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HNF WORLD NEWS
Haven Noahide Fellowship International has decided to keep its own records of world historical events with its own commentary.  This forms part of the official record of information kept by Haven Noahide Fellowship.  The World News is recorded and kept by the Canberra branch of Haven Noahide Fellowship. All issues of HNF World News are Copyright Haven Noahide Fellowship, Noahide Books & the Advancing Noah Movement.

The HNF World News: Issue 1 
12th of June 6173 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6173 = 2010 CE/AD 
  
WORLD NEWS 
  
Soccer World Cup 2010 begins in South Africa yesterday. 
South Africa and Mexico played out a 1 all draw.  Uruguay and France played out a 1 all draw.  Nelson Mandela missed the opening after his great-granddaughter died in a car crash. 
  
Transatlantic rift over Oil Spill 
Britain under pressure to intervene in oil spill crisis off the East American Coast.  BP held responsible Attempts at fixing the leak still incomplete.  Environmental damage deemed great. 
  
Tonga aims for nuclear power 
The King of Tonga has announced that Tonga should aim towards nuclear power for its electricity supply. 
  
New Rifle to Engage Enemies from Afar 
British troops have been issued with a new infantry combat rifle.  Approximately 400 of the rifles have been purchased.  They are intended for use in ongoing Afghan conflict with the Taliban. 
  
Massacre survivors are thankful for tough sentences 
Survivors from the Srebrenica massacre of 1995 were pleased with the two tough sentences handed down by the UN court against 2 Bosniah Serbs found guilty of genocide in the Balkans conflict. 
  
Japanese Prime Minister Targets Debt Problem 
Naoto Kan signalled a revision of fiscal policy to reduce the nations problem with public debt, warning of a Greece-styled meltdown. 
  
Pope says celibacy central to Catholic Priesthood 
Pope Benedict XVI says celibacy is a key element of the Catholic Priesthood, maintaining the long tradition after a wave of criticisms due to the recent child abuse scandals. 
  
Kyrgyzstan signals 'State of Emergency' 
The interim Government of Kyrgyzstan issued curfews on southern parts of the nation after ethnic clashes. 
  
Hope for Palestinians Dims 
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has stated that faith in the two-state solution of a separate Palestine and Israel is waning due to lack of progress. 
  
SPORTS 
 Cricket 
Sth Africa vs West Indies 
Stumps on first day - South Africa 3 for 70

The HNF World News: Issue 2 
19th of December 6175 SC - SC = Since Creation - 6175SC = 2012 CE/AD 
  
WORLD NEWS 
  
The Two State solution between Israel and Palestine has been approved of by the United Nations Recently. 
The U.N. General Assembly has voted to recognize the state of Palestine.  The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations was approved by the 193-Member world body just recently by a vote of 138-9 with 41 abstentions. 
  
WORLD NEWS 
  
The Newtown massacre in the United States of the schoolchildren and schoolkids from last week has propelled fresh discussion on the US's Gun Laws. 
  
International Troops are gradually being pulled out of Afghanistan. 
  
Barack Obama was re-elected President with strong victory in the recent November US election over Republican candidate Mit Romney.  Mit is a practicing Mormon, but that did not have any major effect on the election. 
  
Julia Gillard is the current Prime Minister of Australia and David Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.  Just the other day, for the first time in 250 years, the Queen sat in with the UK Parliament's cabinet for a meeting.  It was apparently just symbolic, as there are no changes in Monarchical powers reported.  The UKs Princess Kate Middleton is pregnant, but after a recent scare at hospital, two DJs from an Australian Radio Station rang up the hospital pretending to be members of the royal family and spoke with Kate.  It was initially laughed at as a prank, and Prince Charles made nothing of it at the time, but a few days later the nurse who took the call committed suicide.  She was an Indian Catholic named 'Jacintha Saldanha', and the DJs have been seriously questioned in the media  One of the DJs, Maude, does the Video Hits on Australian TV.  I feel they have been unfavourably and unfairly treated by the media and the public. 
  
Most other world events have gone on as normal, the population is now past 7 Billion, and life goes on. 
  
  
SPORT 
  
Melbourne won the NRL in 2012, defeating the Bulldogs narrowly in the Grand Final.  The Bulldogs were minor premiers in all 3 grades. 
Sydney won the AFL in 2012, defeating Hawthorn.  Hawthorn were Minor Premiers. 
Currently Hull City Tigers are 4th on the ladder in the England Champions Division.  There odds of making Premiere League next season seem very good at this stage.  The Champions division is the second of the 4 major divisions in the English Soccer Leagues. 
  
England won a test cricket series in India for the first time in 30 years just the other day. 
  
The UK did very well at the London 2012 Olympics, finishing 3rd after the USA in first and China in second.  UK gained 29 gold, 17 Silver and 19 Bronze.  Australia finished 10th with 7 gold, but many more silver and bronze.  The UK have won at least one gold medal and one silver medal at every modern Olympics, and a bronze in every Olympics as well all but one.  They are the only country to have achieved this record.  The next Summer Olympic games is at Rio in Brazil in South America. 
    
Australia Beat Sri Lanka in the First Test 
Finishing in Tasmania Yesterday Australia beat Sri Lanka in the first test of a three test series. 
    
Current Cricket Rankings 
ICC rankings for Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 
ICC Test Championship 
17 December 2012 
Team 
Matches 
Points 
Rating 
South Africa 
29 
3566 
123 
England 
41 
4825 
118 
Australia 
38 
4332 
114 
Pakistan 
29 
3148 
109 
India 
37 
3879 
105 
Sri Lanka 
32 
3062 
96 
West Indies 
31 
2809 
91 
New Zealand 
27 
2126 
79 
Bangladesh 
15 
0 
0 
Zimbabwe is currently unranked, as it has played insufficient matches. It has 167 points and a rating of 42. 
ICC ODI Championship 
8 December 2012 
Team 
Matches 
Points 
Rating 
England 
25 
3016 
121 
South Africa 
18 
2170 
121 
India 
30 
3598 
120 
Australia 
28 
3164 
113 
Sri Lanka 
35 
3839 
110 
Pakistan 
28 
2907 
104 
West Indies 
25 
2206 
88 
Bangladesh 
21 
1636 
78 
New Zealand 
20 
1434 
72 
Zimbabwe 
14 
700 
50 
Ireland 
6 
207 
35 
Netherlands 
4 
63 
16 
Kenya 
4 
45 
11 
ICC Twenty20 Championship 
10 December 2012 
Team 
Matches 
Points 
Rating 
Sri Lanka 
15 
1524 
127 
West Indies 
17 
1585 
122 
India 
14 
1322 
120 
England 
20 
1647 
118 
South Africa 
18 
1526 
117 
Pakistan 
26 
2088 
116 
Australia 
20 
1615 
108 
New Zealand 
18 
1261 
97 
Bangladesh 
11 
668 
84 
Ireland 
12 
659 
82 
Zimbabwe 
10 
306 
44 
The following teams are not ranked as fewer than eight T20I matches played since August 2010. Afghanistan; Netherlands; Scotland; Canada& Kenya. 
Rankings table devised, developed and maintained by David Kendix, member of ICC Cricket Committee

The HNF World News: Issue 3
7th of February 6177 SC - SC = Since Creation - 6177 SC = 2014 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
Russia 
Russia has made anti-homosexual laws recently, and is being persecuted by the western world's politically correct social agenda on the issue. 
The Winter Olympics begins soon in Russia, and protests on this issue are expected to happen. 

Catholic Church 
The Catholic Church came under attack the other day on the issue of Child abuse by Priests. The UN was the protagonist, and they also complained on issues of Abortion and Homosexuality. Our position is that it is not the right of the UN to speak to a religious organization on issues of morality within the ranks of voluntarily abiding members, as the UN's own sanction on the right to self determination and assembly allows individuals of likeminded morals and values to associate with each other. The stance to forbid these practices (specifically the issues of abortion and homosexuality, as child abuse is covered by law and not a matter of religious morals) within their own ranks is legal and acceptable by the Catholic Church as they do not practice mind control or cultic indoctrination and do not insist members remain within their ranks if they choose to go elsewhere or leave the church. The issues of abortion and homosexuality are left within Catholicism for their own self-determination. It should be noted that in Exodus the Word speaks of judgement upon a man who harms an unborn child. In an accident, with no great harm, the husband determines the punishment. If death of the child occurs, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, bruise for bruise etc applies. 

