Tag: Memorial
LGBT veterans memorial: ‘We're not a dirty secret’
The memorial will end decades of feeling “swept under the rug", campaigners say.
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Ex-chancellor Sajid Javid calls for Muslim war memorial
Sajid Javid says the estimated 140,000 Muslim soldiers who died in the world wars deserve recognition.
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War memorial protesters could face jail under new law
Face coverings will also be banned at protests, security minister Tom Tugendhat says.
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Holocaust survivors criticise plans for new Westminster memorial
MPs are told the proposals are "completely idiotic" and could fuel antisemitism.
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Two arrests over Rochdale memorial Palestine graffiti
The words "Free Palestine" were scrawled on the war memorial in Rochdale town centre.
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Memorial Day air travel tops 2019 levels as consumers shell out for trips
Travelers arrive for flights at O'Hare Airport on May 25, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesMemorial Day air travel surpassed pre-Co [...]
Brian Haw memorial: Sir Mark Rylance leads campaign
Sir Mark Rylance is leading a crowdfunding appeal to erect a statue of peace campaigner Brian Haw.
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PM promises law to build Holocaust memorial centre
Rishi Sunak says a new Bill will see the plans through after they were quashed by campaigners.
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Crypto users renew calls for Satoshi Nakamoto to win Nobel memorial prize for economics
Bitcoin enthusiasts on social media platforms have reiterated their annual petition to have the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory [...]
A new Supreme Court decision has ominous implications for LGBTQ discrimination, in Marietta Memorial Hospital v. DaVita
At first glance, the Supreme Court’s decision in Marietta Memorial Hospital v. DaVita has little to do with LGBTQ rights, or with traditional forms [...]
Flight cancellations ease after rocky start to Memorial Day weekend
A Delta Airlines commercial aircraft approaches to land at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California January 18, 2022.Mike Blake | ReutersFlight dis [...]
Memorial Day weekend car shopping is ‘looking pretty bleak’
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOne of the best car-shopping weekends prepandemic is more of a dud these days.Amid the auto industry's manufacturi [...]
Despite 1 Million Covid Death Toll, U.S. Still Has No National Memorial
Minutes before a crowd of lawmakers gathered on the steps of the Capitol last week to mark the impending U.S. death toll of 1 million from Covid, it b [...]
Biden Eulogizes Walter F. Mondale at Memorial
WASHINGTON — President Biden paid tribute on Sunday to former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, hailing “one of the great giants of American history” [...]
Holocaust memorial: Planning permission for Parliament monument quashed
Hight Court overturns the government's decision to allow a permanent monument outside Parliament.
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