The long and eventful life of Queen Elizabeth II ended peacefully during the afternoon of 8 September 2022, in the year of her…
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Ex-President Trump, the Presidential Records Act, and a Department of Justice Investigation
The story begins in January 2022, when America’s official recordkeeper, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), received 15 boxes of White House…
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Sewage Dumping in England’s Inland Waters and the Surrounding Seas: The Background to an Ongoing Problem
Three French MEPs (Pierre Karleskind, Nathalie Loiseau, and Stephanie Yon-Courtin), all members of President Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche! party, wrote to…
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Low Productivity in Britain’s Workforce: A Structural Issue, Rather than “Poor Work Ethic”
As the race to become next British Prime Minister approaches the finishing line, some revealing comments from the front-runner, Ms. Liz Truss, concerning…
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has come up with a short-term, inflation-busting, and “fully-funded” solution to the predicted winter surge in domestic…
An 82-year-old Nancy Pelosi, a senior Democrat and the first woman Speaker of the US House of Representatives, recently accompanied a delegation…
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The UK’s Ailing Economy: The Choice of Doctor Depends upon the Right Diagnosis and the Correct Prescription
It is unfortunate that, at a time when all attention needs to focus on measures to prop up the UK’s flagging economy, what…
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Chaos in the UK Aviation Industry: The Background, Quick-Fixes, and Longer-Term Remedies
Despite all the excitement, summer holidays are often stressful at the best of times, requiring strict coordination of tightly scheduled journeys and…
On 23 July 2022, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the WHO, overruled the majority verdict of the Emergency Monkeypox Committee, an…
Mr. Boris Johnson’s resignation as Prime Minister of the UK on 7 July 2022 set the scene for a leadership contest within the…