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Hiroshima atomic bomb attack remembered

Philip Fong, AFP
Posted at Aug 05 10:11 PM

Hiroshima became the first target of a nuclear weapon when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city on August 6, 1945. Read more »

Ekonomiya sumadsad sa pinakamababang antas simula World War 2

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 10:30 PM

Pinadapa ng pandemya ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas noong 2020, ang pinakamalala na mula noong 1947 o pagkatapos ng World War 2. Read more »

WWII bomb goes off in Poland during defusal op

Stanislaw Waszak and Anna Maria Jakubek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 03:53 AM

The device -- nicknamed "Tallboy" and also known as an "earthquake bomb" -- was dropped by the Royal Air Force in an attack on a Nazi warship in 1945. Read more »

Japan regrets new Korean "comfort women" statue set up in Berlin

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 29 05:35 PM

Japan regrets the recent installation in Berlin of a statue of a girl symbolizing Korean women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, its top government spokesman said Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte tells world to reject war on 75th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 09:33 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte called on nations to reject war as he made the case for peace during the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.   Read more »

WW2 hero succumbs to COVID-19 in Tarlac

John Mark Guda, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 07:44 PM

Santos, born on December 7, 1926, was the youngest guerilla fighter who enlisted to be part of the resistance movement during the Japanese Occupation in 1941, according to Rhonie Dela Cruz, curator of Bamban Museum of History. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 13, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 11:13 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

110-year old WWII veteran gets a kiss

Gerald Herbert, AP
Updated as of Sep 13 12:30 PM

World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks sports a lipstick kiss on his cheek, planted by a member of the singing group Victory Belles, as he celebrates his 110th birthday. Read more »

Japan's curbs on high-tech materials exports to South Korea could backfire

Makiko Yamazaki and Heekyong Yang, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 02 08:35 AM

Japan's curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, eroding its dominance over a key link in the global chip supply chain, suppliers and experts say.   Read more »