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Who is Ken Turner? Anti-Musk WW2 veteran runs tank over Tesla on Victory Day
Ken Turner, a British World War 2 veteran, drove a Sherman tank over a Tesla vehicle in London in a VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) demonstration
Updated on May 08, 2025 08:37 PM IST
Yash Nitish Bajaj
Utah National Guard is on a mission to find 100-year-old weapons in 51-acre area
The Utah National Guard is preparing to conduct a sweep of a 51-acre mountainous area in Utah County
Published on May 02, 2025 10:24 AM IST
Yash Nitish Bajaj
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.
Published on May 02, 2025 10:14 AM IST
AFP | | Posted by Tuhin Das Mahapatra
World War 3 coming? 450 million people, 27 countries warned after Russia strike
The European Union has reportedly warned the bloc's 450 million people to prepare for a World War-like situation
Published on Mar 27, 2025 02:30 AM IST
Paris' busiest train station shut after World War II bomb found on tracks
All traffic to the train station, which hosts Eurostar trains as well as high-speed and local services, was closed as Paris police worked to disable the device.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 02:00 PM IST
‘World War III not far away but…’: US President Donald Trump
Donald Trump said if the former Biden administration had continued for another term, the world would have been at war.
Published on Feb 21, 2025 09:03 AM IST
In West’s fight against China, an unlikely weapon emerges: Online porn
North Korean troops in Ukraine, exposed to unrestricted internet for the first time, reportedly became fixated to online porn.
Published on Nov 11, 2024 07:50 PM IST
'On the brink of World War 3': Trump's dire warning amid Iran-Israel conflict
Donald Trump warned that escalating Israel-Iran tensions could lead to World War 3, criticising President Biden's leadership.
Published on Oct 02, 2024 02:12 PM IST
‘World is on the brink of a third world war’, Russian MP's chilling remark
Russian MP says West-aided Ukrainian incursion in Russia could lead to global war, RIA reports
Updated on Aug 16, 2024 11:36 AM IST
Hiroshima Day 2024: Date, history, significance of 79th year of atomic bombings
Hiroshima Day 2024: Here's all you need to know about the date, history and significance of the 79th year of World War II atomic bombings
Published on Aug 05, 2024 06:00 PM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi
Trump slams Biden’s military policies as ‘insane’, claims China ‘killing US...'
Donald Trump accused China of “killing” the US and alleged that Joe Biden was bringing the America closer to a world war during the first debate.
Published on Jun 28, 2024 12:18 PM IST
Bloomberg | | Posted by Shweta Kukreti
WW II grenade unknowingly brought home from beach explodes, mother and daughter escape major injury
According to suggestions by others regarding the verification of the object, Crews poked the grenade with a hot pin and that’s when the accident took place.
Published on Dec 15, 2020 04:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Srimoyee Chowdhury
Post ‘No Means No’, India’s James Bond Dhruv Verma preps for his next: ‘The Good Maharaja’
Dhruv had undergone into hardcore training for a year in Hollywood under the guidance and blessings of legendary megastar Steven Segal.
Updated on Dec 16, 2020 05:01 PM IST
Twinkle Khanna interviews Christopher Nolan, jealous Akshay Kumar says ‘I’m only one left to meet this visual genius’
Akshay Kumar has shared a video interview of Christopher Nolan by Twinkle Khanna. She asked him about casting her mother Dimple Kapadia in Tenet and his impression of Bollywood.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 01:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Entertainment Desk
Wars, rows and scandals: When the Nobels didn’t go as planned
This year, it is the coronavirus pandemic that has thrown a spanner in the works, with the traditionally lavish banquets in Stockholm and Oslo -- held on the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death on December 10 -- replaced by online events and the winners awarded their trophies at home.
Published on Dec 10, 2020 07:24 AM IST
Stockholm | Agence France-Presse| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Govt will leave no stone unturned to make India preferred global investment destination: PM Modi
Noting that the Covid-19 pandemic has posed enormous challenges before the world, Modi said he thinks the historic reconstruction efforts after the two world wars can give “us several lessons”.
