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June 7: Europe takes on Poland & Johnson Survives (for now)
6 mins; June 07, 2022
June 6: Ukraine Pushes Russia Back & Johnson No Confidence Vote
6 mins; June 06, 2022
June 1: Canada Decriminalizes Drugs* & US Missiles in Ukraine
5 mins; June 01, 2022
May 31: Canada’s New Drug Control & Embargoing Russian Oil
6 mins; May 31, 2022
May 30: Putin Turns Down Nukes & Britain Moving to Imperial?
6 mins; May 30, 2022
May 27: Putin & Xi Defend North Korea & Easyjet Downs European Flights
6 mins; May 27, 2022
May 26: Biden Threatens the 2nd Amendment & Xi’s Pacific Tour
6 mins; May 26, 2022
May 24: Russia Encircles Ukrainians and Zuckerberg Gets Sued
6 mins; May 24, 2022
May 23: Australia Ejects their PM & Biden Officially Backs Taiwan
6 mins; May 23, 2022
May 20: Elon’s Accusations & Monkeypox Spreads in Europe
6 mins; May 20, 2022
May 19: Putin’s “Wonder Weapon” Claims & Biden’s Emergency Baby Milk
6 mins; May 19, 2022
May 18: Biden Sends Troops to Somalia & Britain’s Soaring Inflation
8 mins; May 18, 2022
May 17: France’s New Leader & McDonalds Abandons Russia
6 mins; May 17, 2022
May 16: Boris’ Brexit Nightmare Re-Opens & North Korean COVID Worsens
11 mins; May 16, 2022
May 13: Is Russia Cutting of Europe & The Crypto Crash
18 mins; May 13, 2022
May 12: Finland Applies to NATO & London Considers Legalising Weed
5 mins; May 12, 2022
May 11: Russia’s Defeat in Kharkiv & Britain’s New Sweden Pact?
6 mins; May 11, 2022
May 9: Putin’s Victory Day Speech & America Birth Control Ban?
6 mins; May 09, 2022
May 6: Trump’s Strikes Against Mexico and Xi Cancels Covid
6 mins; May 06, 2022
May 5: Turkey’s Insane Inflation and Sweden’s Security Guarantee
6 mins; May 05, 2022
May 4: Russia Forces the Ruble on Ukraine & France’s Left Wing Pact
6 mins; May 04, 2022
May 3: Russia Invasion Swedish Airspace & America Ending Abortion?
7 mins; May 03, 2022
April 29: Brexit’s Delayed & Biden’s Billions for Ukraine
6 mins; April 29, 2022
April 28: Facebook’s Stock Boom & Bitcoin Official Currency in CAR
6 mins; April 28, 2022
April 27: YouTube’s Earnings Drop & Putin Cuts off Bulgaria and Poland
6 mins; April 27, 2022
April 26: Trump Handed a Fine & North Korea Displays New Missiles
6 mins; April 26, 2022
April 25: Macron Wins and Musk About to Buy Twitter?
8 mins; April 25, 2022
April 22: The Pope Cancels Russia and Boris is Investigated
5 mins; April 22, 2022
April 21: Macron Wins Election Debate and Russia Launches Satan II
7 mins; April 21, 2022
April 20: Netflix Loses Subscribers & the Mariupol Siege
7 mins; April 20, 2022
April 19: Israel Strikes Gaza and Le Pen Accused of Fraud
6 mins; April 19, 2022
April 14: Russia’s Retreat and Bezos’ Seller Tax
5 mins; April 14, 2022
April 13: Biden Accuses Putin of Genocide & New Abortion Laws
5 mins; April 13, 2022
April 12: Boris Breaks the Law & Putin Accused of Chemical Weapon Use
8 mins; April 12, 2022
Title: April 11: Macron’s Victory & Pakistan Kick their Leader - TLDR News
16 mins; April 11, 2022
April 8: The UN Suspend Russia & Ketanji Brown Jackson Approved
7 mins; April 08, 2022
April 7: Russia Going Bankrupt and Facebook’s New Currency
6 mins; April 07, 2022
April 6: Zelenskyy Attacks the UN & Johnson Cancels LGBTQ+ Summit
7 mins; April 06, 2022
April 5: Europe Kicks out Russian Officials & Musk’s Twitter Takeover
6 mins; April 05, 2022
April 4: Putin's a War Criminal & Hungary's Populist Election Win
7 mins; April 04, 2022
Apr 15: The End of the Daily Briefing
