Craig Taylor

Movie Star Singer and Animal Rights Activist Doris Day.

Singer & Actress Doris Day passed away age 97 in her California home at the age of 97 on Monday morning (13-05-2019). Born on  April 3, 1922 – Doris Ma […]

British Steel’s owners Greybull Capital LLP has indicated that the business is in need of £75m to keep it going over the next few months, and it has turned to the British Government for support. They are blaming […]

The US administration has wasted no time in ratcheting up the tension in the Middle East, by effectively blaming Iran for the sabotage attacks on four tankers off the UAE coast earlier this week. At this stage, no […]

Surely This Could Only Happen In Guatemala?

In what would appear to be a plot for a B Movie the constitutional court of Guatemala may be about to bar the top three candidates from running in the Presidential […]

Three killed in Bavaria were medieval combat enthusiasts – and two more deaths are linked to them.
BBC News – Europe

MPs have raised concerns following the death of a contestant who appeared on the programme.
BBC News – UK

Attorney General William Barr orders an examination into the origins of the investigation, reports say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Demonstrators blame soldiers for the deaths but the army says “unidentified elements” were responsible.
BBC News – Africa

It is not known who was behind the damage, which was carried out during tension in the Strait of Hormuz.
BBC News – Middle East

More Chaos On The Rails

German State-owned Train Operator Arriva has joined FTSE250 constituent Stagecoach in taking legal action over the government’s decision to award the East Midlands franchise to the […]

Are US Sanctions Having The Desired Effect Or Destabilising the Middle East?
President Hassan Rouhani has spoken out about the impact of economic sanctions and has indicated that it may be playing into the hands […]

Cuba has not had the most auspicious of starts to the week leading up to the International Day Against Homophobia on 17 May as Police crackdown on an unauthorised Pride march in Havana.

The march on […]

Prosecutors may reopen an investigation into a rape allegation against the Wikileaks co-founder.
BBC News – Europe

The shadow Brexit secretary says there must be a new referendum on any cross-party Brexit deal.
BBC News – UK

Trade War Is Coming
The wisdom of Donald Trump seemingly knows no bounds as he denies that US consumers will pay higher prices due to the higher tariffs on Chinese imports. The US increased the previous 10% […]

Islamic Terrorist Gunmen have attacked a Church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, killing six, one of whom was the resident Priest. This is the 3rd attack on churches in five weeks and is most probably the work […]

Golden State & in particular Stephen Curry showed why they are favourites to make it three NBA Final wins in a row with a hard fought game 6 win over Houston, despite Kevin Durant missing the game through injury. […]

The president’s comments come after the US raised tariffs on $ 200bn of China’s products.
BBC News – Business

Hopes For Peace In Yemen Take A Step Forward

Finally, there is some progress being made in the tragic civil war in Yemen which has claimed so many civilian lives as well as causing mass suffering. The […]

Cuba is the latest country to suffer the wrath of President Trump, who reintroduced a number of sanctions previously lifted by the Obama administration. Reintroduced in 2017 these sanctions are being blamed by the […]