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Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – August 7, 2023

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The New Yorker – August 7, 2023 issue: On the cover is Gayle Kabaker’s “In The Swim of Things”…

Inside the Wagner Group’s Armed Uprising

A photo collage of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian soldiers.

How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private military company went from fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine to staging a mutiny at home.

By Joshua Yaffa

Revisiting My Rastafari Childhood

Photo collage of Safiya Sinclair's family.

Babylon was everything forbidden, and looming all around us—and my father tried to protect us from it at all costs.

By Safiya Sinclair

How an Amateur Diver Became a True-Crime Sensation

Two scuba divers approaching a car underwater.

As the founder of Adventures with Purpose, Jared Leisek carved a lucrative niche in the YouTube sleuthing community. Then the sleuths came for him, Rachel Monroe writes.

By Rachel Monroe

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Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

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Monocle on Saturday, July 29, 2023: A look at the week’s news and culture with Georgina Godwin.

We’re joined by the deputy publishing editor of ‘Newsweek’, Paul Rhodes, to flick through the morning’s papers and Monocle’s culture editor, Chiara Rimella, guides us through Italian beach club culture. 

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News: Ukraine Military Gains, Moldova To Expel Russians, Taiwan’s Defense

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The Globalist Podcast, Friday, July 28, 2023: President Putin concedes that Ukraine has intensified its counteroffensive as Moldova expels 45 Russian diplomatic staff over “unfriendly actions”.

Plus, Taiwan’s efforts to bolster its defense capabilities, updates on the Niger coup and an ode to the pleasures of skinny dipping.

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News: Africa Leaders Shun Russia Summit, Cambodia PM Resigns, World Cup

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The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, July 27, 2023: The Russia-Africa summit begins in St Petersburg. Also, Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, announces his resignation and the country’s first new leader since 1985.

Plus, a check-in from the Women’s World Cup and a flick through the day’s papers.

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Analysis: Ukraine’s Tech Sector Leads ‘Drone War’

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Financial Times (July 25, 2023) -From the production of cheap battlefield drones to AI-powered missile detection, Ukrainian tech start-ups, IT workers and volunteers have been developing military tech and putting themselves on the front line of the war effort

Video timeline: 00:00 Ukraine’s tech war 00:39 The growing tech sector 01:28 The tech start-up: Respeecher and AI voice cloning 03:35 The miltech start-up: Zvook and AI missile detection 05:32 A digitally-focused country 08:00 A fully-fledged drone war 09:06 The drone start-up 11:17 Drones: the growth of the market 12:41 Why drones? 14:13 Drones and the women’s veteran movement 16:00 Ukrainian resilience 16:30 Air Alert! Ajax Systems 19:30 It’s not just about drones 20:12 The anti-drone gun: DroneUA 21:04 Who’s winning the tech war? 22:45 The army of robots 23:36 A new Israel? 24:46 The war has changed us

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News: Belarus Military, Russia Attacks More Grain Routes, Crime In Ecuador

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The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, July 26, 2023: The Belarusian ministry of emergency situations is arming its personnel to prepare for potential armed conflict.

Plus, we discuss why crime in Ecuador is increasing ahead of the country’s elections in August, the latest in the world of aviation and investigate what Elon Musk is up to over at Twitter HQ.

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News: Russia Attacks Port In Odessa, Israel Judicial Vote, Macron Pacific Tour

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The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, July 25, 2023: Israel passes a controversial bill to limit the Supreme Court’s power. Plus: French president Emmanuel Macron’s Pacific tour, Cambodia’s one-horse election race, and, as thousands of people are evacuated from Greek islands, we ask: how do repatriation flights work?

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News: Election In Spain, Russian Culture Ban In Kyiv, Protests In Kenya

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The Globalist Podcast, Monday, July 24, 2023: We react to Spain’s snap election on Sunday and the Kyiv City Council’s temporary ban on the public use of Russian-language art and culture.

Plus, Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, presses ahead with his contentious judicial overhaul today and Dutch politicians officially bar cruise ships from docking in Amsterdam’s city centre.

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Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

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Monocle on Saturday, July 22, 2023: A look at the week’s news and culture with Georgina Godwin.

Plus, we are joined by historian and screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann to flick through the morning’s papers and Gregg Scruggs reviews the work of Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda in Whistler, British Columbia.

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News: NATO-Aspen Security Forum, Wagner Group In Belarus, Peru Protests

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The Globalist Podcast, Friday, July 21, 2023: Monocle’s US editor, Christopher Lord, speaks to Nato’s deputy secretary general, Mircea Geoana, at the Aspen Security Forum.

Plus: Wagner mercenaries train Belarusian special forces close to the Polish border, thousands of anti-government protesters in Peru call for the president’s resignation and we celebrate “Barbenheimer” in our culture round-up.