May 7, 2023: Emma Nelson, Latika Bourke and John Everard on the weekend\’s biggest talking points including the coronation of King Charles III. We also speak to Monocle’s Hannah Lucinda Smith in Istanbul and our Balkan correspondent Guy De Launey.
Tag Archives: News
Front Page: The New York Times -Sunday, May 7, 2023
War, Weapons and Conspiracy Theories: Inside Airman Teixeira’s Online World
A review of more than 9,500 messages obtained by The New York Times offers important clues about the mind-set of a young airman implicated in a vast leak of government secrets.
At Least 9 Dead, Including Gunman, in Shooting at Texas Mall
A police officer on an unrelated assignment nearby rushed toward the sounds of gunfire and killed the gunman.
Charles Is Crowned King in Ancient Ceremony With Modern Twists
The coronation, the first since Queen Elizabeth II’s in 1953, was a royal spectacle of the kind that only Britain still stages.
‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan
As feuding generals turned the Sudanese capital into a war zone, two university students navigated a battered Toyota through the chaos and saved at least 60 desperate people.
Front Page: The New York Times -Saturday, May 6, 2023
Walensky Resigns as C.D.C. Director
In an announcement on Friday, the head of the beleaguered agency said she would step down in June. “We made this world a safer place,” she said.
2 Days, 17 Dead, 21 Wounded: Back to Back Massacres Rock Serbia
A day after Serbia’s first mass shooting in seven years, a second one left the small country in shock and its president called for a radical reduction in gun ownership.
Living and Breathing on the Front Line of a Toxic Chemical Zone
As the Biden administration moves to curb health threats caused by toxic chemicals, the debate hits home for families living near petrochemical plants.
Tightening Supreme Court Ethics Rules Faces Steep Hurdles
Revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose largess from a Republican donor have highlighted a dilemma.
News: Germany’s Scholz Visits Kenya, Coronation Of Charles III, NATO In Asia
The Globalist, May 5, 2023: As Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, heads to Kenya, we check in with journalists in Nairobi and Berlin, Chatham House’s Quentin Peel outlines how King Charles III’s coronation will be covered outside the UK, and Nato plans to open its first office in Asia.
Plus: Monocle Radio’s Andrew Mueller offers an irreverent round-up of the week’s news.
Front Page: The New York Times – Friday, May 5, 2023
Justice Dept. Intensifying Efforts to Determine if Trump Hid Documents
Prosecutors investigating the former president’s handling of classified material have issued a wave of new subpoenas and obtained the confidential cooperation of a witness who worked at Mar-a-Lago.
A Subway Killing Stuns, and Divides, New Yorkers
After a homeless man was killed on the subway, New Yorkers and elected officials are mourning his death and debating how the city should address mental health and public safety.
Smaller Banks Are Scrambling as Share Prices Plunge
Investors are not convinced that regional banks including PacWest and Western Alliance can remain viable. Some are actively betting on their demise.
Earthquake-Proof, Not Corruption-Proof: Turkey’s Needless Deaths
Turkish families got wealthy off a construction system rife with patronage. A Times investigation reveals just how fatally shaky that system was.
News: China-Led SCO Bloc In India, Drone Strike In Moscow, Anti-Mafia Raids
The Globalist, May 4, 2023: Lynne O’Donnell reports from Goa as the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations meet. Plus: Drone strikes Kremlin and anti-mafia raids across Europe, a flick through today\’s papers and the latest theatre news.
Front Page: The New York Times- Thursday May 4, 2023
Fed Makes 10th Rate Increase and Opens Door to Pause
The Fed raised rates by a quarter point, bringing them above 5 percent for the first time in more than 15 years.
Moscow Claims Explosions Above the Kremlin Were an Attempt to Kill Putin
Russia said Ukraine had launched a drone attack, which Kyiv vehemently denied, accusing Russia of manufacturing a pretext for escalation.
Companies Flock to Biden’s Climate Tax Breaks, Driving Up Cost
A law to boost clean energy appears to be more potent than predicted, with big implications for both budget talks and efforts to fight climate change.
The ‘Peace Dividend’ Is Over in Europe. Now Come the Hard Tradeoffs.
Defending against an unpredictable Russia in years to come will mean bumping up against a strained social safety net and ambitious climate transition plans.
News: Hungary Seeks EU Funds, China ‘Exit Bans’, Trump Visits Scotland
The Globalist, May 3, 2023: The EU’s budget commissioner visits Hungary to discuss unlocking EU funds. Plus: why China is increasingly banning people from leaving the country, former US president Donald Trump’s Scotland trip and the growing issue of spaceport congestion.
Front Page: The New York Times — May 3, 2023
After Pandemic Rebound, U.S. Manufacturing Droops
Factories that roared out of the recession have stalled, hampering the economy, even as a new wave of production looms.
Is the Debt Limit Constitutional? Biden Aides Are Debating It.
As the government heads toward a possible default on its debt as soon as next month, officials are entertaining a legal theory that previous administrations ruled out.
A Brutal Sex Trade Built for American Soldiers
It’s a long-buried part of South Korean history: women compelled by force, trickery or desperation into prostitution, with the complicity of their own leaders.
Writers Go on Strike and Late Shows Go Dark
How long they stay off the air is an open question. During the last strike, they gradually returned after a couple of months.
News: Humanitarian Crisis In Sudan, War Strategies In Ukraine, May Day Rallies
The Globalist, May 2, 2023: Monocle Radio’s Georgina Godwin brings us today’s edition of ‘The Globalist’, with Agnes Poirier on newspapers and the latest technology news with Josh Cowls.



















