Issue 88:2017 01 19:Week in Brief International

19 January 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA:  The far-right Austrian Freedom Party is trying to distance itself from its traditional anti-semitism by inviting Israeli politicians to seminars on anti-semitism, in what appears to be a tactic to emphasise its anti-Islamic immigration policy.  President Rivlin of Israel has condemned the exercise. CYPRUS:  The… Continue reading Issue 88:2017 01 19:Week in Brief International

Issue 64: 2016 07 28: News in Brief International

28 July 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Two knife-wielding jihadists murdered an 85 year old priest, Father Jacques Hamel, at the altar of a church at Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, where he had just begun morning mass.  Two other people were injured.  The two jihadists were shot dead by police as they left the church… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: News in Brief International

Issue 50: 2016 04 21: The Shadow of the Past (John Watson)

21 April 2016 The Shadow of the Past We should not hold old stories about who Mr Khan rubbed shoulders with against him. By John Watson Some jokes are recycled generation by generation and they are often not very good ones.  Take this as an example.  A man walks into a restaurant and orders soup.… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: The Shadow of the Past (John Watson)

Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International

21 April 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe GERMANY: The comic Jan Böhmermann, who broadcast a satirical anti-Erdogan poem on TV, has been put under police protection.  Chancellor Merkel has agreed that he is to be prosecuted under an old and little-used law – “insulting a foreign head of state” – which needs the approval… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International

Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK

05 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK POPULATION FIGURES: The Office for National Statistics predicts that over the next twenty-five years the population of the UK will increase from 64,600,000 to 74,300,000. By then it will have overtaken that of France and, if trends continue, it will overtake that of Germany in 2047. The projected… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Week in Brief: UK

01 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK CYBERCRIME: According to The Times, less than one in every hundred cases of online fraud is investigated by the police, with 3,200,000 frauds over the last year resulting in less than 9,000 being followed up. A computer program is used to identify which cases warrant action by the… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News

30 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS EGYPT: Nineteen people were drowned when a cargo boat collided with a Nile river boat. A second Suez canal, 72km (45 miles) long, has been built in twelve months.  The depth of the original canal has been increased to 20m (66ft) to allow bigger ships.  With two canals,… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News

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