He drove the 1,600 miles through Europe and saw for himself the effects of the war on Ukrainian people when he was forced to ...

Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...

The sound of the 'warning' signal and the 'all clear' would become very familiar to people living in large cities in Britain. Air raid sirens were placed on the top of tall buildings - often ...

Ask any Japanese today what an ambulance siren sounds like, and "pee-po" would be their answer. Until 50 years ago, however, all ambulances, fire engines and police cars in Japan made the same ...