The Globalist Podcast (August 22, 2024): Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, formally accepts his Democratic vice-presidential nomination.
Also on the programme: where do India’s security alliances lie? We assess new pacts with Japan and Malaysia as Narendra Modi travels to Ukraine. Then our editors flick through Monocle magazine’s Mobility Special, released today, and look at the day’s papers. Plus, why some Southeast Asian airports are moving into the world of luxury travel.
The F.B.I. raided the homes of two prominent commentators on Russian state television channels as part of an effort to blunt attempts to influence November’s election.
A political persona forged on the prairie: self-assured but rarely self-serious; puckish when possible, stoic when necessary.
Democrats Use the Convention to Try to Define Trump as a Self-Interested Fraud
Speeches and videos seek to shrink Donald Trump in order to rise above him, as Kamala Harris and her allies work to minimize him and disengage from him.
1 Spotlight | 40,000 deaths: another grim milestone for Gaza As faltering ceasefire talks continued this week, Malak A Tantesh and Emma Graham-Harrison report on how the death toll given by Gaza’s health officials fails to tell the full story of Palestinian grief.
2 Technology | Is Threads a new safe haven for those leaving X? Elon Musk’s frequently inflammatory online remarks have left many seeking a less toxic alternative. James Ball explores whether Meta’s Instagram spin-off provides it.
3 Feature | Audrey Tang, the good hacker The activist turned hacker is used to breaking boundaries as the world’s first minister for digital affairs. Now, she tells Simon Hattenstone, she wants the world to learn how to detoxify the internet.
4 Opinion | Caution needed over Kamala Harris’s flying start The Democratic vice-president has enjoyed a spectacular launch to her presidential campaign. But, warns Jonathan Freedland, it is far too early to write off her rival Donald Trump.
5 Culture | Snogs away! The crazy world of UK dating shows There’s much to be gleaned about British culture from analysing its TV dating shows, finds Daisy Jones – and, it stands to reason, about other countries’ via theirs.
The Globalist Podcast (August 21, 2024): Israel appears open to a US-brokered peace deal with Hamas but will the latter get on board?
Also on the programme: our US editor, Christopher Lord, checks in from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Then: a potential takeover bid by Japanese supermarket brand 7-11 from a Canadian rival, Taiwan’s major semiconductor manufacturer breaks ground in Germany and the day’s papers. Plus: the latest in the world of theatre.
Kamala Harris’s decision to support Barack Obama in a 2008 primary race dominated by Hillary Clinton was a political risk. It paid off, and the former president never forgot it.
Ethics rules barred Dr. Jeffrey E. Shuren from working on matters involving clients of his wife’s law firm. But he did not always step aside.
Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat
In a classified document approved in March, the president ordered U.S. forces to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea.
The Globalist Podcast (August 20, 2024): We discuss which big hitters to keep an eye on at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Also in the programme: we look at the security threat that China poses to Japan and explain Turkey’s ambitions to enhance its strategic foothold in Africa. Plus, aviation news, Ukraine’s buzzing hospitality scene and the day’s papers.
On policy, the vice president is drafting off President Biden, essentially cherry-picking the most popular parts of his agenda and betting that a younger messenger can sell them to Americans.
Mrs. Clinton, who lost out on becoming the first female president, has been a behind-the-scenes ally for the woman now vying to do so.
Phil Donahue, Talk Host Who Made Audiences Part of the Show, Dies at 88
Stalking the aisles, microphone in hand, he turned “The Phil Donahue Show” into a participation event, soliciting questions and comments on topics from human rights to orgies.
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