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Tax, spending and investment: Where the Budget ranks in history

The Government has committed to the longest sustained period of high spending since the Second World War.

The Independent UK

Friday essay: how ASIO spied on Australia’s Greek migrants during the Cold War

At the height of the Cold War, the activities of Greek migrants who had arrived in Australia after the second world war saw the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) take notice.

The Conversation

Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auction

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Winston Churchill’s surprising daily habit during Second World War revealed

Winston Churchill used to take a nap in the middle of the day during the Second World War, his grandson has revealed.

The Independent UK

Macron honours Alsace and Moselle men forced into German army during WWII

French President Emmanuel Macron, marking the anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, paid tribute to men from Moselle and Alsace who were forcibly conscripted into the German army during the Second World War.

Radio France Internationale

Remembrance Day: How the Canadian Armed Forces could help solve the youth employment crisis

Every year on Remembrance Day, I think about my grandfathers — my American grandfather who flew his Stinson L-5 along the coast of Burma and my Hungarian grandfather who fought in the Second World War.

The Conversation

As Australia welcomes its millionth refugee, its hardline border policies endure. We can lead by example again

Any day now, Australia will welcome its millionth refugee since the second world war.

The Conversation

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Why the 2025 federal budget won’t really make Canada strong

Canada’s 2025 federal budget, and those that follow in the coming years, may prove to be the most important since the beginning of the Second World War.

The Conversation

Watch live: Remembrance Sunday service led by King Charles at Cenotaph

Watch live from the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph on Sunday (9 November), marking 80 years since the Second World War ended.

The Independent UK

Europe's giants still rule as startups struggle to crack the Fortune 500 Europe

Every company in the Fortune 500 Europe top 10 has roots from before the Second World War. The oldest, Banco Santander, was founded in 1857.

Fortune

Tomiichi Murayama obituary

Prime minister of Japan who offered a historic public apology for his country’s actions during the second world war

The Guardian - UK

100-year-old veteran of Normandy landings receives honorary degree

Jim Glennie also became the last living Gordon Highlander veteran of the Second World War to lay a wreath at the University of Aberdeen.

The Independent UK

The Headland, Cornwall, hotel review

Once a hospital used in the Second World War, then the set for the 1990 film The Witches, Ellie Ross finds out if The Headland could be the spookiest hotel in the UK

The Independent UK

Is Downton Abbey Over? Julian Fellowes On Skipping The Second World War And One Way It Could Come Back

Fans are still wondering.

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The Conversation

Why Ukraine should avoid copying Finland’s 1944 path to peace with Moscow

The Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, recently drew parallels between his country’s experience from its conflicts with the Soviet Union during the second world war and Ukraine’s current struggle against Russian aggression. The analogy has gained considerable traction.

The Independent UK

PM: Battle of Britain anniversary ‘reminds us of values that bind us together’

Sir Keir Starmer will attend a Westminster Abbey service marking 85 years since the Second World War victory.

The Independent UK

Thousands evacuated in Hong Kong after bomb unearthed at construction site

Bombs left over from the Second World War are often discovered in Hong Kong

The Independent UK

Europe must stand with Poland

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones is rightly described as having brought the Eastern European country closer to conflict than at any time since the Second World War. There can be no substitute for collective security – with or without Donald Trump

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Polish PM: Europe closer to war than any time since WW2 after airspace 'violations'

POLAND’S prime minister has warned that the prospect of military conflict in Europe is “closer than at any time since the Second World War”…

The Conversation

How China uses second world war history in its bid to reshape the global order – podcast

With Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un among 26 world leaders watching, China’s president Xi Jinping made a muscular address to 50,000 people in Tiananmen Square marking 80 years since the end of the second world war. China is “never intimidated by bullies” and would “stand by the…

Evening Standard

Big Ben’s Elizabeth Tower restoration shortlisted for RIBA architecture award

The project rectified previous restoration mistakes and repaired newly uncovered damage from the Second World War

Radio France Internationale

Tanks and missiles roll through Beijing as China commemorates 1945 victory

China staged its largest-ever military parade in Beijing on Wednesday to mark 80 years since Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. President Xi Jinping stood in Tiananmen Square flanked by Russian leader Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un – a spectacle designed to show military power and political…

Evening Standard

Europe’s Gaza response has been a ‘failure’, says Spanish PM

Ahead of a meeting with Sir Keir Starmer, Pedro Sanchez said the US was ending the international order established after the Second World War.

The Independent UK

Spanish PM hits out at Europe’s Gaza ‘failure’ ahead of Starmer meeting

Pedro Sanchez is the first European leader to accuse Israel of committing genocide in Gaza

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Poles forcibly conscripted by Nazis ended up fighting for the allies

Letters: Krzysztof Nowakowski and Dr Allan Dodds on the Poles who were forced to fight for Hitler in the second world war

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