The Economist ‘Editor’s Picks’ Podcast (April 24, 2023) – This week, how to worry wisely about artificial intelligence, why in Sudan and beyond, the trend towards global peace has been reversed (13:00) and if English nationalism is on the rise, no one has told the English (19:30).
Category Archives: Politics
News: Civil War In Sudan, Belarus Nuclear Rhetoric, Croatia ‘Be Manly’ Group
The Globalist, April 24, 2023: The latest on Sudan as fears grow that the country is on the brink of a full-scale civil war. Plus: why Belarus is parroting Russia’s nuclear rhetoric, Croatia’s “Be Manly” movement and the Malmö-Copenhagen metro route.
Sunday Morning: Stories From Zürich And London
April 23, 2023: Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, discusses the weekend’s biggest talking points with Juliet Linley, Florian Egli and Chandra Kurt. We also speak to Monocle’s Nic Monisse about Salone del Mobile.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle on Saturday, April 22, 2023: The weekend’s biggest discussion topics with Georgina Godwin. Plus: Alice Sherwood reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and we discuss Vincent Doumeizel’s new book, ‘The Seaweed Revolution’.
Preview: New York Times Magazine – April 23, 2023
The New York Times Magazine – April 23, 2023:
They Saw the Horrific Aftermath of a Mass Shooting. Should We?
The crime-scene investigators are the ones who document, and remember, the unimaginable. This is what they saw at Sandy Hook.
How Much Power Should the Courts Have?
In Israel, the United States and other democracies, bitter battles are being waged over the same question.
What Was Twitter, Anyway?
Whether the platform is dying or not, it’s time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains.
News: New EU Sanctions On Russia, North Korea ‘Bio Weapons’, Air Serbia
The Globalist, April 21, 2023: The European Commission prepares new sanctions against Russia, with special requests from Moldova. Plus: a new report on North Korea’s biological weapons programme, Air Serbia introduces 20 new routes and a check-in from the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.
Previews: The Economist Magazine – April 22, 2023
Large, creative AI models will transform lives and labour markets
They bring enormous promise and peril. But how do they work?
Is the worst now over for America’s banks?
In order to assess the damage, we look at three financial institutions
In Sudan and beyond, the trend towards global peace has been reversed
Conflicts are growing longer. Blame complexity, criminality and climate change
News: Sudan Cease-Fires Failing, Brazil’s Lula ‘Pro-Russia’ Stance Angers West
The Globalist, April 20, 2023: The latest in Sudan, where thousands are fleeing intense fighting in Khartoum, Europe frets about the Brazilian president’s stance on Russia, and why trust in religion is floundering in Japan.
Plus: Ukraine’s finance minister on the country’s path to recovery, and the latest film news.
Special Report: ‘The Car Industry – A Difficult New World’ (The Economist)
Everything about carmaking is changing at once
The car industry
The industry must reinvent itself to keep pace, says Simon Wright
Electrification
The future lies with electric vehicles
The car industry is electrifying rapidly and irrevocably
- It is getting easier for new entrants to make cars
- China is leading the challenge to incumbent carmakers
- Software is now as important as hardware in cars
- Autonomous vehicles are coming, but relatively slowly
- How geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global car industry
- The future should bring more choice and better cars
News: China’s ‘Anaconda Strategy’ In Taiwan, Fox Settles Defamation Case
The Globalist, April 19, 2023: The strategies behind China’s attempts to control Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, the Norwegian environmental NGO branded as “undesirable” by Moscow and the halting of Absolut Vodka exports to Russia.
Plus: we give you the latest from Milan’s Salone del Mobile and palaeontologist Stephen Brusatte joins us after Europe’s first T-rex sale.
