The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union
This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully
"Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."
Global activity summary (24h)
In the last 24 hours, 13 seismic events have been recorded, including a magnitude 6.0 earthquake north of Caluula, Somalia, and another of magnitude 4.9 near Houma, Tonga. Additionally, there have been 72 disaster-related events, notably multiple forest fires in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, and Namibia, which have been active since mid-August. In the realm of conflicts, 4 events have been documented, although details have not been specified. The passages in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 invite the reader to discern.
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