Tuesday (July 7th): The Empire strikes back
Boris Johnson Name? Boris Johnson Westphalian identity? British Age? 56 Why is he in the news? Boris has offered Visa and potential British Citizenship to every Hongkong national born before…
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Boris Johnson Name? Boris Johnson Westphalian identity? British Age? 56 Why is he in the news? Boris has offered Visa and potential British Citizenship to every Hongkong national born before…
Micheál Martin Name? Micheál Martin Westphalian identity? Irish Age? 59 Why is he in the news? The Irish Parliament has elected Martin as the new Prime Minister for Ireland under…
Name? Ahmad al-Asiri Westphalian identity? Saudi Age? 68 Why is he in the news? He is one of 20 Saudi nationals that are on an absentia trial starting in Istanbul…
Carrie Lam Name? Carrie Lam Westphalian identity? Chinese Age? 63 Why is she in the news? As the current chief executive of Hong Kong, Lam is in charge of implementing…
Armin Linnartz Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE) Name? Angela Merkel Westphalian identity? German Age? 65 Why is she in the news? Germany’s Presidency of the European Council begins today! Why…
Emmanuel Macron Name? Emmanuel Macron Westphalian identity? French Age? 42 Why is he in the news? Yesterday he flew to Germany to meet his close friend Angela Merkel for the…
Shinzō Abe Name? Shinzō Abe Westphalian identity? Japanese Age? 65 Why is he in the news? As the longest serving Prime Minister in Japanese history, Abe has been particularly busy…
Han Weiguo Name? Han Weiguo Westphalian identity? Chinese Age? 64 Why is he in the news? Han Weiguo is the Commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which conducted military…
Vladimir Putin Name? Vladimir Putin Westphalian identity? Russian Age? 67 Why is he in the news? Early voting began today for the July 1st referendum over whether to accept over…
Yahya Sarea Name? Yahya Sarea Westphalian identity? Yemeni (Houthi) Age? In his mid-forties we assume Why is he in the news? As Houthi military spokesman, Sarea stated in a televised…