The Globalist (February 19, 2024): We discuss the latest from the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction, and Andrew Mueller sits down with Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Munich Security Conference as it becomes the first Orthodox-Christian nation to legalise same-sex marriage. Plus: TV highlights with critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan.
Tag Archives: NATO
News: Israel Plans For Rafah Offensive, Munich Security Conference
The Globalist (February 16, 2024): The latest as world leaders pile pressure on Israel to abandon plans for a ground offensive in Rafah.
Then: key themes at the Munich Security Conference and Chad’s refugee crisis with Sudan. Plus: a preview of the Singapore Air Show, newspapers and this week’s ‘What We Learned’.
News: NATO To Raise Its Defense Budgets, A New Pakistan Prime Minister
The Globalist (February 15, 2024): NATO defense ministers gather in Brussels, and the secretary-general talks about a spending boost by its members.
We also profile Pakistan’s new prime minister, look at the same-sex marriage bill in Greece and hear about the merger between Korean Air and Asiana. Plus: a check-in from the World Governments Summit in Dubai.
News: Blinken Returns To Israel, Ukraine Urges NATO Ministers To Maintain Aid
The Globalist Podcast (November 29, 2023) – As US secretary of state Antony Blinken returns to Israel later this week, Gregg Carlstrom breaks down what he might be hoping to achieve.
Plus: why Ukraine is top of the agenda at the meeting of NATO foreign ministers, Finland temporary closure of its border with Russia, the latest business news and a trip to the World Architecture Festival in Singapore.
News: Israel Readies For Ground Assault Of Gaza, Zelensky Meets With NATO
The Globalist Podcast (October 12, 2023) – Israel forms a unity government as fighting with Hamas continues. A former CIA officer tells us how Israeli and US intelligence could have missed what Hamas had planned.
Plus: Volodymyr Zelensky makes a surprise visit to Brussels for a Nato meeting and Thailand’s new prime minister courts foreign investment.
The New York Times — Sunday, October 1, 2023
Congress Narrowly Averts Shutdown as House Democrats Help Pass Stopgap Bill
In a stunning reversal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy pushed through a bill with Democratic votes to temporarily keep the government open. President Biden signed it late Saturday.
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.
Decades Later, Closed Military Bases Remain a Toxic Menace
Cities hoped for new businesses and housing on former military sites. But many are still waiting for poisonous pollution to be cleaned up, a wait that for some may never come.
In Texas, Mums Rival Football as the Big Homecoming Attraction
The elaborate adornments have come a long way since the days of simple chrysanthemum corsages.
The New York Times — Saturday, Sept 30, 2023
Right Wing Tanks Stopgap Bill in House, Pushing Government Toward a Shutdown
More than 20 hard-right Republicans defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy and defeated their own party’s bill, making a lapse in funding at midnight on Saturday all but certain.
Vulnerable New Yorkers Suffer as Some Services Decline Under Mayor Adams
Some critical services in New York City are growing less reliable under Mayor Eric Adams, from long waits for food stamps to fewer sexual health clinics.
Talking Peace in Sudan, the U.A.E. Secretly Fuels the Fight
From a remote air base in Chad, the Emirates is giving arms and medical treatment to fighters on one side in Sudan’s worsening war, officials say.
Navy Will Start Testing SEALs for Illicit Drug Use
For the first time, everyone in Naval Special Warfare, not just trainees, will face random screening for performance-enhancing drugs, believed to be widely abused in the ranks.
The New York Times — Friday, September 29, 2023
In Menendez Case, Prosecutors Confront Tighter Definition of Corruption
The Supreme Court has said wrongdoing must be clear cut. Some observers say the accusations in the senator’s case pass the test.
Vulnerable Republicans Try to Head Off Blame for Shutdown
Some mainstream House Republicans representing districts won by President Biden have explored a bipartisan stopgap measure as right-wing lawmakers push Congress toward a shutdown.
America’s Black Cemeteries and Three Women Trying to Save Them
In Georgia, Texas and Washington, D.C., three Black women are working to preserve desecrated African American burial grounds and the stories they hold.
Gifts, Gadgets and Greece: Inside a Huawei Lobbying Campaign
Leaked internal messages detail efforts by the Chinese tech giant to court Greek officials and fight an American-led effort against its technology.
The New York Times — Thursday, Sept 28, 2023
In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps
Dozens of leaders, mostly from Western states, have asked the Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions that restrict enforcement against public camping.
As Menendez’s Star Rose, Fears of Corruption Cast a Persistent Shadow
The New Jersey Democrat broke barriers for Latinos. But prosecutors circled for decades before charging him with an explosive new bribery plot.
When Back to School Means Reliving the Worst Day in Your Life
Eight years ago, Brenda Valenzuela survived a mass shooting. Now she must send her own children to school.
‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.
Giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock are threatening America’s fragile aquifers.
The New York Times — Wednesday, Sept 27, 2023
U.S. Accuses Amazon of Illegally Protecting Monopoly in Online Retail
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon, saying its conduct in its online store and services to merchants illegally stifled competition.
Judge Rules Trump Committed Fraud, Stripping Control of Key Properties
The decision in a lawsuit that could go to trial next week is a major win for Attorney General Letitia James, who says former President Donald J. Trump overvalued his holdings by as much as $2.2 billion.
Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan
The president’s trip came a day before former President Donald J. Trump was scheduled to arrive in Michigan, as the two offer dueling messages in a key swing state.
‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.
Giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock are threatening America’s fragile aquifers.
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