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Donald Trump, Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin join Emmanuel Macron and other world leaders in a Paris ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice that brought an end to the first world war
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On the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war, Australians gathered around the country to observe one minute’s silence and mark the centenary of the signing of the armistice that ended the bloodshed. Almost 62,000 Australians died fight...
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Australian troops expected the war to drag on, so peace was greeted in the trenches with stunned silence, says senior war memorial historian Aaron Pegram. Back home there were scenes of celebration in Sydney and Melbourne. But the euphoria subsided...
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It was mid-afternoon on the east coast of Australia when allied commanders and their German counterparts, after meeting for several days at the forest of Compiègne in battle-devastated northern France, agreed to the terms that would end the first wo...
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Aid funding of £12m will be used to help thousands of impoverished war veterans who served with the British military across the Commonwealth, Penny Mordaunt has announced.
The minister for international development said the cash would be used to pro...