February 21, 2019 — Julie Bishop announces her retirement from Parliament
It was only a matter of time. Once Julie Bishop moved to the back bench in 2018, the clock was...
February 22, 2012
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December 1, 2019 — The first known case of COVID-19 is detected
The first official case of what would be designated as Covid 19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) was detected in the city...
February 17, 2012
December 31, 2019 — New Year’s Eve
It seemed an innocuous end to an innocuous year – or as innocuous as a year can be during the...
February 12, 2012
August 17, 2020 — Nandi Bushell challenges Dave Grohl to a drum battle
Nandi Bushell was only 10 years old when she took to Twitter to challenge Dave Grohl to a drum battle...
January 29, 2012
October 2, 2020 — Trump gets Covid
As President, Donald Trump can reasonably be said not to have handled to covid epidemic well. He failed to take...
January 26, 2012
October 19, 2020 — Jeffrey Toobin caught masturbating on a Zoom call
Jeffrey Toobin was a respected lawyer, writer and legal analyst. He’d worked extensively in the legal profession, written several books...
January 25, 2012
October 20, 2022 — Liz Truss steps down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The odds were always against Liz Truss as Prime Minister. She was the fourth Conservative Prime Minister in a row,...
December 10, 2011
April 30, 2024 — Police “restore order” at Cal Poly Humboldt
Cal Poly Humboldt was only one of the many, many universities across the world that saw students protest the Israeli...
August 24, 2011
December 21, 2024 — Donald Trump announces his intention to reclaim the Panama Canal for the USA
On 21 December 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that the United States should retake control of the Panama Canal from...
June 5, 2011
December 22, 2024 — Donald Trump announces his plan to annex Greenland
While the idea of the USA taking over Greenland is hardly a new one – the earliest records of it...
April 5, 2011
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