The greatest amphibious assault in world history took place seventy years ago on the shores of Normandy, France. The incredible story of how Allied soldiers, led by the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, boldly invaded German-occupied France in Operation
In response to the shooting on May 24 at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, the German interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, has said there will be closer cooperation between European Union states against fighters returning from Syria, after the suspected
It takes nothing away from the courage and valor of the American troops who landed at Normandy on D-Day to say that their ultimate victory was a forgone conclusion. Yes, US GI’s still had to fight it out, all the
It is poignant and poetic that Ronald Reagan died on June 5, 2004, just a day before the 60th anniversary of D-Day–the day Reagan helped re-instantiate into our collective consciousness. Indeed, on D-Day Minus One, June 5, 1944, the ships
A Pentagon spokesman said that they are reviewing the authenticity of a video released to the media by the Taliban showing Bowe Bergdahl being turned over to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. “We are aware of the video allegedly released by
Members of right-wing Austria student fraternities known as Burschenschaften will march in Vienna this evening. Although they say they are politically neutral, the Burschenschaften have ties with the eurosceptic Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), which took almost 20 per cent of
Vladimir Putin and his allies in eastern Ukraine must think all their birthdays have come at once: Ursula von der Leyen, the German defence minister, has announced that from now on the German army will be more family-friendly, with increased
Yuri Kochiyama, a political and social activist who triggered reparations being paid to Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II, died in Berkeley, California on Sunday at the age of 93. Kochiyama’s most famous moment came when she held
Intermittent and unreliable wind and solar power pose a serious energy security risk and threaten to undermine the reliability of energy generation in the UK, according to a new report. The paper published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation says
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the eurozone sagged more than expected to 0.5 percent in May, increasing pressure on the European Central Bank to take action this week to support the weak economic recovery. The figure released Tuesday by
A 2010 article from The UK’s Daily Mail reported Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl converted to Islam and taught Taliban fighters how to make bombs as well as trained them to ambush, one of his captors and Afghan intelligence officials told the
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Fabian Johnson scored his first international goal, Clint Dempsey doubled the lead off a defensive lapse and the United States beat Turkey 2-1 Sunday in the second of three World Cup warm-up matches for the Americans
David Cameron’s Conservatives have been so weakened by their losses in the European Parliament that Tory MEPs may now be forced to sit in a political group with some of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s German opponents – leaving Cameron embarrassed after
On Tuesday night at a European Council meeting in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was not keen on the idea of Jean-Claude Juncker, former prime minister of Luxembourg and leading eurofanatic, becoming the next president of the European Commission. This
A “new record” is not always a good thing. According to a Wednesday report released by the French Labor Ministry, France is now seeing record high unemployment numbers with a record 3.364 million people looking for work. Economists predicted an
On CNN’s Wednesday broadcast of “Crossfire,” Dr. Ben Carson, author of “One Nation” went toe-to-toe with former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) and former Obama campaign adviser Stephanie Cutter over remarks he made back in March likening the communication of public
English football fans are set for four more years of hurt according to a highly accurate Goldman Sachs model of forecasting the World Cup winners. Brazil, claims the investment bank, is the favourite, with Argentina and Germany following. Goldman claims:
The reaction by the two establishment parties in Spain to the showing by the hard-left Podemos party is much like the reaction of a Lexus driver after being blind-sided by a Suzuki Bandit: “Where the hell did that come from?”
Charles de Gaulle once said: “Europe is France and Germany. Everything else is just the garnishes.” Last night it looked like Europe’s meat and potatoes might be heading in different directions. While France rocked the Continent with a triumph for
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” host Chris Hayes discussed the “history of economic plunder and exploitation” that were called key features of white supremacy in America with The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates. Transcript as follows: HAYES: You hear it
A former German chancellor has said the European Parliament should launch “a putsch” against the European Union executive which is showing signs of “megalomania.” In an interview with the German newspaper Bild, Helmut Schmidt, who was social democrat Chancellor of
California candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Ron Nehring, spoke Tuesday night to the Latino American Political Association of San Diego, a bipartisan group, and recounted why his German immigrant father would have supported voter ID. Nehring went on to recount serving
The Swiss have overwhelmingly voted to reject proposals to create the world’s highest minimum wage because they were worried increased business costs could damage their economy. In a referendum on Sunday, 76 per cent of voters turned down proposals made
Thousands of young people who are say they are “pro-European but anti-European Union” held a march in Vienna yesterday as part of the Identity Movement which has sprung up in France, Germany and Austria. The movement, known in the Germanic
In what at first glance looks like an inexplicable mixture of tolerance and intolerance, two studies just released rate Norway as both the most pro-gay and the most anti-Semitic of the traditionally-liberal Scandinavian countries. An index to attitudes in 100
