Previews: Foreign Affairs Magazine – Sept/Oct 2022
Category Archives: Politics
Opinion: Disunited States Of America, Britain Can’t Build, Pakistan Flooding
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the disunited states of America, why Britain can’t build (9:15) and Pakistan’s worst floods in recent memory (17:05).
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Sept 12, 2022
George Balanchine’s Soviet Reckoning
New York City Ballet’s 1962 tour of the U.S.S.R. forced the great choreographer to confront the regime he’d fled and the people he’d left behind.
John Cuneo’s “Top Dog”
The artist discusses canine stars, his first trip abroad, and keeping a sense of the spontaneous in his work.
Stories: Falling Food Prices, Polio Virus In The West, Tik Tok’s ‘Pink Sauce’
The worst predictions for costs have not come to pass, partly because Russia is selling plenty of wheat. But plenty of food-price woe may still await.
We examine the curious re-appearance of the polio virus in the West. And the trials of “Pink Sauce” reveal the perils of being a cottage-food producer—or consumer—in the social-media age.
Sunday Morning: Stories From London And Tokyo
Emma Nelson, Tyler Brûlé, Charles Hecker and Stefanie Bolzen unpack the weekend’s biggest stories. Plus: Monocle’s Fiona Wilson has an update from Tokyo.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Georgina Godwin and Russia analyst Stephen Dalziel review the day’s papers. Plus: contributions from Monocle’s Andrew Tuck and Andrew Mueller.
Stories: Fighting Returns To Ethiopia, China’s ‘Belt And Road’ Loans Sour
After a five-month hiatus, violence has returned to the northern region of Tigray—but that is just one of the conflicts threatening to pull the country to pieces.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has made it a prominent developing-world lender. How will it deal with so many of its loans souring? And our obituaries editor reflects on Issey Miyake’s fashion-for-the-masses philosophy.
Preview: The Economist Magazine – Sept 3, 2022
American states are now Petri dishes of polarisation
Only electoral reform can make them work properly
Two states, two very different states of mind. On August 25th California banned the sale of petrol-powered cars from 2035, a move that will reshape the car industry, reduce carbon emissions and strain the state’s electricity grid. On the same day in Texas a “trigger” law banned abortion from the moment of conception, without exceptions for rape or incest. Those who perform abortions face up to 99 years in prison.
Stories: Ukraine Nuclear Inspection, Sri Lanka-IMF, China Elite In Singapore
UN inspectors head to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Plus: Sri Lanka’s pact with the IMF, why China and Hong Kong’s elite are leaving for Singapore and the latest arts and culture news.
Previews: The Guardian Weekly – September 2, 2022
Burn out: Inside the 2 September Guardian Weekly
The spiralling cost of living has been an increasingly urgent problem in the UK. But for many people, huge rises in energy bills are about to turn a difficult situation into an impossible one.
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