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Trump and Kim’s handshake ushers in a new world order

It has been one week like none since the end of World War II in 1945 and the Cold War in 1989. Make no mistake; we are on the brink of the next New World Order. In Vancouver, Canada, US President Donald Trump escalated a war of words against America’s post-World War II allies. Two days later, he was shaking hands with North Korea’s Kim Jung-Un.

Elsewhere, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has glowed in the glory of hosting the World Cup. He watched in glee as Russia pummeled a hapless Saudi Arabia, with the world positively focused on his country. In a sideshow, France and Italy were entangled in a row sparked by disagreement on illegal migrants.  As we say in Emanyulia, things are truly changing.

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