Category Archives: Stories

News: Poland Foreign Policy And NATO, Egypt Mediates Israel-Hamas War

The Globalist (February 13, 2024):We discuss Poland’s foreign policy and the future of Nato.

Plus: Egypt’s mediation role in Israel’s conflict with Hamas, a round-up of headlines from the US and Saint Laurent’s new bookshop in Paris.

News: Israel Air Strikes On Rafah With Two Hostages Freed, Finland Elections

The Globalist (February 12, 2024):The latest on the Israel-Gaza war.

Plus: we head to Helsinki for the Finnish election results, Colombia’s Supreme Court battle and Australia announces a new domestic military drone programme.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From Helsinki, Istanbul, London & Zürich

Monocle on Sunday, February 11, 2024: Damita Pressl and Sarah Frattaroli join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.

We also speak to Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, about Finland’s presidential election, Hannah Lucinda Smith gives us the latest news from Istanbul and Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, joins us from London.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday, February 10, 2024: Will China’s economy recover during the Year of the Dragon? What is the UK’s new tech that could control the weather?

And how is the ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ being updated? Join Georgina Godwin and David Bodanis for a round-up of the week’s news and culture. Plus: the owner of The Steam Room, Tony Chung, joins us to talk about his collaboration with Ai Weiwei and Avant Arte for the Lunar New Year.

News: Pakistan Election, Putin Calls On U.S. To End War In Carlson Interview

The Globalist (February 9, 2024):We head to Islamabad for the latest on Pakistan’s general election.

Plus: Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin, a round-up of aviation news and the design of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic medals is revealed.

News: German Chancellor Scholz U.S. Trip, Congress Debates Ukraine Funding

The Globalist (February 8, 2024): We discuss German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s trip to Washington, as he tries to bolster US support for Ukraine.

Plus: Dutch coalition talks, fashion news and the UAE’s luxury property boom.

News: Gaza War Talks, GOP Rejects Israel Aid, Border And Ukraine Bill Debated

The Globalist (February 7, 2024): We discuss the bill worth $118bn (€109bn), which will be debated by the US Senate today.

Plus: protests in Senegal after parliament delays the presidential election, Marine Le Pen meets with the Alternative for Germany party and we catch up with J A Bayona, director of ‘Society of the Snow’.

The New York Review Of Books – February 22, 2024

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The New York Review of Books (February 6, 2024) The latest issue features:

The Case for Disqualification

The Supreme Court must decide if it will honor the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment and bar Donald Trump from holding public office or trash the constitutional defense of democracy against insurrections.

In Search of the Rare and Strange

In Dürer’s Lost Masterpiece, Ulinka Rublack traces the global connections of the merchants who were the creative agents of the European art market in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

Dürer’s Lost Masterpiece: Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World by Ulinka Rublack

The Forest Eaters

In 2017, the Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum moved from São Paulo to a small city in the Amazon. Her new book vividly uncovers how the rainforest is illegally seized and destroyed.

Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Center of the World by Eliane Brum, translated from the Portuguese by Diane Whitty

News: Blinken In Middle East For Gaza Peace Talks, Pakistan 2024 Elections

The Globalist Podcast (February 5, 2024) – We discuss Antony Blinken’s fifth Middle East trip since the 7 October attacks and how US strikes in the region are affecting talks.

Plus: Pakistan’s elections, Liz Truss’s comeback bid and the headlines in Southeast Asia.

News: U.S. Military Strikes In Yemen, Syria And Iraq, Elections In Azerbaijan

The Globalist Podcast (February 5, 2024) – The latest on the US response to the drone attacks in Jordan, assess how Azerbaijan’s presidential election will impact the wider region and review the day’s papers.

Plus: we meet designer Camille Jaillant of Olistic The Label and look at last night’s Grammy Awards.