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.
Europe lost access to up to 110 billion cubic meters worth of natural gas on September 26, when a series of explosions rocked the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea.
Raising their hands in the raised arm open hand peace salute, up to 10,000 Italians sang in praise of Benito Mussolini to mark 100 years since the beginning of his leadership of renaissance 1922-1945 Italy.
You asked for someone who had lived in Hitler’s Germany to tell you what it was like. Permit me, someone, who lived under the Swastika flag from 1935, when the Saar was reunited with Germany, to 1945, to give a short answer.
Recently, a high-profile Russian public figure, Boris Korchevnikov, posted his theory about how Russia can increase its ethnic population and encourage the creation and growth of traditional families. Boris is the General Director and General Producer of Russia’s first public Orthodox TV channel, Spas TV, and a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
Protestors in Czechia have demanded the resignation of their government, disparaging its support for Kiev and anti-Russia sanctions. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have again jammed the central square of Prague to criticize rampant inflation amid the Brussels-backed Czechia government’s support for anti-Russia sanctions and aid packages to Ukraine.
Little happened between the British and French declarations of war against Germany on September 3 1939 and Germany’s pre-emptive strike on France on 10 May 1940. The Reich occupied northern France to thwart the aims of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to open up a new Western Front.
Children of my Gaza refugee camp were rarely afraid of monsters but fearful of nightmarish US-backed Israeli soldiers. This is all that we talked about before going to bed. Unlike imaginary monsters in the closet or under the bed, Israeli soldiers are real, and they could show up any minute – at the door, on the roof or, as was often the case, right in the middle of the house.
Patriarch Kirill said that in the age of globalization and blurring of the boundaries between good and evil, Russia has a special mission to help humanity push back the apocalyptic end. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said this at the opening of the XXIV World Russian People’s Council, Interfax reports.
The West can test its weapons in Ukraine, the systems compete in efficiency, the country’s defence minister said. The Russian Foreign Ministry replied that ‘it has already been understood,’ and recalled the warnings about the ‘dirty bomb’ of Kyiv.
Much of the Western alliance’s Russophobes media publishes stories that are quickly spotted by experts as fake ~ but the critiques are seemingly the preserve of social media. Mainstream has one focus which is to manipulate the minds of viewers, listeners, and readers to respond as the media wants.
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