Crime 
King Hits (one punch) have been heavily legislated against in Australia recently and on recent polls on ninemsn Australia currently has a very low tolerance of violent behaviour. 

Sports 
Test Cricket: In 2013 England won the Ashes in England 4 - 0 (one draw) and the following summer of 2013 Australia regained the Ashes winning 5 - 0 in Australia. 
NRL: Sydney Roosters won the 2013 NRL Grand Final. 
AFL: Hawthorn Hawks won the 2013 AFL Grand Final. 
EPL: Hull City Tigers regained their Premiere League status in the 2013/2014 Season. Halfway through the season they are midfield on the ladder of 20 teams. 
Lleyton Hewitt won the Sydney International ATP event earlier this year, the result of months of concentrated training effort with little success, while Wawrinka won the Australian Tennis open this year. 

International Heads of State 
The Liberal-National Party coalition won the 2013 Australian Federal Election. Tony Abbott was elected Prime Minister. Bill Shorten became Labour opposition leader, replacing Kevin Rudd, who had served twice as Prime Minister, cutting of the final weeks of Julia Gillard's term in office. Bill Shorten defeated Anthony Albanese to gain the position of labour leader. 
David Cameron is the current conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 
Barack Obama was re-elected President of the USA in 2012. He represent the democrat party. 
Queen Elizabeth II is still monarch of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. 
Pope Benedict XVI retired (a rarity for the pope but not without precedent) and became Pope Emeritus. Pope Francis I replaced him. 
Vladimir Putin remains President of Russia. 

Entertainment 
The Noah movie debuts soon. Official trailers can be seen on Youtube. The movie is biblically based and tells the essence of the story, but is dramatized for entertainment purposes. From watching the trailers, the movie appears to be a first class action movie of traditional Hollywood stylings. Star Wars episodes VII, VIII & IX are in pre-production. The cast of the original trilogy from the 1970s/1980s are strongly rumoured to be reappearing. This appears to be quite certain, although the stars are cagey about confirming the fact. There are 2 planned spinoffs. Lucasfilm (George Lucas Movie Production company which produces Star Wars films amongst others) was recently purchased by Disney for a staggering sum. Hollywood continues to churn out a regular supply of new movies and sequels. In the music industry, pop is in vogue for the charts, and country is strong at this time also. R & B maintains itself, wereas traditional Rock and Roll has largely declined over the last decade. There are a growing number of alternative/folkish style semi-rock acts, but traditional Rock Bands of the 60s, 70s and 80s have very few new big names, mainly traditionally established names from those eras keeping the genre alive. Justin Bieber is currently in trouble with the law, the pop superstar being accused of egging a neighbours house. Miley Cyrus remains a controversial figure, while New Zealand teen songstress 'Lorde' appears to be one of the new up and coming pop superstars. The dress codes of the Media Industries seems to have stabilized on late 90s and 2000s fashion stylings, and the liberal style dress code has not greatly changed in this time. There have been criticisms of were some behaviours may be heading, but the pop stars and actors and actresses are not naked yet, and clothes remain worn. 


Weather 
This year internationally has seen one of the most turbulent of extreme weather patterns, with very cold winters in the northern hemisphere, and very hot summers in the southern hemisphere. 
Canberra, in Australia, scorched recently (It was bloody hot and draining). Many of us suspect global warming based on the Greenhouse effect and the hole in the ozone layer is primarily responsible, due to our over emissions of harmful toxins into the atmosphere. Carbon emissions are the primary suspect of our problems.

The HNF World News: Issue 4 
Monday the 14th of April 6177 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6177 = 2014 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
MH370 was a Malaysian Jumbo Jet which disappeared recently, and went missing. Many nations have been trying to track down the plane, which was believed to have gone missing in the Indian Ocean somewhere. It has been major continuing news because of the inability to find the plane. 
Russia recently gained control over Crimea, which has been part of the Country Ukraine, when Russian troops infiltrated that part of the nation. It was mostly a non-violent standoff between Russian troops and Ukrainian ones, but no real bloodshed ocurred. Crimea took a referendum and decided that it did in fact want to join Russia. My view is that sympathizers towards the old USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) were still pro-Russia enough (which had been the substantial part of the USSR) and decided to rejoin the superpower. It has been very suspicious and the West are not really liking or recognizing the decision of the referendum terribly much, but it appears to be reasonable enough ultimately. I feel Crimea, when it comes down to it, probably do want back in with Russia, so it is probably legal enough. There are still further rumblings in other parts of Ukraine on this issue. 
Economically, things are generally on the improve in the world at the moment. Europe seems to be now recovering somewhat from the recent Global Financial Crisis of the late 2000s (the noughties) and things are starting to recover. 
Moral standards have showed consistent stability for the most part, and the pop culture has shown no real deterioration in its standards in the teenies so far since the noughties. Pop culture remains a big influence of the morals of the youth of the world. It remains a credible scene for entetainment. 
There has been the usual run of news stories internationally: disasters, kidnappings, gun shootings and the like. Nothing too extraordinary at the moment. The Hey Dad star was found guilty of pedophilia on a number of charges. He claimed to be innocent after the verdicts had been given. Schappelle Corby can not be interviewed until her parole period is ended. She is now free from prison, living in Bali. She has been suffering anxiety. 

Sports 
Hull City Tigers defeated Sheffield United 5-3 in the semi final of the FA Cup the other day. It is the first time in the over 100 year history of the club that they have made the Final of the FA Cup. They play Arsenal in the final, who defeated Wigan. Go the Tigers (my club). 
Gold Coast Titans currently stand at the top of the NRL Ladder with 5 wins and 1 loss. Bulldogs are 2nd with 4 wins and 2 losses. 
Hawthorn Hawks currently stand at the top of the AFL ladder. 

International Heads of State 
The Queen (Queen Elizabeth II) recently visited the new Pope, Pope Francis I. They exchanged gifts. The pope gave a lovely blue orb to Prince George. It really looked special. The queen gave some lovely alcoholic beverage to the pope. Some fine British fare. 
Tony Abbott is administering affairs as PM of Australia with competence and propriety. I feel the liberals are doing a competent job, as labour did before them. Newspolls this morning showed labour just ahead on two party preferred voting. 

Entertainment 
Noah debuted, and was given a solid 7 and a half rating so far by IMDB ratings (Internet Movie Database (I think is the acronym)). I saw it with friends, and gave it 11 out of 10. It was remarkably brilliant. It deviated slightly from scripture on a number of points, but the biblical record was told for the most part. In terms of a biblical epic action adventure movie it was absolutely first class. Highly recommended. 
Super Hero movies contine coming out regularly, mostly from Marvel, but DC consistently releases as well. These are some of the bigger blockbusters done these days, the new Captain America and Spiderman movies appear to be first class. The Man of Steel movie released recently is apparently very solid entertainment. The Man of Steel is a title of Superman. 
Australia has had 'Freeview' for a few years now, and the number of channels has grown to over 2 dozen. There are also TV shopping channels and NITV (National Indigenous TV), which was formerly on Pay TV. 
Hollywood continues to churn out the regular type of commercial movies it focuses on on a regular basis. There is also a strong independent movie scene in the US, as well as in every country by the looks of it. In Australia SBS show international programs. X-Box One was recently released from Microsoft, a gaming console, which is likely to start a run of numbered X-Boxes. Previously there was X-Box, X-Box 360 and I think X-Box 720 Kinnect (or something like that). But they seem to have made a policy decision to go ahead with a numbered sequence from my impressions. Video Games press ahead as likely the most popular entertainment for kids, alongside TV and music. Internet tablets are also increasingly popular, and everyone seems to have a texting mobile phone these days. 

Weather 
Canberra had a lot of rain in the last week. It is sunny today, but the Autumn weather is starting to be noticeable, and it is starting to cool off as winter approaches.

