Radio News 24/7 reports: PFIZER AND BIONTECH apply for emergency Covid-19 vaccine authorization, G-20 meeting in Saudi Arabia, and other top world news.
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Category Archives: International
Social Media: U.S.-China Fight Over Tik Tok Is A Data Privacy Battle (WSJ Video)
The Chinese-owned app TikTok has been labelled a national-security threat by the U.S., but it’s not unique in the data it collects. WSJ explains why countries are building digital walls and treating user data like a sovereign asset, and how that could change our tech.
Illustration: Zoë Soriano
World News: Covid-19 Vaccine Prospects, Biden’s Potential & Princess Diana
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Suddenly, hope: covid-19 vaccines, The world and Joe Biden: Great Expectations (09:25) And, how Princess Diana shaped British politics (14:05).
Sunday Morning Podcast: News From Zurich, Hong Kong & London (Monocle)
A round-up of the weekend’s most interesting discussion topics with Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé, Benno Zogg, Chandra Kurt and Marcus Schögel, plus a check-in with Kaius Niemi, senior editor in chief of Finland’s ‘Helsingin Sanomat’ newspaper.
World News Podcast: Ethiopia Clash, Typhoon In Philippines, Covid In U.S.
Radio News 24/7 reports: Fighting escalates in Ethiopia, flooding from a typhoon in the Philippines kills dozens and surging Covid-19 cases in the U.S.
World News Podcast: Biden Wins, 5G Tech & Global Hipster Culture
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, what the 2020 results say about America’s future, is there an alternative to Huawei’s 5g technology? (09:25) And, global hipster culture is spreading to even the world’s poorest countries (14:15).
World News Podcast: Joe Biden, Green Innovation & Mexico’s Coca-Cola Habit
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why it has to be Joe, green innovation (14:35) and the fight against Mexico’s Coca-Cola habit (20:10). Zanny Minton Beddoes hosts.
World News Podcast: The Death Toll Rises In Turkey Earthquake, Arrests In, French Terror Attack
DW Radio News 24/7 reports: Death toll from earthquake in Turkey rises, a third man is arrested in terror attack in Nice, France, and other top world news.
Sunday Podcast: News From Zurich, London & Bangkok (Monocle)
Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûle and panelists cover the weekend’s biggest news. Plus a word from our editor Andrew Tuck in London and our Bangkok correspondent, and we check in with what’s making the headlines in Israel’s ‘Haaretz’ newspaper.
Covid-19: How To Spark Economic Recovery
Governments will have to deal with the economic fallout from the pandemic for decades to come. If they get their response wrong, countries risk economic stagnation and political division.
Read more here: https://econ.st/3ojORKY
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