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The Globalist - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to form tri-state confederation
21 February 2024
G20 foreign ministers gather in Rio de Janeiro as a diplomatic spat engulfs Brazil and Israel. Then: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger juntas confirm their commitment to form a new tri-state confederation, the Philippines con…
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The Curator - What We Learned: Friday 26 April
26 April 2024
On this week’s whimsical news monologue, Andrew Mueller covers the temperature in the courtroom holding Donald Trump’s trial, Mississippi observing Confederate History Month and the results of this year’s European gull…
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The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24
29 November 2020
We speak to Simonetta Sommaruga, president of the Swiss Confederation. Plus: we discuss Joe Biden’s cabinet, Peruvian politics and meet the winner of this year’s Booker prize, Douglas Stuart.
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The Briefing - Friday 27 November
27 November 2020
Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé, Chris Cermak and Benno Zogg explore an EU row about whether ski resorts should open. Plus: an interview with the president of the Swiss Confederation, the top stories from Uruguay, and Fernando Aug…
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The Monocle Daily - Thursday 31 August
31 August 2017
As the third round of Brexit negotiations wraps up, we assess what progress has been made. Meanwhile, the US orders Russia to close one of its consulates and we ask if Civil War reenactments will follow the same fate as…
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The Globalist - Monday 28 August
28 August 2017
With just under a month until Germany votes we look at how the nation’s election campaigns are shaping up. Plus: South Korea’s Samsung heir appeals his conviction, we visit independent magazine conference Indicon, and our…
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The Monocle Daily - Monday 22 June
22 June 2015
We discuss gun control and the Confederate flag in the US as the country reacts to the killing of nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church. Plus we look into the reasons why America says it will contribute equip…
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The Foreign Desk - Has the Confederacy finally surrendered?
4 July 2020
More than 150 years after the US Civil War ended, Mississippi has decided to haul down the state flag that bore the Confederate battle standard. But are we witnessing more than just cosmetic alterations? Is the South really…
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The Foreign Desk - Democracies and the monuments of their past
26 August 2017
During our summer series we’ve looked at art, architecture and personality cults of autocracies. But what happens when dictatorships end? In our final episode we turn to democracies and ask how countries deal with the…
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The Chiefs - Simonetta Sommaruga
24 November 2020
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editor-in-chief, Tyler Brûlé, sits down with Simonetta Sommaruga, president of the Swiss Confederation, in her office in Bern. They discuss the country’s practical approach…