A 5.9-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan has killed at least 920 people and injured many more. Officials warned that the casualty number could increase and the Taliban has asked foreign aid agencies for help.
The House Jan. 6 committee reconvenes for another public hearing. Russia appears close to capturing a key Ukrainian city in the eastern part of the country. And crypto-currency could be vulnerable to security threats.
Most Americans now carry some immune protection, experts said, whether from vaccines, infection or both.
The artist discusses urban spaces and classic Russian children’s books.
New York may be a city where a person can, for the amount one might reasonably expect to pay for a month’s rent in many parts of this country, partake in an hours-long omakase experience featuring toro topped with osetra caviar and uni served with white truffle. Its temples of art may house some of the most renowned—and well-insured—art in the world. But it is also a city that embraces the epicure of the hot dog and the patron of the sidewalk artist. I recently spoke to this week’s cover artist, Victoria Tentler-Krylov, about city planning and sketching people on the subway.
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the remaking of globalisation, Latin America’s vicious circle (9:55), and does the tank have a future? (17:55).
A Supreme Court environmental case being decided this month is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by Republican attorneys general and conservative allies.
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, Benno Zogg and Florian Egli on the weekend’s biggest talking points. Plus: check-ins with our friends and correspondents from around the world.
The number of firearms in the U.S. is outpacing the country’s population, as an emboldened gun industry and its allies target buyers with rhetoric of fear, machismo and defiance.
Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend. Latika Bourke reviews the day’s papers and we visit the 3 Days of Design festival in Copenhagen.
In a speech at an economic forum, he called the U.S. a fading power and said sanctions on Russia, not the Ukraine war, are hurting Western economies.
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