Thursday (November 26th): UK Leader- or Ostrich-ship?
Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg Name? Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg Westphalian identity? British Age? 43 Why is she in the news? Lady Sugg submitted her resignation as Foreign Office Minister of…
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Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg Name? Liz Sugg, Baroness Sugg Westphalian identity? British Age? 43 Why is she in the news? Lady Sugg submitted her resignation as Foreign Office Minister of…
Name? King Maha Vajiralongkorn Westphalian identity? Thai Age? 68 Why is he in the news? King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has faced serious opposition protests this year as students and…
Joshua Wong Name? Joshua Wong Westphalian identity? Hong Konger Age? 24 Why is he in the news? Wong, and his fellows Lam and Chow, pleaded guilty in court in a…
Name? Mohammed bin Salman Westphalian identity? Saudi Arabian Age? 35 Why is he in the news? Saudi Arabia hosted this year’s G20 summit. While MBS hoped for a glorious summit…
Viktor Orbán Westphalian identity? Hungarian Name? Viktor Orbán Age? 57 Why is he in the news? Orbán has vetoed the 1,8 trillion Euro European budget for the next seven years…
Angus Campbell Name? Angus Campbell Westphalian identity? Australian Age? Wikipedia does not tell us, 60ish? Why is he in the news? Angus Campbell, General in the Australian Military, came out…
Li Keqiang Name? Li Keqiang Westphalian identity? Chinese Age? 65 Why is he in the news? As Premier of the State Council of China, Li oversaw Beijing’s signing of the…
Abiy Ahmed Name? Abiy Ahmed Westphalian identity? Ethiopian Age? 44 Why is he in the news? For the past two weeks, Ahmed has been struggling with the Tigray People's Liberation…
Kamala Harris Name? Kamala Harris Westphalian identity? United States of America Age? 56 Why is she in the news? Not only will Kamala be the first female vice president of…
Narendra Modi Name? Narendra Modi Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 69 Why is he in the news? Now that US President Trump has boastfully said he wants to ban TikTok; the…