Thursday (March 26th): Yemen war nears 5 years with no end in sight
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…
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Wednesday (March 25th): EU greenlights membership consideration of Albania & North Macedonia
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…
Monday (March 23): At least corona doesn’t discriminate, unlike society.
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…
Sunday (March 22nd): What comes after quarantine?
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…
Saturday (March 21st): Corona solidarity in Morocco
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…
Friday (March 20th): Korean technology and community leading the way…are we surprised?
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…
Thursday (March 19th): Wait a second, let Angela think
Angela Merkel Name? Angela Merkel Westphalian identity? German Age? 65 Why is she in the news? Last night Angela, the saviour, Merkel came down from above and spoke to the…
Wednesday (March 18th): “Don’t Panic my countrymen” -Pakistani PM
Imran Khan Name? Imran Khan Westphalian identity? Pakistani Age? 67 Why is he in the news? The Pakistani Prime Minister has called upon his country “not to panic” as it…
Tuesday (March 17th): The individual’s role in decision making
Pedro Sánchez Name? Pedro Sánchez Westphalian identity? Spanish Age? 48 Why is he in the news? Spain is 4th in the global Corona ranking with 11408 cases today. One of…
Monday (March 16th): Your Average Prime Minister
Mark Rutte Name? Mark Rutte Westphalian identity? As Dutch as they come. Age? 53 Why is he in the news? As Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Rutte held a press…