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everyone has a plan: part two
The Russian Invasion of Madagascar
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everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth
3 May 2024 Reuters report that Russian forces have occupied a former American military base in Niamey, Niger.
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Measure Once, Cut Twice
Friday 5 July A new government is elected in the UK, one that promises honesty and integrity - things that the British electorate have not experienced…
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May 2024

March 2024

My Face is Mine
Friday 8 March Tourists are banned from the back streets of Gion, Tokyo's geisha district, after residents complained about incessant and aggressive…
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Children of Survivors
Jerusalem
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February 2024

Jerusalem
November 1979: The film Monty Python's Life of Brian is released in the UK. I go to see it at the ABC Haymarket cinema in Newcastle. Built in 1933 to…
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Omens
November 2023 President Joe Biden: ‘I think what happens in the next two, three years is going to determine what the world looks like for the next five…
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Who Inherits the Earth?
Doomscrollers or bookworms?
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The Hard Stuff
January 2024 The South Sudan government ban sales of a gin that has been linked to several deaths. The governor of Central Equatoria, Adi Anthony, is…
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January 2024

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