[lokii]

I have published contemporary news articles from the Sixth World on Reddit for a while now. If you are interested I always update this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Shadowrun/comments...xth_world_news/

A note: most of these are not accurate to the day and often the month (the precise date is often not known) I try to spread them around the year evenly but it also depends on when I find the time. And I don't shy away from conjecture.

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So far:

• 2016
• Nov, 9: William Jarman Elected President
  
• Nov, 29: Communists now control Malaysia
  
• Dec, 12: US Army anti-terrorist operation may have resulted in civilian deaths
  
• Dec, 17: Congress passes Resolution Act
  
• 2017
• Feb, 2: Major earthquake hits Northern China, destruction in Beijing
  
• Mar, 7: Hawaiian native terrorists tied to Japanese underworld
  
• Jul, 1: Wuxing Builds New Corporate Headquarters
  
• Aug, 17: Ancient religions on the rise? Think again. (op-ed)
  
• Aug, 20: Communications blackout in Hawaii
  
• Aug, 22: Hawaiian state government overthrown - self-proclaimed king declares independence
  
• Dec, 9: American withdrawal leaves impotent NATO
  
• 2018
• Mar, 24: Chinese Communist Party's hold on power tenuous after Canton independence
  
• Apr, 15: Brussels declared an independent city under control by the European Union
  
• Apr, 25: Treaty of Denver Signed - Partition and Resettlement Plan
  
• May, 30: Russian general blasts reports of NAN concessions as fake news
  
• Jun, 1: Russia cedes Far East territory to NAN
  
• Jun, 21: Attack at Pyramid Lake: Anglo terrorists suspected
  
• Jul, 17: Investor frenzy for next gen VR from Chicago
  
• Aug, 14: Incredible! Rodney Cole runs 100 metres in under 8.5 seconds at World Championships
  
• Sep, 11: Ares completes expansion of Freedom space station
  
• Sep, 18: Freedom coalition victorious in Singapore
  
• Sep, 22: Victims of America crash denied compensation
  
• Sep, 25: New Chinese republic declared, Communist rule overthrown
  
• Oct, 3: Minister Molyneaux and staff convicted of fraud
  
• Oct, 18: Shocking end to budget crisis: EU suspended!
  
• Oct, 24: Dragon protects separatist island
  
• Oct, 30: Looking back at Europe's decade of misery from sinking Santiago
  
• Nov, 25: Malaysia imposes punitive tariffs on Mitsuhama
  
• Nov, 30: Another tiff among scientists over magic research
  
• Dec, 6: Ute Nation enters into negotiations with spirits over Howling Dam
  
• Dec, 13: Mystic tomes take Ireland by storm
  
• Dec, 30: Seattle - A rising star in crisis
  
• 2019
• Jan, 30: Spain lifts quarantine on Canary Islands
  
• Feb, 9: Indonesian military takes over government
  

In addition I have done some Sixth World current events, using the timeline link (real world year + 62), that has now fallen a bit behind:

• 2078
• Nov, 13: Federal Election in the Allied German States
  
• 2079
• Jan, 21: Beloit's Anti-Corporate Power Grab
  
• 2080
• Jan, 20: Shake-up of Austria's political landscape amidst government crisis
  

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New: Canadian Atlantic provinces appeal to join the United States.

[neomerlin]

That's cool. I do a similar thing every now and then but specific to the campaign I'm running. Mostly I do front pages like this one.

[lokii]

Fancy. Of course I'm interested in the remote past of 2019. So instead of neo-printing technology I use the style of a pre-Crash internet forum to present the news items.

[neomerlin]

It's a cool way to give some life and presence to the game's history.

[lokii]

New: Neighboring cities vote to join Seattle.

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New: Sumatran rebels break away from Indonesia.

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New: Ares unveils Apollo space station.

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New: Chinese communists strike at republic.

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New: [advertisement] Now available: Akbar's Guide to Chicago Eateries.

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New: Frankfurt airport takes over former US air base.

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New: Filipino journalist investigating political murders found dead.

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New: Inauguration of Wilhelmsburg prison in central Hamburg.

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New: Violence against non-natives spikes in Ute Nation.