The HNF World News: Issue 5 
Sunday the 18th of May 6177 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6177 = 2014 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
MH370 has not been found. The Malaysian airliner was major news for a while, and the communities spent a lot of time searching for it, but with no luck so far. 
In Nigeria recently, over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped. In the media various celebrities posted signs with 'Bring Back our Girls', asking for the return of the kidnapped school girls. There was discussion in the media about how slavery is still prevalent in the world. However, footage of the girl was sent in by the kidnappers, showing a film of about 100 of the girls who supposedly had converted to Islam. Obviously they had been forced into it, and the conversions will not be genuine at all. It is a sinners mentality which believes it has to convert to a faith through fear. No truth exists, as far as I am concerned, through tyranny. The conversions are not valid in the eyes of God. Hopefully the girls will be released soon enough, which is probably the intention of the kidnappers anyway - they are using this tactic to make converts and not much more. It doesn't appear they intended any real harm towards the girls. 
The war in the Ukraine has fizzled down to a bit of a civil war conflict. Not a big deal in the news anymore, and not too much appears to be coming from it. The Crimea will likely settle into Russia and, eventually, the west will probably recognize that. The Crimean people might, on the whole, be happier as part of Russia rather than the Ukraine, so I'm not really against the idea anyway. 
The civil war in Syria has fizzled right down to less news worthy items, and the situation seems to be gradually diminishing. In fact, at the moment, a lot of tense situations from the last number of decades seem to under control for the most part, and the Palestinian/Israel conflict has far less bite in it these days then it once did. It seems that the world is actually continuing to improve, for the most part, and situations are being resolved. Hopefully war will eventually indeed become a thing of the past. 
The budget in Australia was greatly diabolical in many people's eyes, because the liberals increased taxes and decreased spending. They had made promises not to increase taxes, which they broke, yet they defended themselves by claiming they fulfilled the main promise of getting the budget under control. I hate to say it, but I guess I have to agree with them, because tough medicine is sometimes needed to resolve a situation. They are probably being responsible (albeit hypocritical) despite the complaints against them. Worldwide the recent Global Financial Crisis appears to still be coming under control. Things are gradually improving again. 
Robert Hughes was found guilty of sexual deviancy claims. The Australian 'Hey Dad' star has been sentenced to 6 years in jail. Rolf Harris is being trialled for the same things in the UK at the moment, and appears to be guilty by the looks of it. The Oscar Pistorius trial in South Africa continues to perplex, and the Judge has ordered psychiatric evaluations. In this case I think that might be somewhat justified. Its hard to get a handle on wether he is really guilty or not, but he doesn't appear to be a man of evil, and seems genuinely remorseful on what he has done. My initial impressions was that he might be guilty of manslaughter and not murder, but time will tell. 

Sports 
Hull City Tigers lost 3:2 in extra time against Arsenal in the F.A. Cup Final for 2014. It was the first time Hull had ever made the final, and it was the end of a long and hard premiere league season also, were they managed to finish 16th and stay in the Premiere League for next season. Manchester City finished top of the regular season ladder, so were Champions of the Premiere League. 
The Soccer World Cup is happening again this year, so we will keep you posted on results. 
In the AFL in Australia, Port Adelaide is currently on top of the ladder, with Hawthorn second. In the NRL in Australia, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are currently on top of the ladder. They won their match today against the New Zealand Warriors. In the Super League (English Rugby League) competition in the UK the Leeds Rhinos currently sit on top of the ladder. The two Hull teams are mid ladder at the moment. 

ICC Current rankings for Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 (International Cricket) 
ICC Test Championship 
1 May 2014 
Team 
Matches 
Points 
Rating 
Australia 
32 
3950 
123 
South Africa 
23 
2831 
123 
England 
30 
3131 
104 
Pakistan 
20 
2064 
103 
India 
23 
2343 
102 
New Zealand 
26 
2383 
92 
Sri Lanka 
22 
1986 
90 
West Indies 
19 
1442 
76 
Zimbabwe 
8 
322 
40 
Bangladesh 
14 
287 
21 
ICC ODI Championship 
6 May 2014 
Team 
Matches 
Points 
Rating 
Australia 
35 
4020 
115 
India 
53 
5923 
112 
Sri Lanka 
54 
6011 
111 
England 
36 
3947 
110 
South Africa 
32 
3486 
109 
Pakistan 
47 
4716 
100 
New Zealand 
31 
3031 
98 
West Indies 
40 
3744 
94 
Bangladesh 
23 
1683 
73 
Zimbabwe 
20 
1228 
61 
Afghanistan 
9 
304 
34 
Ireland 
9 
297 
33 
ICC Twenty20 Championship 
1 May 2014 
Team 
Matches 
Points 
Rating 
India 
15 
1963 
131 
Sri Lanka 
22 
2859 
130 
Pakistan 
26 
3194 
123 
South Africa 
23 
2785 
121 
Australia 
22 
2454 
112 
New Zealand 
20 
2196 
110 
West Indies 
23 
2520 
110 
England 
23 
2220 
97 
Ireland 
12 
1046 
87 
Bangladesh 
16 
1147 
72 
Netherlands 
14 
951 
68 
Afghanistan 
12 
743 
62 
Zimbabwe 
11 
573 
52 
Scotland 
10 
512 
51 

Current Top 10 Rankings in ATP International Men's Tennis - 12th of May 2014/6177 SC 
Nadal, Rafael (Spain) 
Djokovic, Novak (Serbia) 
Wawrinka, Stan (Switzerland) 
Federer, Roger(Switzerland) 
Ferrer, David (Spain) 
Berdych, Tomas (Czech Republic) 
Del Potro, Juan Martin (Argentina) 
Murray, Andy (Great Britain) 
Nishikori, Kei (Japan) 
Raonic, Milos (Canada) 

International Heads of State 
Barack Obama still president of the USA. Queen Elizabeth still Queen of the Commonwealth of Great Britain. Prince William and Kate Middleton (Windsor) visited Australia recently, and they were very well received. Their is a current resurgence of popularity in the Monarchy, though Australia is tacitly a republic these days, if not so officially. Australia seems to be comfortable with the current situation, which suits me well enough as well. Tony Abbot is current Prime Minister of Australia. Francois Hollande, of the Socialist Party, is current President of France. He was born August 12, 1954 in Rouen in France. He has been president of France since 2012. 

Entertainment 
The Noah movie was well enough received. Some of the criticisms were its lack of complete literacy according to scripture, but it did well enough at the box office. It has come and gone as a successful movie, but hasn't really caught on in any significant way in the culture for the most part. There didn't appear to be any real increase in interest in the Noahide faith due to the movie, but it was a talking point. It may catch on gradually as a movie of interest. Amazing Spiderman 2 debuted recently, and was well receieved. Marvel continue to produce the majority of the superhero movies, but DC is strong on TV series, as opposed to Marvel in this area. DC has usually concentrated on Superman and Batman in terms of its big movies, but I sense they will gradually go to the other heroes as they become more and more established in the culture. I expect DC to eventually catch Marvel in this area, and potentially take over one day. A Justice League movie would probably be a huge box office hit. The Twilight phenomenon has calmed down, and so has the Harry Potter thing for the most part, since the sagas have been completed. They continue to be a popular subject of fanfiction stories, and I visit www.fanfiction.net often, and those subjects are written on constantly. The next real big thing, funnilly enough, is Star Wars again, with Episodes 7, 8 & 9 being done from 2015 every two years, with two spin-off movies, one on a young Han Solo, and one on Boba Fett the Bounty Hunter, being done in between the episodes. So 5 straight years of Star Wars movies from next year, and they are HUGE in the culture at the moment. Star Wars has continued to become an increasingly big phenomenon. The big Superheroes will likely continue like that as well, with a regular supply of big box office hits, and I tend to doubt we have seen the last of Harry Potter and Twilight. J K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, is writing screenplays for a spinoff series on a Harry Potter related magic book on magical creatures. Dumbledore may possibly appear as a cameo, but it is not technically a Harry Potter series. It is, though, from the same universe as the Harry Potter books, and will be canon for that universe. They haven't done new Star Trek series for a while, though the new movies continue to appear. I do suspect, though, Star Trek will return soon enough, when the older series have been exhausted a bit, and sufficient enough demand for new stuff arises. Probably just a matter of time. Things continue to churn along in the entertainment world and the quality of the entertainment continues to be at a high level. 

