The retired lorry and cherry-picker operator, who lives in Canvey Island, Essex, with his wife Jan, said the first the family knew of the medals was from a 2006 book called Legacy Heroes of Rorke's Drift, by author Kris Wheatley.

"Too many people have been left behind and treated like they're invisible. I promise you: I see you," Biden said, addressing blue collar voters in language that echoed his Republican predecessor Don

As of Tuesday, 70 Japanese men - including 50 former members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and two veterans of the French Foreign Legion - had applied to be volunteers, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said, quoting a Tokyo company handling the volunteers.

The battle - in which a record 11 Victoria Crosses (VC) and five Distinguished Conduct Medals were awarded to the survivors - is commonly recognised as one of the most famous in British Military history.

TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - Keiichi Kurogi was one of dozens of men in Japan who offered to join an "international legion" to fight Russian invaders after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for volunteers.

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union have made "some progress" in post-Brexit trade talks but there are still significant gaps and the most likely outcome is for negotiations to end in no deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Wednesday.

ProtonVPN also offers a decent free plan. Even so, ProtonVPN's high security standards and legacy of transparency may make this VPN option worth the price. Though not quite as expensive as ExpressVPN, Proton costs more than some of the other VPNs we've reviewed. The free plan is limited to three server locations (US, NL, JP) and just one concurrent connection -- and runs slower than its premium counterpart -- but it isn't limited in terms of monthly data caps like those imposed by other . But if you understandably don't want to commit to a long-term subscription plan, you can get the yearly plan for $72 per year or the monthly plan for $10 a month, which is cheaper than most VPN providers' monthly plans. The two-year plan is priced at $120 every two years.

However, we noticed that IPVanish's Quick Connect feature doesn't always connect you to the best available server, so you may need to optimize your speeds by connecting manually to a server showing a lighter load by selecting the Locations option in the client. While IPVanish isn't the fastest VPN, the 58% speed loss we measured in our most recent speed tests is about on par with most VPN providers.

You'll also want to make sure your VPN is protecting your privacy and not leaking any of your data outside of the VPN tunnel, thus exposing it to your ISP and n coding other entities that may be monitoring your online activity. You can check for leaks by going to a site like dnsleaktest.com or ipleak.net. If your location is being registered as the VPN server location, and your leak tests turn up negative, then you know your VPN is working to protect your privacy.

Republicans say the ever-growing federal debt points to the need for slashing spending, but Democrats say Republicans are using the issue as a way to weaken Medicare and other long-popular programs, while shielding the rich f

Japan has told its nationals to put off travel to Ukraine for any reason, a warning reiterated on Wednesday by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, who said he was aware of the reports about the volunteers.

Biden is also proposing to raise taxes on those earning more than $400,000 a year to ensure that Medicare -- the hugely popular, but increasingly strained government health insurance system for people over 65 -- remain

The war in Ukraine has stirred strong emotions in Japan, which has a post-war pacifist constitution that has been reinterpreted in recent years to allow Japan to exercise collective self-defense or aid allies under attack.

The title of "best VPN" is something we take seriously here at CNET. To earn that particular accolade, a VPN must meet exceptionally high standards of privacy, speed and utility, while being completely transparent about its operations. Both of those accolades are the result of recently updated evaluations and reviews of those services, as well as NordVPN. We're continuing to compare and evaluate the leading providers as the industry evolves and consolidates, and online security needs become greater than ever. As of this most recent update, ExpressVPN is currently our Editors' Choice for best overall VPN, and Surfshark is our Editors' Choice for best VPN value. And to retain that crown, it must maintain those high standards.

This makes it one of the fastest VPNs we've ever tested. Even more impressive is Proton's ability to reach those speeds despite a relatively small fleet of 1,759 servers in 63 countries. When we speed-tested ProtonVPN, we saw an impressively small 9.6% speed loss compared with average speeds clocked without a VPN. We are in the process of refining our speed testing methodology and plan to publish new speed testing results across the board in the coming months.