Monocle on Sunday (November 24, 2024): Juliet Linley and Chandra Kurt join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.
We also speak to Monocle’s executive editor, Christopher Lord, and get the latest news from Monocle’s Vienna correspondent, Alexei Korolyov. Plus: Katja Weber, the organiser of Zürich’s enchanting Christmas market at Bellevue, joins us to share her seasonal insights.
Donald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department was described by peers as a skillful soldier who became embittered by military dysfunction.
Msgr. Jamie J. Gigantiello is in hot water with his diocese. Prosecutors are looking into his dealings with the New York City mayor’s top adviser. It all started with Sabrina Carpenter.
After being abducted by an offshoot of Boko Haram in Nigeria six years ago, a Christian nurse describes her daring escape and how faith kept her alive.
Key details still needed to be worked out between Israel and Hezbollah, and disagreements could scuttle or delay any deal, the officials said. But some cited reasons for cautious optimism.
The world’s richest person, not known for his humility, is still learning the cutthroat courtier politics of Donald Trump’s inner circle — and his ultimate influence remains an open question.
The billionaire has rapidly transformed parts of the state, shocking even development-friendly officials: “It was like, ‘Voilà, Elon is here.’”
With a tactic known as “resort politics,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been accused of using brute force to take over Indian state governments.
Mr. Gaetz has consistently denied the allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use, but his prospective nomination ran into trouble in the Senate.
Some Republican senators, who will consider his nomination to be defense secretary, shrugged off the accusations and defended him.
The intermediate-range missile did not carry nuclear weapons, but it is part of a strategic arsenal that is capable of delivering them.
The court accused Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister of having “intentionally and knowingly deprived” Gaza’s population of food, water, fuel and medicine.
Elon Musk is given the ultimate target: America’s Government
It should move before the election
Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity
Governments should help postgraduates get a better deal
The Guardian Weekly (November 21, 2024): The new issue features ‘The crisis in the Church of England’…
Existentialist crises might more commonly be associated with some who seek out religion, rather than with those religions themselves, but that’s where the Church of England has found itself in recent days.
The resignation of Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, followed a damning report into the church’s shameful failures over the serial child abuser John Smyth, which detailed even more disturbing details of cover-ups by some senior clergy.
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Spotlight | Trump’s shock-and-awe team
A flurry of controversial and extremist picks for Trump’s administration has provoked criticism and made heads spin. David Smith reports from Washington
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Science | The inverse link between cancer and dementia
Scientists have long been aware of a curious connection between these common and feared diseases. At last, a clearer picture is emerging, writes Theres Lüthi
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Feature | Kernels of hope
During the siege of Leningrad, botanists in charge of an irreplaceable seed collection, the first of its kind, had to protect it from fire, rodents – and hunger. By Simon Parkin
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Opinion | Seven lessons from a long-serving economics editor
From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit, the Guardian’s outgoing economics editor, Larry Elliott, reflects on his 28 years in the role.
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Culture | Faking history
Film and TV have a slippery relationship with the truth when it comes to historical epics. Simon Usborne meets the experts whose advice goes unheeded
A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.
The New York region is unlikely to ever have as many brush fires as out West. But residents need to be ready for more droughts.
Overextended Ukrainian forces lack manpower and artillery against Russian forces willing to absorb staggering casualties.
Kamala Harris left Donald J. Trump’s anti-transgender attack ads largely unanswered. Some Democrats call it political malpractice.
The attack came just days after President Biden gave Ukraine permission to use the weapons to strike targets inside Russia.
The Ukraine war has not only shattered millions of lives and shaken Europe. It also has inured Washington to the use of nuclear threats as leverage.
Donald J. Trump, who was found liable for sexual abuse last year, appears determined to force a fight over the role of such allegations in society.
The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17.
Monocle on Sunday (November 17, 2024): Rainbow Murray joins Emma Nelson for a look through the week’s news, including Cop29 and a Marine Le Pen lawsuit.
Plus: we head to Sydney for insights into the UBS Australasia Conference 2024 with Monocle’s Asia editor James Chambers. Then: Monocle’s France correspondent, Mary Fitzgerald, gives us the latest news from the region.
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