We unpack the major speeches from the United Nations General Assembly and get the morning newspaper headlines from the Middle East. Plus, why Sweden is proposing a ‘family week’ holiday.
Tag Archives: News
Front Page Views: Wall Street Journal – SEP 21
Morning News: Canada Election Aftermath, Cost Of Online Shopping Rises
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains in power after Monday’s election, but he emerges without the majority he wanted, and with his soft power damaged. He now faces a fourth wave of the pandemic and an emboldened far-right from a weaker position.
Child labour fell markedly in the 16 years after the turn of the millennium. Now it’s on the rise again. Efforts to prevent children from working can often exacerbate the problem. And we consider one of the more unusual ideas for combating climate change: potty-training cows.
Front Page Views: Wall Street Journal – SEP 20
Analysis: Decentralized Finance, Reducing Child Poverty, The Word ‘Like’
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the dream and danger of decentralised finance, how America is substantially reducing child poverty (10:02) and a defence of, like, “like” (18:57)
Front Page Views: The New York Times – September 19
Sunday Morning: News From London & Zurich
Monocle’s Emma Nelson and panelists Caroline Frost, Vincent McAviney and Florian Egli on the weekend’s biggest news stories. Plus: what’s making headlines on the pages of ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’.
Front Page Views: Wall Street Journal – SEP 18
Saturday Morning: News From London – SEP 18
Carlota Rebelo sets the tone for the weekend, Charles Hecker rounds up the day’s papers and Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck returns with his column. Plus: Andrew Mueller recaps what we learned this week.
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