We get the latest from Kyiv on the crisis in Ukraine and discuss the fallout from Chinese military incursions in Taiwanese airspace. Plus: Nasa’s space telescope reaches its destination and we visit a haunted house in Istanbul.
Category Archives: Politics
Morning News: Germany’s Military Problem, Armenia, Burns Night In Scotland
We discuss Germany’s controversial hands-off approach to the Russia-Ukraine tensions and hear the latest on Armenia after the president’s resignation. Plus: the week in technology and Scotland’s Burns Night traditions.
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – January 31
Analysis: British Political Parable, Tech Giants’ Big Plans, Vaccine Mandates
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the parable of Boris Johnson, and what it says about the country he governs. Also, America’s tech giants’ ambitious investments (10:05) and do vaccine mandates actually work? (19:10).
Sunday Morning: News And Stories From Zürich, London, Tokyo & Aarhus
Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé and panellists Florian Egli and Christof Münger cover the weekend’s top stories at our Zürich studio, with help from our friends and contributors in London, Tokyo and Aarhus.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s most interesting discussion topics: Latika Bourke looks at the headlines in the international press and Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, returns with his weekend column.
Preview: The Economist Magazine – January 22
Morning News: Russia-Ukraine, Covid Pandemic, Portugal Vote, Greece
We reflect on Antony Blinken’s address on the Russia-Ukraine tensions and ask whether the pandemic is nearing its endgame.
Plus: Portugal’s forthcoming election, Andrew Mueller on the week’s stranger stories and Greece’s attempts to bring the Parthenon marbles back to Athens.
Morning News: Global Inflation, Defectors In Myanmar, Cover Songs
Shoppers across the developed world face sharply rising prices, and leaders are reaching for all manner of remedies—but that’s what central banks are for.
Behind the story of Myanmar’s brutal military leadership is a slow stream of defectors; our correspondent meets the support network they rely on. And cover songs muddle the notion of who can call it their tune.
Analysis: Russia Builds An ‘Arctic Silk Road’ (Video)
Russia’s Arctic construction boom is seriously warming up.
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