The Globalist Podcast (August 12, 2024): As the Olympic Games wrap up in Paris, France is forced to face the political crisis that has been brewing in the background.
We also discuss the latest efforts to bring peace to war-torn Sudan, what’s next for Rwanda as Paul Kagame is sworn in yet again and why the prime minister of Fiji is on a week-long trip to China. Plus: news from the Balkans and a look at the day’s newspapers.
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Chaplin’s epochal fame has tended to obscure the influences and instincts that infused his art with childlike purity.
Mr. Walz, the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee, taught in China and has visited the country around 30 times. But he has also been critical of the Chinese government’s human rights record.
“I’m standing behind a Black woman to be president of the United States, and it doesn’t make me any less of a Black man,” said the Illinois attorney general. “I’m asking all of you all to do the same.”
An inquiry by Chiles’s coach led judges to adjust her score and give her a medal. A court ruled the inquiry came too late. Now, the I.O.C. wants her bronze back.
The Olympics have long been a stage for political expression, for athletes who take the opportunity. Some do, while others choose to focus strictly on their sport.
Monocle on Sunday (August 11, 2024): Colette Davidson and Francis Collings join Emma Nelson to discuss the latest news from Paris for our last programme at Maison Allianz.
We also discuss the technology of sportswear with the co-founder of Fusalp, Sophie Lacoste, and the former head of programming at La Machine du Moulin Rouge talks music and sports at the Olympic Games. Plus: Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, checks in from Zürich, and we hear from our roving Olympics correspondent, Kieran Pender. Allianz is a Worldwide Insurance Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
New surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taken this week offer the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for the Democratic Party since President Biden abandoned his re-election bid.
People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.
Israeli officials defended the attack on a former school compound, saying Hamas was using it as a base for military operations in Gaza City.
Doesn’t it seem like the Paris Games have gone by fast? Imagine having your success or failure defined by thousandths of a second.
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The former president’s proposals to cut taxes would lose far more revenue than his plans to raise tariffs. The vice president has not released specifics.
The shooting death of Michael Brown created a political incubator of emerging local leaders, some of whom are finding themselves in the corridors of power.
At the Olympic Village, cuts, styles and manicures are free. The benefits, the athletes say, are priceless.
The Ukrainian police said they were evacuating people, perhaps in anticipation of a retaliatory strike, but the goal of the military operation on Russian territory remained unclear.
‘To me, Song for Octave welcomes you into a different world. A dreamland in slow motion. I imagine being a child and walking in a glass house for the very first time, watching the rays of sunshine coming through the leaves of a big tree. It’s a quiet and peaceful conversation between light and shadow. (Pure and beautiful).‘
Rich in contemporary colour and contrast, LIFE – Mari Samuelsen’s third album for Deutsche Grammophon – is inspired by her experience of becoming a mother. Known for her vibrant and imaginative programming as well as her passionate and virtuosic playing, the Norwegian violinist has created a kaleidoscopic musical reflection of some of the emotional discoveries that come with parenthood.
The album presents music by Olivia Belli, Bryce Dessner, Ludovico Einaudi, Nils Frahm, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Mário Laginha, Hania Rani, Max Richter and Steve Reich, with a dash of Schubert also thrown into the mix. Samuelsen was joined at Teldex Studios in Berlin last autumn by a small group of fellow musicians, including the string players of Scoring Berlin, conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer. LIFE comes out digitally and on vinyl on 23 August 2024.
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