The Globalist, April 10, 2023: Russia employing ‘scorched earth’ tactics in Eastern Ukraine, President Biden travel to Ireland and Northern Ireland, and other top news.
Tag Archives: Politics
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle on Saturday, April 8, 2023: Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Simon Brooke reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and we visit a hub for Japanese culture in Washington.
News: Ukraine’s Focus On Crimea, France & EU Lobby China, Israel Strikes Gaza
The Globalist, April 7, 2023: Ukraine clarifies its stance on Crimea. Plus: an eventful week in Chinese foreign policy, depictions of mafia in the media and the latest theatre news.
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – April 17, 2023

The New Yorker – April 17, 2023 issue: Truth is stranger than fiction: for the first time in its long history, The New Yorker is publishing a courtroom sketch on the cover.
America’s First Indicted Ex-President Is Very Sorry—for Himself

Notes on Donald Trump’s day in court.
By the time Donald Trump marched out from behind a phalanx of American flags and emerged into the gilded Mar-a-Lago ballroom to speak to cheering supporters on Tuesday night, America’s first indicted ex-President hardly seemed chastened by his historic day as a defendant in a Manhattan courtroom.
Alvin Bragg, Donald Trump, and the Pursuit of Low-Level Crimes

Following the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation, the former President was arraigned on felony charges stemming from hush-money payments.
News: Turkey-Russia Ties, Australia Politics, Japan Expands Overseas Defense
The Globalist, April 6, 2023: As Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, visits Turkey, we assess the current state of relations between the two countries? Plus: Australia’s Liberal Party opposes having an Indigenous voice in parliament, the latest tech news and unusual anti-bullying policies in Japan and South Korea.
News: Tsai Ing-wen Tours America, China’s Threats, Trump Under Arrest In NY

The Globalist, April 5, 2023: Tsai Ing-wen tours the Americas and China threatens retaliation. Plus: Donald Trump hands himself in and Moncole’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, discusses L’Oréal’s biggest acquisition.
News: Finland Joins NATO, Trump Faces Charges In Court, Macron Meets Xi
The Globalist, April 4, 2023: Finland officially joins NATO. Plus Donald Trump is set to face criminal charges in court, Emmanuel Macron arrives in China to meet Xi Jingping and the latest news from the Balkans.
Opinion: China-US Danger Zone, Big Tech AI Race, Rice Fuels Diabetes Epidemic
April 3, 2023: A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the China-US contest is entering a new and more dangerous phase, how the tech giants are going all in on artificial intelligence (10:26) and why rice is fuelling climate change and diabetes (25:03).
Why the China-US contest is entering a new and more dangerous phase

Chinese officials rage at what they see as American bullying
Big tech and the pursuit of AI dominance

The tech giants are going all in on artificial intelligence. Each is doing it its own way
The global rice crisis
Rice feeds more than half the world—but also fuels diabetes and climate change
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – April 10, 2023

The New Yorker – April 10, 2023 issue:
The Christian Liberal-Arts School at the Heart of the Culture Wars

Conservatives like Ron DeSantis see Hillsdale College as a model for education nationwide.
By Emma Green
Conservative movements to reform education are often defined by what they’re against. At a recent public briefing, the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, decried the imposition of critical race theory and mandatory diversity-and-inclusion training at the state’s schools.
The Trump Show Moves to a Courtroom

The former President’s campaigns against officials investigating him have supplied Joe Biden with a favored theme: the need to fortify democratic institutions.
News: Russian Offensive Fails, Trump Indictment, Taiwan-Guatemala Ties
The Globalist, April 3, 2023: The latest from Ukraine, Donald Trump’s indictment and impending court appearance, and Antony Blinken touches down in Europe. Plus: Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen’s tour of Belize and Guatemala, fashion news and Parisians vote on e-scooters.