In this issue, Kim Tingley on the quest to make the most of our body clocks with “circadian medicine”; Virginia Eubanks on her partner’s PTSD and her struggle as a caregiver; Mark Binelli on Yuval Sharon, the most visionary opera director of his generation; Jake Bittle on the restaurateur who changed America’s energy industry; and more.
We look at the state of British politics as Boris Johnson resigns and discuss the reaction to the news in Ukraine. Plus: We explore how Russia’s neighbours are bolstering their defences and take a look back at what we’ve learned this week.
How animals perceive the world, a return to Chagos, Steve Bannon, and a mad hunt for Civil War gold. Plus Jack White, how the U.S. has no nuclear strategy, dad rage, Ulysses at 100, one family’s doll test, downsides of beach resorts, and more.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to resign according to multiple media reports. A new report on the Uvalde school shooting found that the police officers missed several opportunities to intercept the shooter. And G20 foreign ministers meet in Bali, Indonesia this week.
A.M. Edition for July 6. Military strategists are learning in real time how future wars will be fought. WSJ Brussels bureau chief Dan Michaels explains how the war in Ukraine could shape future conflicts. Plus, the doom cycle haunting Italian banks. Luke Vargas hosts.
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to win the long war in Ukraine, why the Supreme Court’s judicial activism will deepen cracks in America (10:20), and beach reads for business people (17:55).
The New Yorker Fiction Issue was inspired by Jack Kerouac’s classic book “On the Road,” and the magazine features four writers’ reflections on memorable road trips.
The city remains Ukraine’s only provincial capital to be taken by Russian forces—can Ukraine overcome its shortages of manpower and firepower to retake the province?
Mexico’s official missing-persons list has topped 100,000; our correspondent describes the skyrocketing total and piecemeal efforts to slow its rise. And research suggests that people choose their friends at least in part by smell.
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins us from Merano, Stephen Dalziel and Latika Bourke are in the studio in London to review the week’s biggest stories and we get an update from Monocle’s Guy De Launey in Lovran, Croatia.
Monocle’s Georgina Godwin and the political journalist Terry Stiastny explore the day’s weighty papers and we hear from Denmark’s foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod.
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