The Globalist Podcast (November 7, 2023) – Fiona O’Brien, UK bureau director for Reporters Without Borders, explains how the conflict in Israel and Gaza has been the deadliest for journalists.
Also, the US keeps its laser-sharp focus in Southeast Asia, an update on Poland’s future government and the luxury market leaves China for India.
Israel’s military surrounded Gaza City as the enclave plunged into another communications blackout, sowing panic among relatives fearful of the fate of loved ones who remain there.
Polls by The New York Times and Siena College show his strength in key swing states, in part because of concerns about President Biden’s age. But a conviction could be the difference in 2024.
Shield AI, a tech start-up, already has a drone run by artificial intelligence being used by the Israeli military. But persuading the Pentagon to embrace the technology remains a big challenge.
The former president, who also railed against New York’s attorney general in front of a packed courtroom, denied he committed fraud and called the trial “very unfair.”
The Globalist Podcast (November 6, 2023) – Israel-Hamas conflict tensions flare at Israel’s northern border with Lebanon; the experience of medics working under bombardment in Gaza; a look at the papers with journalist Vincent McAviney; and Joe Biden’s unexpected challenger.
Plus: we look ahead to Cop 28, hear the headlines from the Balkans and find out about a bevy of new K-pop boy bands.
Voters in battleground states said they trusted Donald J. Trump over President Biden on the economy, foreign policy and immigration, as Mr. Biden’s multiracial base shows signs of fraying.
Israel wants 24,000 assault rifles. Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right minister overseeing the police, has given rifles to civilians and is forming “security squads.”
The attack, in which four of the 18 people killed were Deaf, resurfaced previous traumas and came after decades of efforts to be recognized.
A recent college graduate, Brianna Suggs was an unusual choice to run Eric Adams’s big-money fund-raising operation as he campaigned for mayor.
Monocle on Sunday, November 5, 2023 – Emma Nelson, Juliet Linley, Oliver Strijbis and Simon Brooke on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s Istanbul correspondent, Hannah Lucinda Smith.
Israeli settlers and Palestinians have been locked in a cycle of bloodshed for decades. But extremist settler attacks could send the conflict out of control.
A missile attack on an ambulance convoy has drawn severe criticism, including from the U.N., but Israel says it was transporting Hamas fighters.
Many U.S. troops who fired vast numbers of artillery rounds against the Islamic State developed mysterious, life-shattering mental and physical problems. But the military struggled to understand what was wrong.3h ago.
When two acquaintances in Atlanta sat down to find common ground on the Israel-Hamas war, they found themselves in a painful conversation about race, power and whose suffering is recognized.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appeared to rebuff the Biden administration’s request, saying that any cease-fire would be contingent on the release of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.
Fears are rising that the conflict could spread to the occupied West Bank, where tensions are soaring among Palestinians angered over deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
Ballot questions have been a winning strategy for abortion rights, even in red states. But complicated ballot language and misinformation have some abortion rights supporters worried.
The Times asked all 50 states how they manage groundwater. The answers show why the country’s aquifers are in trouble.
The Globalist Podcast (November3, 2023) – Sari Bashi, programme director of Human Rights Watch in West Bank, and journalist Robin Lustin join Georgina Godwin to discuss the leaked Israeli government proposal for Gaza and the new emergency radio station for the territory.
We also examine public trust in the Ukrainian government and why Latin America’s aviation industry is booming. Plus: Andrew Mueller’s wry musings on the past week.
An Israeli military spokesman said that Israeli soldiers had surrounded Gaza’s largest city. White House officials said they would urge Israel to “pause” its bombardment on humanitarian grounds.
A raid at the home of Eric Adams’s chief fund-raiser was part of an inquiry into whether foreign money was funneled into his mayoral campaign, a search warrant shows.
Once a celebrated actress in Israel, Noa Tishby has emerged as a leading pro-Israel voice on U.S. TV, on social media and in print.
The case against the founder of the failed FTX exchange had come to symbolize the excesses of the volatile cryptocurrency industry.
The Globalist Podcast (November 2, 2023) – International Crisis Group’s Palestine analyst, Tahani Mustafa, joins Georgina Godwin to discuss the purpose of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s second visit to Israel and the reported increase in settler violence in the West Bank.
Plus: we explain the biggest challenges addressed at London’s AI Safety Summit and why Switzerland is handing out iodine pills.
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