Monocle on Saturday, June 17, 2023: The week’s news and culture with Georgina Godwin. Journalist Simon Brooke reviews the newspapers and we speak to South Korean human rights activist Pastor Kim Sungeun, who has helped more than 1,000 North Koreans to defect since 2000.
Plus: why does avocado and honey work? Emma Nelson dives into the world of flavour pairing.
The Globalist Podcast, Friday, June 16, 2023: We give you the latest as African leaders begin their peace mission in Ukraine.
Plus: a new rural plan for France, a check-in from the Brussels Urban Summit and Andrew Mueller’s rundown of the week’s more unusual stories.
India does not love the West, but it is indispensable to America
No country except China has propped up Russia’s war economy as much as oil-thirsty India. And few big democracies have slid further in the rankings of democratic freedom. But you would not guess it from the rapturous welcome Narendra Modi will receive in Washington next week. India’s prime minister has been afforded the honour of a state visit by President Joe Biden. The Americans hope to strike defence deals.
The Brazilian president faces resistance from Congress, the state oil company and agribusiness
Its real test will come when it hits Russia’s prepared defences
A deadly shipwreck in Greek waters highlights its dangers
The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, June 15, 2023: Western allies pursue security agreement with Kyiv – does it still fall short of Ukraine’s demands?
Plus: South Korea sea salt demand grows ahead of Japan’s Fukushima contaminated water release, and a special interview with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
The Guardian Weekly (June 16, 2023) – Ukraine and the Kakhovka dam burst. Plus: biting down into doughnut economics
More than a week has passed since the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine. Only as the flood waters begin to recede is the long-term scale of the disaster becoming apparent.
With suspicion (though not yet, according to western capitals, conclusive proof) falling on Moscow, Dan Sabbagh, Artem Mazhulin and Julian Borger report on a human and environmental catastrophe, and what it might mean for Ukraine’s counteroffensive plans against Russia.
And amid reports of disunity among Moscow’s ruling elite, Shaun Walker went along to a gathering of exiled influential Russians who are once again daring to dream of an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule.
The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, June 14, 2023: Donald Trump’s historic court appearance – where does it leave the former US president?
Plus: Israel joins Africa’s largest military exercise in Morocco, the business news and a special interview with Indian diplomat and politician, Shashi Tharoor.
The Globalist Podcast, Tuesday, June 13, 2023: Donald Trump is set to be arraigned in Florida today. We head to Miami for the latest.
Plus: Ukraine’s counteroffensive, NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg’s possible replacements and why are Germany and France celebrating their friendship with free train tickets?
‘Editor’s Picks’ Podcast (June 12, 2023) – A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist – Ukraine strikes back, why Apple’s new Vision Pro gadget matters (9:00) and the results of our new global cities index (13:35).
The counter-offensive is getting under way. The next few weeks will be critical
Trailed ten days early with a blood-stirring video in which Ukrainian troops asked God to bless their “sacred revenge”, Ukraine’s counter-offensive is under way. For weeks its armed forces have conducted probing and shaping operations along the 1,000km front line, looking for weaknesses and confusing the Russians.
The meaning of “spatial computing”
Apple’s message is clear: after desktop and mobile computing, the next big tech era will be spatial computing—also known as augmented reality—in which computer graphics are overlaid on the world around the user.
Our index ranks economic performance over the past three years
In order to assess which are thriving in this new era, The Economist has compiled a rough-and-ready index. It scrutinises a sample of ten locations, looking at changes in four measures—population, economic growth, office vacancies and house prices—over the past three years.
Monocle on Saturday, June 10, 2023: Updates on the weekend’s culture news and current affairs with Georgina Godwin.
Historian, broadcaster and screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann reviews the papers and Monocle’s Monica Lillis visits Poland’s award-winning pavilion at the London Design Biennale.
The counter-offensive is getting under way. The next few weeks will be critical
Trailed ten days early with a blood-stirring video in which Ukrainian troops asked God to bless their “sacred revenge”, Ukraine’s counter-offensive is under way. For weeks its armed forces have conducted probing and shaping operations along the 1,000km front line, looking for weaknesses and confusing the Russians. Now Ukraine is testing enemy defences with an intensity not seen for months, with attacks against the occupiers in a series of positions in the east and south. The apparent demolition of the Kakhovka dam on June 6th, if it was indeed Russian sabotage as Western military sources believe, would be clear evidence that they are already feeling the pressure.
The meaning of “spatial computing”
No one shows off a new gadget quite like Apple. But the device that Tim Cook unveiled on June 5th was billed as something more significant. The Vision Pro, a pair of sleek glass goggles, represents “an entirely new spatial-computing platform”, said Apple’s boss, comparing its launch to that of the Macintosh and the iPhone. Apple’s message is clear: after desktop and mobile computing, the next big tech era will be spatial computing—also known as augmented reality—in which computer graphics are overlaid on the world around the user.
Democrats should ditch it in favour of ideas that Americans actually support
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