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The U.N. has officially made the first authoritative statement that the Syrian Government is responsible for a recent Chemical attack that killed 83 people and injured close to 300. Coincidentally, this statement was made in the midst of international community loosening and removing all opposition to the Syrian government.

Yet another example of airstrikes causing unprecedented civilian casualties. Interesting that it can be this difficult to pinpoint the perpetrators of such a violent attack.

This is so sad that there are chemical attacks on rebel-held towns, but they are also having drastic effects on the people that live there, and so many people are dying! This really brings into question if chemicals should still be used for warfare.

Economist, a very reputable British news source, discusses how Britain's recent political and economic instability has begun to mirror a political pariah of Europe, Italy. Both have seen political turmoil in the form of political resignations and 4 prime ministers in the past 7 years, as well as the standstill in British politics are all examples of this close comparison. It will be interesting to see whether the UK will be able to dig themselves out of this hole.

funny-ironic-sad. And on point. But now Rishi Sunak is the UK's new Prime Minister, former Finance Minister, first PM of color in UK history. Background: Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister on 25 October 2022. He was previously appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. He was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from 9 January 2018 to 24 July 2019. source: https://www.gov.uk/government/people/rishi-sunak Fun fact: Sunak and his partner might be wealthier than the royal family.