October 8, 2023 – Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, Fabienne Kinzelmann and Eemeli Isoaho discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. Plus: check-ins with our friends and correspondents in London and Marseille, and the latest about the forthcoming Frieze London art fair.
Tag Archives: Israel
News: House Impeachment Inquiry Of Biden, Germany Buys India Oil, Ugly France
The Globalist Podcast (September 13, 2023) – The US House of Representatives opens an impeachment inquiry into president Biden. Our Washington correspondent Christopher Cermak has the details.
Also in the programme: why Germany is buying more oil from India, president Macron’s plan to transform what critics call “ugly France” and how a severe lemon shortage is affecting Peruvians.
News: Kim Jong-un Meets Putin, Canadian Politics, Israel Supreme Court
The Globalist Podcast (September 12, 2023) – Kim Jong-un reportedly arrives in eastern Russia for arms talks with Vladimir Putin, as Moscow seeks to replenish its dwindling stockpile. Who has the upper hand and how will the meeting be portrayed for home audiences?
Plus: Israel’s supreme court prepares to rule on its own future and we discuss the British parliamentary researcher accused of spying for China.
Politics: The Guardian Weekly – August 4, 2023
The Guardian Weekly (August 4, 2023) – Israel in turmoil: Netanyahu’s judicial coup; Stormzy’s scholarship graduates; International fiction found in translation, and more…
‘We’re angry’: Israel tensions mount as army reservists threaten to refuse duty
Conflict over Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul judiciary is leading to new levels of civil disobedience – and potential security risks
Removing statues and renaming streets: Odesa cuts out Russia
Recent strikes targeting the southern Ukrainian city, including its orthodox cathedral, have left residents questioning its historical links to Russia
News: Italy To Leave China ‘Belt And Road’, New Israel- Saudi Arabia Rail Line Plan
The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, August1, 2023: Italy is the latest European country to rethink ties with China. Also, Israel proposes a new rail line to Saudi Arabia, and the latest theatre news.
Previews: The Economist Magazine – July 29, 2023
The overstretched CEO
Companies are increasingly caught up in governments’ competing aims. What to do?
The world should not let Vladimir Putin abandon the grain deal
Here is how to get him to sign up again
Israel has lurched closer to constitutional chaos
But there are still ways to step back from the brink
News: Russia Attacks Port In Odessa, Israel Judicial Vote, Macron Pacific Tour
The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, July 25, 2023: Israel passes a controversial bill to limit the Supreme Court’s power. Plus: French president Emmanuel Macron’s Pacific tour, Cambodia’s one-horse election race, and, as thousands of people are evacuated from Greek islands, we ask: how do repatriation flights work?
News: Election In Spain, Russian Culture Ban In Kyiv, Protests In Kenya
The Globalist Podcast, Monday, July 24, 2023: We react to Spain’s snap election on Sunday and the Kyiv City Council’s temporary ban on the public use of Russian-language art and culture.
Plus, Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, presses ahead with his contentious judicial overhaul today and Dutch politicians officially bar cruise ships from docking in Amsterdam’s city centre.
News: Israel Strikes West Bank, Hong Kong Offers Bounties For Activists
The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, July 4, 2023: The latest on Israel’s major military operation in the West Bank.
Plus: the Hong Kong police’s bounties for self-exiled activists, the inauguration of Thailand’s new government and the soft power of military hospital ships.
News: Russia Propaganda Recasts Mutiny Narrative, Israel Expands West Bank
The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, June 28, 2023: We discuss how the Russian propaganda machine is trying to retell the weekend’s events to its citizens and explain how Russian influence may sway Polish voters.
Plus: an exploration of the decades-long evolution of the word ‘diva’.
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