During the course of his special address to the World Economic Forum in Davos on 22 January 2026, President Donald J. Trump repeated…
Jess’s Rule: Improving the Diagnostic Performance of General Practice Teams in England
Jessica Brady, a 27-year-old satellite engineer at Airbus in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, previously in good health, consulted her GP practice in June 2020 with…
Anti-Government Protests in Iran During December 2025/January 2026: Preliminary Observations
The value of Iran’s weakening national currency, the Rial, plummeted to record lows in December 2025, following decades of mismanagement of the domestic…
President Donald Trump has restated, on numerous occasions, and in no uncertain terms, his unswerving intention to add the island of Greenland to…
The Kidnapping of President Maduro: An Assertion of American Hegemony in the Western Hemisphere
Operation Absolute Resolve achieved its primary objective on Saturday, 3 January 2026. President Nicolás Maduro was kidnapped in a “brilliant operation”, to quote…
Bulgaria’s Accession to the Eurozone: The Final Step in European Integration for the Balkan Nation
As of midnight on 31 December 2025, the Republic of Bulgaria acceded to the eurozone, becoming the 21st EU member state to adopt…
New Year’s Day, under normal circumstances, is meant to be a celebration of the year to follow, ushered in with spectacular fireworks displays…
On 26 December 2025, Israel became the first UN member state to officially recognise the Republic of Somaliland since the latter entity unilaterally…
An Animal Welfare Strategy for England: New Measures to Improve the Lives of Domesticated and Wild Animals
Emma Reynolds, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, launched the UK Government’s ‘Animal Welfare Strategy for England’ on 22 December…
Donald Trump came well-prepared for his second term as President, having waited impatiently in the wings for his expected electoral victory, to be…