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News: Niger Junta Meets With ECOWAS, Zimbabwe Election, Russia Passports

The Globalist Podcast, Monday, August 21: The latest from Niger, as Ecowas again threatens military action, a crackdown on journalists ahead of elections in Zimbabwe and Russia weaponizing Ukrainian passports.

Plus: the latest from the Balkans and how the World Cup Final has changed women’s football.

News: U.S., Japan & South Korea Trilateral Summit, Spain Political Alliances

The Globalist Podcast, Friday, August 18: The US, Japan and South Korea gather for unprecedented trilateral talks, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, makes a deal with the Catalan separatist party and World Cup fever takes over Brisbane ahead of Sunday’s final.

Plus: the latest papers from Zürich, a roundup of the climate news with Monocle’s Edmonton correspondent, Sheena Rossiter, and the rise of Brazilian wine.

News: Maui Wildfire Relief, US-Iran Talks On Drones In Russia, China Economy

The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, August 17: How will Hawaii get back on its feet following treacherous wildfires?

Plus: the significance of South Africa’s meeting on the ‘moonshot pact’, why China’s economy is struggling and swimmers plunge into the Seine for the first time since 1923.

News: China Minister Visits Russia, Thailand Political Gridlock, Swiss Cantons

The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, August 16: China’s foreign minister visits Russia and Belarus: we discuss what’s on the agenda.

Also, political gridlock in Thailand, the latest aviation news, a flick through the day’s papers and might Switzerland soon have a 27th canton?

News: German Leadership In War, Economic Crisis In Cuba, India Penal Reform

The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, August 15: Germany’s position on the Ukraine conflict, Cuba’s looming economic crisis, plans to reform India’s colonial-era penal laws and the unveiling of a special new Qantas livery.

News: Russia Destroying ‘Normal Life’ In Ukraine, Wagner Group In Poland

The Globalist Podcast, Monday, August 14: The latest from Kyiv with Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko, the morning’s papers with Paul Waldie, Europe correspondent at ‘The Globe and Mail’ and interview former Polish foreign minister, Radek Sikorski MEP, on how Poland has changed in recent years.

Plus: the results of the Argentinian elections and why zine culture is on the rise in Japan.

News: China Hi-Tech Ban, Assassination In Ecuador, FIFA Women’s World Cup

The Globalist Podcast, Friday, August 11: We discuss Biden’s Chinese technology investment ban with David Schlesinger and ask ‘LatinNews’ editor for the Andean region, Lewis Harrison, how the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador could sway voters.

Plus: we find out the latest transport news with Monocle’s Gabriel Leigh, receive an update from the FIFA Women’s World Cup and Monocle’s contributing editor, Andrew Mueller, gives us a schooling in this week’s biggest lessons.

News: Niger Junta Refuses Mediation Push, Thailand In Political Deadlock

The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, August 10: West African leaders meet in Abuja after the military junta in Niger refuses to reinstate the country’s president, Mohamed Bazoum.

Plus: political uncertainty in Thailand shakes investor confidence, culture news and a Canadian breed of cow that could help cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

News: Belarus And Poland Tensions, India Bans China Made Drone Components

The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, August 9 2023: Is Belarus’s Lukashenko aggravating Poland without direction from Putin?

Also in the programme: we discuss why India is banning makers of military drones from using Chinese parts, get the latest from France’s bubbling wine harvest and flick through the day’s papers.

News: Strikes In The U.S., Ukraine Foils Zelensky Assassination Attempt

The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, August 8 2023: Monocle’s US editor, Christopher Lord, examines what is behind the US’s summer of strikes.

Also in the programme: we discuss a foiled assassination plot in Ukraine; Tomohiko Taniguchi, former special advisor to the cabinet of Shinzo Abe, joins us to discuss the Iran-Japan talks; and the latest news from the Baltics and Scandinavia. Plus, the search for a mythical monster intensifies in Loch Ness.