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Pride of place
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Design awards 2021, part 1
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The Globalist - Thursday 8 April
8 April 2021
We get the latest on the violent crackdown in Myanmar after the junta publishes a most-wanted list. Plus: we look to the future of financing for major airlines and dissect Libya’s progress, as the Greek and Italian leaders…
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The Globalist - Monday 29 March
29 March 2021
After a seven-year hiatus, we ask why France is reopening its embassy in Tripoli and what this means for Libya’s political future. Plus: an interview with UN secretary-general António Guterres; why Helsinki is on the brink…
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Power to the people
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The Globalist - Tuesday 21 May
21 May 2019
We ask if Emmanuel Macron has set himself up for failure in the European elections and get the latest from Tripoli as violence continues in the Libyan capital. Plus: we check in at Ebace to see how the world of aviation…
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The Monocle Daily - Monday 6 May
6 May 2019
We examine the battle for Tripoli after Libya’s Haftar orders troops to “fight harder” as Ramadan begins. Plus: Trump’s taunting trade tweets and a new strategy from CBS to put women at the centre of its news programming…
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The Foreign Desk - Libya: as simple as east vs west?
20 April 2019
Renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar has been advancing towards Tripoli for some weeks now. It’s not clear what his aims are but most observers agree that further conflict is the last thing the country needs. So what is…
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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 160: Libya: a new civil war?
10 April 2019
As the so-called Libyan National Army, led by rebel general Khalifa Haftar, advances on Tripoli, Andrew Mueller asks what, if anything, Haftar is after and if this could lead to yet more violence in the troubled country.
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The Globalist - Monday 8 April
8 April 2019
We get an update on the ongoing fighting in Tripoli and look ahead to tomorrow’s elections in Israel. Plus: we look through today’s newspapers, go through the business headlines and discuss Turkey’s new airport.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 135: Niemeyer in Tripoli
3 December 2018
Oscar Niemeyer designed the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli in the 1960s. But before work was complete the country descended into civil war and now the magnificent site is slowly crumbling.
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Monocle on Design - Extra: Middle Eastern masonry
13 September 2018
Architects, stonemasons and engineers in the Middle East have used ablaq for hundreds of years. Examples are found across Spain, the Middle East and North Africa, showing how architectural techniques pre-date the borders…