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I could trawl the news and come up with a rationale for this week’s story. Maybe Novak Djokovic's determination in the face of Australian bureaucracy…
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Welcome back everyone. Hope you had a good Christmas, not too disrupted, not spent in an Australian detention facility… 8 January 2022: Tennis star…
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This post is just to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Many thanks for subscribing and, even more, for reading and commenting. I am…
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24 November 2021: South Africa reports a new variant of the Sars-Covid 2 virus. The WHO designate it as omicron, inexplicably skipping both nu and xi in…
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7 December 2021: The Daily Mirror alleges there was an illegal Christmas party at Number 10, Downing Street, in 2020. A video appears to show Boris…
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October 25, 2021: BBC reports a military coup underway in Sudan September 21: attempted military coup in Sudan September 5: military coup in Guinea May…
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22nd May 1990. The two Yemens, north and south, become one. The mood of the world seems to be for the dissolution of old animosities. In that same week…
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17 November: Polish forces use tear gas and water cannon to force back migrants attempting to cross into the EU from Belarus. NATO moves troops to…
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10 November. Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is questioned about sleaze allegations. He responds that the UK, "is not remotely a corrupt country." 9…
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27 October 2021: The UN report that current action on CO2 emissions will set the world on course for a disastrous 2.70C temperature rise by 2030. In…
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