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‘Who knows better about surprise than Japan’: Donald Trump cites 1941 Pearl Harbour incident when asked about ongoing Iran war, leaves Japanese PM stunned

During a White House briefing on Iran strikes, President Trump sparked an awkward moment by asking Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi why Japan didn't warn the U.S. about Pearl Harbor.

Who defeated Japan during World War II? Taiwan and Communist China fight to claim credit for victory and win the battle of ‘historical narrative’

Interestingly, the CCP government in China continues to propagate how it played the key role in defeating the Japanese. In reality, it was the Chiang Kai-shek-led Republican government that played the central role.

Who was Justice Radhabinod Pal: Revered in Japan for his role in the Tokyo Tribunal, but mostly forgotten in India

Justice Radhabinod Pal argued in his dissenting judgement that the tribunal was a "sham employment of legal process for the satisfaction of a thirst for revenge".

Rules-based International Order? USA tested 67 nuclear bombs in Marshall Islands and has been denying compensation to residents for decades

After subjecting the islanders to nuclear explosions, the USA also conducted scientific experiments on them.

Brazilian President Lula declared persona non grata in Israel after he compares situation in Gaza to Holocaust: Major diplomatic standoff ensues

Brazil's ambassador to Israel Frederico Meyer was called to the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem in Jerusalem by the Israeli government and was given what can be called as a 'formal reprimand' over Lula's comments.

Canada’s Speaker of the Parliament resigns after global backlash over celebrating a Nazi war criminal, claims it was a ‘mistake’

Canadian Speaker Anthony Rota resigned from his post after facing widespread humiliation for honouring a Nazi war criminal in the Parliament.

I expect an apology: Polish Ambassador seeks accountability from Canada after its Parliament gave standing ovation to Nazi collaborator

Yaroslav Hunka was a member of a SS unit, the 14th SS-Volunteer Division “Galicia”, established in 1943 by the Nazis.

Canada’s House of Commons gives standing ovation to Ukrainian-Canadian WWII veteran who fought for Nazis: History of SS unit and war criminal’s connection to...

Canadian House of Commons gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a World War II veteran who was part of an unit formed by Nazi SS

Catholic Church in Vatican had knowledge about Nazis killing 6000 Jews each day, reveals letter from World War II era

In May 2020, Germany’s council of Catholic bishops admitted that the Church was complicit in the actions of the Nazi regime during the Second World War.

What happens when a nuclear bomb goes off? As leaders in Russia and Ukraine throw around the N-word, here is how a ‘mushroom cloud’...

The world seems to be so accustomed to casual mentions of the words nuclear strike, nuclear bombs, ballistic missiles etc that it seems to have almost forgotten that when the last time nuclear bombs were actually used in war, two cities in Japan were flattened in a matter of seconds.

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