The Globalist Podcast (July 1, 2024): Florence Biedermann and Alexandre Kouchner give us the latest on the first round of France’s legislative elections as the results come in.
Also in the programme: William Yang on Taiwan’s decision to raise its travel alert for China to orange – the second-highest level – and why Busan’s population might be entering a ‘phase of extinction’.
With countless calls and a rush of campaign events, the president’s team began a damage-control effort to pressure and plead with anxious Democratic lawmakers, surrogates, activists and donors.
Police Commissioner Edward Caban has often relied on an obscure authority to intervene when officers are accused of serious wrongdoing, often handing out little to no punishment.
A surprise decision by President Emmanuel Macron to hold a snap election appears to have backfired badly, giving the National Rally a decisive victory.
CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Don’t visit Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre after 9 a.m. 02:10 Don’t buy your Ticket for the Eiffel Tower directly on site 03:50 Don’t think Paris is dangerous 04:15 Don’t bother with cars or taxis 04:33 Don’t expect everyone to speak English 05:50 Don’t rush through the Louvre just to take a selfie with the Mona Lisa 06:49 Don’t rush from landmark to landmark 07:21 Don’t put lovelocks on bridges 07:54 Don’t be afraid to try typical French dishes 🐌
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Discover Magazine (June 30, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Next-Gen Medicine’ – Recreating human organs on microchips; Inside the new Opioid Crisis; History’s strangest sleep study and Prehistoric Family Secrets…
From rendering animal testing obsolete to reducing HIV and preterm birth, Donald Ingber is making the future a reality.
Monocle on Sunday, June 30, 2024: Juliet Linley and Gorana Grgic join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.
We also speak to political analyst Alexandre Kouchner and the host of The Bold Way podcast and friend of the programme, Adrien Garcia, on the mood in France and the first round of their elections. Plus: Emily Rookwood, editor in chief of the Julius Baer Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report, joins to give us all the details on global luxury spending in 2024.
Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Some floated interventions and wondered about how to reach Jill Biden. Others hoped the president would bow out of the race on his own. Many came to terms with the low chances that he will do so.
A military lab found distinctive damage from repeated blast exposure in every brain it tested, but Navy SEAL leaders were kept in the dark about the pattern.
In the latest tactic for storming trenches, Russians use motorcycles and dune buggies to speed across open space, often into a hail of gunfire.
Monocle on Saturday (June 29, 2024): Thursday saw an extraordinary US debate between presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump; what happened and what comes next?
International journalist Isabel Hilton joins Georgina Godwin to discuss the fallout of the event and the global reaction, the comparatively uneventful debate in the UK, Bradford Literature Festival and the latest news from China. Plus: Monocle’s senior news editor, Chris Cermak, speaks to the debate director of Braver Angels, Jessie Mannisto, about its debate watch party and how they are fighting political polarisation.
A range of despairing Democrats began to reconsider their nominee after his rough debate showing, but there was no agreement on how, or whether, to urge him to step off the ticket.
The CNN presidential debate kept the volume down, for a change. That didn’t make it more intelligible.
The ruling that the Justice Department misused a 2002 law in charging a pro-Trump rioter who entered the Capitol could have an impact on hundreds of other cases, including one against Donald Trump.
A foundational 1984 decision had required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.
BARRON’S MAGAZINE – JULY 1, 2024 ISSUE:
Bets on market moves have taken off with these options. Stocks like Nvidia and Apple could be next.
Smart rings and smartwatches are providing consumers with reams of health information. Clinical device makers like DexCom needn’t worry.Long read
From Treasuries to REITs and MLPs, there are plenty of places to find generous dividends and yields.Long read
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At the site of Berenike, in the desert sands along the Red Sea, archaeologists are uncovering wondrous new finds that challenge old ideas about the makings of the modern world
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In the wake of Hurricane Ike, engineers have been crafting a $34 billion plan to protect the city. Will it work when the next disaster arrives?
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The North’s fruitful partnership with Liberian farmers fueled a steady supply of an essential beverage
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