Britain
The Big Failure of Small Government
It is no coincidence that countries with mission-driven governments have fared better in the COVID-19 crisis than have countries beholden to the cult of...
Covid-19 fallout? Putin might INVADE & China will DOMINATE, says the...
By Nebojsa Malic
18 May, 2020
Amid growing pressure to end the coronavirus lockdowns, British authorities are being advised by foreign policy ‘experts’ to brace for...
Homeless face desperation on London streets amid lockdown
By Charles Hixson
9 May 2020
Despite promises that all homeless people would be provided with accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic, rough sleepers face increasing...
India tells Oxford museum to hand over ‘stolen’ 15th-century bronze idol
21 Feb, 2020
The Indian government has requested that the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford return their “stolen” 15th-century bronze sculpture, which was apparently removed from...
Tutankhamun relic fetches $6 million in London despite Egyptian outcry
Jul 5, 2019
A 3,000-year-old quartzite head of Egyptian “Boy King” Tutankhamun was auctioned off for $6 million on Thursday in London despite...
The rise of Asia and the polarisation of Global Forces: Western...
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G7 and E7, OLDEFOS and NEFOS
Those forecasts reveal interesting points, at least two for the purpose of this essay:
1) The grouping of...
Digital dystopia: how algorithms punish the poor
In an exclusive global series, the Guardian lays bare the tech revolution transforming the welfare system worldwide – while penalising the most vulnerable
by Ed...
Trump campaign mined Facebook user data using Israeli ‘intelligence gathering’
Cambridge Analytica CEO filmed boasting of using entrapment, bribes and honey-traps to influence election
20 March 2018
A British data-mining company hired by the Donald Trump...
The Dangers Of Parachute Journalism
A little learning is a dang’rous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring. (Pope)
By William Mallinson *
Hot on the heels of an...
The American Invasion of Russia in 1918
By Carlton Meyer Posted on
December 20, 2019
President Woodrow Wilson dispatched 5000 American troops to northern Russia and 8000 troops to Siberia without seeking approval...