The Globalist

We look ahead to Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial in Myanmar, as the jailed opposition leader is slapped with further corruption charges. Plus: we look at how the papers are covering the G7 summit and unpack the latest finance news.

Joe Biden touches down on British soil to meet Boris Johnson. Plus: Venice Biennale and is Netanyahu’s decision to give the go-ahead to a far-right march through Jerusalem an attempt to undermine his successors?

We hear the latest on discussions between the EU and UK over Northern Ireland and discuss how better to approach vaccine equity. Plus: the headlines in retail and luxury.

We discuss Mexico’s election after AMLO’s majority shrinks and Peru’s too-close-to-call presidential poll. Plus: ahead of the G7 we ask what type of relationship Joe Biden hopes to forge with Boris Johnson and hear why some are trying to create a scandal out of Sanna Marin’s breakfast expenses.

We discuss growing calls for the release of patient data from China, which might provide vital evidence about the origins of coronavirus. Plus: the latest on Ethiopia’s regional crisis, the potential return of supersonic flight and Monocle’s Alexis Self on premature obituaries.

As G7 finance ministers meet in London, we ask what will be on their agenda. Plus: the UK orders modified vaccines to combat new coronavirus variants and 32 years on from the Tiananmen Square protests, is the Chinese government finally willing to confront their legacy?

Could this finally be the end for Benjamin Netanyahu’s premiership? Plus: Mali is suspended from the African Union and the UK government bails out Transport for London on the condition that it puts forward proposals for driverless trains. And, our summer film picks.

We discuss a move by Belarus to restrict its citizens from travelling outside the country and hear about Turkey’s ongoing roundup of Erdogan opponents that has extended to Kenya. Plus: do top athletes have a responsibility to speak to the media?

A regional briefing with Monocle’s Hong Kong bureau chief James Chambers and the second part of our interview with Anthony Fauci. Plus: a flick through the morning papers.

After Vladimir Putin met Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko in Sochi, we analyse how this fits into Russia’s foreign policy agenda. Plus: Peru’s tense election run-off, Anthony Fauci and the headlines in the Balkans.

As Boris Johnson welcomes Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban to Downing Street, we ask what’s on the agenda. Plus: French president Emmanuel Macron looks to redefine France’s role in Africa, why vaccinating children is a political sticking point and the world’s most visited museum gets a new director.

Syrians head to the polls for the second time since the country’s civil war began. Plus: our Tokyo bureau chief on the much-beleaguered Olympic games, the fallout from Dominic Cummings’ explosive evidence to UK MPs and why German voters hate plagiarism.

As US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in Israel, back home 500 Democratic Party staffers write an open letter to president Biden urging him to be more forceful with the country. Then, we speak to Lynne O’Donnell in Kabul, where Australia is set to close its embassy. Plus: could the G7 be about to impose a global minimum corporate tax rate?

We investigate the implications of Roman Protasevich’s dramatic arrest for both geopolitics and aviation. Plus: what we learned from Aung San Suu Kyi’s first public appearance since February’s coup. Then, three years on from GDPR, we ask whether it’s actually made the internet a safer place, and we offer a tribute to legendary Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha.

We hear the latest on the Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, explain how peace processes are negotiated. Plus: the Iran nuclear deal, Germany and China, and the world’s first robotic artist.