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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 286: A curveball for Cuba
6 October 2021
At least nine Cuban baseball players have defected during a tournament in Mexico. Andrew Mueller reflects on history’s most notable examples.
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The Globalist - Thursday 19 January
19 January 2023
Jacinda Ardern makes a surprise resignation announcement. Plus: Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky’s public statements about the war in Ukraine, the latest culture news and the Tokyo baseball stadium that’s under threat…
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The Globalist, episode 116
9 April 2012
A look at freedom of speech in Burma, we check in with Kathmandu and Stockholm. Plus, we find out how much baseball teams actually cost.
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The Monocle Daily - Tuesday 18 April
18 April 2017
We look at what’s ahead for the UK’s general election, discuss the links between baseball and patriotism in the US, get an update on France’s ongoing election race and learn why Jon Ossoff is making headlines.
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The Late Edition - Thursday 20 December
20 December 2018
Vladimir Putin’s marathon press conference, ‘Der Spiegel’ exposes its own journalist and the latest on the diplomatic spat between China and Canada. Plus: Cuban baseball players can now head over to the US without defecting…
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The Monocle Daily - Monday 4 October
4 October 2021
Alex von Tunzelmann and Lewis Lukens discuss the Pandora Papers document leak, the UK’s new travel rules and the defection by nine players of a Cuban baseball team. Plus: can boycotting Amazon help high-street bookshops?
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The Monocle Daily - Thursday 20 December
20 December 2018
We discuss the outcome of the clash between Italy and the EU over the Italian economy. Plus: we learn why the US might be seeing more baseball stars originating from Cuba and what the talking points were from Vladimir…
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The Entrepreneurs - Varsity Headwear and Batch LDN
25 May 2022
Hats off to two innovative businesses chasing perfection from head to toe. Varsity Headwear has changed the game in baseball caps, ensuring that every individual can find their perfect fit, feel and fabric. Batch LDN is…
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The Foreign Desk - El Salvador bets on Bitcoin; what could go wrong?
27 November 2021
Wearing a backwards baseball cap, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele unveiled plans to build “Bitcoin City” at the base of a volcano and adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender. While supporters have hailed the president’s…