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healthHantavirus: What It Is, How It Spreads, and the Risk Picture
A careful, source-led explainer on hantaviruses — the rodent-borne viruses behind Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in the Americas and Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia. What is confirmed, what is uncertain, and how to read pandemic-comparison claims.
politicsTrump's America: From the First Term to Now
A living dossier on Donald Trump's political project, from the 2016 victory through the post-2020 contested period to his return to the White House in January 2025 — and the political, legal, economic and institutional consequences still unfolding.
conflictThe Iran Conflict: Nuclear, Regional and Diplomatic
The decades-long confrontation between Iran and its adversaries — the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and proxies across the region — covering the nuclear file, sanctions, the JCPOA collapse, the post-October 2023 escalation, and current diplomatic openings.
politicsUK Politics and Brexit: Origins to Today
A decade-and-a-half of British politics through the lens of Brexit — from David Cameron's 2013 EU pledge through the 2016 referendum, the long Withdrawal Agreement process, the 2020 exit, and into the post-Brexit Labour government's relationship with Brussels.
conflictUkraine: From Soviet Independence to a War of Attrition
Russia's war on Ukraine, situated in three decades of post-Soviet history — independence (1991), Crimea (2014), Donbas, the February 2022 full-scale invasion, the current war of attrition, and the live debate over Western support and peace terms.
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