Emma Nelson covers the weekend’s biggest and most interesting news stories with Latika Bourke, Charles Hecker, Eemeli Isoaho, Matt Wolf and Monocle’s Europe editor at large Ed Stocker.
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Saturday Morning: News & Stories From London
Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s top news stories, with fresh newspapers and Monocle editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s column.
Science: Blood Tests For Alzheimer’s Treatment, Seismic Events on Mars
Morning News: Tokyo Olympics Begin, Chip Shortage, Electric Cars
A.M. Edition for July 23. WSJ’s Alastair Gale in Japan joins host Marc Stewart to discuss how the opening ceremony is taking on a different tone compared to past Olympic Games.
New insights on how long the global chip shortage could last. And, electric-vehicle sales see a jolt in the U.S.
Morning News: What A 3° Warmer World Looks Like, Sudan & Liverpool Let Go
It seems ever more certain that global temperatures will sail past limits set in the Paris Agreement. We examine what a world warmed by 3°C would—or will—look like.
Our correspondent speaks with Sudan’s three most powerful men; will they act in concert or in conflict on the way to democracy? And why Liverpool has been booted from UNESCO’s world-heritage list
Morning News: Peru’s New President, India Covid-19, Hungary, London Theatre
We get the latest from Peru after Pedro Castillo is declared the country’s president-elect. Plus: the EU’s Rule of Law Report on Hungary and a long-awaited return for theatre in London’s West End.
Morning News: China Cyber Hack Rebuke, Africa Space Race, Mice Plague
The European Union, NATO and the “Five Eyes” intelligence partners have all joined America in accusing China’s government of involvement in hacking campaigns. Now what?
Away from the spectacle of billionaires’ race to the heavens, many African countries are establishing space programmes—with serious innovation and investment opportunities on the ground. And why Australia is suffering from a plague of mice.
Morning News: Flooding & Covid In Europe, Car Prices, Facial Recognition
The flood waters in Germany and Belgium have started receding with more than 180 people dead. It’s the worst flooding the region has seen in decades and comes on top of a worsening COVID outbreak throughout Europe.
- Plus, why car prices are driving inflation.
- And, retailers turn to facial recognition technology.
Guests: Axios’ Dave Lawler, Kim Hart and Felix Salmon.
Politics: Biden’s China Doctrine, South Africa, Carbon Border Taxes
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: Biden’s new China doctrine, a jailed ex-president won’t go quietly in South Africa (8:44), and carbon border taxes (14:32).
Sunday Morning: News & Stories From Zurich, Berlin, London & Tokyo
Tyler Brûlé dissects the weekend’s biggest and most interesting news stories with panellists Chandra Kurt and Florian Egli, and our friends and contributors in the UK, Japan and Germany.
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