dedicate National War Memorial to country

The memorial will pay homage to over 26,000 soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country in wars since Independence.

A view of the under-construction National War Memorial, at India Gate Lawns, in New Delhi.(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Feb 06, 2019 08:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

World War I grenade found in French potato shipment in Hong Kong, detonated

The grenade is believed to have been left in a trench during World War I and accidentally gathered up with potatoes planted a century later in the former battlefield.

TOPSHOT - This handout photograph taken on February 2, 2019 and released February 3 by the Hong Kong Police Force shows World War I-era German hand grenade that was found among a shipment of French potatoes bound for a potato chips factory, in Hong Kong. - A German World War I hand grenade was found among a shipment of French potatoes imported for a Hong Kong crisp factory, police said. The grenade is believed to have been left in a trench during World War I and accidentally gathered up with potatoes planted a century later in the former battlefield..(AFP)

world news

Updated on Feb 03, 2019 05:48 PM IST

Hong Kong | ByAgence France-Presse

Venkaiah Naidu calls for global consensus to deal with economic fugitives

The vice president’s comments on a global consensus on economic fugitives assume significance as Indian probe agencies are grappling to bring fugitives such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi back to Indian shores to face the law.

Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu said free flow of capital and human resources holds the key for betterment of humanity across physical boundaries.(HT File Photo)

india news

Updated on Nov 12, 2018 11:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

100 Years of World War 1: War posters discovered at US library

100-Years-of-World-War-1: A stash of 190 propaganda posters from World War I and World War II were found last year on top of two sawhorses in the basement of a Rochester, New Hampshire, library.

Brian Sylvester, director of the Rochester Public Library, examines original war posters at the library's archive in Rochester, New Hampshire.(AP)

lifestyle

Updated on Nov 11, 2018 12:20 PM IST

Associated Press | ByHT Correspondent

Kremlin says Putin, Trump to speak ‘briefly’ in Paris

Vladimir Putin will speak “briefly” with Donald Trump when the two presidents meet in Paris this weekend for World War I centenary events, an advisor for the Russian leader said Wednesday. “It has been agreed that the leaders of the US and Russia will talk only briefly in Paris, it will be a standing meeting,” foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said, Russian news agencies reported.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017.(REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Nov 07, 2018 07:38 PM IST

Agence France-Presse | ByAgence France-Presse

New UK sculpture honours Indian soldiers who fought World War I

The 10-foot bronze “Lions of the Great War” monument was unveiled in Smethwick High Street to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in November 1918, also referred as the Great War.

A new sculpture in honour of Indian soldiers who fought during World War I was unveiled on Sunday in the town of Smethwick in the West Midlands region of England on Sunday.(Sreengrab from posted by Sandwell/Facebook)

india news

Updated on Nov 04, 2018 11:29 PM IST

London | ByPress Trust of India

Punjabis in Israel seek Capt Amarinder’s help in building gurdwara

The delegation also raised the issue of illegal agents fleecing Punjabi youth seeking visas for travel to Israel.

cities

Updated on Oct 26, 2018 09:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

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Trump announced new national holidays on November 11 and May 8 to celebrate U.S. victories in World War I and II.

In a social media post, Donald Trump suggested renaming Veterans Day to Victory Day for World War I and officially recognizing May 8 as Victory Day.

Donald Trump aims to rename US holidays to Victory Day for WWII and WWI, citing the nation's significant contributions to the wars.

On the reading list this week is an account of the imperial nature of World War 1 and its impact on anticolonial resistance in India, a book on Indian modernity, nationalism, and society as seen from the location of men in the home, and a sharp crime thriller with psychological depth

The Girl with the Needle, directed by Magnus von Horn, takes shape in the underbelly of World War One-era Copenhagen, where hope persists alongside agony.

Event commemorating liberation of Haifa by Indian soldiers cancelled due to tensions in region

The ultimate horror of trench rats was suffered in WWI when the rodents fed off food, wastes and corpses, promoting disease and affecting troops’ morale

Precipiceis the story of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, who was pM of Britain from 1908 to 1916, and his infatuation for Venetia Stanley, an aristocratic socialite

Grand gates, iconic archways, entry points that made history and now go viral on Reels. Here are 10 we love

The video was posted and shared on the former president's Truth Social account while he was on lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial Monday afternoon

Former US president Donald Trump shares video with controversial references to 'unified Reich' and World War I.

Tragedy in West Asia is aiding those who seek to split the world along sectarian lines

Essentially, the 155 mm round is a very big bullet, made up of four parts: the detonating fuse, projectile, propellant and primer.

The painting is extremely rare in depicting active Indian participants in the First World War.

Naor Gilon recalled his visits last year along with EAM S Jaishankar to “some places commemorating more than 900 Indian soldiers buried in Israel”. These were soldiers “who fought during World War 1 as part of the British Indian army to liberate this area that later became Israel”, he said.

One party claims burial ground belongs to the Church of England, another says it’s common property belonging to the Christian community with the government of India as the landlord and the British high commissioner holding occupancy rights

France’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that at an annual ceremony for commemorating the end of World War I at the non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah, attended by several consulates, including that of France, was the target of an IED attack that morning

In times of fitness trackers, what makes millennials romance wristwatches?

Audiobooks change the way we interact with the written word

Agatha Christie’s first novel is almost 100 years old. Poison played a role in it, and in her later works too

In a world where the treatments of immigrants and refugees is one of the bigger problems we all face, we must remember that we are honour-bound to extend compassion and dignity to everyone – even those we may be ready to kill

The original oak tree given to Donald Trump, was the tree came from a northern French forest where 2,000 US Marines died during World War I.

Apart from the horrific killings and their cover up, the impact of the massacre on the economy and social fabric of Amritsar and many of the cities of undivided Punjab also needs to be considered

The memorial will pay homage to over 26,000 soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country in wars since Independence.

The grenade is believed to have been left in a trench during World War I and accidentally gathered up with potatoes planted a century later in the former battlefield.

The vice president’s comments on a global consensus on economic fugitives assume significance as Indian probe agencies are grappling to bring fugitives such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi back to Indian shores to face the law.

100-Years-of-World-War-1: A stash of 190 propaganda posters from World War I and World War II were found last year on top of two sawhorses in the basement of a Rochester, New Hampshire, library.

The 10-foot bronze “Lions of the Great War” monument was unveiled in Smethwick High Street to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in November 1918, also referred as the Great War.

The delegation also raised the issue of illegal agents fleecing Punjabi youth seeking visas for travel to Israel.

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