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Somber bugles and bells mark Armistice Day around the globe as wars drown out peace messages
Read full article: Somber bugles and bells mark Armistice Day around the globe as wars drown out peace messagesPeople around the globe are remembering the slaughter and losses from four years of fighting during World War I just over a century ago that was supposed to amount to “the war to end all wars.”.
World War I-era plane flips onto roof trying to land near Massachusetts museum; pilot unhurt
Read full article: World War I-era plane flips onto roof trying to land near Massachusetts museum; pilot unhurtMassachusetts authorities say a World War I-era plane crashed and flipped over onto its roof as the pilot tried to land outside of a military history museum.
U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I
Read full article: U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War IThe United States has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, a milestone in the history of warfare dating back to World War I.
Hundreds gather in Turkey to remember WWI dead on Anzac Day
Read full article: Hundreds gather in Turkey to remember WWI dead on Anzac DayHundreds of people have gathered near the former World War I battlefields in Turkey to pay homage to soldiers from Australia and New Zealand who died in a disastrous campaign 108 years ago.
Grave marker of WWI vet that went missing decades after his death has been installed at final resting place
Read full article: Grave marker of WWI vet that went missing decades after his death has been installed at final resting placeA World War I veteran is getting the final honor he deserves after his family has been dealing with a grave marker misplacement.
Macron vows tougher Iran sanctions amid protests crackdown
Read full article: Macron vows tougher Iran sanctions amid protests crackdownFrench President Emmanuel Macron says the West should step up sanctions against Iran by targeting officials behind the brutal crackdown on protesters demanding women’s rights in the Islamic Republic.
At Gallipoli battlefields, travelers remember fallen Anzacs
Read full article: At Gallipoli battlefields, travelers remember fallen AnzacsTravelers from Australia and New Zealand have joined dignitaries at the former World War I battlefields of Gallipoli in northwest Turkey for a dawn service to honor soldiers who were killed during an unsuccessful British-led campaign that aimed to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war.
On another lonely Anzac Day, solitary memorials stand out
Read full article: On another lonely Anzac Day, solitary memorials stand outOn another Anzac Day turned lonesome by the global pandemic, solitary actions show all the more how the sacrifices of Australia and New Zealand during World War I are far from forgotten.
UK apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI dead
Read full article: UK apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI deadBritish authorities have apologized after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly African and Indian service personnel who died during World War I weren’t properly honored due to “pervasive racism.”.
Poland blames violence at far-right march on hooligans
Read full article: Poland blames violence at far-right march on hooligansProtesters burn down bengal fire as they attend in the annual Independence Day march organized by far-right groups for participants to be inside cars or motorbikes because of the coronavirus social distancing, ready for the start of the event in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. The march that marks Poland's sovereignty regained after World War I has often led to clashes with opponents. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)WARSAW – Poland’s ruling right-wing party has blamed violence, injuries and damage during recent national holiday event that it backs on hooligans and provocateurs. “Unfortunately, during the march there took place condemnable events that were the result of hooligans joining in," it said in a statement. The Nov. 11 national holiday marks Poland’s regaining of sovereignty after World War I, following over a century of partition and foreign rule.
Officials: Blast at WWI ceremony in Saudi Arabia wounds 3
Read full article: Officials: Blast at WWI ceremony in Saudi Arabia wounds 3PARIS – An explosion at a Saudi cemetery where American and European officials were commemorating the end of World War I wounded three people Wednesday, according to official statements. A Saudi security officer was also lightly wounded, Saudi state media quoted a local official as saying. France has urged its citizens in Saudi Arabia and other Muslim-majority countries to be “on maximum alert” amid the heightened tensions. Wednesday marked the 102nd anniversary of the armistice ending World War I and is commemorated in several European countries. In 1916, during World War I, Ottoman troops surrendered to the local troops backed by the British in Jiddah, a Red Sea port city.
Macron marks Remembrance Day, 101 years since end of WWI
Read full article: Macron marks Remembrance Day, 101 years since end of WWI(Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron marked Remembrance Day Monday by relighting the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under Paris' Arc de Triomphe, below a spectacular giant Tricolor. Greeted by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, Macron inspected troops during the otherwise low-key ceremony marking 101 years since the Armistice that ended the combat of World War I. The Royal British Legion urged the nation to remember the 100th anniversary of the first two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day by shutting out modern technology and all distractions. The event in central London is traditionally held on the closest Sunday to the anniversary of the end of World War I at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. The 93-year-old monarch, who served as an army mechanic during World War II, performed the wreath-laying herself for most of her 67-year reign, but has cut back on her public duties.