Last Wednesday afternoon, the $200 billion bank announced a plan to raise fresh capital; by Friday morning it was insolvent and under government control.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/mar/15/bank-runs-used-to-be-slow-the-digital-era-sped-them-up/

The agreement resulted in the setup of a new government in Northern Ireland and resulted in its devolution from Westminster, which gave the Northern Irish government control over areas such as policing and health.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11956241/Good-Friday-Agreement-signed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The pandemic proved an incubator and accelerator of government control of digital speech.

Source: https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-new-censorship-2

While the front lines have mostly quietened in recent years, large parts of the country’s north remain outside government control.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/policeman-killed-in-damascus-car-bombing-claimed-by-is/