Is There any Good News When in War?
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I wrote a post a few weeks ago about Russian athletes not being allowed to participate, and I discussed the possibility that since they are athletes, they should be allowed but as individual athletes and not represent their country. Therefore, they will not be able to represent Russia or Belarus, and instead will have to…
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Pentagon documents were leaked a few days ago containing information about Ukraine’s defence and Russia’s offense. Apparently there was no information that harmed either country, most of the information leaked the counterpart already known about. It is interesting, however, how important the security in countries like the US, and other countries are. Leaked documents in…
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Because of the war the whole world has decided to ban Russia from participating in mostly everything, from business to travelling. Even in sports, where politics are seen by most athletes as not welcome. In the FIFA World Cup, we saw how the discussion about involving politics in sports is very split. For instance, FIFA…
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Because I have grown up in Norway, I have always appreciated and understood the importance of NATO. Norway is a country with a small population that would not be able to protect themselves if standing alone against an attack. Being a part of the Alliance keeps not only us safe, but all the members safe…
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In the light of the horrific war initiated by the Kremlin against Ukraine a year ago, there has been Russian voicing their opposition and gathered in the streets of over 100 cities all over the world to protests against the war happening. In the rest of the world the war is known as the Ukraine-Russia…
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I want to make an update about the Trinity Squash Teams because both teams had an incredible performance that deserves some attention! I play for the Trinity Women’s Squash Team and these past two weekends both the women and the men have had their national championships. It has been an incredible season, and both teams…
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Throughout any war there is always people dying. Soldiers, innocents, and children. What might be forgotten in a war is all the animals living in the affected country. Wild animals often has a way of surviving, running away over borders or to safe places. However, house pets are being left alone to die in evacuated…
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Poland has for many years been a narrow-minded country, especially to foreigners. However, they are now the number one country to take in Ukrainian refugees. They have welcomed nearly 10 million people running from the war in Ukraine, despite their messy history with the Ukrainians. One Polish citizen, Ryszard Marcinkowski talks to the New York…
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In all the destruction of the war, Norway have understood the urgency and are looking to provide Ukraine with an aid package of $7.3 billion over 5 years. The Norwegian prime minister wants to make sure the Ukrainians understand that Norway will be supporting them for years to come. Also, that he hopes a large…
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Watching the news back home never interested me. Not because I did not understand the importance of keeping myself informed about the happenings around the world. It was just too much war and violence. It was always one reporter in a country filming and talking about some war where thousands of children and innocent people…