The fall of Kabul, the capital, sealed the country’s fate: after 20 years, the Taliban are back in charge—a fearsome outcome for its people and for the Biden administration.
As capital punishment fades, life sentences proliferate; that comes with its own costs and iniquities. And visiting an enclave in Uruguay that is in many ways more Russian than Russia.
Monocle’s Emma Nelson and guests cover the weekend’s defining stories. Plus: what’s making headlines in Finland and what’s on the pages of Italy’s ‘La Repubblica’ newspaper.
Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend as Simon Brooke leafs through the morning newspapers and Monocle editor in chief Andrew Tuck joins with his regular weekend column.
We assess China’s ‘five-year plan’ for its economy and ask what it means for the country’s private firms. Plus: the latest on Lithuania’s plans to build a wall on its border with Belarus, and Zürich’s Design Biennale.
The Senate has passed the first part of President Joe Biden’s mammoth plan, which is now tied to a far more ambitious part two. We examine their prospects for passage.
Zambia is undertaking a pivotal election—but it seems far from a fair fight to oust the incumbent. And our Germany-election tracker cuts through reams of data and tricky electoral politics.
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