Category Archives: Stories

News: China-Led SCO Bloc In India, Drone Strike In Moscow, Anti-Mafia Raids

The Globalist, May 4, 2023: Lynne O’Donnell reports from Goa as the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations meet. Plus: Drone strikes Kremlin and anti-mafia raids across Europe, a flick through today\’s papers and the latest theatre news. 

News: Hungary Seeks EU Funds, China ‘Exit Bans’, Trump Visits Scotland

The Globalist, May 3, 2023: The EU’s budget commissioner visits Hungary to discuss unlocking EU funds. Plus: why China is increasingly banning people from leaving the country, former US president Donald Trump’s Scotland trip and the growing issue of spaceport congestion.

News: Humanitarian Crisis In Sudan, War Strategies In Ukraine, May Day Rallies

The Globalist, May 2, 2023: Monocle Radio’s Georgina Godwin brings us today’s edition of ‘The Globalist’, with Agnes Poirier on newspapers and the latest technology news with Josh Cowls.

News: Counteroffensive In Ukraine, Sudan Crisis, Delphi Economic Forum

The Globalist, May 1, 2023: The importance of an upcoming counteroffensive in Ukraine and updates on Sudan, Comoros and Nigeria. Plus: Andrew Mueller’s insights from the Delphi Economic Forum, Balkans news with Guy De Launey and a look ahead to the Met Gala.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday, April 29, 2023: The weekend’s biggest discussion topics with Georgina Godwin. Robin Lustig reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and Monocle’s Washington correspondent, Christopher Cermak, brings us stories from the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago. Plus: a look ahead at this year’s Hay Festival.

News: China Attends India Security Summit, Sudan Cease-Fire Holds, Ukraine

The Globalist, April 28, 2023: China’s defence minister, Li Shangfu, attends a security summit in India. Also, the latest on the situation in Sudan with Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Ukraine’s looming counteroffensive and Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, visits London.

Plus: Jessie Ware comes to Midori House to talk about her latest album.

News: China Ups Nuclear Arsenal, Belarus Military, Serbia & Kosovo Tensions

The Globalist, April 27, 2023: China pushes ahead with the largest-ever expansion of its nuclear arsenal, while Asean nations discuss a nuclear-free zone. Men in Belarus are summoned for military training and tensions are rising between Serbia and Kosovo.

Plus: the business news with journalist Chris Johnston and a look ahead to our Design Issue, with Monocle’s Nic Monisse.

News: South Korea’s Yoon Visits U.S., Tunisia Tensions, Central America Violence

The Globalist, April 26, 2023: South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk-yeol, visits the US, the deteriorating political and economic situation in Tunisia, and a conversation with the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council about violence in Central America.

Plus: Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief, Fiona Wilson, on animation and Japanese soft power.

News: Russia’s Foreign Policy, China Backtracks, North Sea Energy Meeting

The Globalist, April 25, 2023: An update on the war in Ukraine as Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, visits New York. Also, leaders from the largest-ever coalition around energy in the North Sea meet in Belgium.

Plus, Spanish authorities exhume the remains of a fascist leader.the papers with Charles Hecker and a culture round-up with Amah-Rose Abrams.