Journalist Andrew Walker joins Georgina Godwin in the studio to review the day’s newspapers. Plus: Andrew Mueller tells us what we learned this week.
Category Archives: Politics
Headlines: Russia Rejects Switzerland Mediation, North Korea Covid, Kenya
Russia turns down Switzerland’s offer to represent Ukraine’s interests in Moscow. Plus: North Korea declares victory over coronavirus, the latest on Kenya’s general election and highlights from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Preview: The Economist Magazine – August 13, 2022
Target: Taiwan
- The new Germany – Europe’s most important country has woken up
- Target: Taiwan – How to prevent a war between America and China over Taiwan
- Spending the Gulf’s oil wealth – One last chance to splurge
- Britain’s summer of discontent – Almost nothing in the country seems to be working
Headlines: Trump’s Legal Woes, The Future Of Apple iPhone, French Mustard
Donald Trump endured an FBI raid, questioning in a civil lawsuit and an adverse court ruling, all in 48 hours.
But at least in the short-term, he’s making political hay from his legal woes. Why Apple’s future increasingly rests on services rather than just hardware. And how France is coping with a mustard shortage.
Morning News: Ukraine Seeks Russia Tourist Ban, Poland-E.U. Relations
Zelensky urges Western nations to ban all Russian travellers. Plus: Poland toughens its rhetoric in its standoff with Brussels, a look at the life and legacy of the late Japanese designer Issey Miyake and a flick through today’s papers.
Stories: Hamas Sits Out Israel-Palestine Strikes, Gen Z Roils Workforce
A ceasefire is holding after a weekend of deadly strikes. We ask why Hamas, the Palestinian movement that controls Gaza, did not get involved.
As Generation Z tentatively enters the workforce, they are clamouring for more flexibility and money than their forebears enjoyed. And reflecting on the flawed but brilliant poet Philip Larkin on the centenary of his birth.
Preview: New York Times Magazine – August 14, 2022
The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West
After barring girls from high school — and harboring an Al-Qaeda leader — the regime now risks jeopardizing the billions of dollars of global aid that still keeps Afghans alive.
Read more: https://nyti.ms/3BPMloE
Opinion: The Despot In The Desert, Big-Tech Decline, Imperfect Is OK At Work
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, MBS: despot in the desert, the era of big-tech exceptionalism may be over (49:05), and why it’s OK not to be perfect at work (55:30).
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – August 15, 2022
Gayle Kabaker’s “Summer Walk”
The artist on loosening up and the rewards of keeping a sketchbook.
By Françoise Mouly, Art by Gayle Kabaker (August 8, 2022)
Morning News: Senate Passes Health-Climate Bill, U.S. – Africa Relations
Senate Democrats pass major legislation addressing health care, taxes, and climate change. Antony Blinken is in South Africa to lay out a new strategy for US relations in the region. Results of a new poll find stark racial disparities when it comes to accessing healthcare.
Boomers Daily 