During the 2026 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup round-of-32 match between Bosnia Herzegovina and the USA on 1 July, USA…
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President Trump’s Semiquincentennial Independence Day Speech of 4 July 2016: An Affirmation of American Exceptionalism
Having earlier threatened “a really long speech” on a particularly hot day, America’s “favourite President” Donald J. Trump settled for a shorter 40-minute…
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The Expulsion of Black African Migrants from South Africa: Another Blow to African Solidarity and Pan-Africanism
Thousands of anti-migrant demonstrators took to the streets of the main cities of the Republic of South Africa in coordinated protests on 30…
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The Great American State Fair: The Disappointing Start to a Key National Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of American Independence
The Great American State Fair, a 16-day “national exposition” and “World’s Fair-scale event”, held from 25 June to 10 July 2026, was kick-started…
A record-breaking heatwave, said to be the worst-ever to affect the region, disrupted daily life across much of Western Europe, including the British…
Sir Keir Starmer resigned as Leader of the Labour Party on 22 June 2026, a day before the 10th anniversary of the Brexit…
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The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran: A Prelude to Longer-Term Peace in the Middle East?
Seated between French President Emmanuel Macron and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US President Donald J. Trump affixed his trademark spiky signature…
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A Social Media Ban for Under-16s in the United Kingdom: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Access to Digital Technology
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, also father to a 15-year-old daughter, took to the podium in the Downing Street press briefing…
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SpaceX: The Biggest-Ever Initial Public Offering, and the Making of the World’s First Trillionaire
Records were broken on 12 June 2026 as SpaceX made its stock market debut on the NASDAQ exchange, with the world’s biggest initial…
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The “Flamingo Revolution”: Public Demonstrations Against a Luxury Resort Complex in Southern Albania
Massive anti-government protests erupted in Albania’s capital city of Tirana and elsewhere across the country at the end of May 2026, and have…