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Japan summons S. Korea envoy over wartime labor payment

TOKYO — Japan summoned South Korea’s ambassador on Wednesday to protest a compensation payment by a Japanese company related to the thorny issue of...

Canada parliament speaker resigns after tribute to Nazi vet

Montreal, Canada - The speaker of Canada's parliament resigned on Tuesday, days after he singled out a Ukrainian veteran who apparently fought for the...

Family killed by Nazis to be beatified in Catholic first

A Polish couple and their seven children, killed by Nazis during World War II for hiding Jews, will be beatified Sunday, the first time...

Gov’t to back Japanese soldiers’ repatriation

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos, Jr. has assured Japanese officials that the Philippine government will support and cooperate...

PH ready to repatriate remains of 300k WW2 Japanese soldiers

The Philippines is ready to assist Japan in repatriating the remains of Japanese soldiers who died in the country during World War II, Department...

PBBM: Assist ‘comfort women’ in filing claims

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered concerned government agencies to extend aid and assistance to the case of the “Malaya Lolas” – a group of...

Kyiv: Russia to be beaten as Nazism was

KYIV— President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday vowed that Russian forces would be defeated in Ukraine like Nazi Germany was beaten in World War II,...

Salceda: Late, but not too late, for PH to provide support to comfort women

Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said the government should provide support to Filipino women who suffered sexual abuse by the Japanese Imperial Army during World...

Palace: Gov’t acted to assist comfort women

Malacañang has denied allegations by a United Nations (UN) panel that the government failed to seek compensation for the so-called Filipino comfort women during...

Remulla eyes law paying victims of WWII sex slavery

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Friday said he will meet with the Senate and House of Representatives for the passage of a proposed...

Comfort women issue won’t be raised in Tokyo visit

Malacañang reiterated Monday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will not raise the issue of World War II sexual slavery victims in his state visit...

Putin draws parallels between WWII and Ukraine conflict

President Vladimir Putin leveraged a World War II commemoration on Thursday to whip up support for his army's intervention in Ukraine, comparing the fighting...

US warns Pacific isles vs. ‘coercive’ regimes

A top US diplomat warned Pacific Islands of a new struggle against violent power-hungry regimes Sunday, as she visited the Solomon Islands to mark...

France’s Macron marks 80th anniversary of WWII round-up of Jews

By Jérôme Rivet French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of the wartime round-up of Jews in France by calling for redoubled...
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