The Globalist

As Hong Kong slips into recession, how bad is the economic outlook? Plus: how coverage of Lebanon’s protests is being censored and China’s stern warning to Sweden over an award for Chinese-born author Gui Minhai.

As violence in the Gaza strip leaves its future in the balance, we ask what Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu might stand to gain. Plus, winds of change for the US-South Korea military alliance as defence chiefs meet in Seoul, the latest Notre Dame rebuild row and why Nike decided to leave the world’s biggest online retailer.

A closer look at the Brics alliance as leaders of five emerging economies meet in Brazil. Plus: Sri Lanka’s elections, press freedom in Turkey after the re-arrest of Ahmet Altan and Joel Stein’s ‘In Defense of Elitism’.

We look ahead to today’s meeting of Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington and examine the changing nature of protest in Hong Kong as the city comes to a standstill. Plus: Why is it so difficult to count the population in Berlin?

As catastrophic wildfires continue to burn in Australia we ask why the country’s politicians are so reluctant to concede the impact of climate change. Plus: What now for Bolivia as ousted president Evo Morales gets asylum in Mexico and a diplomatic row between Austria and Russia over spying claims.

We as whether the results of Spain’s election will help a divided country move forward? Plus: another weekend of protests in Hong Kong, the Democrats seeking to take on Trump in 2020, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

As Catalonia’s separatist movement grows increasingly fractious, what should we expect from Spain’s election? Plus: Trump and Johnson’s relationship, Muji’s European flagship and Italy takes the environment to school.

We look into the leading themes in the UK general election as campaigning begins. Plus: Emmanuel Macron tightens immigration laws in France and Apple spends more than €1.8bn on building homes in California.

We discuss the newly agreed deal to end factional infighting in Yemen. Plus: Iran’s relationship with its nuclear-deal partners, the Web Summit in Lisbon and why North Macedonia and the EU aren’t seeing eye to eye.

What Aramco’s IPO means for global energy and climate change. Plus: Jean-Claude Juncker’s damning comments on Boris Johnson and his Brexit campaign, and the legacy of flamboyant TV astrologer Walter Mercado.