Hello 2026!

Just when everyone thought and hoped the year 2026 will bring peace and calmness  to the world, all hell broke loose. USA stunned the world by sending its military to  Venezuela and forcefully capturing its president and his wife and taking them back to USA. 

And in the middle-east, unexpectedly, Saudi Arabia and UAE began their skirmishes involving Yemen. This too looked strange to the world as all the these countries together with the other nations in their zone, were, unitedly, concentrating on the Israel-Hamas war. Now to everyone's astonishment Iran is in turbulence within, with large protests and rallies. There is fighting in Syria between the Syrian army and the Turkish  backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with mostly the Kurdish people being displaced elsewhere. And God knows whatelse to come in this area.

Greenland and Colombia are waiting expectantly on what will the Americans next do to them. The other superpowers Russia and China are watching and watching. It is frightening! Hopefully, nothing comes out from their watchfullhess. May the conscience, if there is any now,  for the wellbeing of humanity prevail.

Nature, too has not been patient! Floods and landslides occurred in Indonesia and  killed over 1200 people. Philippines and Malaysia  also experienced these catastrophes. Australia was hit by bushfires and heatwaves. Major wildfires continued in parts of South Africa and forest fires were reported in Portugal. Earthquakes, though not devastating, occurred in parts of Philippines, Japan and Mexico.

Not to be outdone, human arrogance or carelessness caused another painful tragedy on New Year's  Day itself, in a bar in Switzerland  when a fire  which they said was caused by sparkling candles atop champagne  bottles, killed around 40 people and injured many.

Looks like it will be the same  old, same old. Good bye 2025. Hello 2026!