Monday (April 20th): Hongkong’s Father of Democracy
Martin Lee Name? Martin Lee Westphalian identity? Hong Kong British Age? 81 Why is he in the news? Hong Kong authorities have arrested 15 Hong Kong citizens for their involvement…
Wednesday (April 15th): WHO was way too slow
António Guterres Name? António Guterres Westphalian identity? Portugese Age? 70 Why is he in the news? Well someone, who was in Monday’s daily so cannot be in today’s daily, blamed…
THE ART OF DOING NOTHING
A common response to people criticising lockdown or other extreme anti-corona measures is “well, what’s the alternative?”. This is a common fallacy: people see a problem, someone comes up with…
Tuesday (April 14th): Elections in South Korea
Jiwon Lee Name? Jiwon Lee Westphalian identity? South Korean Age? Young Why is she in the news? South Korea is holding parliamentary elections tomorrow despite Covid-19. Not a surprise given…
Erdogan’s Heat Level: Blazing along with COVID-19.
+Erdogan lost a great deal of his power during the 2019 local elections. +He is using the COVID-19 as an excuse to regain that control. +The 2023 elections seem like…
Coronavirus: only a “warning” for the exploitation of the environment
Welcome back to the blog about the hottest topic right now, the Coronavirus. As we stated in the opening section, in this blog we will be discussing the consequences of…
Saturday (April 11th): Bill told you
Bill Gates Name? Bill Gates Westphalian identity? United States Age? 64 Why is he in the news? Gates has recently slammed world governments, saying they failed to properly prepare for…
Wednesday (April 8th): A vision for Europe?
Sebastian Kurz Name? Sebastian Kurz Westphalian identity? German (Yet he claims to be chancellor of some breakaway region in the south of Germany) Age? 33 Why is he in the…
CORONA HYSTERIA: IT GIVETH, AND TAKETH AWAY
The world as we know it faces two existential threats: environmental degradation and collapse of global society due to income inequality. It is disheartening to observe how neither one of…
Georgia: “We’re reverting back to Communism here”
Giorgi Gakharia Name? Giorgi Gakharia Official position? Prime Minister of Georgia since 2019 Number of cases? 188 (06.04.2020; 15:00 CET) What are the measures employed? On February 26th, Giorgi Gakharia…