7 mins; April 15, 2021
Apr 14: Biden Pulling Troops out of Afghanistan, an Island full of Vaccines, a Twitch Record and a Banned Facebook Page
7 mins; April 14, 2021
Apr 13: The Daunte Wright Shooting, Prince Philip BBC Complaints, Belarusian Hard-Labour, An App for Walking
8 mins; April 13, 2021
Apr 09: Prince Philip's Passing, Welsh Unlocking, a Diplomatic Spat, North-Korean Famine, and English Herd Immunity
8 mins; April 09, 2021
Apr 07: Brazil’s Death Figures, Xinjiang Cotton, Greenland’s Election, and Prince Harry’s Netflix Show
5 mins; April 07, 2021
Apr 06: Myanmar Wanted Lists, Moving Egyptian Mummies, North Korean Olympics, and Soviet Lord of the Rings
8 mins; April 06, 2021
Apr 01: Another French Lockdown, Some More Hong Kong News, the Cummings Statue, and April Fools
8 mins; April 01, 2021
Mar 31: Biden’s Infrastructure Spending, Kate’s Cleared of a Covid Breach, Sobriety Ankle Tags, and Underfunding Science
6 mins; March 31, 2021
Mar 30: A Letter Signed by World Leaders, China vs Hong Kong, and the Controversial Reshuffle
7 mins; March 30, 2021
Mar 29: A Gig in Barcelona, Facebook’s Underseas Cables, Ministers’ Disappearing Messages, and Fundraising in a Tent
8 mins; March 30, 2021
Mar 26: The Suez Blockage, a Leaked Amazon Email, a School Controversy, and a Milk Protest
8 mins; March 26, 2021
Mar 25: China’s Sanctions on H&M, Navalny’s Health, and COVID Rule Extensions
8 mins; March 25, 2021
Mar 24: Presidential Change of Pace, The Israel Election, Xinjiang Sanctions, and EU Vaccine Sanctions
8 mins; March 24, 2021
Mar 23: A Year of Coronavirus, Mandatory Vaccinations, a Name-Calling Polish Writer, and Rescued Animals
6 mins; March 23, 2021
Mar 22: The PM vs the EU, Bristol Riots, IKEA on trial, and AI vs Scammers
6 mins; March 22, 2021
Mar 19: The Parisian Lockdown, A Frosty China-US Exchange, Misinformation News, and Super Nintendo World
5 mins; March 19, 2021
Mar 18: UK Blames the Indian Government, Sending Away Asylum Seekers, Taiwan Naming Crisis; and Confiscated Bitcoin
6 mins; March 18, 2021
Mar 17: A US Shooting, EU Leaders Turning on One Another, Vaccine Updates, and Some News from Japan
6 mins; March 17, 2021
Mar 16: Mozambique Insurgency, Capitol Riot Arrests, the Downing Street Briefing Room, and WSB Adopts Gorilla
5 mins; March 16, 2021
Mar 15: MET Police Under Fire, New Protest Rules, The German Election, and the Grammy’s
7 mins; March 15, 2021
Mar 12: The Banned Vigil, COVID Independence Day, $70m Digital Art, and Texan Relaxation
8 mins; March 12, 2021
Mar 11: The Sarah Everard Case, Hong Kong Election Law, A Video Game Outage, and Russia vs Twitter
6 mins; March 11, 2021
Mar 10: Johnson’s Northern Irish Tunnel, the £37 Billion spent on Britain’s failing Test and Trace system, China and Russia’s Moon Base, and a Pennsylvania Posties’ Present
8 mins; March 10, 2021
Mar 09: Russian Vaccine Diplomacy, US Unlocking, a Kidney Transplant and Royal Fallout
8 mins; March 09, 2021
Mar 08: The Royal Interview, A Downing Street Situation Room, and a Swiss Face-Coverings Ban
6 mins; March 08, 2021
TWIP: Britain's ÂŁ1.4 BILLION Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia while Cutting Aid to Yemen
12 mins; March 07, 2021
Mar 05: Belarusian News, Cyprian Tourism, and NHS Workers Pay
7 mins; March 05, 2021
Mar 04: An Attack in Sweden, COVID Deaths, and Amazon Fresh
5 mins; March 04, 2021
Mar 03: The Budget, US Vaccinations, and a Trip to the Moon
8 mins; March 03, 2021
Mar 02: A Volcanic Explosion, A Jailed President, and an Expenses Scandal