Weather 
The weather has been quite mild recently, and Sydney enjoyed unseasonably high temperatures in the mid 20s all last week. A milder winter is expected this year for Australia.

The HNF World News: Issue 6 
Tuesday the 17th of June 6177 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6177 = 2014 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
MH370 has still not been located. The nigerian schoolgirls have not yet been released. Honestly, after last month's report my views have changed a bit. I do understand that the world is constantly beset by lawlessness and godlessness, and one thing the kidnappers are instilling into these girls are strict behaviour standards and probably decent work ethics. Ultimately, as ironic as it may sound, more good is probably being done for Africa through this than bad. The world could use some discipline as far as I am concerned. The kidnapped girls had the slogan 'Bring Back Our Girls' associated with it, various signs paraded by celebrities and the like. Recently some Israelite youngster were kidnapped by Palestinians, and the sign 'Bring Back our Boys' has been used associated with it. It lacks grace and is just fake pandering to the world as far as I am concerned to promote the situation like this. It's shamelessly using the Nigerian situation to promote their own. Iraq has developed a civil war in recent weeks, akin somewhat to developments in Syria. US has been debating whether they want to enter into some sort of arrangement with Iran to handle the situation, even though they are at loggerheads with Iran over various issues, including nuclear disarmerment. Iran, though, appears to like the idea somewhat, and wants to emerge from the sanctioned state they are viewed as. Civil war tension in middle east nations has been a constant reality for a while now. The usual array of shootings, kidnappings, murders and the like fill our news stories each night. Nothing much changes in mankind's behaviour. Statistically, these things only affect a small number of the population over any given timespan, but lawlessness is never a good thing. The trial with Rolf Harris continues. It appears that he is probably guilty of something, although he is strongly denying the claims with his defense. The Oscar Pistorius situation in South Africa is not yet resolved, and he will be undergoing mental assessment. Robert Hughes, the Hey Dad actor, was found guilty and sentenced to 6 years I think it was. The Australian Budget has not passed the senate yet, and the greens and labour are blocking it, most displeased with it. Malcolm Turnbull was seen in discussions with Clive Palmer, which is speculated may lead to compromises on the part of the liberals to the Palmer party to get the budget through. This is not surprising if it happens. 

Sports 
The Football (Soccer) World Cup has started again in Brazil. Australia and England both lost their first matches. Germany and the USA won their opening encounters, as did Brazil. Some teams are looking strong already, and a big named team will quite possibly take the cup this year. The Commonwealth Games will be held this year in Glasgow in Scotland from the 23rd of July to the 3rd of August. The next Olympic Games is in Brazil in 2016. The Penrith Panthers currently sit in first place on the NRL ladder and Port Adelaide sit in first place on the AFL ladder. St Helens currently sit in first place on the Super League (UK Rugby Legue) ladder. The San Antonio Spurs won the US NBA (National Basketball) championship for 2014. The Seattle Seahawks won the American NFL (National Football Competition - Grid Iron) for the 94th season, played in Super Bowl XLVIII played on February 2nd 2014, defeating the Denver Broncos. 

One Day Cricket International Rankings Table 
ICC ODI Championship 
15 June 2014 
Team 
Matches 
Points 
Rating 
Australia 
35 
4020 
115 
Sri Lanka 
59 
6613 
112 
India 
54 
6046 
112 
South Africa 
32 
3486 
109 
England 
41 
4450 
109 
Pakistan 
47 
4716 
100 
New Zealand 
31 
3031 
98 
West Indies 
40 
3744 
94 
Bangladesh 
24 
1745 
73 
Zimbabwe 
20 
1228 
61 
Afghanistan 
9 
304 
34 
Ireland 
9 
297 
33 

International Men's Tennis top ten rankings as of 16 June 6177 SC (16 June 2014) 
1 Nadal, Rafael (Spain) 
2 Djokovic, Novak (Serbia) 
3 Wawrinka, Stan (Switzerland) 
4 Federer, Roger (Switzerland) 
5 Murray, Andy (Great Britain) 
6 Berdych, Tomas (Czech Republic) 
7 Ferrer, David (Spain) 
8 Del Potro, Juan Martin (Argentina) 
9 Raonic, Milos (Canada) 
10 Gulbis, Ernests (Latvia) 

International Heads of State 
The current German Chancellor is Angela Merkel since 22nd of November 2005. She heads the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and was born on the 17th of July 1954. She was seen at the World Cup the other day supporting Germany against Portugal. German won comprehensively. Queen Elizabeth II, head of the United Kingdom, turned 88 recently. Currently the odds are favourable that she will become England's longest reigning Monarch in a few years, if she outlasts Victoria's reign. So many famous celebrities have come and gone while Elizabeth has remained on the throne. The current Pope, Pope Francis, is a biblical sort of pope, and their has been a renewed interest in scripture during his term in office so far. Pope Benedict XVI is still a Pope Emeritus, whereas Pope Francis recently reported to a Spanish newsmedia organisation that the possibility of himself retiring also in this day and age is a distinct possibility. A precedent has been established, apparently. As priests are now in the habit of retiring regularly in catholicism, this is not that unusual. Tony Abbott is still Prime Minister of Australia, although they haven't managed to pass the budged yet. A double dissolution seems unlikely, but if it did happen Australia would go to the poles again and, with the current state of the polls, labour would likely get in with Bill Shorten to be next Prime Minister. Frankly, next election that seems likely anyway. 

Entertainment 
The movie from Disney, Frozen, has gone on to become the worlds bestselling box office movie of all time. Now, when you take inflation and population growth, as well as improvements in media advertising into account, I don't think the same situation would likely apply on a balanced scale, were Star Wars (episode IV from 1977)probably comes out on top. But in terms of actual monetary value in an unadjusted scale, Frozen (an animated epic) is now number one all time. It is a kids movie and has proven exceptionally popular anyway, and may end up indeed being the most popular movie of all time, adjusted, anyway. Michael Jackson's posthumous album 'Xscape' has done reasonably well on the music charts, though it has offered no outstanding hits to the industry. A recent trend is older albums, being popularised through soundtrack and other promotional vehicles, which had achieved a lot of success, are constantly showing up in the top 100 on the music charts these days. Certain bands and acts of great popularity seemed to have created an ongoing demand for their music in what is usually a throwaway, flash in the pan, commercial culture. Nirvana's "Nevermind" is a particular example of an album which is still selling very well over 20 years later since its release. In that particular case, the success of Dave Grohl (Nirvana's drummer) with his band the Foo Fighters in the year's since Kurt Kobain's death (the lead singer of Nirvana) has perhaps attributed a fair degree to the success of the album, but by no means that alone, as it was tremendously popular on original release. Big name hard rock and heavy metal albums seem to breed a lot of loyalty in the marketplace and with fans. They seem to be taken a lot more seriously than the pop and rock bands which come and go, and ironically have a far more enduring legacy at this point. Eg bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden, and hard rock bands like Def Leppard and Bon Jovi are just as, and even more so popular now than in their 80s heyday, and in the touring scene such bands often dominate. 

Weather 
Weather has been quite moderate in Canberra in the last month, and has winter has dawned, as promised, the weather is in fact quite mild and tolerable this year. Quite enjoyable in fact. 


