A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, are sanctions on Russia working? Plus, Joe Biden’s sweeping debt-forgiveness plan (10:00) and in defence of commuting (15:10).
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News Stories: Drought And Famine In Somalia, Hollywood Fights Back
Our correspondent reports from Somalia, which stands on the brink of famine thanks to a drought, soaring food costs and infrastructure destroyed by decades of fighting.
Old Hollywood studios are waging an epic battle against their upstart streaming rivals. And why London’s cemeteries are selling used graves.
Sunday Morning: Stories And News From London
Georgina Godwin, Tyler Brûlé, Terry Stiastny, Tessa Szyszkowitz and Monocle’s Balkans correspondent, Guy De Launey, unpack the weekend’s hottest topics.
News: US Lawmakers Visit Taiwan, France-Algeria Ties, Ethiopia Fighting
More US lawmakers visit Taiwan, defying China’s warnings. Plus, Emmanuel Macron seeks to mend ties with Algeria, an update from Ethiopia as fighting continues in northern Tigray, and Andrew Mueller’s unique assessment of what we learnt this week.
News: Putin’s ‘Winter War’ Strategy, Singapore And Vietnam’s Gay Rights Gains
As winter approaches, we look at Vladimir Putin’s strategy in Ukraine and whether European solidarity can withstand soaring energy prices.
Plus: victories for gay rights in Singapore and Vietnam, the global impact of a strike at the UK’s biggest container port, and a check-in from the Formex interior design event in Sweden.
Headlines: Russia-Ukraine War At 6 Months, Student Debt Cancellation Plan
A.M. Edition for Aug. 24. After six months of war in Ukraine, battlefield momentum is tilting against Russia even as the conflict shows few signs of slowing.
WSJ reporter Marcus Walker and Moscow bureau chief Ann Simmons explain how officials in Kyiv and Moscow view the current state of war and their respective paths to victory. Luke Vargas hosts.
Opinion: Will Trump Run In 2024, Visa-Mastercard, A New British Prime Minister
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, will Donald Trump run again? Also, the future of the Visa-Mastercard payments duopoly (9:35) and, what kind of prime minister will Britain get? (21:45).
Headlines: Russia Seizes Ukrainian Nuclear-Power Station, British Heatwave
Tensions are rising at Europe’s largest nuclear-power station, which Russian forces are using as a military base. We ask what the risks are, and whether they can be headed off.
Britain’s summer heatwave was deadly—but figuring out how deadly was no easy task. And discovering the real value of the “social capital” outside family and work relationships.
Headlines: Stories From London And Stockholm
Monocle 24’s Georgina Godwin, Quentin Peel and Alex von Tunzelmann unpack the weekend’s biggest talking points. Plus: our editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins us live from Stockholm.
Headlines: Latest Stories And News From London
Gavin Plumley reviews the day’s papers. Plus: Monocle’s Andrew Mueller unpacks the news cycle’s weird-and-wonderful stories.
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