Living another year dangerously

By Inter Press Service

Jan 04, 2023 12:00 am

BY ANIS CHOWDHURY

SYDNEY: 2022 has been a year of great uncertainty when it seemed the world perilously reached the brink of self-destruction — be it human-induced climate change or military conflict. Welcoming 2022, we had enough reasons to be optimistic; but it was another 'year of living dangerously' — tahun vivere pericoloso in the words of Sukarno, or annus horribilis in the words of the late Queen Elizabeth 2nd.

Elderly patients on stretchers are seen at Tongren Hospital in Shanghai on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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