Category Archives: News

Morning News: Taiwan & China Assess Ukraine, El Salvador Gangs, Climate

Much like Ukraine, Taiwan has a well-armed neighbour that does not think it exists as a state: China. We ask what both sides are learning from Russia’s invasion. 

A heavy-handed string of arrests following a flare-up of gang violence in El Salvador is unlikely to change matters. And an analysis reveals the connection between weather and whether voters support climate-change legislation. 

Sunday Morning: News Stories From Zurich, Vienna, London & Tokyo

Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé and panellists Christof Münger and Eemeli Isoaho on the weekend’s biggest talking points. Plus: we check in with our friends and contributors in London, Vienna and Tokyo.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: TOP STORIES – APRIL 29, 2022

This week The World Economic Forum are highlighting 4 top stories – how Ukraine’s economy is predicted to shrink, a new solar energy storage chip, the reason behind sinking cities and a transformative toilet design.

Timeline: 00:16 Ukraine economy to shrink 01:34 Solar energy storage chip 03:02 Sinking cities 04:25 Transformative toilet

Morning News: China Zero-Covid Policy Issues, Hungary-EU Spat, TV News

We hear from Beijing about the city’s fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown and ask how the country’s “zero-Covid” policy affects the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Plus: the escalation of Hungary’s rule-of-law spat with the EU, the latest TV news and an interview with South Korea’s only astronaut.