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Image for Yohei Kono, Japanese lawmaker who issued landmark apology over wartime brothels, dies at 89
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Yohei Kono, Japanese lawmaker who issued landmark apology over wartime brothels, dies at 89

TOKYO, June 10 (Reuters) - Yohei Kono, who as Japan's chief cabinet secretary issued a landmark 1993...

10th June, 2026

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Explainer-Why are Poland and Ukraine at odds about their history?

WARSAW, June 8 (Reuters) - Poland is weighing whether to strip Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk...

8th June, 2026

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Norway recovers porcelain, chandeliers from 18th century shipwreck

OSLO, June 1 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have recovered a trove of Chinese porcelain and European-mad...

1st June, 2026

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French parliament backs repeal of slavery-era edicts, dodges reparations call

By Layli Foroudi PARIS, May 28 (Reuters) - French lawmakers voted on Thursday to formally repeal sla...

28th May, 2026

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Pope Leo apologises for Church's historic role in slavery

By Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Monday issued the clearest apology y...

25th May, 2026

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New York Mayor Mamdani encourages King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor Diamond

By Kanishka Singh April 29 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wednesday he encou...

29th April, 2026

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Archaeologists use AI to generate image of Pompeii victim

ROME, April 27 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Italy's Pompeii have for the first time used artificial...

27th April, 2026

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Putin returns 'Iron Felix' Dzerzhinsky to Russia's spy school

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, April 24 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's Fede...

24th April, 2026

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European states accuse Russia of trying to erase memory of Stalin's crimes after monument disappears

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, April 23 (Reuters) - Four European states accused Russia on Thursday of try...

23rd April, 2026

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King Charles honours 'darling mama' on what would have been her 100th birthday

By Michael Holden LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - King Charles paid a tender tribute to his late mother...

20th April, 2026

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Man in his 80s becomes first in France to formally apologise for family's slavery links

By Catarina Demony April 18 (Reuters) - A man in his 80s on Saturday issued what is believed to be t...

18th April, 2026

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'We have been in exile': Norway government back to old quarters 15 years after Breivik bomb

By Nora Buli OSLO, April 13 (Reuters) - Fifteen years after far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik...

13th April, 2026