Tag Archives: Monocle 24

News: Violence In Sudan, Japan’s Kishida In Middle East, Crimea Bridge Attack

The Globalist Podcast, Monday, July 17, 2023: Reports from Khartoum as violence in Sudan escalates.

Plus: Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida tours the Middle East, the latest transport news and a new edition of ‘The Monocle Companion’, celebrating ideas for a better world.

News: Ukraine F-16 Fighter Jet Training, Guatemala Election Interference

The Globalist Podcast, Friday, July 14, 2023: Russia analyst Stephen Dalziel on the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets in Romania.

Plus: international concern over threats to the electoral process in Guatemala, aviation news and Andrew Mueller’s weekly round-up.

News: NATO Summit Ends, Ukraine’s Security, Iran President Tours Africa

The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, July 13, 2023: Journalist Lili Bayer brings us the latest from the Nato summit in Vilnius and Petri Burstoff is in Helsinki ahead of the US-Nordic Leaders’ Summit.

Andrew Walker flicks through the day’s papers and Monocle’s Natalie Theodosi tells us about a new sustainable fashion scheme in France.

News: Zelensky Critical Of NATO Uncertainty, Finland ‘Far-Right’ Racism Scandal

The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, July 12, 2023: Monocle’s team in Vilnius tells us why Volodymyr Zelensky is critical of NATO.

Plus, the Finnish government’s racism scandal, the latest business news and how the Portuguese government is encouraging young people to pick up more books.

News: Turkey Agrees To Sweden’s NATO Bid, Sudan Civil War, Colombia Rebels

The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, July 11, 2023: NATO’s summit kicks off in Vilnius as Erdogan agrees to Sweden membership.

Plus: the UN warns of civil war in Sudan, the latest technology news and a device deployed in Japanese train stations to help foreign speakers.

News: U.S. ‘Cluster Bombs’ To Ukraine Issues, South Korean Foreign Policy

The Globalist Podcast, Monday, July 10, 2023: We discuss the US’s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine.

Plus: a flick through the day’s papers and South Korea’s plans to revamp its foreign policy. 

News: Zelensky To Visit Erdogan In Istanbul, G7 Meets In Tokyo, Prigozhin

The Globalist Podcast, Friday, July 7, 2023: Monocle’s Istanbul correspondent, Hannah Lucinda Smith, on Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Turkey.

Also, the significance of the G7 justice ministers meeting in Tokyo, updates on Wagner leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Russia, plus a look at the UAE’s self-driving cars.

News: Sweden And Turkey Discuss NATO Membership, Spain General Elections

The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, July 6, 2023: A discussion of the future of NATO – will Sweden be in it?

Also, campaigning for Spain’s general election begins and Japan Airlines launches a clothing rental service. And the latest technology news.

News: Ukraine Nuclear Plant Threats, China & U.S. Semiconductor Standoff

The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, July 5, 2023: Threats to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Russian workers are told to evacuate.

Why are China and the US limiting exports of each other’s semiconductors? Plus, the mail-order catalogue that changed perceptions of masculinity in the US.

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.