Category Archives: News

Sunday Morning: News From Zurich, London, Copenhagen & Tokyo

Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé and panellists Rob Cox and Chandra Kurt cover the weekend’s biggest stories. Plus: we’ll check in with our friends and contributors in London, Copenhagen and Tokyo.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend. Simon Brooke reviews the day’s international newspapers; Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck is back with his weekend column; and Andrew Mueller rounds up the past week for us.

Morning News: Ukraine-Russia Tensions, Marine Le Pen Campaign, ‘Flee’ Film

As Russia ratchets up tensions in Ukraine, we discuss Moscow’s joint military drills with Belarus. Plus: Marine Le Pen’s campaign to become France’s president and an interview with the director of the Oscar-nominated film, ‘Flee’.

Morning News: Elections In India, Selling Oil & Gas Assets, Democracy Index

The state-legislature poll in Uttar Pradesh is in effect a vote on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s increasingly stringent Hindu-national agenda—and will hint at his party’s chances in 2024. 

Oil majors are getting points for selling off their dirtiest oil-and-gas operations; we ask who is buying them. And which countries are up and which are down in our annual Democracy Index

Morning News: Australia & U.S. Meeting, Hong Kong Zero-Covid Policy, Oscars

We discuss US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s trip to Australia and weigh up Hong Kong’s zero-Covid policy. Plus: the latest business news and a run-down of the Oscar nominations.