4 mins; March 02, 2021
Mar 01: Brazilian Variant, Trump 2024, and Cannabis for Prisoners
5 mins; March 01, 2021
Feb 26: Biden’s Airstrikes, Vaccine Priorities, and an Intervention from the Queen
5 mins; February 26, 2021
Feb 25: Facebook Bans Myanmar, Should Schools Force Masks and Philip Hammond Takes on Johnson
7 mins; February 25, 2021
Feb 24: The Covax Scheme, Crimes Against Humanity, and an MP told to Dress Properly
7 mins; February 24, 2021
Feb 23: El Chapo’s Wife Arrested, Facebook News Ban Reversed, and World Cup Deaths
4 mins; February 23, 2021
Feb 22: Britain’s Route out of Lockdown, Hancock’s Contracts, and Grounded Boeings
8 mins; February 22, 2021
Feb 19: A Texan Storm, Blair’s Roadmap, and Uber Drivers
4 mins; February 19, 2021
Feb 18: Facebook’s Aussie Drama, a Speech from Starmer, and a Mars Rover
4 mins; February 18, 2021
Feb 17: Princess Latifa’s Imprisonment, Humour over Rumours, and Vaccine Passports
6 mins; February 17, 2021
Feb 16: A US Rocket Attack, Cummings’ Contracts, and North Korean Theft
4 mins; February 16, 2021
Feb 15: The End to Lockdown?, Myanmar Updates, and an Ancient Beer Factory
6 mins; February 15, 2021
Global Summary: Did India Ignore Flood Warnings, Myanmar’s Coup Worsens & Japan's Olympic Scandal
11 mins; February 09, 2021
Feb 08: The Queen’s Controversy, an Amazon Tax, and the Super Bowl
5 mins; February 08, 2021
Feb 05: Conspiracy Theory Congresswoman Kicked off Committees, Denmark’s Energy Island, and a Zoom Argument
8 mins; February 05, 2021
Feb 04: Myanmar Coup, Ministers’ Maternity Pay, and Deadly Motorways
4 mins; February 04, 2021
Feb 03: Navalny in Prison, the Film That Inspired the Government, and Warzone Cheats
5 mins; February 03, 2021
Feb 02: LePen’s Positive Polls, Brexit-Border Suspension, and the South-African Variant
5 mins; February 02, 2021
Feb 01: A Coup in Myanmar, Ivanka’s Bog-Ban, and Captain Sir Tom Moore in Hospital
4 mins; February 01, 2021
Jan 29: China Threatening Taiwan, A Stock Market Closure, and a Tunnel Protest
4 mins; January 29, 2021
Jan 28: Could Washington DC Become a State, An End to British Lockdown, and Dispute over Johnson’s “Non-Essential” Trip to Scotland
4 mins; January 28, 2021
Jan 27: A Heartbreaking Milestone, Child Spies, and a Vaccine Dispute
6 mins; January 27, 2021
Jan 26: Trump’s Impeachment, Riots in the Netherlands, and a Payment Outage
5 mins; January 26, 2021
Jan 25: Billionaires Get Richer During COVID, ÂŁ15,000 Fines Issued to Rule-Breakers, and a Unique COVID-Safe Concert in America
5 mins; January 25, 2021
Jan 22: Trump’s Big Red Button Removed, £500 paid to Covid Patients, and Russian Malware on British School Laptops
5 mins; January 22, 2021
Jan 21: Storm Christoph hits the UK, an Abortion Ban Consolidated in Honduras
4 mins; January 21, 2021
Jan 20: Biden Becomes the New President, Musicians’ Passports for Brexit Britain, and Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma Re-Emerges
4 mins; January 20, 2021
Jan 19: Tunisian Anger Erupts into Protests, Global “Moral Failure” over COVID Vaccines, and Trump’s Last Day
4 mins; January 19, 2021
Jan 18: A Very Controversial Russian Arrest, Lord’s Evaluate the Value of Human Lives, and British Vaccine News
5 mins; January 18, 2021
Jan 15: A Bendy-Bus Crash, Irresponsible TikTokers, and Advice from the Transport Secretary
3 mins; January 15, 2021
Jan 14: The Second Impeachment, A Busy Minister and UFOs
4 mins; January 14, 2021
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