Fasten your seat belts, the world is in for a bumpy ride in 2025

The bad guys are now truly in the ascendancy throughout the world

22 December 2024 - 00:00

The year closes with a blizzard of bad news. And it seems there won’t be any let-up in the new year as the bad guys are now truly in the ascendancy throughout the world. Ukraine is barely able to ward off an emboldened Russia, and chances of survival look slimmer by the day. Palestine continues to be a running sore, with the world seemingly averting its gaze from the carnage...

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