Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, Benno Zogg and Florian Egli on the weekend’s biggest talking points. Plus: check-ins with our friends and correspondents from around the world.
Category Archives: Politics
Saturday Morning: News & Stories From London
Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend. Latika Bourke reviews the day’s papers and we visit the 3 Days of Design festival in Copenhagen.
Morning News: ‘Russian Davos’ Agenda, Violence In Brazil, World Art Review
What’s on the agenda of this year’s “Russian Davos”? Plus: we speak with the head of the Latin America desk at Reporters Without Borders and give you the latest art and culture news.
Morning News: EU-Israel-Egypt Natural Gas Deal, Container Ship Storage
A.M. Edition for June 16. The European Union signed a natural-gas deal with Israel and Egypt on Wednesday in a bid to wean itself off Russian supplies by tapping into the gas riches of the eastern Mediterranean.
WSJ correspondent Dov Lieber in Tel Aviv explains the significance of the deal for Israel and Egypt, even if the agreement doesn’t allow the EU to make up for losses of Russian gas. Luke Vargas hosts.
Morning News: Britain’s Foiled Asylum Policy, Taliban Tax Collectors
The European Court of Human rights foiled Britain’s plans to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda yesterday by holding that British courts must first find the policy legal. The Taliban have proven surprisingly adept tax collectors, though they will spend much of the funds on defence rather than improving the lives of struggling Afghans. And the world is buying too few electric vehicles to meaningfully reduce carbon emissions.
Morning News: EU-Middle East Talks, Northern Ireland, Vienna Carriages
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen heads to the Middle East. Plus: Boris Johnson’s plan to alter the Northern Ireland protocol, Wikipedia fights a Russian order to remove information on the conflict in Ukraine and are Vienna’s famous horse-drawn carriages under threat?
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Sunday Morning: Stories From Zurich, Ljublana, Berlin And Lausanne
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé, Benno Zogg and Aleksandra Tirziu discuss the weekend’s biggest news stories. Plus, check-ins with our friends and correspondents in Ljubljana, Berlin and Lausanne.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend. Simon Brooke reviews the day’s papers and we revisit the world’s largest furniture fair, Salone del Mobile in Milan.
Morning News: January 6 Panel Focus On Trump Role, Wolf Populations
The committee investigating the Capitol attacks of January 6th 2021 held the first of several public hearings last night, having gathered evidence for the past year.
The hearings may not break Donald Trump’s hold on the Republicans, but they are creating a vital record of an attempted coup. As wolf populations grow, humans are learning to live with them. And why the corporate world has taken an interest in psychedelic drugs.
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