Tag: Second World War

Hanover
50,000 face evacuation in Germany over World War-II bombs

Berlin: Around 50,000 people in Germany’s Hannover city will be evacuated from their homes on Sunday while experts defuse five Second World War bombs, officials said on Saturday. The operation is the second largest of its kind carried out in the country, and will affect around a tenth of the city’s population, the BBC reported. […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Pitti-palace
Germany returns painting stolen by Nazis to Florence

Rome: More than 75 years after being looted by Nazi troops during World War Two, a stolen painting has been returned to its rightful home in Florence. Vase of Flowers, valued at around 10 million euros, belongs to Pitti Palace and was one of boxes of artworks that were looted by soldiers in 1943. On […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
World-Bank
World Bank Projects Global Economy To Shrink By 5.2% In 2020

Washington: The global economy is on track to shrink by 5.2 per cent this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the deepest recession since the Second World War, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects. Economic activity in advanced economies is anticipated to contract 7 per cent in 2020 as domestic demand […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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