Daily Archives: July 10, 2020

‘No words can describe the pain’: Paris weeps for its beloved Notre-Dame

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has pledged to rebuild “the epicentre of our lives” after fire ripped through Notre-Dame cathedral and gutted the much-loved monument. Some 400 firefighters managed to save the main structure of the 13th-­century Gothic masterpiece and its two bell towers as rapidly spreading flames threatened to engulf the whole of the building. […]

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British father whose entire family were wiped out in Sri Lanka attack tells of his ‘catastrophic’ loss 

A British father whose entire family were killed in the suspected terror attack in Sri Lanka has paid tribute to his "talented and thoughtful" children and his "brilliant, loving" wife. Ben Nicholson said his wife Anita, 42, son Alex, 14, and daughter Annabel, 11, had been killed as they sat at a table for breakfast […]

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Emperor Akihito set to abdicate in Japan after 30 years trying to make amends for the war

On August 15, 1945, the emperor of Japan – then still regarded a living god – declared via a crackly radio transmission to the nation its unconditional surrender in the Second World War. Click Here: camiseta rosario central Among those listening to every word of the historic announcement was an 11-year-old schoolboy evacuee from the […]

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Family plead for British daughter ‘duped by Isil’ who lost arm in Syria drone strike

The family of a British woman severely injured in a coalition attack on Islamic State has appealed for her to be allowed home. Samia Hussein lost an arm and was left badly mutilated after a suspected British or US drone missile strike on the Islamic State-occupied town where she was taken by Jihadist fighters. The […]

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