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Morning News: Low-Wage Workers, Big Tech Stocks, Remote Work In Hawaii

A.M. Edition for June 21. WSJ’s Eric Morath on why employers competing for low-wage workers are offering signing bonuses and other perks. 

Big tech stocks face a new landscape in 2021. Plus, working remotely in Hawaii may not be as simple as some think. Marc Stewart hosts.

Saturday Morning: Latest Headlines From London

The weekend’s top discussion topics with Georgina Godwin: Charles Hecker with the newspapers, Monocle editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s column and a report on the resurrection of one of Europe’s grandest rail routes.

Morning News: French Elections, U.S. Foreign Policy & Train Travel

A look ahead to the weekend’s regional election in France, a look at the state of US foreign policy after an eventful week for president Biden, plus the renaissance of night trains in Europe.

Morning News: Biden & Putin, Cryptocurrencies, French Property Laws

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have much to hammer out today—but don’t expect it to be genial. We examine what is on the table, and how each president will be judged.

 Competition in the cryptocurrency world is mushrooming; we ask whether any contender might knock bitcoin off its top slot. And France’s curious sell-now, die-later property scheme

Sunday Morning Podcast: Headlines From Zurich, Berlin, London & Tokyo

The biggest stories of the weekend dissected by Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé and guests, with check-ins by our friends and contributors in London, Berlin and Tokyo.

Morning News: Digital Censorship In Indonesia, Nicaragua, Jordan Trucks

As governments across South-East Asia crimp online freedoms, the region’s healthiest democracy might have been expected to resist the trend. Not so.

President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua is using a new law to detain more of his potential adversaries in November’s election—and is coming under international pressure. And how Jordan’s gas-delivery-truck jingles jangle nerves. 

Morning News: Criminal Justice Reform, Mali Coup, Japanese Anime Popularity

Piecemeal criminal-justice reforms following last year’s protests are coming up against hard numbers: violent crime is up. We ask what can, and should, be done. 

The man who led a coup in Mali last year has done it again; our correspondent considers how the tumult affects the wider, regional fight against jihadism. And the global spread of Japan’s beloved anime. 

Saturday Morning: News From London & Zurich

Emma Nelson and guests set the tone for the weekend with Florian Egli on the day’s papers and our editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s weekend column. Plus: a check-in at Monocle’s Badi Market in Zürich.