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Doom and gloom; time to switch off the news?

OPINION: Royal death, Putin’s threats, Fed rate hikes, typhoons and quakes – the world’s a grim place.

Typhoon Nanmadol.

In a seemingly never-ending string of grim weeks, the week that’s been was very grim indeed.

First up, Queen Elizabeth II’s death cast a pall over the Commonwealth, with a sombre state funeral on Tuesday attended by world leaders, former politicians, and royals. The mourning public lined streets

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