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News: EU Support Of A Palestinian State, Haley Vs Trump In New Hampshire

The Globalist Podcast (January 23, 2024) We discuss the EU’s role in Gaza as European foreign ministers met separately yesterday with their Israeli and Palestinian counterparts.

Plus: an on-the-ground report from the New Hampshire primary, Ukraine strikes Russian gas and Madrid’s new graffiti police.

News: NATO’s Massive New Military Drills, Israel Spurns Hamas Truce Offer

The Globalist Podcast (January 22, 2024) .We discuss Nato’s preparations for the ‘Steadfast Defender 24’ exercises, which will test the alliance’s ability to defend its eastern flank that borders Russia.

Plus: a flick through the day’s papers, the latest climate news and a dispatch from Singapore Art Week.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From London, Paris And Granada, Spain

Monocle on Sunday, January 21, 2024 – Georgina Godwin, Charles Hecker and Latika Bourke on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Paris and Monocle’s correspondent, Mary Fitzgerald, reporting from Granada, Spain this week.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday, January 20, 2024: What are the key takeaways from the interview with German defence minister, Boris Pistorius? Which country is the common link in the recent Middle Eastern conflicts, and why?

Join Georgina Godwin and Austrian journalist Tessa Szyszkowitz for this and more from the week’s news and culture. Plus: Monocle’s Lilian Fawcett visits Singapore’s international art fair, ART SG, to find out how Singapore is trying to establish itself as a global art hub.

News: Pakistan And Iran Border Missile Strikes, Somalia-Ethiopia Dispute

The Globalist Podcast (January 19, 2024) We discuss the regional fallout following Pakistan’s retaliatory strikes in Iran.

Plus: the Somalia-Ethiopia dispute over the Somaliland maritime deal, media freedom in Ukraine following reports of press intimidation and a special interview with Alexander Payne, the director of ‘The Holdovers’.

Research Preview: Science Magazine -January 19, 2024

Current Issue Cover

Science Magazine – January 18, 2024: The new issue features ‘Plants And People’ – Global Hotspots of Utilized Plants; Long Covid Markers of Immune Dysfunction; A mammoth’s life story, written in tusk, and more…

Immune damage in Long Covid

Links between the complement and coagulation systems could lead to Long Covid therapies

Second image of ‘shadow’ confirms giant black hole is real

To zoom in farther, Event Horizon Telescope wants to add more radio dishes to its network—and go to space

News: Pakistan Hits Iran Targets In Retaliation, China Economy Falters

The Globalist Podcast (January 18, 2024) Georgina Godwin and Yossi Mekelberg on the latest in the Middle East as tensions flare in the region.

Then, we look at China’s economy, examine why Nordic artists are calling for a Eurovision 2024 boycott and discuss Japan Airlines’ new president.

Research Preview: Nature Magazine- January 18, 2024

Volume 625 Issue 7995

Nature Magazine – January 17, 2024: The latest issue cover features the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki, thought to be the largest primate that ever lived, which lived in China between 2 million and 300,000 years ago.

Why the immune response to a vaccine varies from person to person

A dormant immune system before receiving the BCG vaccine is tied to a greater innate immune response afterwards.

The Higgs boson is caught in a singular transformation

Detectors at the Large Hadron Collider spot the famed particle decaying into a photon and a ‘Z boson’.

News: Gaza War Widens As Iran Strikes Iraq & Syria, North Korea-Russia Ties

The Globalist Podcast (January 17, 2024) We discuss the regional spillover of the war in Gaza following Iranian missile strikes in Iraq and Syria.

Plus: North Korea and Russia’s growing alliance, a check-in from the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting and the latest music news.

News: Trump Cruises To Record Victory In Iowa, China Influence In Africa

The Globalist Podcast (January 16, 2024) The latest on the Iowa caucuses, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s tour of Africa and the international reaction to another Houthi missile attack.

Plus: the Iceland volcano eruption’s effect on infrastructure and a look through the morning’s papers.