Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, Priska Amstutz and Benno Zogg on the weekend’s biggest talking points. Plus: ‘Zeit Magazine’ editorial director Christoph Amend and Monocle’s Andrew Tuck and Petri Burtsoff on the latest developments in their areas.
Category Archives: Politics
Political Analysis: Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump And Midterm Elections
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Jan. 6 Committee’s decision to subpoena former President Trump and what’s at stake in the upcoming midterm elections.
News: Trump Subpoena, A Russia ‘Gas Hub’ In Turkey, New Italian Parliament
Vladimir Putin says that Russia could develop a “gas hub” in Turkey. Meanwhile, can Peru’s embattled President Castillo finish his term despite impeachment attempts and criminal investigations? Plus: Italy’s new parliament is convening this week to instal its 68th government in 76 years.
News: January 6 Hearings, FBI Search Of Mar-a-Lago, Venezuela Migrants In U.S.
New evidence, witnesses and insight into Trump’s actions on Jan. 6. More details on why FBI searched Mar-a-Lago. White House expel illegal Venezuelan migrants as it offers some a legal path to entry.
Previews: The Guardian Weekly – October 14, 2022
Rebellion in Iran: Inside the 14 October Guardian Weekly
The women and girls facing down Iran’s leaders. Plus: Putin strikes back
For the past few weeks, nationwide protests have gripped Iran after the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who had been detained for breaching Islamic dress codes.
Details of what is happening inside the country remain patchy, but social media footage suggests action has been substantial, resulting in mass arrests and scores of deaths. Yet Iran’s repressive state apparatus has not been able to quell the unrest or diminish the morale of protesters, many of whom are young women and schoolgirls.
Stories: G-7 Pledges More Weapons & Sanctions, Iran Protests, Iraqi Politics
The latest on the ground in Kyiv. Plus: protests in Iran, a flick through the day’s papers and Frieze London.
Preview: Foreign Policy Magazine – Fall 2022
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Isn’t More Food
There’s plenty to go around, but it’s going to the wrong places.
Africa Needs More, Not Less, Fertilizer
Developing countries need to boost their yields, even if that conflicts with climate goals.
How the World’s Appetite for Meat Is Changing
Who’s eating more, and who’s eating less.
Foreign Policy Magazine Website
Opinion: World Economy Woes, Elon Musk’s Might, Vaccine Fears Allayed
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the outlook for the world economy, how worried you should be about Elon Musk’s superpowers (12:50), and a study allays fears that covid vaccines harm menstrual cycles (16:50).
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Oct 17, 2022
The Post-Roe Abortion Underground
A multigenerational network of activists is getting abortion pills across the Mexican border to Americans.
Italy’s Great Historical Novel
Henry James decried the nineteenth century’s “loose baggy monsters,” but a new translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s “The Betrothed” demonstrates the genre’s power.
The New Yorker Magazine Website
News: Russia Launches ‘Reprisal Attacks’, Turkey Slows Sweden NATO Bid
Russia targets Zaporizhzhia with ‘kamikaze drones’. Plus: Turkey suggests Sweden and Finland join Nato separately, Afghanistan faces economic hardship under the Taliban and the latest theatre news.
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