Trump is seen for first time since Sunday as he and Melania lead commemoration for Veterans Day

Donald Trump is seen for first time since Sunday as he and Melania lead national commemoration for Veterans Day at Arlington while Joe Biden lays wreath at memorial in Philadelphia President Donald Trump was seen for the first time since Sunday as he and first lady Melania commemorated Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery Trump … Read more

Korean War commemoration: China’s President Xi calls the US an ‘insufferably arrogant invader’

Chinese leader Xi Jinping condemned ‘unilateralism, protectionism and extreme egoism’ in a jab at the United States made during a rally Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of China‘s entry into the 1950-53 Korean War.   Xi slammed the US as an ‘insufferably arrogant invader’ and hailed the Chinese and North Korean soldiers for defeating the … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: BBC bans Rudyard Kipling’s Mandalay from VJ Day commemoration 

His verse evokes the sweat and suffering of Tommy Atkins — the ordinary soldier who risks his neck in battle only to be consigned to oblivion in peacetime. But that has not prevented Rudyard Kipling’s celebrated poem Mandalay from being expunged from the BBC’s showpiece commemorating the 75th anniversary of VJ Day — much to … Read more