The Globalist Podcast (January 31, 2024) – We bring the latest on the Israel-Hamas hostage talks as Qatar’s prime minister meets US officials in Washington.
Plus: Javier Milei’s economic bill is debated in Argentina’s parliament, a round-up of art news, and is the future of the department store in danger?
The Globalist Podcast (January 30, 2024) – We discuss how Israel’s war in Gaza is increasing tensions between Iran and Pakistan.
Plus: the annual Corruption Perceptions Index, why three coup-hit nations have left the Economic Community of West African States and why Boeing is losing market share to Airbus. We also meet Jeffrey Wright, star of the Oscar-nominated ‘American Fiction’.
The Globalist Podcast (January 29, 2024) – Will the director of the CIA, William Burns, be able to negotiate a truce and hostage deal when he meets his Egyptian and Israeli counterparts, as well as Qatar’s prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani?
Following Finland’s presidential election on Sunday, we look at the future of the country. And with layoffs and strikes across the country, we examine what’s happening in the US media. Plus: why Guggenheim Bilbao is halting its expansion into a Basque nature reserve.
Monocle on Sunday, January 28, 2024 – Florian Egli and Marcus Schögel join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.
We also speak to Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, about Finland’s presidential election and Guy De Launey gives us the latest news from the Balkans. Plus: we’re joined by our senior news editor in London, Chris Cermak, and Isabella Smith, owner and founder of Books and Company.
Monocle on Saturday, January 27, 2024: Emma Nelson and political journalist Terry Stiastny look back at the week’s news and culture.
Plus: Issabella Orlando joins the panel for a round-up of her favourite stories this month.
The Globalist Podcast (January 26, 2024) – As Israel considers a buffer zone inside Gaza and criticises Qatar, is it at risk of pushing away allies?
Also in the programme: the US says that it’s ready to send Turkey a shipment of F-16 fighter jets and we look ahead to the Finnish elections. Plus: why 2024 is set to be a good year for champagne.
For times when wind and solar fall short, some utilities are turning to an old technology called pumped storage hydropower
Before he disappeared, Ettore Majorana made a strange prediction. Researchers are still hunting for the truth about him—and his namesake particles
The Globalist Podcast (January 25, 2024) – Farmers across Europe take to the streets. Do their protests link with the far-right movement in the EU?
Then: the Philippines refuses to help the ICC’s drug-war probe, we assess the Red Sea disruption’s effect on global trade and look at the women serving in Ukraine’s armed forces. Plus: the diplomacy of alcohol as Saudi Arabia prepares to open its first liquor store – serving diplomats only.
Light pulses with specific quantum properties could be harnessed to send digital ‘contracts’ between buyer and seller.
Mice that work out regularly have higher levels of a molecule that promotes muscle regeneration than sedentary mice do.
Next-generation plants that respond to demand could be key to making a low-carbon energy source more economically appealing.
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