We analyse the Norwegian election results and hear about China’s plans to send aid to Afghanistan. Plus: our Canadian election series shines a spotlight on Conservative leader Erin O’Toole.
Category Archives: Politics
Political Analysis: Tamara Keith And Amy Walter On $3.5T Social Spending Bill
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including Democrats’ $3.5 trillion social spending bill and California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall election.
Front Cover Views: The New Yorker – SEP 20, 2021
Political Analysis: Bitter Legacy Of 9/11, Nations Failing Women & Pottery
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, America then and now: the bitter legacy of 9/11. Why nations that fail women fail, (9:42) and a forgotten revolution in pottery (17:58)
Morning News: America’s Vaccine Mandate, Cities Shift & Ancient Finland
President Joe Biden’s requirements for employers to insist on vaccinations are a bold move amid flatlining inoculation rates. But will they work?
For decades the world’s cities seemed invincible, but the pandemic has hastened and hardened a shift in urban demographics and economics. And an ancient Finnish burial site scrambles notions of gender roles in the distant past.
Sunday Morning: Latest News From Zurich, Berlin, London & Hong Kong
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and our panellists round up the weekend’s biggest news. Plus, we check in with our friends and correspondents in Berlin, London and Hong Kong.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle’s Georgina Godwin and Christopher Cermak review the day’s papers for the biggest news, including the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Analysis: How The Taliban Are Changing Kabul (WSJ)
Taliban slogans have replaced murals of women activists, street vendors started selling the Islamic Emirate’s flag, and protests broke out for several days in a row. WSJ’s Yaroslav Trofimov looks at Kabul’s rapid transformation after the fall of the republic. Photo Composite: Michelle Inez Simon
Morning News: Benefits To Workers, China Sells Oil, Packed Stadiums
A.M Edition for Sept. 10. WSJ’s Chip Cutter discusses efforts by Amazon and other companies to lure workers amid a tight workforce.
Oil prices drop after China says it will release its reserves. And, both football and packed stadiums are back. Marc Stewart hosts.
Morning News: Taliban’s New Government, France & Germany, Milan Fair
A look at the international reaction that Afghanistan’s new government is receiving, Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Armin Laschet, who is hoping to be Germany’s next chancellor, and Milan’s Salone del Mobile fair.
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