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Jamie SeidelContributor

After evolving a digital heart (not the pacemaker kind) out of inky veins, Jamie just wants an excuse to learn something new. But he’s fully aware his 32 years’ experience in the news industry has given him just enough knowledge to be dangerous. International affairs. History. Defence. Science. Space. Technology. He has a fascination for them all – particularly when it comes to social fallout. Translating tough concepts into common terms is his craft. His passion is to explore the big picture encompassing world events.

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Ronnie McNutt suicided on Facebook and it went viral.

Sick reason TikTok video went viral

The video of Ronnie McNutt’s suicide traumatised kids who saw it on their social media feeds – but how it got there is also disturbing.

(FILES) This file combination of pictures created on May 14, 2020 shows recent portraits of China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump. - Donald Trump pleaded with China's leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president's former aide John Bolton writes in an explosive new book, according to excerpts published June 17. (Photos by Dan Kitwood and Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

War warning: Next 10 months are critical

China’s increasing ambition combined with COVID-19 distracting world leaders could make the next 10 months crucial to avoid war.

(FILES) This file picture taken on September 29, 2011 shows China's Long March 2F rocket carrying the Tiangong-1 module, or "Heavenly Palace", blasting off from the Jiuquan launch centre in Gansu province. A defunct Chinese space lab plunged through Earth's atmosphere on April 2, 2018, breaking apart as it headed towards a watery grave in the South Pacific, Beijing said. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT

China’s secret ‘space plane’ mission

It could have the capability to strike “anywhere on earth within half an hour” and it was secretly in orbit for two days. The new space race is on.

Soldiers from China's People's Liberation Army march on Red Square during a military parade, which marks the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow on June 24, 2020. - The parade, usually held on May 9, was postponed this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin / POOL / AFP)

China’s powerful ace card over the US

A new report has proven that the US slept while China grew. It’s not only a huge blow to US pride but could ultimately be a very dangerous mistake.

(FILES) In this file photo Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on "An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on October 23, 2019. - Facebook says it will block ads from foreign state media during the US election, as well as allowing users to hide all paid-for political messages. The move comes with the social media giant under growing pressure over its hands-off approach to misinformation and inflammatory posts -- including from Donald Trump -- and following criticism it turned a blind eye to foreign interference in the 2016 presidential poll. Nick Clegg, writing in the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper on June 17, 2020, said the company would be "blocking all ads in the US during the election period from state-controlled media organisations from other countries." (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Sinister formula behind your Facebook feed

Radical posts or conspiracy theories always seem to float to the top of social media feeds and there could be a very deliberate and sinister reason why.

Disputed border between India and China. Picture: University of Texas Libraries

China-India border tensions flare up

India has bolstered its defences and accused Beijing of being “provocative” amid a new flare-up on the border.

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China’s ‘carrier killer’ warning to US

In a huge show of military strength, China has released a stark warning to the US with missiles in the hotly contested South China Sea.

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on May 14, 2020 shows recent portraits of China's President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump. - US President Donald Trump said on May 14, 2020, he is no mood to speak with China's Xi Jinping, warning darkly he might cut off ties with the rival superpower over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. "I have a very good relationship, but I just -- right now I don't want to speak to him," Trump told Fox Business. (Photos by Brendan Smialowski and Fred DUFOUR / AFP)

Chance of China-US conflict ‘high’

A hard line colonel has warned US-China relations are in “free fall”. Meanwhile, Australia is being accused of being “fragile” and “treacherous”.

A J-15 carrier-borne fighter jet takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Liaoning during a maritime training exercise. Picture: eng.chinamil.com.cn/Li Tang

Chinese army’s ‘unprecedented’ move

China has announced four concentrated military drills across three major sea regions. Now the US is sending reinforcements.

Planet Labs photo shows a submarine entering the mysterious cave.

China’s secret ‘submarine cave’ revealed

A cavern built into the side of a mountain had analysts perplexed. But then a satellite image captured a nuclear submarine slipping out.

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