Monday (May 18th): Merkel and Macron for the save?
Name? Angela Merkel Westphalian identity? German Age? 65 Wikimedia Why is he in the news? Minutes ago she stepped in front of the press in Berlin while Emanuel Macron stepped…
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Name? Angela Merkel Westphalian identity? German Age? 65 Wikimedia Why is he in the news? Minutes ago she stepped in front of the press in Berlin while Emanuel Macron stepped…
Giuseppe Conte Name? Giuseppe Conte Westphalian identity? Italian Age? 55 Why is he in the news? Domestically, Conte faces pressure to act as some regions want to open up their…
Tsai Ing-wen Name? Tsai Ing-wen Westphalian identity? Taiwanese Age? 63 Why is she in the news? Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has effectively handled the coronavirus pandemic on her small island…
Roberto Azevêdo Name? Roberto Azevêdo Westphalian identity? Brazilian Age? 62 Why is he in the news? Azevêdo resigned from his position as chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) over…
Emiel Jurjens Name? Emiel Jurjens Westphalian identity? Dutch Age? Somewhere between 35-45? He looks young & has an active Twitter account... Why is he in the news? Jurjens is the…
Abiy Ahmed Name? Abiy Ahmed Westphalian identity? Ethiopian Age? 43 Why is he in the news? Have you ever heard about the Renaissance Dam? No, us neither until this morning…
Mahamadou Issoufou Name? Mahamadou Issoufou Westphalian identity? Nigerien Age? 68 Why is he in the news? Technically, he isn’t personally in the news but the country he represents is as…
Name? Vinay Mohan Kwatra Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 58 Why is he in the news? As the Indian ambassador to Nepal, Kwatra had a difficult task this week of informing…
Nayib Bukele Name? Nayib Bukele Westphalian identity? Salvadorean Age? 38 Why are they in the news? El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has a history of using violent threats to get…
Gary Batton Name? Gary Batton Westphalian identity? Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Age? 53 Why is he in the news? As the current chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Batton…