Politics
Fast and Furious: Trump's Appointments Following his historic re-election, President-elect Trump has begun nominating members of his administration for approval by the Republican-controlled Senate. Some notable nominees include Florida Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, viewed as hawkish on Sino-US relations. Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz is
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Trumpian Return With a four-year period outside the White House, the former President is set for a comeback of the ages. Only President Grover Cleveland managed the same feat over a century ago. The now president-elect secured every swing state, including the formerly Blue Wall, Rust Belt states. Mr Trump
Literature
The novel, Before the Coffee Gets Cold is the first of a series of six. Originally written in Japanese, the title being コーヒーが冷めないうちに, it was translated into English by Geoffrey Trousselot. The series is composed of six short 300 hundred paged novels written by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. The novelty of this
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Japanese Election After over a decade of rule and near uninterrupted power since 1958 the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) has lost its majority. In a snap-election called by Shigeru Ishiba, the relatively new leader of the LDP and prime Minister of Japan, aimed at securing a mandate from
Politics
Moldovan Referendum and Presidential Election In a nail-biter referendum the Moldovan electorate voted for a pro-EU constitution, 50.38% to 49.62% or 750,137 to 738,737. Prior polling suggested a much stronger margin for the proposed constitution, making the final tally a shock to some. The pro-EU constitution
Literature
Ken Follet is one of my absolute favourite authors. He is the writer that got me into reading in the first place and for that, I will be ever grateful. He is most famous for his early career writing thrillers in the 1980s. After gaining some recognition he decided to
Science
The Collatz Conjecture was named after and introduced by Lothar Collatz in 1937. The Collatz Conjecture is one of the most infamous unsolved problems in mathematics. It concerns a sequence of integers in which each term is obtained from the previous term following this process: if the previous term is
Making Sense of the World
Kenyan Deputy President Removed from Office Following a tumultuous period in Kenyan politics, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to dispose Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, charging him with 5 out of 11 grounds for impeachment. This makes Mr Gachagua the first deputy president in Kenyan history to be removed through an impeachment
Imagine this, a tired chemist dozes of for a few hours only to dream about a snake that is biting its own tail. This dream may sound very bizarre to us but it would later lead to one of the most renowned discoveries in the field of organic chemistry. This
A British Tory Leadership Election The final stretch of the Tory leadership election is ahead. After a strong showing in the third round of voting the former Home Secretary and centrist James Cleverly is out. Other centrist Tom Tugendhat's support from the third round did not translate into
Austrian Election After a turbulent election cycle with the centre-right ÖVP at the helm and Greens beside the Austrians have voted for change. The resignation of former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz came with a significant drop in polling after the highest of any Austrian party in over a decade. The new
And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, published in 1939. It was originally published under a different title but officially changed to its present title in 1985. The title originates from the last line of an 1869 minstrel song by Frank Green, which serves as
When discussing the discovery of DNA's double helix structure, James Watson and Francis Crick are two common names that pop up. These scientists received a Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine in 1962 for their discovery of the molecular structure of DNA. However, what many people don't
The binomial theorem describes the algebraic expansion of powers of a binomial. But first, what is a binomial? Well, it is simply a two-term polynomial or, in other words, an algebraic expression having exactly two unlike terms, including the variables and the constant. According to the theorem, it possible to
The honeymoon case; was it a simple suicide or a love triangle? This is the real-life incident of Christina Kettlewell and her mysterious death in 1947 (Ontario, Canada)
Many of us are familiar with the concept of prime numbers: natural numbers greater than 1 that are not a product of two smaller natural numbers. Listing out the first several prime numbers gives us: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17,... Though their definition is rather straight forward, prime
The youngest of the Brontë sisters, Anne Brontë earned her place among her siblings with her novel: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. It is considered one of the greatest feminist novels of the 19th century alongside her sister Charlotte’s Jane Eyre. Anne was born in Thornton, West Yorkshire in
The Hidden Side of Napoleon Bonaparte Upon first hearing the name Napoleon Bonaparte, one might think of the great military commander who seized the position of Emperor of France following the French Revolution in the 18th century. During his reign, he introduced numerous political and societal reforms, including reconstructing the
Emily Brontë was born two years after her equally talented sister, Charlotte Brontë. She is known for her gothic and only novel: Wuthering Heights. It is a novel that shocked the general public when it was released for its violence and depiction of mental health. Emily brought a brave approach