Hong Kong’s darkest days of Japanese invasion, cannibalism, POW camps and heroism
PostMag writer Jason Wordie looks back at the harrowing history of Hong Kong during World War II under Japanese occupation ...
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POW law and the plight of Australian Oscar Jenkins in Russia
The International Committee of the Red Cross is also entitled to access POW camps and check on prisoner welfare. Russia and Ukraine have swapped POWs on a number of occasions throughout the war, most ...
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Mother who hid child from Rock Island police arrested in Wisconsin
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - The woman police say intentionally deceived officers into thinking her daughter was abducted was arrested in Wisconsin Thursday night. Princess Ilunga, 37, is being held ...
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‘She made every effort to hide the girl from us’: Rock Island chief says abduction report of 4-year-old ‘intentional deception’
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - Rock Island Police Chief Timothy McCloud says the abduction of a 4-year-old girl from Rock Island was an “intentional deception.“ She was in her own home the entire ...
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Rock Island Trail Bridge in Wilderness Park now open
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Parks and Recreation Department announced Thursday that the Rock Island Trail Bridge over Salt Creek in Wilderness Park is now open. The bridge, located between trail ...
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Rhode Island DOT clears homeless camp, raises concerns about relocation plans
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island Department of Transportation crews did a massive cleanup of a homeless encampment right on the lines between Cranston and Providence Thursday. Homeless ...
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Team camps on Island being studied as FIFA commemorates 500 days until World Cup
No timeline was given as to when training base camps need to be finalized, nor did deFrias disclose potential venues looked at on the Island during the FIFA visit last fall. “What is most ...
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U.S. Funding Freeze Threatens Security at ISIS Camps in Syria
A halt in foreign aid may undermine American organizations’ support for forces that guard the two largest camps holding Islamic State members and their families. By Erika Solomon Lara Jakes and ...
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2025 Hard Rock + Metal Album Release Calendar
Here is your 2025 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...
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Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country’s ‘greatest swindles’
Eighty years ago, the Japanese and Japanese Americans — men, women, kids, two, three generations of families who had been locked up in wartime incarceration camps like Manzanar — were allowed ...
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure’s quirks are well worth enduring
Zoë Hannah is the games editor at Polygon, where she covers mobile games, Zelda, and indie games. She has about a decade of experience in journalism. When it comes to Sanrio fanservice, though ...