Lewis Walker

The plan would increase US capital gains taxes and the top marginal income tax rate.
BBC News – US & Canada

France’s President Macron is among foreign leaders to pay their last respects to Idriss Déby.
BBC News – Africa

Our latest Stamp Collecting Quiz, this time themed around first issuances.

We all love a quiz and if you are a keen stamp collector or even or just someone curious about learning more about the hobby this is a […]

Here’s the latest quiz in our Alphabet series The Letter ‘P’ Quiz! It’s a multi-choice general knowledge quiz where all the possible answers begin with the letter ‘P’. If you like general knowledge quizzes, then I […]

It claims Liberty owes debts from the acquisition of Tata’s speciality steels business, reports say.
BBC News – Business

Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia follow China in Amnesty’s list of who executes the most people.
BBC News – Middle East

Two police officers were injured in the attack in the western state of Michoacán.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Arrests are made as protesters demand the release of the opposition leader, who is on hunger strike.
BBC News – Europe

The party wants a “thorough investigation” into Boris Johnson’s conduct, amid a row over lobbying.
BBC News – UK

The justice department announces probe into city police practices after George Floyd murder verdict.
BBC News – US & Canada

Opposition parties reject the army’s appointment of President Déby’s son as the nation’s new leader.
BBC News – Africa

Collecting Stamps by country – South West Africa (SWA).

If you are considering starting a single country stamp collection with an endpoint then SWA is one worth considering. It had a fairly conservative issuing […]

Bowness-On-Solway, Cumbria’s Little Gem
Bowness-On-Solway is a village and civil parish located on the Cumbrian coast in the extreme North West of England. The village lies some 14 miles northwest of Carlisle, […]

Any motorway without a hard shoulder will need to have radar technology to detect stopped vehicles.
BBC News – Business

Eleven people were killed and 98 injured when four carriages of a train derailed north of Cairo.
BBC News – Middle East

The World Food Programme aims to feed 1.5m children by the end of 2023 to combat growing malnutrition.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Armin Laschet wins the backing of the CDU executive for the chancellor’s job in September’s elections.
BBC News – Europe

FA and Premier League officials are told they have the UK government’s support to stop the plans.
BBC News – UK

Coronavirus continues to pose “unprecedented risks to travellers”, the US state department says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Idriss Déby dies just hours after provisional election results set him on course for a sixth term.
BBC News – Africa