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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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‘Monstrous’: US in virus ‘freefall’

The US state of Florida let spring break beach parties go ahead. Now, it is facing a COVID-19 surge after people partied through 4th July.

A member of the Australian Defence Force takes a swab sample at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner on July 2, 2020. - Around 300,000 people in Melbourne have to return to lockdown under the threat of fines and arrest as Australiaâs second biggest city attempts to control a spike in virus cases. Health workers went door-to-door in the 36 Melbourne neighbourhoods targeted for lockdown, urging residents to be tested for the coronavirus. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

‘Clear failure’: Truth about Vic clusters

Melbourne’s brutal virus spike has been driven by several clusters of infection – and there’s one reason why more flare-ups are “inevitable”.

FILE - In this March 26, 2020 file photo a member of the Brooklyn Hospital Center COVID-19 testing team calls in the next patient in line in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Having access to quick coronavirus test results will play an important role in resuming sporting events, keeping factories and businesses open, and returning to school in the fall. But an Associated Press survey of selected states found itÃ¢â¬â¢s still taking days in some cases for results to come back despite an increase in the availability of testing across the U.S. Public health experts say testing delays present a major hurdle to reducing infections. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Why US is facing 100,000 cases a day

The COVID-19 pandemic is out of control in the US and there’s one reason why – and the rest of the world needs to pay serious attention.

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Why Australia is rapidly rearming

China has toppled the balance of power in the South China Sea. Now Australia aims to do the same over key Indian and Pacific choke points.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Premier Li Keqiang arrive for the the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 28, 2020. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)

Scandals reveal China’s deep influence

It might seem like diplomatic hot air, but a recent war of words between China and Australia hints at a wider plan that should have us all worried.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 11, 2018 US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore. - Two years after a landmark summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, any hopes for improved ties have turned to feelings of "despair", Pyongyang's foreign minister said on June 12, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

How Kim Jong-un played Donald Trump

It was the meeting where the US and North Korea “fell in love”. But hopes for a new relationship are over and it comes at a dangerous time.

South Korean soldiers wearing protective gears disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a train station in Daejeon, South Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (Kim Jun-beom/Yonhap via AP)

‘Fatal blunder’: Where we went wrong

After a month of no deaths and cases declining, Australia is suddenly dealing with a devastating new virus spike – now we know why.

Screen grab of NHK Newsline story about a submarine being spotted off Japan.

China flexes its muscles to Japan

A secretive submarine has been detected deep within Japanese waters sparking fears Beijing is daring Tokyo to respond.

GAGANGIR, KASHMIR, INDIA - JUNE 19: An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier wearing a mask guards a highway as Indian army convoy makes way towards Leh, bordering China, on June 19, 2020 in Gagangir, India. As many as 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a "violent face-off" with Chinese troops on Tuesday in the Galwan Valley along the Himalayas. Chinese and Indian troops attacked each other with batons and rocks. This is the deadliest clash since the 1962 India-China war and both have not exchanged gunfire at the border since 1967. Since the recent clash, there has been no sign of a breakthrough. India said its soldiers were killed by Chinese troops when top commanders had agreed to defuse tensions on the Line of Actual Control, the disputed border between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. China rejected the allegations. It blamed Indian soldiers for provoking the conflict, which took place at the freezing height of 14,000 feet. The killing of soldiers has led to a call for boycott of Chinese goods in India. On Thursday, thousands of people attended the funerals of the 20 slain Indian soldiers. To show their anger, Indians burnt Chinese flags and posters of China's President Xi Jinping in many states. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)

What caused violent border tension

Border tensions between China and India are nothing new. But the conflict between the two nations is escalating, and here’s why.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 08: Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the second plenary meeting of the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 8, 2019 in Beijing, China. The second session of the 13th NPC opens in Beijing on Tuesday. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

The tiny piece of land China demands

It is the tiny piece of land that China’s leader wants because it is a source of national pride. But it is causing a diplomatic minefield.

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