Published on Nov 17, 2020 09:09 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Snapshots from a new Harvard study on Covid-era dreamscapes
Bugs have featured widely in nightmares during the pandemic. Invisible monsters and invitations from the dead are being reported too. But they’re not all frightmares — some are also dreaming up a cure.
Updated on Nov 15, 2020 03:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Madhusree Ghosh
Covid-19 pandemic is the most catastrophic event after WWII: Shringla
He said that while there was a strong intent to cooperate, the need to retain ‘strategic autonomy’ was greater, and the last few months had been an attempt to deal with the domestic situation and look for ways to cooperate.
Published on Nov 06, 2020 07:47 AM IST
New Delhi | Asian News International| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
From DDLJ to Burj Khalifa, here are Bollywood’s most insensitive, culturally inappropriate moments
Being ‘woke’ is the latest trend, and everyone wants to keep up. Everyone, but Bollywood it seems. From Kareena Kapoor Khan in Black face in Khushi to most recently Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani in Laxmmi Bomb song, Burj Khalifa, here are some of Bollywood’s most culturally inappropriate, bordering racist and majorly insensitive moments...
Updated on Oct 25, 2020 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Alfea Jamal
Covid-19 has set global health progress back decades: Gates Foundation
Because of Covid-19, extreme poverty has increased by 7%, and routine vaccine coverage - a good proxy measure for how health systems are functioning - is dropping to levels last seen in the 1990s, the report said.
Published on Sep 15, 2020 08:43 AM IST
London | Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Baba Adhav: Ensure food, employment for low income groups
Lockdown always has an adverse impact on people working in unorganised sectors, says Baba Adhav
Updated on Jul 14, 2020 05:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Abhay Khairnar
Brooks Brothers, which dressed 40 US presidents, files for bankruptcy
The company that says it’s put 40 US presidents in its suits, survived two World Wars and navigated through casual Fridays and a loosening of dress standards even on Wall Street, but the Covid-19 pandemic pushed the 200-year-old company into seek Chapter 11 protection.
Updated on Jul 09, 2020 03:18 AM IST
New York | Agencies
Russia stares down World War II controversies 75 years on
Russia celebrates its victory in World War II every year on May 9 with a massive military parade on Red Square in front of the president and other world leaders.
Published on Jun 23, 2020 09:40 AM IST
Moscow | Agence France-Presse | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Post-Covid cinema going
How will going to the movies change post the pandemic?
Updated on May 17, 2020 01:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Nayana Bijli
An Indian World War I fighter pilot’s moving story emerges in rare UK archive
Lieutenant Shri Krishna Chanda Welinkar is one of the thousands of moving stories from the war preserved in family correspondence and being brought alive as part of a digitisation project.
Published on Apr 26, 2020 10:49 AM IST
London | Press Trust of India
Fashion’s third coming: 11 predictions for post-pandemic style
Major global events have always affected the way we dress and groom ourselves
Updated on Apr 19, 2020 03:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Yatan Ahluwalia
At 99, veteran of World War II in India raises £7 million
Tom Moore, who rose to be a captain in the British army and served in colonial India and Burma, wanted to express his gratitude to medical staff in the National Health Service (NHS), who looked after him and helped him recover from a hip operation and skin cancer.
Updated on Apr 15, 2020 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar
Coronavirus the worst global crisis since World War II, says UN chief
Antonio Guterres said that the scale of the crisis was due to “a disease that represents a threat to everybody in the world and... an economic impact that will bring a recession that probably has no parallel in the recent past.”
Published on Apr 01, 2020 06:48 AM IST
United Nations | Agence France-Presse
Review: A Dominant Character; JBS Haldane by Samanth Subramanian
Samanth Subramanian’s biography of pioneering geneticist JBS Haldane sheds light on a fascinating twentieth century personality
Updated on Mar 06, 2020 07:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Shashi Tharoor’s word of the week: Goon
Understand this word better and prevent yourself from acting like one
Published on Jan 10, 2020 08:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shashi Tharoor