The Globalist Podcast (June 26, 2024): A look back at the leaders debate in France and Macron’s stark words over immigration policies. Plus: protests in Kenya intensify, our Quality of Life series casts an eye on Vienna and Japan unearths rare metals.
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News: Javier Milei Visits Europe, Criminal Charges For Boeing Safety Issues
The Globalist Podcast (June 25, 2024): As Javier Milei’s Europe visit wraps up, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera assesses the international reaction.
Plus: why US prosecutors are recommending that Boeing should face criminal charges and we reveal which city has won the bronze medal in Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle on Saturday (June 22, 2024): Monocle brings Switzerland to Midori House. Alex Herrmann, UK & Ireland Director of Switzerland Tourism, joins Georgina Godwin to tell us all about the different regions and Swiss delicacies at Monocle’s Swiss Summer Market.
Plus: Georgina and political journalist Terry Stiastny flick through the global papers and Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, explains how the wider Nordic region is celebrating midsummer this weekend.
News: Affects Of Putin’s Asia Trip On Ukraine War, Philippines Political Crisis
The Globalist Podcast (June 21, 2024): After Vladimir Putin’s Asia tour comes to an end, we look at the proposed Asia-Pacific “security architecture” and its effect on Ukraine’s war efforts.
Then: we head to the Philippines, where the country’s vice-president, Sara Duterte, has resigned. Plus: we look at a new area of co-operation for the US and China: anti-narcotics. Finally, the latest news from Broadway, as well as a check-in from Paris Men’s Fashion Week.
Research Preview: Science Magazine – June 21, 2024
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Wild poliovirus makes comeback in Afghanistan and Pakistan
2024 target of ending all transmission will likely be missed
Ancient earthquake likely rerouted the Ganges
Discovery of new seismic concern stokes flooding fear for densely populated delta region
No place like home
The hunt for Earth-like planets has run into headwinds. Some astronomers are looking for signs of habitability on bigger worlds
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – June 20, 2024
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Ancient graves reveal taxes’ sharp bite nearly 3,000 years ago
Buried items show that the poor got poorer as the Assyrian empire and its bureaucracy swelled.
CRISPR improves a crop that feeds billions
The gene-editing system, normally used to disrupt a gene, is applied to improve the function of a gene in rice.
How cutting-edge computer chips are speeding up the AI revolution
Engineers are harnessing the powers of graphics processing units (GPUs) and more, with a bevy of tricks to meet the computational demands of artificial intelligence.
News: Putin Visits North Korea, Protests In Kenya
The Globalist Podcast (June 19, 2024): Vladimir Putin visits North Korea as tensions escalate across the demilitarised zone. Plus: riots in Kenya over proposed tax hikes, a Balkan roundup and Tokyo preserves the view of Mount Fuji.
News: Top Positions At European Union, Putin Travels To North Korea
The Globalist Podcast (June 18, 2024): European Union leaders gathered last night to discuss who will take the bloc’s top jobs.
Then: Vladimir Putin heads to Pyongyang and Nato puts nuclear weapons on standby, amid a record 13 per cent rise in global spending on nuclear armament this year. Plus: Singapore’s mission to clean up its beaches, business news and we tour an exhibition about writer Franz Kafka.
News: Expansion Risks Of Gaza War, Ukraine Peace Summit In Switzerland
The Globalist Podcast (June 17, 2024): The war in Gaza risks expanding. Plus: South Africa’s new government of national unity, the latest from Ukraine’s peace summit in Switzerland and whether Apple can catch up to competitors in the world of artificial intelligence.
Sunday Morning: Stories And News From Zürich, Milan And Copenhagen
Monocle on Sunday, June 16, 2024: Christof Münger, Chandra Kurt and Noelle Salmi join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.
We also speak to Monocle’s fashion director, Natalie Theodosi, in Milan for Men’s Fashion Week and Monocle’s contributing editor, Andrew Mueller, gives us the latest from the Summit on Peace in Ukraine in Switzerland. Plus: editorial director of Zeit, Christoph Amend, tells us about the publication’s latest issue and gives us the view from Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design.
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