Wednesday (April 1st): Norwegian Money
Nicolai Tangen Name? Nicolai Tangen Westphalian identity? Norwegian Age? 54 Why is he in the news? Tangen will take over the biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund in the world, the Norwegian…
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Nicolai Tangen Name? Nicolai Tangen Westphalian identity? Norwegian Age? 54 Why is he in the news? Tangen will take over the biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund in the world, the Norwegian…
Taro Kono Name? Taro Kono Westphalian identity? Japanese Age? 57 Why is he in the news? Last night, a Japanese destroyer collided with a Chinese fishing boat in the East…
Viktor Orbán Name? Viktor Orbán Westphalian identity? Hungarian Age? 56 Why is he in the news? Today Hungary’s parliament passed a law that lets Orbán rule Hungary by decree, without…
Rishi Sunak Name? Rishi Sunak Westphalian identity? British Age? 39 Why is he in the news? Sunak has officially been Chancellor of the Exchequer for 6 weeks, coming into office…
Abd Rabbo Mansur Hadi Name? Abd Rabbo Mansur Hadi Westphalian identity? Yemeni Age? 74 Why is he in the news? 5 years ago, Yemen’s President Hadi had to flee his…
Oliver Varhelyi Name? Oliver Varhelyi Westphalian identity? Hungarian Age? 48 Why is he in the news? The 27 European Ministers of Foreign Affairs agreed to start negotiations for the 35…
Name? Harvey Weinstein Westphalian identity? Ogre (and US American) Age? 68, i.e. old enough to make his prison sentence a proper punishment Why is he in the news? He got…
Christian Drosten Name? Christian Drosten Westphalian identity? German Age? 48 Why do we care? Drosten and a colleague decoded the SARS Virus of 2003 and developed the first test for…
Mohammed VI Name? Mohammed VI. Westphalian identity? Moroccan Age? 56 Why is he in the news? He is not! Morocco only has 86 cases (13:15) and the last time the…
Name? Moon Jae-in Westphalian identity? South Korean Age? 67 Why is he in the news? He is and he is not, it depends on what newspaper you consume and what…