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Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.

Ukraine became a military laboratory – senior Pentagon official

The conflict is providing valuable military insight like Afghanistan or Iraq once did, an aide to the US defense minister believes. Ukraine has become a true military innovation laboratory, particularly in the field of AI and drones, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities Ms Mara Karlin said at a panel at the Ronald Reagan Institute on Wednesday.

100,000 join protest against their Pro-NATO regime

Czech demonstrators have called for the country’s current leadership to resign over its support for Ukraine and ties to the US. Thousands of supporters of the Czech non-parliamentary PRO (Law, Respect, Expertise) party gathered in the centre of Prague on Saturday to demand the resignation of the country’s government over its pro-Western policies.

France’s Le Pen slams Meloni’s handling of Italy’s migrant crisis as a disaster

Marine Le Pen refers to Meloni as lacking political will and even refers to ‘cowardice’ when referring to the Italian leader. Le Pen, who leads the National Rally’s parliamentary faction in France, joined her Italian ally Matteo Salvini during a rally in Italy where she slammed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over her handling of Italy’s raging immigration crisis

Putin: The Soviet Union’s decision to crush Hungarian, Czechoslovak uprisings was a mistake

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the U.S. was making the same mistakes now that the Soviet Union did in the past. Sending Soviet troops to suppress the anti-Soviet uprisings and liberalization attempts in communist Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 was a mistake, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Tuesday.

Tucker Carlson: there is no democracy in the USA

‘The US government is spending billions of dollars on a foreign policy theory that no one supports,’ political commentator Tucker Carlson said in a speech. “The entire US political system is controlled by a small group of people who act only in their own interests and who do not care at all about the opinions of the people.” Video