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News: Kamala Harris VP Choice Tim Walz, Google Ruled Illegal Monopoly

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The Globalist Podcast (August 7, 2024): US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has announced Tim Walz as her running mate for the November election.

Monocle’s US editor, Christopher Lord, and professor Sarah Churchwell tell us more. Also on the programme: we discuss the social and cultural effects of Venezuela’s disputed elections with Kate Brown and talk about the future of big tech following the ruling on Google’s illegal monopoly, with Hugh Langley of Business Insider. Plus: we check in with Emma Nelson ahead of day 12 of the Paris Olympics.

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News: Israel Braces For Iran-Hezbollah Attack, Ukraine’s F-16 Fighter Jets

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The Globalist Podcast (August 6, 2024): We get the lastest as Israel braces for a potential co-ordinated attack from Iran and Hezbollah.

Also on the programme: we learn more about Ukraine’s new US-made F-16 fighter jets and discuss the mood in Bangladesh following the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Plus: we speak to the owners of new London art museum Moco and check in with our team in Paris ahead of day 11 of the Olympics.

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News: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Resigns, Harris Running Mate

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The Globalist Podcast (August 5, 2024): We get the latest from Bangladesh as violent clashes between protesters and police intensify.

Then: we look ahead to the first campaign rally Kamala Harris will hold with her running mate and get a check-in from Lagos as protests in Nigeria hints at an ‘African Spring’. Finally, we look at the future of tourism on the Greek islands. All that, plus a flick through the morning papers and the latest technology news.

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Sunday Morning: Stories And News From Paris, London And St. Moritz

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Monocle on Sunday (August 4, 2024): Agnes Poirier joins Emma Nelson at Maison Allianz in Paris for the latest news from Paris. Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins from St Moritz, and Philippe Marlière and Georgina Godwin give us the view from London.

Plus: Kieran Pender gives us the latest Olympics updates and we speak to the brothers Jules and Gédéon Naudet who have been selected to direct the official film of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.

Magazines, Podcasts, Previews, Research, Reviews, Science

Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 2, 2024

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‘Science Magazine – August 1, 2024: The new issue features ‘Prickly Plants’ – Pruning thorns through gene editing…

Is it the humidity, or just the heat?

Scientists debate the role of humidity in rising heat deaths

Mid-Pleistocene climate transition triggered by Antarctic Ice Sheet growth

Recent tropical Andean glacier retreat is unprecedented in the Holocene

Lessons from ancient pathogens

A chemogenetic screen reveals that Trpv1-expressing neurons control regulatory T cells in the gut

Aging, Health, Podcasts

Health Podcasts: What Can Be Done To Age Well

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BBC Radio 4 (July 30, 2024): From the Hay Festival, James and a panel of experts explain what we can all do to help ourselves age well. We discover what’s going on in our bodies when we age, the difference between biological and chronological age, as well as getting the audience moving for a physical test.

James is joined by gerontologist Sarah Harper from the University of Oxford, biomedical scientist Georgina Ellison-Hughes from King’s College London, and doctor Norman Lazarus to understand how exercise, diet, and mental health all have a part to play in how we age.

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Saturday Morning: News And Stories From Paris

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Monocle on Saturday (July 27, 2024): Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, and Monocle’s Deputy Head of Radio, Tom Webb, join Georgina Godwin from Paris to reflect on the Olympic Opening Ceremony, and look ahead to the games.

Plus, the CEO of the Affordable Art Fair, Will Ramsey, talks about the global art market and building community with artists and galleries. Finally, politics expert and lecturer, Marta Lorimer, joins Georgina to talk about French politics and her view on the Olympics, as well as Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, and – is Kamala “brat”?.

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News: Blinken In Asia To Reassure U.S. Allies, Paris 2024 Olympics Ceremony

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The Globalist Podcast (July 26, 2024): We discuss the US’s priorities in Asia as secretary of state Antony Blinken makes his longest foreign trip to the region.

Then: a look ahead to Venezuela’s elections, where polls put the opposition in the lead for the first time in decades. Plus: ‘What We Learned’ this week with Andrew Mueller, why Brazil’s retirees will be taking to the sky and everything you need to know from Paris ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony.

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Research Preview: Science Magazine – July 26, 2024

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‘Science Magazine – July 18, 2024: The new issue features smoke from wildfires burning in Canada enveloped New York City, New York, in June of 2023, shown here in a photo of the Chrysler Building on 7 June.