On 21 May 2026, four out of seven members of the Trump-appointed U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the design for a 250-foot-high…
President Trump’s Second State Visit to China, Amidst the Ascendancy of the World’s Second-Largest Economy
President Donald J. Trump stepped off Air Force One at Beijing Capital International Airport, at around 8:00 PM local time on 12 May…
The Elections of 7 May 2026 and The Continued Decline of the Two-Party System in British Politics
Voters cast their ballots on 7 May 2026 for 136 local authorities in England and for the devolved legislatures of Scotland (the Scottish…
A Hantavirus Outbreak at Sea, and the Challenges of Dealing with Spreading Infections on Board Cruise Ships
MV Hondius, a “purpose-built vessel for polar expedition cruising”, departed the Argentinian port of Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, on 1…
The State Visit of King Charles III to America: Salvaging the Anglo-American “Special Relationship”
King Charles III, on his 20th visit to the US and also his first as reigning British monarch and head of the Commonwealth,…
The political status of the Falkland Islands, an archipelago of isolated, sparsely-populated, treeless, and windswept islands in the South Atlantic, located 300 miles east…
Insider Trading: Allegations of Profiting from Non-Public Information in Commodity and Prediction Markets
The summary of an investigation by Nick Marsh, a BBC business reporter, entitled ‘The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump’s presidency’, was released…
The totally unacceptable practice of lining the corridors and packing the waiting rooms of crowded British emergency departments with patients on chairs and…
The Hungarian Election of April 2026: A Change of Direction in an ‘Illiberal Democracy’
As widely predicted, Péter Magyar, President of the Respect and Freedom Party since 2024, led his party to a landslide victory in the…
The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution: Some Observations in the Light of Recent Events
President Donald Trump vented his unbridled fury in a Truth Social post on the morning of Easter Sunday, 5 April 2026, when he…