A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, from United Kingdom to Untied Kingdom, corporations and democracy in America (09:00) and Myanmar: Asia’s next failed state (17:10).
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Global News: A Worker’s World, Amazon Effect On Sports, Japanese Poetry
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, riding high in a workers’ world, the Amazon effect on live sport (9:45) and even transience is mutating (17:35).
Morning News Podcast: U.N. Coronavirus Report, China-Iran Agreement
We discuss the UN’s report into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and hear about a new comprehensive agreement signed between Beijing and Tehran.
Plus: we head to Iceland as the countdown to Eurovision begins.
World News: Science After Covid, Rwanda & VW Chases Tesla (Podcast)
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: science after the pandemic, Rwanda: paragon or prison? (9:10) And Herbie goes electric (33:55)
Saturday Morning: News From London (March 27)
Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend with our editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s weekend column, fresh newspapers and a look at what we learned this week.
World News: How To Deal With China, Mexican Border, Global Happiness
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to deal with China, Biden’s border bind (12:01) and how the pandemic has changed the shape of global happiness (27:34). Zanny Minton Beddoes hosts.
Sunday Morning Podcast: Latest Headlines From Zurich, London & Tokyo
The weekend’s top news with Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck, Benno Zogg and Thomas Kramer. We also hear from Fiona Wilson in Tokyo and take a look at what’s on the pages of ‘Zeit’ magazine this week with editorial director Christoph Amend.
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From Zurich And London (March 14)
Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck and Emma Nelson round up the right (and wrong) answers from last week’s Sunday morning quiz.
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From Zurich, London & Tokyo (Feb 28)
The weekend’s biggest discussion topics dissected by Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé, Rob Cox, Christof Münger and Nina Müller, with insights from our editors in the UK and Japan.
Plus: what’s on the pages of ‘The South China Morning Post’ this weekend?
Covid-19 Infographic: The Top Vaccines Most Widely Used Around The World
Eight different Covid-19 vaccines are currently being used around the world and just over 172 million people have received their first dose, 2.2 for every 100 people. All of the vaccines being used require two shots but that is set to change with Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ+0.3%JNJ+0.3% one-shot vaccine expected to gain regulatory approval for use in the United States within weeks. As it stands, the first Covid-19 vaccine to be authorized for use in the U.S. is also the most widely used shot globally, according to information from website Our World in Data reported by The New York Times.
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