In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed on …
This is the heartstopping moment when a semi-truck driver was forced off the road on Louisville’s Clark Memorial Bridge, narrowly escaping plunging into the Ohio …
José Andrés, founder of organisation, told mourners gathered at Washington National Cathedral how the loss of his staff ‘should inspire us to do better’ The …
Exclusive: Marco Longhi and Jill Mortimer, allies of Lee Anderson, question Jeremy Hunt setting aside £1m for tribute Tory MPs have privately criticised the government’s …
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have prayed together at a memorial for Korean victims of the 1945 atomic …
Co-chair of memorial foundation ‘desperate’ to start work on scheme next to parliament, first proposed in 2014 Lord Pickles, co-chair of the body overseeing a …
Hundreds of people gathered at Melrose Parish Church to honour the late Scotland international, who died in November after a six-year illness with motor neuron …
Three-minute silence will be held nationwide, with flags flown at half mast and stockmarkets suspending trading Sirens will sound across China as the country comes …
Ministers warned not to put political spin on plans to commemorate UK’s experience of pandemic The government must not politicise plans to memorialise Covid-19, the …
Death toll rises to 156, as South Korea police chief admits emergency reports came in warning of the looming Halloween disaster in district of Itaewon …
Blasts heard as security forces reportedly open fire on protesters mourning death of Kurdish woman Protests have raged through the night in Iran after thousands …
Developers and city officials are pushing back on family members’ expectations for a memorial for 98 people who died last year when a beachfront Florida …
Broward Sheriff’s Gregory Tony said Robert Mondragon reconstructed Nikolas Cruz’s journey on the day of the Parkland massacre, saying that the suspect has a ‘desire …
Hiroshima is remembering the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing as officials including the United Nations chief warn against nuclear weapons buildup and the world …
Murdoch-run sports broadcaster says it had shown ‘poor judgement’ in using the reflecting pools of National September 11 Memorial in New York City for a …
Hundreds of flights worldwide were cancelled by midday Sunday, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend