The Globalist Podcast (January 30, 2024) – We discuss how Israel’s war in Gaza is increasing tensions between Iran and Pakistan.
Plus: the annual Corruption Perceptions Index, why three coup-hit nations have left the Economic Community of West African States and why Boeing is losing market share to Airbus. We also meet Jeffrey Wright, star of the Oscar-nominated ‘American Fiction’.
The attack on Sunday killed three Army reservists, the first known American military deaths from hostile fire in the turmoil spilling over from Israel’s war with Hamas.
In recent weeks, buses have been bypassing the city for its smaller outlying communities, where people are unaccustomed to the flow of newcomers.
Donors have pulled funds for the main aid agency in Gaza after allegations that some employees took part in the Oct. 7 attack, but it is not clear who would fill the vacuum if it ran out of money.
New Hampshire’s ballot didn’t include President Biden. South Carolina has two primaries. Nevada has a primary and a caucus. A morass of dates and formats could keep some voters away.
A federal program promised to bring foreign investment to remote parts of the country. It soon became rife with fraud.
As the general manager of the Jay Peak ski resort, Bill Stenger rose most days around 6 a.m. and arrived at the slopes before seven. He’d check in with his head snowmaker and the ski-patrol staff, visit the two hotels on the property, and chat with the maintenance workers, the lift operators, the food-and-beverage manager, and the ski-school instructors—a kind of management through constant motion. Stenger is seventy-five, with white hair, wire-rimmed reading glasses, and a sturdy physique that makes him look built for fuzzy sweaters.
We thought we could master nature, but we were playing with fire.
With elections postponed and no end to the war with Russia in sight, Volodymyr Zelensky and his political allies are becoming like the officials they once promised to root out: entrenched.
By Masha Gessen
The Globalist Podcast (January 29, 2024) – Will the director of the CIA, William Burns, be able to negotiate a truce and hostage deal when he meets his Egyptian and Israeli counterparts, as well as Qatar’s prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani?
Following Finland’s presidential election on Sunday, we look at the future of the country. And with layoffs and strikes across the country, we examine what’s happening in the US media. Plus: why Guggenheim Bilbao is halting its expansion into a Basque nature reserve.
The first-known American military fatalities from hostile fire in the Middle East crisis will almost certainly increase pressure on President Biden to respond.
A proposed bill on mobilization has become the focus of a debate as more men dodge the draft and calls rise to demobilize exhausted soldiers.
Israeli officials have presented evidence they say ties workers at a Palestinian aid agency in Gaza to violence during the Hamas-led attack on Israel.
Andrey Shevelyov would rather live on the street than take antipsychotic medication. Should it be his decision to make?
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Directed By: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Kruger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O’Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liv
The Alamo (1960)
Produced and Directed by John Wayne
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O’Brien, Chill Wills, Ken Curtis, Carlos Arruza, Jester Hairston, Joseph Calleia, and guest star Richard Boone
The Battle of Britain (1969)
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Cast: Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw, Patrick Wymark, Susannah York
De-Lovely (2004)
Directed By: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Written for the screen and Directed by Randall Wallace
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud, Judith Godreche
Alexander the Great (1956)
Written, Produced and Directed By: Robert Rossen
Cast: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Barry Jones, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Danielle Darrieux
The Great Escape (1963)
Produced and Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Directed By: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, with Edmond O’Brien as “Tom Gaddis,” also starring Betty Field, Telly Savalas
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Directed By: John Guillermin
Cast: George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E. G. Marshall
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Produced and Directed By: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland as “”Irene Hoffman,”” Maximilian Schell, and Montgomery Clift
Monocle on Sunday, January 28, 2024 – Florian Egli and Marcus Schögel join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.
We also speak to Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, about Finland’s presidential election and Guy De Launey gives us the latest news from the Balkans. Plus: we’re joined by our senior news editor in London, Chris Cermak, and Isabella Smith, owner and founder of Books and Company.
The very weapons that Israeli forces have used to enforce a blockade of Gaza are now being used against them.
Within a day of the death of Matthew Sachman, 19, on New York City subway tracks, so-called obituary pirates had flooded search results with false information.
When they faced off at E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial, it was a clash of two New Yorkers, both formidable combatants and talkers, but products of different worlds.
Two Supreme Court decisions and a lower court’s ruling have cast doubt on the legal basis for a host of prosecutions. Several defendants want their records cleared and their money back.
Nikki Haley could use some help rescuing her campaign. But Republicans in her home state are flocking to Donald J. Trump.
Video chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:19 Arrival 3:51 Porte cochere 5:37 Lobby (ground floor) 7:27 Lobby (first floor) 15:41 Boutique & jewelry 19:26 Suite 26:07 Spa 30:30 Indoor pool 39:27 Outdoor pool 45:55 Gstaad village 50:18 Megu Restaurant & Bar 56:01 Sommet by Martin Göschel Restaurant (one Michelin star) 1:01:51 Swiss Stübli Restaurant 1:07:17 Breakfast 1:11:29 Skiing
Built on five acres of the Bernese Oberland, The Alpina Gstaad promises two views: mountain and valley. The first looks onto Gstaad and promises snow-capped sightings of Spitzhorn and Oldenhorn, while the second delivers rippling hilltops and stretches of lake over Schönried village.
Monocle on Saturday, January 27, 2024: Emma Nelson and political journalist Terry Stiastny look back at the week’s news and culture.
Plus: Issabella Orlando joins the panel for a round-up of her favourite stories this month.
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