Tag Archives: Election

Morning News: Russia In East Ukraine, Australia’s Federal Election, Aviation

We assess Moscow’s military strategy amid warnings of a new Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine. Plus, a look ahead to Australia’s federal election, a review of today’s papers and aviation news.

Global News Podcast: China’s New Economy, Belarus’s Sham Election & Fading Office Romance

The Economist Magazine presents a selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Xi Jinping is reinventing state capitalism (10:20), Belarus’s sham election (14:25), and the decline of the office romance.

Morning News Podcast: Race For Covid-19 Vaccine, Swing States & Fall TV

Axios TodayThe U.K. and China made big news with promising results in vaccine development for the coronavirus — the US, Russia and at least five other countries are also working on possible vaccines. 

But for a vaccine to work effectively, these countries should be working together. Instead, they’re clashing. Countries like the US and Canada have even accused Russia of stealing our vaccine research. Plus:

  • Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Georgia are all swing states at the center of the 2020 voting crisis.
  • And, how the virus will wreak havoc on your fall TV lineup.

Guests: Axios’ Dave Lawler, Stef Kight, and Sara Fischer

Morning News Podcasts: Public Health Experts, 2020 Campaign & Hacks

Axios TodayThis week, the Trump administration ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention send all coronavirus-related data straight to the Department of Health and Human Services. This is just the latest step in President Trump’s war on public health experts.

  • Plus, a shakeup on Trump’s 2020 campaign team.
  • And, a major Twitter hack Wednesday afternoon left some of the most powerful people on the platform vulnerable to a cryptocurrency scam.

Guests: Axios’ Sam Baker, Mike Allen, and Ina Fried.