World War

"No Truth": India Refutes Lanka's Claim On Reacquiring Leased Oil Tanks

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 18, 2021

The Indian High Commission here has rejected Sri Lankan energy minister's claim that the deal between the two countries on the 99 World War II-era Trincomalee oil tanks leased to the Indian Oil Corporation has been scrapped.

Sri Lanka To Re-Acquire 99 Oil Tanks Leased To Indian Oil: Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 17, 2021

Sri Lanka will re-acquire the World War II-era oil storage tanks leased out to Indian Oil Corporation in the eastern port district of Trincomalee, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila has said.

French Nun, Europe's Oldest Person, Turns 117 After Surviving Covid

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 11, 2021

Europe's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, turns 117 on Thursday after surviving Covid-19 last month and living through two world wars, with a special birthday feast including her favourite dessert -- Baked Alaska.

US' "Toughest" Period As Covid Deaths Cross World War II Troop Casualties

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 21, 2021

New US President Joe Biden warned the worst of the pandemic is still to come, as the number of American coronavirus deaths surpassed the country's troop fatalities in World War II.

Biggest Drop In UK New Car Sales Since World War Two

Written by Reuters | Sunday January 10, 2021

The performance leaves new car sales at their lowest level since 1992, and suffering the biggest drop since 1943, when sales fell by more than 90%.

UN Faces Worst Crisis In Covid, "Pharmacy Of World" India Leads From Front

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 24, 2020

Confronted with its worst crisis since World War II, the UN -- which marked 75 years of its existence in 2020 -- mounted a comprehensive global response to combat the pandemic that saw India, ''the pharmacy of the world'', leading from the front as it extended a helping hand to over 150 nations to fight the invisible enemy.

Affordable Treatment A Fundamental Right: Supreme Court On Covid "World War"

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday December 18, 2020

Affordable healthcare is a fundamental right, the Supreme Court said on Friday, in a significant observation that also held the state responsible for ensuring the right and noted that the fight against COVID-19 was a "world war".

Mistaken For Fossil, Grenade Explodes Inside Home

Offbeat | Written by Sanya Jain | Wednesday December 16, 2020

A mother and daughter duo in the UK had a lucky escape after a World War II grenade they unwittingly brought inside their home exploded in their kitchen.

French Police Seize Tonnes Of World War II Weapons, One Detained

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday December 16, 2020

French police have seized tonnes of World War II-era weapons and ammunition from caches in southeastern France and detained a man suspected of arms trafficking, authorities said Tuesday.

Chuck Yeager, First Pilot To Break Sound Barrier, Dies At 97

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday December 8, 2020

Chuck Yeager, a World War II fighter ace who was the first human to travel faster than sound and whose gutsy test pilot exploits were immortalized in the bestselling book "The Right Stuff," died Monday, his wife said. He was 97.

Mass Evacuation In Germany's Frankfurt After World War 2 Bomb Found

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday December 6, 2020

Nearly 13,000 residents were evacuated in Frankfurt on Sunday as experts defused an unexploded World War II bomb, local emergency services said.

Divers Find Nazis' Code Machine Used To Send Messages During World War

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 4, 2020

German divers who recently fished an Enigma encryption machine out of the Baltic Sea, used by the Nazis to send coded messages during World War II, handed their rare find over to a museum for restoration on Friday.

China Greatest Threat To US, Freedom Since World War II: Trump Spy Chief

World News | Reuters | Friday December 4, 2020

The top U.S intelligence official stepped up the Trump administration's harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday, labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two and saying it was bent on global domination.

"Terrorism Can Only Be Defeated By Global Action": India At UN

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 2, 2020

Terrorism has emerged as one of the means of waging war in the contemporary world and it threatens to engulf the planet in a carnage similar to the one witnessed during the two World Wars, India has said, calling for global action to defeat the scourge.

Pak Minister Compares French President To Nazis, Deletes Tweet After Backlash

World News | ANI | Monday November 23, 2020

Pakistan Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Sunday deleted her tweet, where she said that French President Emmanuel Macron was treating Muslims like Nazis treated Jews in World War II, after France demanded her to withdraw her remarks.