Mid-Year Musings: Books, Storms, and Distant Horizons
Travel plans for weeks to come and updates on my life in Caracas.
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Once a DNSer, Always a DNSer: Reflections from Afar (with a Hint of Jealousy)
Missing out on the college reunion in Denmark.
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New Photo Gallery
Saturday escape from Caracas in pictures.
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When the Ground Shifts
Getting ready for dramatic political changes.
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Memoir of a Wandering Spirit: The Double Life of Kacper
An update on my writing project: first draft of the opening chapter of the story.
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Flash news/Press review:
11.07.2025: Aljazeera: 'United Nations expert Francesca Albanese has slammed the decision by the United States to sanction her as “obscene”, saying she is being targeted for calling out Israel’s genocide in Gaza.'
29.06.2025: Russia launched its largest aerial assault on Ukraine to date overnight, deploying over 530 aerial assets including drones and missiles. The attacks targeted multiple cities across the country, with significant damage reported in Kyiv and other regions. Ukrainian air defences intercepted a majority of the incoming threats, but some strikes still caused casualties and infrastructure destruction.
14.06.2025: Israel - Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes: The situation in the Middle East complicates after the renewed stndoff between Israel and Iran. International community calls for restrain.
02.06.2025: Euronews: Karol Nawrocki is set to become Poland's next president after a tense race in the election runoff against liberal candidate RafaΕ Trzaskowski on Sunday.
The conservative politician has pledged to hinder Prime Minister Donald Tusk government's centrist, pro-EU ambitions for the remainder of its term.
These are the most essential facts to know about Poland’s newly elected conservative president.
14.05.2025: Sudan’s civil war has escalated into a drone conflict, with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launching unprecedented suicide drone attacks on Port Sudan, prompting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to accuse the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of supplying Chinese-made drones to the RSF—a claim the UAE denies.
03.05.2025: At least seven people were killed and 20 injured when helicopter gunships bombed the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan, destroying the pharmacy and damaging the facility, which served over 110,000 people in the Greater Upper Nile region. MSF condemned the attack as a clear violation of international law, noting that the hospital was the only functional medical centre in the area, and the assault caused widespread panic and displacement among civilians.
29.04.2025: A massive blackout affected large parts of Spain and Portugal, leaving millions without electricity for several hours. Power has now been largely restored, but authorities are continuing to investigate the cause, which is thought to be related to a disruption in the European transmission network. The outage severely impacted transportation, businesses, and daily life across the Iberian Peninsula. Efforts are underway to stabilise the grid fully and prevent future incidents of this scale.