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Urgent international gatherings this week in Geneva and Paris took on, respectively, the Ebola crisis in West Africa and threats posed by the ‘Islamic state’ movement in Syria and Iraq. … Read More »
The last days of Summer saw little easing of the heat of conflict in Eastern Ukraine. … Read More »
Observances were held on both sides of the Atlantic to mark the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing; the terrorist attack on a Pan American flight over Scotland (21.12.88), with the loss of 270 lives. … Read More »
Thieves who stuck up a plane on the tarmac at Brussels and stole a consignment of diamonds on Tuesday generated a startling spin-off for the famed diamond industry operating through Antwerp. … Read More »
The lone French yachtsman Alain Delord enjoyed a lamb shank and Australian claret on board the luxury cruise ship which plucked him out of the Southern Ocean early on Monday night, as it ferried him to a landing in Tasmania. … Read More »
In the middle of the time of year for dangerous weather, both North and South are facing a difficult week.
Europe has a mounting toll of lives lost in the extreme cold conditions; Australia is standing-by for more heat wave conditions generating the bushfires, and now cyclones off the Northern coasts. … Read More »
Among major players of the century, the outlook for Russia shows mixed economic prospects, more nationalistic position-taking, and “strong government†– as President Vladimir Putin flexes into his new, six-year term of office. … Read More »