The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 24 March – Sunday 31 March: On Sunday, Ukraine said it struck two Russian naval vessels, along with a communications center and several other facilities belonging to…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 3 March – Sunday 10 March: On Sunday, Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency after thousands of inmates managed to escape from the country’s two largest…
The World That Was
Adrian Oliver, Sunday 18 February – Sunday 3 March: On Monday, 20 heads of government – 15 from the EU – gathered in Paris to discuss the supply of artillery…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 18 February – Sunday 25 February: On Sunday, between 9:30 p.m. and 10:40 p.m., Iran-backed Houthi terrorists attacked the M/V Rubymar bulk carrier. The 172m-long Rubymar is…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 11 February – Sunday 18 February: On Tuesday, The United States Senate passed a $95bn bill with aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The vote saw 22…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 4 February – Sunday 11 February: On Sunday, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador declared himself the winner of the national elections, winning more than 80 percent…
For the West the End is Nigh.
Hannes Wessels, I’m constantly admonished by my wife and family for being morose and distant; sadly they are probably correct but the reason is, I read too much, care too…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 12 November – Sunday 19 November: Over the weekend, almost all of the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavik’s 3,800 inhabitants were evacuated. The village is located in…
Dangerous Wrong-Headed Thinking
Will Keys, Throughout history and in the face of danger, the evolutionary ‘fight, flight, or freeze’ response is stirred up when confronted with danger. Research indicates that a fight response…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier Sunday 1 October – Sunday 8 October: On Sunday, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in front of the interior ministry building in Turkey’s capital Ankara at about…