The HNF World News: Issue 7 
Friday the 5th of December 6177 SC (In the adjusted calendar of HNF) (SC = Since Creation)    6177 = 2014 CE/AD 
Recent News Items 
There was a G20 summit in Brisbane a few weeks back. This was the 'Government 20' or something like that, which was a representation internationally of the heads of state of 20 of the biggest political/economic nations of the world. It is the same standard list of nations each time, and it has grown in membership over the years. This year it was in Brisbane in Queensland in Australia, and made a lot of news. Tony Abbot, the prime minister of Australia from the Liberal party, was criticized a little for his lack of respect for the issue of climate change, which Barack Obama, president of the United States, spoke on. Mr Abbot didn't really want that issue on the agenda, but a lot of leaders wished to talk about the issue. Just prior to the summit, China and the US, the world biggest emitters of carbon polution, had signed an agreement with each other to limit emissions, and it was a hot topic, but Mr Abbot wanted to talk primarily about economic issues. In Australian politics, Jacqui Lambie, who was a senator in the newly formed Palmer United Party, split from the party and went independent. She has proven somewhat popular with the Australian people, but the media has been very critical of the Palmer United Party. This morning I noted on the news Joe Hockey, the treasurer at the moment, commented that about 75% of the budget measures for this year had been passed. I has been a very difficult budget, and criticized greatly, but in all honesty I agree with Joe that tough measures needed to be taken to get Australia back to an economic surplus. I feel, even though I am left wing moderate, that the liberal party are acting responsibly in this area. Before becoming prime minister, Tony Abbot, in all honesty, came across as a bit of schmuck in some ways, but since becoming Prime Minister I feel he has demonstrated a confident aura of a Prime Minister you can respect, and has handled a difficult job well enough. Not perfect, but he has done ok. In hindsight, now, I don' actually mind the liberal prime ministers we have had over the years. Our Pms, from both labour and liberal, in living memory, have been the right ones really. Australia has probably gotten it right each time. The Isis situation and the conflict in Syria and Iraq continues on. There have been more beheadings of westerners by zealot Isis extremists, but the US and other nations military personnel are currently engaged in a 'Bombing' war against them. They are not committing ground troops at this stage, and I don't think personally that will be necessary. Our war ISN'T against Islam. It is against extremists in Islam, who don't really even interpret Quran passages appropriately, and who are just hotheaded passions, not giving a damn, and fist pumpers, lifting their guns in the air, to be 'Cool' to each other in the name of Islam. I think they just get a bloody rush out of this lifestyle. Watching the James Bond movie 'The Living Daylights' from the 1980s the other day, set in Afghanistan, it was the same old thing back then. Isis will be dealt with in time. Terrorists will not prosper. Christmas, it seems to me, seems to start earlier every year in recent times, and it was just late November, and the TV has already starting doing Christmas related things and shows. It will a big thing all throughout December this year, and is a major source of culture and focus for many of us. It is a very traditional universal celebration now, and Santa is as big a part with many of the more mainstream citizens as the actual point of the celebration, the birth of Jesus, is. Many aspects of the Christmas season have become practically secular. 

Sports 
Phil Hughes, Australian Cricketer, was killed the other day playing Cricket in the Australian state Sheffield Shield competition. He was hit by a ball under his helmet on his neck, and collapsed to the ground. He died a few days later in hospital. It has been very big news in Australia, and the funeral was shown the other day on TV. He was a Catholic man, and the Eulogies were appropriate. It brought to mind some of my families Eulogies, and the way a life is 'Celebrated' in a funeral service. This year South Sydney won the NRL Grand Final, with runners up the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs. In the AFL competition, Hawthorn won the Grand final for the second year in a row, defeating Sydney, quite comfortably in the end. In Rugby Union Australia recently slipped to 5th in the world in rankings, the lowest they had ever been. The International Rugby Union games usually focus around a northern hemisphere competition and a southern hemisphere competiton. The Olympic Games are coming up again in 2016, and they are set in Rio in Brazil. 

International Heads of State 
Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge, is pregnant again. They had their first child, a son, Prince George not long ago. The monarchy has shown recent increase in popularity in Australia and, at the moment, discussions on a republic seem to be on the backburner. Paul Kagame is the sixth and current president of Rwanda in Africa, having taken office in 2000. He was born on the 23rdof October 1957 and is married to Jeannette Kagame. He represents the political party 'The Rwandan Patriotic Front'. Pope Frances recently declared that 'God does not have a magic wand', casting doubt on the 7 days of creation teaching of Genesis, and suggested that evolutionary theories of the big bang origin are not incompatible with Catholic faith. What a guy. 

Entertainment 
A Star Wars VII teaser premiered the other day. It showed very brief scenes from the next Star Wars movie, which will have much of the cast from the original movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Taylor Swift will be touring Australia late next year for 4 concerts. She is about the biggest pop star on the planet at the moment, with the likes of Katy Perry and Beyonce and Lady Gaga and One Direction other very big names. The Noah movie was released on DVD and Blu Ray recently. It was talked about somewhat on initial release, but has not otherwise captured the imagination of the public in any significant way. Mainly just viewed as another religious movie by the majority it would seem. A new movie premieres around now, 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' which stars Christian Bale from the Batman Dark Knights movies as Moses. It looks quite spectacular, and should prove popular enough. The final part of the hobbit trilogy and part one of the final Hunger Games series of movies are also premiering around now, and are probably the biggest movies of the moment. The Freeview channels on Australian TV came in a rush, but they seem to have stabilized in their numbers now, and Australians have a great deal more television to watch on free to air now because of it. 

Weather 
There has been a decent amount of rain here in Tuggeranong the last few days, a big relief after a very hot day which got up around 40 degrees celsius. It will likely be another hot summer in Australia this year.

The HNF World News: Issue 8 
Thursday the 12th of February 6178 SC (In the adjusted calendar of HNF) (SC = Since Creation)    6178 = 2015 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
In Sydney recently an extremist Muslim took hostages at Lindt cafe in the central Sydney city district, and held them hostage for nearly a day. The cafe was just opposite the channel 7 news room, and the Morning Show was on when the siege began. I was watching the Morning Show and saw near the beginning of the activity. At the end of the siege the extremist had killed individuals and was killed himself by police. It was very concerning to Australian citizens, who are not quite used to the kind of terror that people in the middle east live with constantly. This kind of witness for Islam shows clearly that it is a religion which can easily be abused, thus denoting that it could not be the primary witness of the God of creation. In Pakistan, the Taliban was responsible for killing a large amount of schoolchildren from a school recently. It was a huge massacre and, again, denotes that Islam is a religion which is easily lent to abuse and evil. Another incident of major news note on the problems of Extremism was the murders in France of people working for a French magazine, which had published cartoons of Mohammed in a critical manner. Islamic extremist killed a number of people working at the office. They were later found and in fights with the police were killed. France had shown solidarity against this extremism, and a number of heads of state from around the globe, including the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Palestinian leader, and the leader of Germany, amongst others, held arms together in a march protesting against the barbarities of this extremism and rights to freedom of expression. The pope, though, did comment that while people need to express themselves, this does not mean a mandate for unabated criticisms of figures of import, or otherwise for that matter. In Australia the prime Minister Tony Abbot recently chose to make Prince Philip a Knight of the Order of Australia, which proved a very unpopular decision, and was labelled a serious blunder by many, leading to a spill in the leadership and a vote to determine whether they would elect a new leader of the liberal party, Malcolm Turnbull being the chief challenger. Mr Abbot retained his leadership 61 votes to 39. There was conjecture that he had been promised about 70 votes, yet obviously some of the ministers changed their mind and supported the idea for Turnbull to replace Abbott. The possibility of another spill is quite apparent at some future point, largely based on how successful Tony Abbot will be in addressing some of the many criticisms labelled at him, especially the idea of being more consultative before making key decisions, something he has promised to address. There have been some fires in western Australia recently, which is a sign of the summer season in reality in Australia, because it seems every year there are bush fires. Probably necessary for the environment, a good cleaning out of build up dried vegetation. Fire cleanses. In Egypt, the Australian reporter Peter Greste was freed after a number of months imprisoned, after being exonerated against accusations of working against the government. His other colleagues have not yet been freed, and there is much discussion and attempts going on to have them freed. The Bali 9, as they were called, drug related criminals, have 2 members of Australia Citizenship who are due to be executed soon. There have been many attempts at appeal of the decision, and claims that they are reformed characters, and the mother of one of the individuals has been on many news shows recently claiming her son deserves mercy as a reformed individual. My impression on this is that she is correct, and hopefully mercy will be granted, though it looks very difficult for them. Already some executions have taken place there this year, and while Australia does not have a death penalty, they do recognize the rights of sovereign states to make their own laws on these issues. 

