DIary of the 20s

20.01.2020 : A new sars-like Corona virus pops up in China! Believed to have came out of Wuhan's fish market! It has spreading in multiple cities with 100s infected and a handful of deaths. Airports in Asia & other countries start screening passengers coming from China. 21.01.2020 : Investigations start regarding the phone of Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, being hacked after receiving a "video" via WhatsApp from Saudi crown prince Muhammad bin Salman! Bezos is also the owner of the Washington post, which hosted saudi journalist Khashegji, who was killed 1 year ago in the saudi consulate in Istanbul. 22.01.2020 : Greece has elected its 1st female president! Katerina sakellaropoulou. 23.01.2020 : Lufthansa Airbus a380 plane heading from Munich to Miami (LH460) returns back over the Atlantic declaring an emergency after smoke detectors in the cargo area went on, planning to land in Paris. The crew triggered the fire extinguisher in the cargo area and the plane u...

13.1.2020 : Australia's prime minister, Scott Morrison, under massive public critics to his reaction to the Australia fires. Including a secret Christmas vacation to Hawaii. "Has got to go" is the motto of the campaign. 14.1.2020 : Pope Francis assigns a woman to the position of Vaticans secretary of state. Di Giovanni is the 1st woman leading this most important position in the Vatican. 15.1.2020 : US army dumps 10,000s of tons of sand on Florida beaches, in an attempt to widen the beach in and near Miami from raising sea/ocean level. 16.1.2020 : Celebrations in Australia after rain coming in some parts of the country, helping turn off ongoing fires and cooling down the temperatures. 17.1.2020 : Thousands of farmers have taken the streets in cities across Germany, including Berlin, towards which many farmers drove with their tractors from southern Germany, to protest new environmental regulations with more restrictions on animal welfare, pesticides, & soil. ...

6.1.2020 : A peaceful sunny Monday here in Bavaria, where it's a public holiday due to the religious occasion, drei Könige! 7.1.2020 : 50 people die in iran due to a mass crowding accident during the public funeral of General Soleimani killed by a US airstrike several days back! At night Iran attacks a US military base in Iraq as a reply! US army reports no casualties.  8.1.2020 : Iran again in the news today in the early morning! after Ukrainian airlines flight PS752 crashed 3 mins after take off from Tehran airport, all 170+ passengers on board of this 3 year old 737-800 reported dead. Video footage showing plane in flames just before the crash.  9.1.2020 : Megan & Herry, the dutchess and Duke of Sussex (UK) step back from their royal responsibilities & become "independent". 10.1.2020 : Sultan Qabous of Oman dies. 11.1.2020 : Iranian president & Iranian guard commander recognised that Ukrainian PS752 was shutdown by "human mistake" of iranian...

1.1.2020 : Fires in Australia continue, 2 times the size of Belgium is already in fire. On the other hand, new year's eve fireworks in Germany go random near krefelder zoo, causing a fire in the zoo's apes house. 2.1.2020 : North Korean president, Kim Jong Un, declares he is in the process of possessing a new "surprising" weapon! Israel, Cyprus & Greece sign a deal for a Mediterranean gas pipeline carrying Israeli gas to Europe. One day after Israeli gas starts flowing to Jordan! 3.1.2020 : Qassem Soleimani, top iranian general with strong involvement in the middle east dies in a targeted US airstrike on a convoy on the Baghdad airport road. 4.1.2020 : Fires in Australia continue.. and a video of an Australian magpie bird mimicking sounds of firemen sirens goes viral on social media. https://youtu.be/zHzs-mlDXMY 5.1.2020 : Fifa natural reserve, south of the deadsea in Jordan, gets massive destruction from authorities claimed to be due to "security...

This is a blog-like diary that is recording daily observations of a 1980s born man, that is half business guy / half geek that appreciates beauty and reasonable thinking, living in mainland Europe with some roots in the Levant region. I will be trying to post weekly my daily observations of the world over the past week, trying to cover the entire 2020s! The Golden 20s! Therefore comes the name: Diary of the 20s! Lets see if i will be up to it recording some history!