August 2021 world news part one.

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG YOU ARE INVITED , TO BROWSE AS LONG AS YOU LIKE. Anyhow, here I will publish my own diary and what I see happening in the world, and when I do not have much to say, I will write posts from my life story. 

So, today I am writing a post about what is happening in the world. starting with the Olympic Games.   

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Welcome to our August 2021 news update blog

In this blog I want to say a few things that are happening in the world today, there are few happy things to talk about, because most things happen to be negative, in the sense that they can make us worry, but anyhow, it is important to remember what is happening.

Anyhow, the only positive thing that I can think about to report is the Olympic games, even if there have been some minor problems, but let us see at least the medal tally, which this year is a bit different from previous games, you see in previous games the USA was the dominant country by far, but this year it just got first place at the last closing day, so let us see the tally, of the first 10 countries.

 

USA                                        39 gold, 41 silver,33 bronze. Total 113

China                                     38,         32,          18,               Total 88

Japan                                     27,         14,           17,                Total 58

Great Britain                         22,       21,         22,                 Total 65

ROC                                        20,      28,       23,                  Total 71

Australia                                17,       7,         22,                  Total 46

Netherlands                          10,       12,       14,                   Total 36

France                                    10,       12,       11,                    Total 33

Germany                                10,       11,       16,                   Total 37

Italy                                        10,       10,       20,                  Total 40.

These are the top ten countries, that I am posting in this post to keep my personal record, it is a positive record. Having done that, now let me talk about other things, that I am afraid to say that they are affecting us in a negative way. 

What is wrong with the world today.

Yesterday I had a shock when I went to post a letter. One envelope with a single sheet of paper to go by airmail costs over 22 dollars, that is a ridiculous price by all standard, that letter is only a few grams, so, I must wonder what is wrong with the world today. Anyhow, this is how much they wanted at the post office, for this letter to be delivered in United Kingdom.

I believe that the COVID-19 is to blame, because most planes are sitting on the ground and going nowhere, while anything that must go through air travel costs a lot more. We hope that one day things go back no normal and they charge normal prices.

But this is not the only bad news to report today. You see, the corona virus with its delta variant is back, and time it is more infectious, so, it is hard to control even with the lock down, how knows when we will be able to go back to normal.

Now let us talk about the war in Afghanistan. After 20 years of war the western mission in Afghanistan has ended, and from my point of view, it has been a failure.

A reporter the 16/08/21 on the internet news said. The 20-year western mission to Afghanistan collapsed in a single day as Taliban gunmen poured into the capital, Kabul, on Sunday to seize back control of the country.

Well, there is a lot more that can be said, but it is not that simple to explain, so, we will write a longer blog next time to explain.

See you then.  

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