Sports 
Novak Djokovic won the recent Australian Tennis open for men and Serena Williams won the female draw. Both have won many majors now, and are highly successful and competitive tennis players. Novak defeated Scotsman Adrian Murray in the final. In the recent One Day Cricket Australian series between Australia, England and India, Australia defeated England in the final. The world cup of One Day Cricket begins very shortly. Australia won the Asian cup of Soccer the other day, and the mood is as such that they are going to have a very big crack at trying to do very well in the next soccer world cup. The Commonwealth Games was last year, and next year, 2016, is the Rio Olympic Games, which is the next International major sporting meet, apart from various world championships this year of specific sports. 

International Heads of State 
Enda Kenny, born on the 24th of April 1951, is the current taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland, head of the Fine Gael party. Kenny was voted Taoiseach of the Dail (Irish Parliament) on March 9, 2011, by an unprecedented 90 votes. (Note: The surname 'Daly' (My own) is a root word derived from the 'Dail' which is the Irish parliament) 

Entertainment 
The Grammy Awards were held recently, and British Artist Sam Smith did very well. Long term rock and rollers, AC DC, opened the show, and Madonna performed live as well. It was not a greatly high rating show, though. My Kitchen Rules is back on TV again this year in Australia, and is one of the major television raters at the moment on Australian TV. The show went just over 4 hours long the other night, an amazing tribute to the success of the show. Later this year, Masterchef Kitchen (assuming they continue) is likely to do extraordinarily well as well. Shows like the X Factor and the 'Idol' entertainment shows, showcasing mostly musical talent, continue to do quite well, and each year a new slew of pop stars are born. Many continue on for a while with a successful career, but so many come and go with an album or two, and seem almost forgotten now. Marlisa won the recent Australian X Factor, a young 15 year old female, narrowly defeating Dean Ray, a charismatic rocker in the Michael Hutchence of INXS mould. On the charts, Taylor Swift has been having extraordinary success with her new album 1989, and is extremely popular worldwide with her albums, shows and very winning personality. 

Weather 
This last January and February's summer weather has fortunately been moderate enough in the Canberra region, and we continue to get strong and consistent rainfall, fortunately.

The HNF World News: Issue 9 
Saturday the 21st of March 6178 SC (In the adjusted calendar of HNF) (SC = Since Creation)    6178 = 2015 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
In Sydney the other day the Lindt Cafe, which had been subject to a Muslim Extremist hostage situation, reopened for business. There were memorial plaques on the wall for the 2 people who had been killed in the siege, but looking at the report I saw, it seemed just regular business as usual had restarted, and, ironically, life just goes on. Of the two Malaysian airplanes which disappeared in recent time, the second one had crashed into Ukraine, but the first one has not yet been found, and no wreckage has been recovered. Still a mystery. The 2 Australian Bali 9 prisoners in Indonesian Jail, on death row for dealing in drugs, have been moved to what is called 'Death Island' awaiting their execution, but their have been a lot of delays, currently a clemency hearing is going on, and Australia is working hard to save them. The two ones facing the death penalty, as the other 7 were sentenced to prison terms only, seemed though to have reformed their ways and lives. One of them is an artist now and paints a lot of paintings. I'm not really sure if I should judge a soul, but I am somewhat hoping for their redemption to eternity if they are put to death. They seem ok people these days. Julian Assange, the wiki leaks founder, has been housed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy for a few years now in the UK, escaping extradition to a scandinavian country (can't recall which off the top of my head, but I think it was Sweden), for discussing details related to sex crimes accusation. The real worry, though, is extradition from that country to the US for far more serious issues. But those sex crime issues soon will lapse in the ability to have him charged, and he will be able to leave the Embassy in a few months anyway. The country has finally sent people over to chat with him in the Ecuadorian assembly, which they refused to do in the first place, but which they now have not much choice about if they want to investigate the issue and get some answers. My guess is that Julian Assange and wikileaks could be a quite hot topic again soon enough, especially with his soon new found freedom awaiting him. 

Sports 
The NRL Rugby League season has gotten underway again in Australia this year, and already some teams looks stronger than others. At the moment teams like Penrith, Souths, Newcastle, Wests Tigers, Bulldogs and the Roosters seem like the real potential title contenders. There are other teams still in contention at this early stage, but my guess is that the ultimate premiere will likely come from one of those teams. In the Cricket world cup at the moment, Australia defeated Pakistan in a quarter final, and now face India in their semi-final. The other semi-final is yet to be decided. 

International Heads of State 
Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, died just the other day. He was 84 years old. He led the Liberal party in government, and preceded Bob Hawke from the Labour party who was the next Prime Minister. I remember Malcolm's years as Prime Minister vaguely, and he seemed to be a steady and conservative type of leader, but having seen him advocate various things since that time over the years, he seemed a man of genuine conscience and good will, and Australia has lost a fine leader and one of its best spokesmen. I have a hunch Hilary Clinton will be America's next President, and the mood for a woman to finally get the job is probably strong in the US. At the moment there is good support for Barack Obama, and economic and business figures for the US are quite ok at the moment. Things seem to be on something of an improve. Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, went missing for a week, it seemed, and their was speculation on what had happened to him in the media, but he returned after a week and informed the press that people like a bit of controversy. Benjamin Netanyahu has been returned to office in Israel after the recent election. Just before the election he spoke to US congress about Iran and its nuclear ambitions, which had mixed opinions on whether he should have done so from various sources. He had actually been invited to speak before congress, so it was not an attempt by his party at winning votes in Israel's election. 

Entertainment 
My Kitchen Rules is back on TV again this year, and it seems to get stronger and more popular and more elaborate as each year passes. Both MKR and Master Chef seem to be very big raters for their respective channels, and when one ends, the other takes over midway through the year. I am not watching MKR as religiously as I did last year, but the quality of the show is again strong. Genuine and decent entertainment on Australian television. There is a new cartoon movie out at the moment with Rihanna the pop star and Steve Martin the comedian doing voices in it, and it looks a good one for the kids. (I forget its title, but it is about a young lady and her adventure with an alien looking kind of fellow). In Comics news, Star Wars Number 1 from Marvel came out recently, in anticipation of the New Star Wars movie at the end of the year, and it nearly sold 1 million copies all told (a huge amount for a comic these days). The comic chart currently is Marvel as the biggest seller and usually the higher positions on the chart, but DC is a very healthy second usually, and often has the number one slot with Batman usually regarded as the industry standard on sales of an ongoing title. Each month there are usually new big number ones which take the top slot for monthly sales, but the most successful ongoing title in terms of sales is usually 'Batman' and Amazing Spiderman is often in as the second most successful of the ongoings. There have been a lot of comics related superhero movies in the last decade or so, and DC recently announced a whole slew of new ones also. They have mainly concentrated on Batman and Superman movies so far, but now are finally branching out into others of their well established characters, and matching Marvel somewhat in their foray into the big screen. Good times await. 

Weather 
There was a major cyclone in Queensland recently, again after last year's effort, and it caused a fair bit of damage. The effects of it really seemed to in fact reach Canberra in the end, as I remember one evening experiencing a fierce wind and rain storm, and while there was no huge thunder and lightning, the wind was about as strong as I had ever felt it for a while, and I was even a little afraid for a bit, such being the fierceness of it all. There was also more recently another cyclone in the pacific which ran through Vanuatu especially and did a great deal of damage. There are Vanuatu help appeals going on in the news at the moment. Apart from that, the weather for Canberra in the last few weeks has been mostly mild and kind to us all, and I personally have appreciated it greatly.

