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Can an Expanded BRICS have a Unified Mission at last?

This first week of January was, amongst other things, notable for the official inclusion of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia and Iran into the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa consortium known as BRICS.  This puts the ink into the agreement pencilled in Johannesburg last year. Not to put a damper on things, but […]

Elvis Found Alive After 47 Years!

With the epitome of trash journalism, The National Enquirer, leading the charge, America was treated to thousands of ‘sightings’ of the King for years after his untimely death 47 years ago. If it wasn’t a 7Eleven in Joliet Illinois, it was a quickie wedding chapel in Las Vegas. Name any town in America where people […]

Five Times in 2023 The News Hit Us in The Heart

Don’t you find that sometimes, you don’t have to have any connection to events you read in the news to feel personally involved? We looked back on the last year’s stories to remind ourselves of those moments when the news stirred our hearts, evoked our anger, filled us with pride, darkened us with dread or […]