Germany 'still pays UK and Belgian pensioners who served in Hitler's SS'
Dozens of pensioners in Belgium and the UK are still receiving secret payments from Germany for collaborating with the Nazi government during the Second World War, according to a document presented to the Belgian parliament. The national authorities are unaware of their identities, which are known only to the German ambassadors in each country, meaning […]
Virginia first lady apologises for giving cotton to children
Virginia first lady Pam Northam apologised Wednesday after she handed out cotton to black children during a recent tour of the governor’s mansion, the latest racial controversy involving the top levels of the state government. “I regret that I have upset anyone,” Northam said. “I am still committed to chronicling the important history of the […]
Remains of hundreds of Jews unearthed in Nazi-era mass grave in Belarus
Soldiers in Belarus have unearthed the bones of hundreds of people shot during World War Two from a mass grave discovered at the site of a ghetto where Jews lived under the Nazis. The grave was uncovered by chance last month on a construction site in a residential area in the centre of Brest near […]
Superintendent who defecated in public says police shouldn't have released mugshot
A former school superintendent who was charged with defecating on a high school’s track has asked New Jersey’s attorney general to investigate whether police acted unlawfully when they took his mugshot and released it to the media. The Holmdel Township Police Department’s “actions were the height of willful misconduct, professional irresponsibility and a total disdain […]