The HNF World News: Issue 10 
Monday the 6th of April 6178 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6178 = 2015 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
The Somali Islamist Extremist Militant group Shabah attacked students at Garissa University just the other day. They killed around 150 students. They asked questions whether students were muslims or christians, and those who said they were muslims were not killed and set free. The 4 gunmen were ultimately killed in the ensuing struggle with authorities. There bodies were later paraded to the general public and stones were thrown at them by some. In the middle east, Islamic State (Isis) controls half of Syria and half of Iraq, and is in ongoing war with the remainder of Syria and Iraqi forces. The US and other powers have troops involved, but only for air activity with missiles and bombs - they won't deploy ground troops at this stage and, as the conflict goes on, and Islamic State gradually loses territory, it is unlikely they will commit ground troops again. Many of our nations have had enough of this fight, and don't want to lose their sons and daughters with endless squabbles with Extremist Muslim groups. In Australia there have been a number of cases of missing schoolchildren recently. There is a search currently underway for a boy in the bushlands of central Victoria, and another schoolgirl has gone missing. The Easter death toll on the road was not too worrying this year, but police always have messages of caution for motorists for the holiday season. There was yet another international plane crash recently, in the Alps in France. There were issues over the pilot. There had been 2 pilots in the cockpit, and one of them had taken a refreshment break. But the other, so it seems from the black boxes (recording devices) had locked the cockpit, and crashed the plane. From investigations into his life there seemed to have been anxiety issues with the pilot, and it looks as if he planned the crash in advance. 

Sports 
The AFL and Rugby League seasons are underway again this year in Australia. It's another competitive year, but no teams have yet emerged who look certain to make the grand final. A reasonably even competition by the looks of it this year in the Rugby League. The AFL started this weekend just past, and Hawthorn hammered Geelong in today's game, and already look chances to make it 3 Grand Final's in a row. The top teams in the RL so far this year are Newcastle, Brisbane, Souths, Storm, Roosters, St George, Canterbury and Penrith. Grant Hackett, the Australian swimmer, came out of retirement 6 months ago, and over the weekend qualified for further competition in an up and coming relay competition for Australia swimming. He had been retired for 6 years, and is now 34. My personal opinion is that he probably should have just let it go, and let the up and comers do their thing, but some people like to have another. Yet, to me, there is always a new champion waiting, ready to write their name on the trophies of glory. Australia won the recent One Day Cricket World Cup, defeating New Zealand in the final. They won the final match comfortably in the end, although NZ had defeated them once in preliminary rounds. The Ashes between Australia and England in the Cricket are coming up again this year, and it looks to be another competitive and highly fought for series. The Ashes has a long history of competition and tradition in world cricket, and the fervour doesn't appear to be abating on it any time soon. It is still fiercely contended for and valued as an icon of male nationalistic glory. 

International Heads of State 
Benjamin Netanyahu's party won the recent Israeli election, but they haven't been in the news much recently. There is no current conflict going on between Israel and Palestine, and things have calmed down for the moment. It is looking increasingly likely that Hilary Clinton will end up the Democrat candidate for presidency in next years US election, and I sense that she probably has the favour of the people and will win. Like Australia, the US like to switch from one wing of politics to the other quite frequently, but I feel the democrats might get in for yet another 3rd current term in office, and perhaps 4th. Uhuru Kenyatta is the current president of Kenya. He has been in office since April 9 2013. He was born on October the 26th 1961 in Nairobi in Kenya. He leads the Jubilee Alliance Coaltion, which is a coalition of various political parties merged to form power after recent elections. He is married to Margaret Gakuo and they married in 1991. Kenya is a country in the continent of Africa, south of Europe. Prince Harry is visiting Australia at the moment. He is visiting Darwin, Perth and Sydney, and is here for a month working with the Australian Defence Force. He had one official engagement with the public, at the National War Memorial in Canberra this morning, but will mostly be engaged with military work. And speaking of royals, Kate Middleton, the duchess of Cambridge, married to Prince William, is about to give birth in about a month, to their second child after Prince George. 

Entertainment 
Local Tuggeranong band 'The Coven' had their first jamming session the other day. Locals Brett Love, Matthew Sanderson and Amanda Caldwell are in the band. They are also in my own Mental Health group, and may they by the grace of God reach dizzying heights. Madonna's album 'Rebel Heart' got to number one on release just recently in Australia, but has dropped right down the charts after only 2 weeks. On personal subjective opinion that singles and albums charts are pretty crappy at the moment, with not terribly much decent music on offer, and the good stuff too lowly placed. There is a lot of alternative and rap/hip hop, and its quite boring to my personal tastes. Fast and Furious 7 is the big blockbuster at the movies at the moments, and the main actor, Paul Walker, who died during the shooting of the movie, has had some of his role done by CGI and scenes from earlier movies. 

Weather 
Mild weather in recent times here in Canberra. Not too hot or cold, but mostly predictable enough Autumn weather. Daylight savings time returned to normal just the other day here in Canberra, and the days will gradually get shorter till the winter solstice, and colder too. There has been thunder and rain today, but it is pleasant Canberra weather for the most part this time of year. Internationally there are no notable cyclones of great distress happening at the moment.

The HNF World News: Issue 11 
Sunday the 6th of December 6178 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6178 = 2015 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
Paris suffered more grief in recent times. There were a series of terrorist attacks from Islamic State Extremists around the city, and at a concert for 'The Eagles of Death Metal' there were many people killed without any discrimination. France responded and sent in 20 missiles to destroy 20 targets in the Islamic State area. The South African athlete Oscar Pistorius did a year for the manslaughter charges, but an appeal against him was successful and he is now serving life imprisonment for murder. Russia joined the war against Islamic State, but it was a controversial issue with the Americans. There is a lot happening on Climate Control with our political leaders at the moment, and genuine progress appears to be being made. People are taking the issue more and more seriously, and the mood of it that I sense is a lot more positive in recent times. 

Sports 
Hawthorn Hawks won the AFL Grand Final for 2015. North Queensland Cowboys won the NRL Grand Final for 2015. England defeated Australia 3 games to 2 in the Ashes series played in England this year. Great Britain won the Davis Cup in Tennis this year, the first time in decades. Andy Murray was on the Great Britain team. Great Britain has been doing very well at sports recently, and looks a decent chance in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Time will tell. Hull City Tigers are in the Champions Division at the moment, and are near the upper half of the ladder. They need to finish in the top 3 by the season's end to qualify to go back into Premiere League. 

International Heads of State 
Malcolm Turnbull is now Prime Minister of Australia, replacing Tony Abbott. The main contenders for the US presidency are Hilary Clinton for the Democrats, and Donald Trump for the Republicans. It could be quite a contest come election time. David Cameron remains Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 

Entertainment 
"Terminator: Genisys" did not do greatly at the box office, but was apparently a pretty cool movie anyway. Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens, opens later this month, and it is anticipated it will become the highest grossing movie of all time. That is probable from what I have seen of fervour for the movie. Music Chart superstars remain Taylor 

