The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, July 25, 2023: Israel passes a controversial bill to limit the Supreme Court’s power. Plus: French president Emmanuel Macron’s Pacific tour, Cambodia’s one-horse election race, and, as thousands of people are evacuated from Greek islands, we ask: how do repatriation flights work?
Complaining of an unaccountable judiciary, the far-right governing coalition, despite months of mass protests, voted to strip the court’s power to override “unreasonable” government actions.
The Israeli prime minister has pushed through the first part of his judicial overhaul, but in doing so has deepened a rift in Israeli society and propelled the country into an uncertain new era.
What the Collapse of Spain’s Far Right Means Going Forward
About the only thing clear from Spain’s muddled election results was that Spaniards were turning away from the political
Seeking Full Honors, Some Ukrainian Families Wait to Bury Their Dead
Thousands of families have buried soldiers in cemeteries across Ukraine in “Alleys of Heroes.” But some have held off, awaiting a version of Arlington National Cemetery.
The Globalist Podcast, Monday, July 24, 2023: We react to Spain’s snap election on Sunday and the Kyiv City Council’s temporary ban on the public use of Russian-language art and culture.
Plus, Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, presses ahead with his contentious judicial overhaul today and Dutch politicians officially bar cruise ships from docking in Amsterdam’s city centre.
Lawmakers are set to vote Monday on whether to limit the Supreme Court’s power as one element of a government plan to overhaul judicial authority. It is part of a profound rift over Israel’s nature and future.
President Biden has cautioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against pursuing a proposal to rein in Israel’s judiciary, a plan that has deeply divided Israeli society.
How a Drugmaker Profited by Slow-Walking a Promising H.I.V. Therapy
Gilead delayed a new version of a drug, allowing it to extend the patent life of a blockbuster line of medications, internal documents show.
As Inquiries Compound, Justice System Pours Resources Into Scrutinizing Trump
For all their complexity, the Trump-related prosecutions have not significantly constrained the ability of prosecutors to carry out their regular duties, officials have said.
July 23, 2023– Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by Priska Amstutz and Marcus Schögel. Plus, check-ins with our friends and correspondents in London, Ljubljana and Istanbul.
Once a vaccine advocate, the Florida governor lost his enthusiasm for the shot before the Delta wave sent Covid hospitalizations and deaths soaring. It’s a grim chapter he now leaves out of his rosy retelling of his pandemic response.
Gas flares and leaking pipelines from Venezuela’s once-booming oil industry, hobbled by U.S. sanctions and mismanagement, are polluting towns and a major lake.
In Belarus, the Protests Were Three Years Ago. The Crackdown Is Never-Ending.
Aleksandr G. Lukashenko brutally repressed those who opposed his claim of re-election as president. The crackdown on dissent has only deepened since.
Far Right May Rise as Kingmaker in Spanish Election
A messier political landscape has lent leverage to the extremes, leaving a hard-right party with a chance to share power for the first time since Franco.
Monocle on Saturday, July 22, 2023: A look at the week’s news and culture with Georgina Godwin.
Plus, we are joined by historian and screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann to flick through the morning’s papers and Gregg Scruggs reviews the work of Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda in Whistler, British Columbia.
Judge Aileen M. Cannon rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s request to delay the trial until after the election but pushed the start date past the Justice Department’s request to begin in December.
Russia held exercises demonstrating its power to sink ships and stop those that try to run its blockade. For Ukrainian food exports to resume, Moscow said, a list of demands must be met.
Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ruling to start the Trump documents trial in May 2024 showed, for now, that she is the jurist defenders have described: level-headed and not beholden to the man who appointed her.
Pressured by Biden, A.I. Companies Agree to Guardrails on New Tools
Amazon, Google and Meta are among the companies that announced the guidelines as they race to outdo each other with versions of artificial intelligence.
The Globalist Podcast, Friday, July 21, 2023: Monocle’s US editor, Christopher Lord, speaks to Nato’s deputy secretary general, Mircea Geoana, at the Aspen Security Forum.
Plus: Wagner mercenaries train Belarusian special forces close to the Polish border, thousands of anti-government protesters in Peru call for the president’s resignation and we celebrate “Barbenheimer” in our culture round-up.
The House cleared away a number of potential sticking points that had threatened to hold up the bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration. It goes next to the Senate.
Scorching temperatures have threatened the health of the elderly and pushed them inside, while governments are trying to take extraordinary steps to protect them.
She’s on a Mission From God: Suing Big Oil for Climate Damages
A lawyer started small with a creative tactic. It grew into an effort that could force fossil fuel companies to pay hundreds of billions in damages.
Quick to Mock MAGA, Biden Stays Silent on Trump Indictments
The president has taken swipes at Republicans, including a video playfully featuring Marjorie Taylor Greene as a narrator, but he and his allies are avoiding one target: his predecessor’s legal woes.
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