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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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Global Coronavirus

TOPSHOT - Commuters arrive at Grand Central Station with Metro-North during morning rush hour on June 8, 2020 in New York City. - Today New York City enters "Phase 1" of a four-part reopening plan after spending more than two months under lockdown. New York City is the final region in the state to reopen its economy. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)

Coronavirus spike in 20 US states

COVID-19 is on the rise again in America, with some states recording their highest single-day figures since the pandemic began.

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The increased militarisation of US police forces has been on display in recent days. Picture: Supplied

United States is poised to explode

As the COVID death toll soars past 100,000 and violent protests rage across the US, Trump is at a crossroads – and what happens next is crucial.

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TOPSHOT - Riot police take part in a crowd dispersal operation in the Central district of Hong Kong on May 27, 2020, as the city's legislature debates over a law that bans insulting China's national anthem. - Hong Kong police cast a dragnet around the financial hub's legislature on Wednesday, firing pepper-ball rounds and arresting hundreds as they stamped down on protests against a bill banning insults to China's national anthem. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

China’s sinister reaction to United States

The world has watched in horror as American burns – but two countries are “crowing with joy” as they use the unrest to solidify their own power.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 22: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at The Great Hall of the People for the opening of the National People's Congress on May 22, 2020 in Beijing, China. China is holding now its annual Two Sessions political meetings, that were delayed since March due to the Covid19 outbreak. (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)

China’s new ’high risk’ gambit

While countries grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, China has put the virus behind it and is asserting itself. Now it has a new target.

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The Russian fighter aircraft arrived in Libya, from an airbase in Russia, after transiting Syria where it is assessed they were repainted to camouflage their Russian origin. Picture: U.S. Africa Command.

Putin’s new push for civil war

Russian advanced combat jets were tracked every step of the way on their latest journey but officials are denying it ever happened. Why?

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus march near the Forbidden City during a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese troops in tense stand-off

China is fighting a war of words with Australia and the US, while quietly amassing troops and weapons on another contested front.

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China's imposing Liaoning aircraft carrier has just been deployed in the South China Sea. Picture: Supplied

China’s bold move against US

Chairman Xi Jinping has deployed two new aircraft carriers in a move designed to stoke tensions with the US and ultimately, Australia.

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Global Coronavirus

TOPSHOT - A medical worker makes a phone call during her break outside a special COVID-19 illness area at Maimonides Medical Center on May 17, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)

State where lockdowns aren’t working

Leaders in this US state locked down and locked down hard – but virus numbers still stubbornly continue to rise. So what went wrong?

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Global Coronavirus

Demonstrators protest in Lansing, Michigan, during a rally organized by Michigan United for Liberty on May 14, 2020, to protest the coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home orders. - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on May 13 that protests against the state's emergency orders might make it necessary for the state to keep restrictions in place longer. The orders have been extended until May 28. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

US protesters caught spreading virus

Phone data shows they travelled for hours to fight for their freedom – but when they returned home, they took COVID-19 with them.

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Health Problems

FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo, a medic moves a gurney at Queens Hospital Center in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. The stated mission of The Greater New York Hospital Association is simple enough: to help members deliver â€œthe finest patient care in the most cost-effective way.â€ But itâ€™s more complicated than that. While the association, which represents health care providers at the epicenter of the pandemic, is a nonprofit organization, it has the balance sheet of a robust private company, pays executive salaries that top $3 million and spent millions more to lobby in Washington for some of the nation's most profitable hospitals. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Man gives 52 people virus in 2.5 hours

When he turned up to choir practice, he had no symptoms. Just 2.5 hours later, 52 of the 61 singing group members were infected with coronavirus.

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