The last Victoria Cross hero before VE Day who was so brave even the enemy marvelled

By late April 1945, the German army was in retreat and, after nearly six long years of war, the Allies were finally poised to defeat Adolf Hitler. For many British servicemen, particularly those who had served for all or most of the Second World War, thoughts inevitably turned to surviving the last battles and returning … Read more

Chinese state newspaper labels US Secretary of State Pompeo ‘an enemy to world peace’

Beijing’s state media has blasted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as ‘an enemy to world peace’ after he warned that China will ‘pay a price for what they did’ over the country’s coronavirus cover-up. State-run Global Times responded to Pompeo’s remarks yesterday by suggesting that Pompeo ‘is poisoning US diplomacy with his personal hatred of … Read more

Dr MARTIN SCURR says we are at war with an enemy of unknown scale 

Just imagine going to war against an enemy of unknown scale — and not knowing the number of armed forces personnel at your disposal. It would make it almost impossible to determine a battle plan. But that is the situation we now find ourselves in as we try to contend with coronavirus. We have no … Read more

The Walking Dead: Negan saves his former enemy Daryl as a new character Princess is introduced

Negan saved his former enemy Daryl Dixon’s life on Sunday’s episode of The Walking Dead, while a character from the comics makes her long-awaited debut, Princess (Paolo Lazaro). Daryl (Norman Reedus) had just captured Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in the woods, where he’d run into him while looking for Lydia (Cassidy McClincy) in an old … Read more