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Monocle Minute

Foreigners welcome

10 September 2015

With Iran on track to put its oil on the market and prices per barrel continuing to tumble, Saudi Arabia is pulling out the stops to revive its slowing economy. The kingdom will now allow 100 per cent foreign ownership in…

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Diplomacy

16 August 2012

An interview with the Swedish Navy defence attache in Washington, Qatar's position on Syria, and China and Japan put the spooks on each other on joint exercises.

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Americas

21 October 2010

Monocle speaks to Haitian presidential candidate Leslie Voltaire and gets news from the Andes. Plus Sasha Issenberg's View from Washington.

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Oceania

17 February 2014

Atiu island gets an airport overhaul, gay Aussie couples get state-funded relationship counselling and we interview the MP who represents Australian Italians.

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The Late Edition - Thursday 22 September

22 September 2016

We discuss the state of emergency in Charlotte, North Carolina, Syria’s civil war and Washington’s relationship with Riyadh. Plus: MI6 is about to recruit a lot more spies.

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Americas

1 May 2009

Why Americas need new gum control laws and the drugs cartels looking for new homes. Plus, our Washington column looks at how branding is selling the recovery package.

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The Globalist - Monday 23 April

23 April 2018

We assess Emmanuel Macron’s relationship with Donald Trump ahead of a state visit to Washington and get the latest on Italy’s failing attempts to create a government, as the battleground moves to a tiny state in the south…

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Havana reunion

23 August 2016

While some Cubans are looking to flee their homes under the Cuban Adjustment Act (which affords Cubans legal residency in the US) as relations between Havana and Washington are being re-established, others are lining up for…

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In it to win it

17 March 2016

How do you make sense of a hugely publicised and entirely unpredictable event? Monocle meets five discerning media figures, from Washington to Des Moines, who are busy covering the roller coaster otherwise known as the US…

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Expo 37: Kings of the Hill

16 September 2010

Wannabe nations, industrial behemoths and global media brands all know the value of having their man, or woman, in Washington. It may lack the old cold war intrigues but It's still where the fate of the world can be decided…

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In a pickle

28 October 2015

It sounds like a jar of vegetables preserved in vinegar. In fact it is a cross between tennis, ping-pong and badminton and has been described as one of the US’s fastest-growing sports. Pickleball was founded in 1965 by…

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Camera control

11 January 2017

China’s key state broadcaster, Central China Television (CCTV), has rebranded its international edition as the China Global Television Network (CGTN), with channels in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic, and…

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The vision thing

16 November 2017

From a state-of-the-art concert hall to an international court and the murkiest waters of diplomacy, we meet the leaders who trust their instincts in tricky times.

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The Monocle Daily - Monday 18 December

18 December 2017

As a high-speed train derails in Washington state, we assess what went wrong. Plus: Chile has a new president, a power cut sends the world’s busiest airport into a meltdown and tragedy hits the K-pop community.

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The Monocle Daily - The Monocle Daily, Tuesday 20 January

20 January 2015

Our Washington correspondent previews Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Plus we discuss reactions to the film 'American Sniper' and ask: can criticism and patriotism coexist?

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The Briefing - Thursday 13 July

13 July 2017

We discuss Brazil's coverage of the criminal conviction of the country's former president. We also examine why a boycott of Qatar by Arab states is continuing despite a deal between Washington and Doha, and profile India's…