Every May, Vladimir Zelensky makes a show of proving that he remains what Ukrainians elected him to be: a servant of the people. This is part of the comedian-turned-politician’s myth, borrowed from the eponymous TV show he fronted prior to seeking high office. On the anniversary of his inauguration, every …
Read More »In Hiroshima, Biden promises Japan nuclear umbrella
The US will defend Japan with atomic weapons if necessary, the Japanese government announced on Thursday, citing the readout of a meeting between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The discussion took place in the city of Hiroshima, infamously destroyed by a US nuclear bomb in 1945. “President Biden reiterated the …
Read More »Ukraine’s attack on city in Kherson region ‘reminiscent of Hiroshima’ – official
The Ukrainian attack on Novaya Kakhovka – a city in the Kherson region controlled by the Russian forces – with American weapons is a “crime against the civilian population”, Vladimir Leontyev, head of the city’s military-civilian administration, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday night. According to him, there are victims, dozens …
Read More »Japan orders 188,000+ people to evacuate from Hiroshima area due to flooding & landslide risk
The Higashi-Hiroshima City authorities have alerted 87,716 households and a total of 188,969 people living in the area about an increased risk of landslides due to heavy rains and issued an “evacuation order” for the area around 1:20am local time on Saturday, the Japanese media have reported. The second-highest alert …
Read More »Iran blasts ‘inhumane’ US on anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, calls for denuclearization of world
Saeed Khatibzadeh, a spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, declared on Saturday that the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, showed the world that the US “spares no inhumane efforts and acts to achieve its illegitimate and irrational objectives.” Khatibzadeh said that “the commemoration of the victims of this tragedy …
Read More »Japanese PM Suga apologizes for skipping ‘most important’ part of Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary speech
“I want to take this occasion to apologize for having skipped some parts of my speech at the ceremony,” Suga said at a news conference after an event to mark the anniversary. He went on to summarize parts of the address he passed over, including recognition that Japan is the …
Read More »The tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the collection of shocking images. Photo
Photos taken before and after the nuclear tragedy in Hiroshima and Nagasaki In August 1945, the world rocked by two tragedies that became the final chord in the Symphony of madness the Second world war – the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 6 August at …
Read More »Unique footage: the network showed Hiroshima before the nuclear attack. Video
The clip was shot dead by a resident of Hiroshima.Peace memorial Museum in Hiroshima finished the digitization and restoration of 16mm film, which depicted the peaceful life of the Japanese city a few years before the nuclear bomb the United States. Currently the only video with documentary footage, pre-war Hiroshima, …
Read More »Life after a nuclear explosion: 10 facts about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima had killed hundreds of thousands of lives. At the final stage of the Second world war, on 6 and 9 August 1945, the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed by nuclear bombs dropped by the U.S. armed forces to expedite the surrender of …
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