Thursday (June 24th): Hong Kong Security Law Strike One
Jimmy Lai Name? Jimmy Lai Westphalian identity? Hong Konger (Born in China and UK citizenship, you chose) Age? 72 Why is he in the news? Jimmy Lai, the entrepreneur and…
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Jimmy Lai Name? Jimmy Lai Westphalian identity? Hong Konger (Born in China and UK citizenship, you chose) Age? 72 Why is he in the news? Jimmy Lai, the entrepreneur and…
Stergomena Tax Name? Stergomena Tax Westphalian identity? Tanzanian Age? 60 Why is she in the news? Stergomena Tax is the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) which…
Ebrahim Raisi Name? Ebrahim Raisi Westphalian identity? Iranian Age? 60 Why is he in the news? Ayatollah Khamenei’s favourite Ebrahim Raisi won the Iranian Presidential elections last Sunday. Raisi is…
General Min Aung Hliang Name? Min Aung Hliang Westphalian identity? Burmese Age? 64 Why is he in the news? General Hliang is expected to attend the Moscow Conference on International…
Rogelio Mayta Name? Rogelio Mayta Westphalian identity? Bolivian Age? 49 Why is he in the news? As Foreign Minister of Bolivia, Mayta will sit (virtually) alongside other politicians and health…
Joe Biden Name? Joe Biden Westphalian identity? US American Age? 78 Why is he in the news? We have talked a lot about Biden in the past few days and…
Abiy Ahmed Name? Abiy Ahmed Westphalian identity? Ethiopian Age? 44 Why is he in the news? Prime Minister Ahmed has rejected the Arab League’s resolution of calling on the UN…
Angela Merkel Name? Angela Merkel Westphalian identity? German Age? 66 Why is she in the news? Sunday, Merkel visited Cornwall to attend the G7 meeting and yesterday she continued to…
Yair Lapid Name? Yair Lapid Westphalian identity? Israeli Age? 57 Why is he in the news? Yair Lapid is the architect behind Israel’s new eight party coalition government ousting former…
Name? Alberto Fernández Alberto Fernández Westphalian identity? Argentine Age? 62 Why is he in the news? Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández is currently hosting Spain’s President Pedro Sánchez to speed up…