Episodes
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Hurricane Laura Makes Landfall, WTO Director-General Resigns, and More
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Louisianans and Texans cope with Hurricane Laura as they mark fifteen years since Hurricane Katrina, the World Trade Organization’s director-general, Roberto Azevedo, departs amid uncertainty over the body’s future, and athlete boycotts spur a new reckoning over U.S. police brutality.
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Republicans’ Virtual National Convention, Mali’s Coup D’état, and More
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
The U.S. Republican Nominating Convention kicks off, a coup in Mali shakes West Africa, and postelection protests persist in Belarus.
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Pompeo’s European Tour, Democrats’ Virtual National Convention, and More
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wraps up his trip to Central Europe with a visit to Poland, the Democratic National Convention is set to take place virtually, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is due to give its verdict on the killing of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Belarus’s Presidential Election, Anti-Kremlin Protests Persist, and More
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Belarusians go to the polls, discontent simmers in eastern Russia, and Japan remembers the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki amid discussions of the country’s long-term national security strategy.