Thursday (July 22nd): Merkel’s friends with agreements
Name? Angela Merkel Name? Angela Merkel Westphalian identity? German Age? 67 Why is he in the news? Last week we wrote about Merkel’s visit to the United States of America…
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Name? Angela Merkel Name? Angela Merkel Westphalian identity? German Age? 67 Why is he in the news? Last week we wrote about Merkel’s visit to the United States of America…
Miguel Díaz-Canel Name? Miguel Díaz-Canel Westphalian identity? Cuban Age? 61 Why is he in the news? Cuban President Díaz-Canel has been detaining dozens (if not hundreds) of anti-government protestors for…
Ersin Tatar Name? Ersin Tatar Westphalian identity? Turkish Cypriot Age? 60 Why is he in the news? Today marks the 47th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and Ersin…
Narendra Modi Name? Narendra Modi Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 70 Why is he in the news? Prime Minister Modi was accused of treason for reportedly using Israeli-NSO spyware tool Pegasus…
Joe Biden Name? Joe Biden Westphalian identity? United States American Age? 78 Why is he in the news? President Biden met with Germany’s Chancellor Merkel yesterday as a sign of…
Cyril Ramaphosa Name? Cyril Ramaphosa Westphalian identity? South African Age? 68 Why is he in the news? President Ramaphosa has called the South African military for help with containing the…
Claude Joseph Name? Claude Joseph Westphalian identity? Haitian Age? Mid 40’s Why is he in the news? After the assassination of the Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, Prime Minister Joseph of…
President Sandu Name? Maia Sandu Westphalian identity? Moldavian Age? 49 Why is she in the news? In April, Moldova’s President Sandu called for snap parliamentary elections which were held yesterday.…
Rodrigo Duterte Name? Rodrigo Duterte Westphalian identity? Filipino Age? 76 Why is he in the news? On the fifth anniversary of the Hague’s ruling that rejected China’s historical claim to…
Alexander Lukashenko Name? Alexander Lukashenko Westphalian identity? Belarusian Age? 66 Why is he in the news? After last month’s forced landing of a Ryanair flight to seize prominent Belarusian dissident…