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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the U.S. Congress by video at the Capitol on March 16, 2022, to plead for support for his besieged country.

Zelenskyy's plea to Congress recalls Churchill and others who fought for democracy

Mar 19, 2022
Other addresses to Congress by foreign leaders have paled compared to Winston Churchill welding with his words the alliance that overcame Adolph Hitler, until Volodymyr Zelenskyy's this week.
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Westminster Council street marshals stand next to a protective covering installed overnight surrounds the statue of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London, following Black Lives Matter protests that took place ac

Statue Of Winston Churchill Is Covered Up In London

Jun 12, 2020
The monument had previously been defaced amid anti-racism demonstrations. The U.K. is embroiled in a debate over monuments to noted British imperialists and slave traders.
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First Reads
Author Erik Larson.

Exclusive First Read: Erik Larson's 'The Splendid And The Vile'

Feb 20, 2020
The bestselling author of Dead Wake turns his attention to the first year of Winston Churchill's prime ministership, at a moment when Adolf Hitler overtakes France — and England could be next.
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Simon Says
This image made by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows part of a group of five galaxies known as Stephan's Quintet.

'Are We Alone?' Churchill Concludes It's Likely Life Circles Other Suns

Feb 18, 2017
In an essay written in 1939, Winston Churchill pondered the possibility that there might be life elsewhere in the universe. The document was recently rediscovered in a museum in Fulton, Mo.
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The Two-Way
The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, tests the polymer 5-pound note as he buys lunch in London on Tuesday.

Britain Releases A New Fiver That's A Real Survivor

Sep 14, 2016
This week, the U.K. introduced a polymer 5-pound note that's designed to be waterproof, tear-resistant and chewable. The Bank of England still doesn't recommend setting it on fire.
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The Two-Way
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London on Thursday.

Goats, Cannibalism And A Sadistic Nurse: The Insults Of Britain's New Top Diplomat

Jul 14, 2016
Boris Johnson has compared Hillary Clinton to a "sadistic nurse" and written poetry about Turkey's president having sex with a goat.
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The Salt
Churchill (center) celebrates his 69th birthday at a dinner party with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (left) and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the British Legation in Tehran, Nov. 30, 1943. A great friend, Stalin would send Churchill caviar on his

Hitler Couldn't Defeat Churchill, But Champagne Nearly Did

Apr 01, 2016
During the 1930s, as Hitler was rising to power in Germany, the man who would turn out to be his most implacable foe was drowning — in debt and champagne. A new book recounts the unbelievable excess.
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The Two-Way
A new app based on Winston Churchill's tweak on Solitaire was designed with the help of Donald Rumsfeld.

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tries His Hand At App Development

Jan 23, 2016
The former secretary of defense who grappled with "unknown unknowns" in the war in Iraq is back in the news. He worked with a team of developers to design a Winston Churchill-themed card game app.
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