The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, August1, 2023: Italy is the latest European country to rethink ties with China. Also, Israel proposes a new rail line to Saudi Arabia, and the latest theatre news.
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News: Niger Junta, Trump Obstruction Indictments, Hunter Biden Plea Deal
The Globalist Podcast, Monday, July 31, 2023: We discuss the fate of Niger as experts fear that the situation could exacerbate regional instability.
Plus: the latest charges against Donald Trump, Brazil’s ambitious green transition package and a roundup of Asia-Pacific stories.
Sunday Morning: Stories From London & Merano
July 30, 2023 – Emma Nelson, Latika Bourke and David Bodanis on the weekend’s biggest talking points.
We are joined from the Alps by Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and also speak to our North Africa correspondent, Mary Fitzgerald.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle on Saturday, July 29, 2023: A look at the week’s news and culture with Georgina Godwin.
We’re joined by the deputy publishing editor of ‘Newsweek’, Paul Rhodes, to flick through the morning’s papers and Monocle’s culture editor, Chiara Rimella, guides us through Italian beach club culture.
SUMMER STORIES 2023 – THE ECONOMIST 1843 MAGAZINE

1843 MAGAZINE – SUMMER STORIES 2023:
Who will succeed the Dalai Lama?

As rival candidates are lined up, the Tibetan spiritual leader tells Brook Larmer what he really thinks of China
Rum and coke and automatic rifles: Myanmar’s Gen Z guerrillas

Young soldiers have buoyed the country’s fight for freedom, but at great cost. Irena Long meets them in their jungle hideout
The Baghdad job: who was behind history’s biggest bank heist?

Criminals stole $2.5bn from Iraq’s largest state bank in broad daylight. Nicolas Pelham follows their trail
News: Ukraine Military Gains, Moldova To Expel Russians, Taiwan’s Defense
The Globalist Podcast, Friday, July 28, 2023: President Putin concedes that Ukraine has intensified its counteroffensive as Moldova expels 45 Russian diplomatic staff over “unfriendly actions”.
Plus, Taiwan’s efforts to bolster its defense capabilities, updates on the Niger coup and an ode to the pleasures of skinny dipping.
News: Africa Leaders Shun Russia Summit, Cambodia PM Resigns, World Cup
The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, July 27, 2023: The Russia-Africa summit begins in St Petersburg. Also, Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, announces his resignation and the country’s first new leader since 1985.
Plus, a check-in from the Women’s World Cup and a flick through the day’s papers.
The New York Review Of Books – August 17, 2023
The New York Review of Books (August 17, 2023) – American Carnage – Jeffrey Toobin’s book about Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing; The Sadistic Brats of ‘Succession’; Rats in Paris!; Colin Grant’s Unsparing Family Portrait; Resurrecting the Porter Sisters; The True Fables of Agota Kristof, and more…
American Carnage

Jeffrey Toobin’s book about Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing traces the path from Ronald Reagan’s antigovernment ideology to today’s radicalized right.
By Sean Wilentz
Ronald Reagan’s pronouncement, in his first inaugural address in 1981, that “government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem” marked a signal moment in what has become the most successful political counterrevolution in modern American history.
News: Belarus Military, Russia Attacks More Grain Routes, Crime In Ecuador
The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, July 26, 2023: The Belarusian ministry of emergency situations is arming its personnel to prepare for potential armed conflict.
Plus, we discuss why crime in Ecuador is increasing ahead of the country’s elections in August, the latest in the world of aviation and investigate what Elon Musk is up to over at Twitter HQ.
News: Russia Attacks Port In Odessa, Israel Judicial Vote, Macron Pacific Tour
The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, July 25, 2023: Israel passes a controversial bill to limit the Supreme Court’s power. Plus: French president Emmanuel Macron’s Pacific tour, Cambodia’s one-horse election race, and, as thousands of people are evacuated from Greek islands, we ask: how do repatriation flights work?