The Globalist Podcast (June 26, 2024): A look back at the leaders debate in France and Macron’s stark words over immigration policies. Plus: protests in Kenya intensify, our Quality of Life series casts an eye on Vienna and Japan unearths rare metals.
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News: Javier Milei Visits Europe, Criminal Charges For Boeing Safety Issues
The Globalist Podcast (June 25, 2024): As Javier Milei’s Europe visit wraps up, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera assesses the international reaction.
Plus: why US prosecutors are recommending that Boeing should face criminal charges and we reveal which city has won the bronze medal in Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey.
News: Affects Of Putin’s Asia Trip On Ukraine War, Philippines Political Crisis
The Globalist Podcast (June 21, 2024): After Vladimir Putin’s Asia tour comes to an end, we look at the proposed Asia-Pacific “security architecture” and its effect on Ukraine’s war efforts.
Then: we head to the Philippines, where the country’s vice-president, Sara Duterte, has resigned. Plus: we look at a new area of co-operation for the US and China: anti-narcotics. Finally, the latest news from Broadway, as well as a check-in from Paris Men’s Fashion Week.
The Economist Magazine – June 22, 2024 Preview

The Economist Magazine (June 15, 2024): The latest issue features Dawn of the solar age….
The exponential growth of solar power will change the world

An energy-rich future is within reach
The future of combat
AI will transform the character of warfare

Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could
AI and war
The character of warfare is about to be profoundly changed by artificial intelligence
What taxes would Labour raise
Growth alone will not fix Britain’s public finances
Macron’s deepening mess
A snap election in France reveals the flimsiness of his legacy
The champagne boom
Wine collectors are at last taking champagne seriously
News: Putin Visits North Korea, Protests In Kenya
The Globalist Podcast (June 19, 2024): Vladimir Putin visits North Korea as tensions escalate across the demilitarised zone. Plus: riots in Kenya over proposed tax hikes, a Balkan roundup and Tokyo preserves the view of Mount Fuji.
News: Top Positions At European Union, Putin Travels To North Korea
The Globalist Podcast (June 18, 2024): European Union leaders gathered last night to discuss who will take the bloc’s top jobs.
Then: Vladimir Putin heads to Pyongyang and Nato puts nuclear weapons on standby, amid a record 13 per cent rise in global spending on nuclear armament this year. Plus: Singapore’s mission to clean up its beaches, business news and we tour an exhibition about writer Franz Kafka.
News: Expansion Risks Of Gaza War, Ukraine Peace Summit In Switzerland
The Globalist Podcast (June 17, 2024): The war in Gaza risks expanding. Plus: South Africa’s new government of national unity, the latest from Ukraine’s peace summit in Switzerland and whether Apple can catch up to competitors in the world of artificial intelligence.
News: NATO Long-Term Aid To Ukraine, Politics Of Snap Election In France
The Globalist Podcast (June 14, 2024): Ukraine’s armed forces look to Nato for longer-term predictability in aid.
Also in the programme: how Macron’s snap election has upended French politics, the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and a celebration of the love of freight trains. Plus: the papers and latest news from the world of science and health.
The Economist Magazine – June 15, 2024 Preview

The Economist Magazine (June 15, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The Rise of Chinese Science’ – Welcome or worrying?…
How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science?

If America wants to maintain its lead, it should focus less on keeping China down
America seems immune to the world economy’s problems

Elsewhere, political dysfunction and fiscal frailties are taking a toll
A second Trump term: from unthinkable to probable

News: Gaza Ceasefire Plan Negotiations, Thailand Move Forward Party
The Globalist Podcast (June 13, 2024): As Hamas says it accepts a UN resolution which backs a plan to end the war in Gaza, we examine what this means for the region.
Plus: Monocle’s editors bring us reports from a spate of creative conferences across Europe in the fields of design, urbanism and animated film.