The US authorities have canceled this year’s ceremony in memory of the meeting of Soviet and American soldiers on the Elbe in 1945, which takes place annually at the Arlington Cemetery near Washington at the “Spirit of the Elbe” memorial, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has told …
Read More »US flags to fly at half-staff, Biden to lead candle-lit commemoration as America’s Covid death toll hits 500,000
A tally compiled by Reuters reported that the US death toll from the virus had reached 500,054 as of Monday, with over 28 million registered cases of the disease across the country since the outbreak of the pandemic. American flags at all federal buildings will be flown at half-staff for …
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