The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 23 July – Sunday 30 July: On Sunday, an American drone operating in the skies over Syriawas targeted in a “buzzing” encounter by a Russian jet. The…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 16 July – Sunday 23 July: On Sunday, Spain’s 20-year-old Carlos Alcaraz defeated seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic in an incredible four-hour and 42-minute final on the…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 9 July – Sunday 16 July: On Sunday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen concluded a 4-day trip to China in which she met with China’s top economic…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 2 July – Sunday 9 July: In the early hours of Monday, Israel launched a drone strike on the refugee camp of Jenin in the West Bank.…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 18 June – Sunday 25 June: It has been a particularly memorable week… After arriving on Sunday in Beijing in the first trip by a U.S. official…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 11 June – Sunday 18 June: On Monday, Italian media tycoon, politician, and billionaire, Silvio Berlusconi, who served as prime minister in 4 governments between 1994 and…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 4 June – Sunday 11 June: On Sunday OPEC+ members (OPEC and 10 other countries, the most important of which is Russia) agreed to a new output…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 28 May – Sunday 4 June: On Sunday, Belarus’ leader since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko (a former director of a state farm) bizarrely announced “nuclear weapons for everyone”…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 21 May – Sunday 28 May: The largest battle in Europe since the Second World War came to a close on Sunday with Russian mercenaries of the…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 14 May – Sunday 21 May: On Sunday Turkish voters went to the polls in their 22nd presidential election. With the votes counted, neither candidate had the…