As Trump cracked a joke about Pearl Harbor, Japanese PM Takaichi's eyes widened. She shifted in her seat. The room groaned. And within hours, the moment had gone viral across social media on both sides of the Pacific.
The 'Little Boy' atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed around 140,000 people, including many who died from radiation.
August 9 is a day rich with events that have dramatically shaped our world. From Singapore's bold leap to independence to the tragic end of the atomic bomb's devastation, and from the debut of a cherished cartoon character to a profound literary work on simple living, this date holds significant historical weight.
After the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Oppenheimer quoted from the Bhagvad Gita: Now I am become death, he said. An excerpt from his biography, American Prometheus.
A Japanese mayor has apologised after a public outcry over a flyer issued to pregnant women advising them on what most irritated husbands after their wives became mothers