The HNF World News: Special Report 
Kevin Rudd: The Snaggy PM 
Sunday the 18th of May 6177 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6177 = 2014 CE/AD 
Kevin Rudd was Prime Minister of Australia - twice. 
Yet the second time was more of an epitaph to his first tour of duty. It was short, somewhat sweet, but ended in inevitable defeat. People had had their fill of labour. It wasn't that the economy was performing badly, or that they had done badly in actual governance. It had been the infighting between Rudd and Gillard which ultimately cost labour the election. Labour could not settle on an agreed upon leader, and low polls had been the demise of both of Rudd the first time, and then Gillard as well. Yet, when all is said and done, Kevin was a promising labour leader, a popular Prime Minister, and his legacy was that of a forward thinking Australia which listened to the people a lot more than prior generations. Yet perhaps, in the politically correct way of doing so that it did this forward thinking, a lack of decorum politicians once lived by seemed to have been lost. Politicians seemed to be now more in touch with the people during Rudd's reign, but the office of the Prime Minister seemed to lose that gleam of authority which ended with John Howard. Rudd and Gillard were far too 'Regular' kinds of people, unable to exude that tone of leadership which Robert Hawke had easily grasped as the people's prime minister of the labour party in the 1980s. Kevin went to far in his PC agenda - people still want a Prime Minister who runs the show, it seems. And while his governance was competent and Australia ultimately benefited from many good ideas from his tenure, it was not what Australia was used to nor, it seems, what they wanted. If there could be any fault of Kevin Rudd and his time as Prime Minister of Australia it was that he was 'Too Friendly' if anything, known for quoting scripture to his fellow labour personnel which, in the end, was just too damn bothersome Kevin Rudd, despite the good intent. He was a hyperactive leader in person, so they claimed, and it was a day to day gamble working for Kevin and what would come next. His religion was Catholic by upbringing, yet he embraced Anglicanism later on in life. He lead the Parliamentary prayer group in Parliament House, and, it seems, Kevin was a religious Christian with thoughtful views that his faith could interact with policy, not demanding central place, but being an influence and aspect of social life and the affairs and morals of the nations. But I don't think it was this which made Kevin Rudd the man he was. It was the nurture of the politically correct 1990s, the era of the SNAG (sensitive new age guy), when even Superman wore long hair with a pony-tail, which made Kevin Rudd a lot of the man he came to be. The era and the culture we grow up in, inevitably, shapes a lot of our thinking and values. And what Kevin Rudd brought to the office of the Prime Ministership of Australia in the early years of the 21st Century, was the perfect Politically Correct Politician, well schooled in acceptance of values like feminism, later on gay rights and a pro-gay marriage agenda, anti-discrimination, and all the values and views that the especially 'Progressive' side of politics in the leftist Labour Party 'Loved' to represent so much at the time. In the end, it came from a good heart, was concerned with the people of his nation, and wanted good things for Australia. But it wasn't what the Australia psyche was terribly used to, and while they might not admit it, Aussies prefer a degree of Authoritarianism in their leaders like most world cultures, and the time of Rudd and the PC values he represented seems to be steadily dwindling. The liberals are back in. The Monarchy is showing renewed popularity, and 'Republic' is barely even mentioned these days. Yes, Kevin Rudd was a fair dinkum guy, but he was a product of his era and, in his wake, a more familiar looking Australia has re-emerged, a more traditional one and, perhaps, just perhaps, a better one. 
Report written by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly exclusively for HNF World News 
Copyright 6177 SC / 2014 CE

The HNF World News: Issue 12 
Thursday the 10th of November 6179 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6179 = 2016 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
Brexit occurred this year. It was the vote to decide whether the UK would leave the European Union and they decided in favour of the outcome, and have left the EU. The war against Islamic State seems to be gradually settling down, and victory against the extremists doesn't look too far away now. Australian politicians voted against a plebiscite for same sex marriage. 

Sports 
Western Bulldogs won the AFL Grand Final for 2016. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks won the NRL Grand Final for 2016. Andy Murray for Great Britain became the number one world ranked tennis player just the other day, deposing Novak Djokovic. USA finished first at the Rio Olympics this year, but Team GB finished 2nd with 27 gold medals, beating China for the first time since China has started competing. Hull City Tigers did well in Champions division last season and qualified again to return to Premiere League were they are currently competing, unfortunately near the bottom of the ladder currently. Almandin won the 2016 Melbourne Cup in horse racing. 

International Heads of State 
Malcolm Turnbull is still Prime Minister of Australia. Theresa May was voted in as Prime Minister of the UK by her party after David Cameron resigned, Great Britain's second female prime minister after Margaret Thatcher. Just the other day Donald Trump was elected President of the USA and will take office in January 2017. Vladimir Putin is Russia's current head of state, and has been for a while, proving a popular leader. 

Entertainment 
Star Wars Episode VII was a big hit, and a well done movie. Batman Vs Superman was panned by some critics, but my personal view was that the extended ultimate edition of the movie was first class. Suicide Squad and Deadpool were big superhero movie hits, and proved popular, especially the 'Harley Quinn' heroine in Suicide Squad. DC Comics has done extraordinarily well with its 'Rebirth' relaunch of comics, far outdoing the relaunches from Marvel in prior months. There are no real new breakaway music superstars having emerged this year – mostly a steady year so far critically with business as usual. Personal highlights have been the new Bon Jovi album 'This House is Not For Sale' which is strong and consistent rock in Bon Jovi's recent style. There hasn't really been any dominant 'Big Hit' in the music scene this year. To my ears a lot of music sounds similar at the moment – there is definitely a style of this current period which people are imitating, a definite 'sound'. 

Weather 
Spring at the moment in Canberra. Moderate weather. It has been quite moderate heat most of this year of 2016 in Canberra, and the weather has proven traditional more than anything else.

 The HNF World News: Issue 13
Friday the 24th of February 6181 SC (SC = Since Creation)    6181 = 2018 CE/AD 

Recent News Items 
Same sex marriage finally was passed into law in Australia in 2017. A referendum vote was held to gain Australia's opinion. Barnaby Joyce retired from Nationals Leader due to recent controversy over leaving his wife and engaging with another lady in the political arena. There was a mass school killing in the US the other day, and there was a lot of heat on the president to amend the gun laws in America, something the National Rifle Association (NRA) is firmly against. There has been a great deal of women taking on sexual harrassment this past year and the 'Me Too' campaign advocated strongly for women's rights. Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood producer, was one of the main alleged culprits.

Sports 
Richmond Tigers won the AFL Grand Final for 2017. Melbourne Storm won the NRL Grand Final for 2017. Yet again Roger Federer reclaimed the top spot in World Tennis. He now has 20 Grand Slam titles. Norway will likely win the most gold at the winter olympics, currently being held in North Korea. Hull City Tigers were indeed relegated to Champions division for the 2017/2018 season, and are about three quarters of the way down the ladder. Moderate success this season. Australia defeated England in the Ashes 4 nil. England defeated Australia in the One Day Series 4-1, both events held in Australia this past summer. The Commonwealth games are being held in the Gold Coast in Queensland this year.

International Heads of State 
Malcolm Turnbull is still Prime Minister of Australia. Theresa May is stll Prime Minister of the United Kingd. Donald Trump remains the controversial president of America, but America is doing well under him economically. Vladimir Putin is Russia's current head of state, and has been for a while, proving a popular leader. 

Entertainment 
Star Wars Episode VIII was a hit, as was the standalone 'Star Wars: Rogue One' movie. Wonder Woman was well received, but Justice League was not so favourably looked at. DC Comics continues doing well with Rebirth, which shows no sign of ending yet. There are no real new breakaway music superstars having emerged this year – mostly a steady year so far critically with business as usual. Taylor Swift's follow-up to 1989, 'Reputation' was reasonable, but not as stellar as prior efforts.

Weather 
Summer at the moment in Canberra. Was very hot in January.

World News Issue 14 – Various TV News for the 23^rd of November 2020 CE / 6183 SC

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World News Issue 15 – News for the 17^th of February 2021 CE / 6184 SC

Coronavirus Vaccines are starting to be employed internationally. Estimates are it could take up to a few years to get the world vaccinated for the most part, but some countries will be well addressed on this issue by mid 2021. State lockdowns are common on the planet at the moment, were people mostly have to stay home, apart from work reasons, and going out for essential purposes. Sporting events and hospitality services operate under specific rules, for example how many people can occupy certain degrees of space. Sporting events are often affected by less people in the crowds. The Olympic Games in Tokyo did not happen in 2020, but at this stage the plan is for them to happen this year 2021. There are no major world conflicts going on at the moment, terrorism is active enough in the middle east but has been somewhat quiet in the last year for the most part in Europe, Australia and America. The world population has been affected to a degree by the large amount of deaths caused by the virus, but world population appears to still be increasing regardless. A lot of children missed a lot of school internationally in 2020. This could continue in 2021 but probably not to the same extent. Joe Biden is the new president of the USA replacing Donald Trump in early 2021. Trump suffered an impeachment trial, but it did not pass against him. The impeachment was relating to a riot which came during his speeches in Washington DC, involving people storming congress. Groups such as the 'Proud Boys' seemed to be involved. Boris Johnson is current Prime Minister of the UK and Queen Elizabeth the Second is still Monarch of the British C'ommonwealth. Pope Benedict XVI continues as pope. Scott Morrison is the current Prime Minister of Australia, and Jacinda Aardern is the current Prime Minister of New Zealand. There has been a recent military coup in Myanmar (Burma). The world economy seems to have recovered reasonably well after a temporary recession in early 2020 because of the coronavirus. In Australia JobKeeper packages and other stimulus packages were used to support the economy and people. Despite the coronavirus, life went on for the most part.