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Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt were torn down in Portland last night as rioting returned to the city on the eve of Columbus Day. In what organizers called an ‘Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage’, the two statues were torn down in the space of 10 minutes by protesters who toppled the monuments and … Read more
Boris Johnson channeled the New Deal of US president Franklin Roosevelt today as he laid out his vision for Britain’s post-coronavirus recovery. But the scale of what was unveiled by the Prime Minister at a college in Dudley this morning appears to be on a far lower order of magnitude to that put in place … Read more
More than 150 protesters gathered outside of New York’s Museum of Natural History yesterday in an effort to save a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt from being removed. During the hour-long demonstration speakers made the case for keeping the bronze effigy of Roosevelt firmly in its place at the Museum’s entrance, where it has stood since … Read more
Ben Stiller suggests replacing an NYC statue of Theodore Roosevelt with one of his beloved late co-star Robin Williams: ‘He deserves one’ New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday that the city will remove a statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt from in front of the landmark Museum of Natural History The monument … Read more
NYC’s Museum of Natural History will remove its statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback flanked by Native American and African men because it ‘symbolizes racism and colonial expansion’ The bronze statue depicts Theodore Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and an African man standing next to the horse It has stood at the museum’s … Read more
The deafening explosion that lit up the night sky over Tehran in the early hours of December 1, 1943, was heard across the Iranian capital. It would surely have been noticed by Winston Churchill, a notorious light sleeper, over in the British Embassy, although he might not have immediately realised its grim significance. The previous … Read more
Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin came ‘appallingly close’ to assassination during a top secret summit in 1943 in Tehran, a new book has revealed. The three world leaders met in person in the Iranian capital – despite the city being central to a major Nazi intelligence ring. German intelligence agents discovered advance … Read more
A second sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt has been rushed to the intensive care unit suffering complications from COVID-19. The Navy confirmed that the sailor – who has not been publicly named – was admitted to the ICU at Naval Hospital Guam on Tuesday due to a shortness of breath. The announcement comes just … Read more
China appears to be taking advantage of the USS Theodore Roosevelt being crippled by the coronavirus by sending an aircraft carrier and fighter jets close to Taiwan over the weekend. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the Liaoning, China’s first operational aircraft carrier, and five accompanying warships passed first through the Miyako Strait, located between Japan’s islands … Read more
A sailor who tested positive for coronavirus on board USS Theodore Roosevelt has died. The unidentified sailor had tested positive for the virus on March 30 and was taken off the ship and moved into isolation accommodation with four others. On Thursday he was found unresponsive during a medical check and sailors who found him attempted … Read more