The Briefing
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What’s next for Peru as it inaugrates its 10th president in a decade
Jul 30, 202641 min
What Japan can teach the world about disaster preparedness?
Jul 29, 202635 min
South Korea battles its ageing population with a foreign workforce
Jul 28, 202633 min
The UK-Ukraine special relationship
Jul 27, 202634 min
Trump’s ‘Department of Revenge’ and the latest fashion news
Jul 24, 202635 min
Why has Donald Trump signed a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia?
Jul 23, 202630 min
Ukraine’s president attempts to de-escalate tensions at home
Jul 22, 202631 min
Farnborough Air Show highlights defence; China patrols the South China Sea
Jul 21, 202628 min
Lebanon's president visits the White House for landmark discussions
Jul 20, 202636 min
World Cup final: The mood in Argentina and Spain, plus half-time show preview
Jul 17, 202633 min
Why is the world viewing China more positively than the US?
Jul 16, 202637 min
Western Europe’s last frontier fence falls as Gibraltar joins the border-free Schengen community
Jul 15, 202628 min
Macron uses his last Bastille Day to unite Europe in show of military strength
Jul 14, 202632 min
Is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed? US and Iran exchange tit-for-tat strikes
Jul 13, 202632 min
Coming out of the cold? Myanmar tries to re-engage with the Asean bloc
Jul 10, 202625 min
Will an establishment-versus-outsiders rift sink the Democrats’ mid-term hopes?
Jul 9, 202635 min
Damascus rocked by explosions during Macron’s visit to Syria: what comes next?
Jul 8, 202631 min
Trouble on the right: Meloni faces Trump at Nato summit while Le Pen awaits her fate
Jul 7, 202629 min
Iran mourns Ali Khamenei amid questions over his son’s whereabouts
Jul 6, 202633 min
Press freedoms in the spotlight on the 250th anniversary of US independence
Jul 3, 202634 min
Kyiv suffers one of the worst nights of the war as Russia strikes back
Jul 2, 202633 min
Wins and losses for Donald Trump at the end of the US Supreme Court’s term
Jul 1, 202631 min
Germany looks to the Global South for a new international order
Jun 30, 202633 min
Protests in Gaza erupt over living conditions in the besieged strip
Jun 29, 202632 min
Quality of Life special: From Tokyo to Oslo
Jun 26, 202635 min
Donald Trump and the US Senate battle over Iran ahead of midterm elections
Jun 25, 202634 min
Will Russia’s fuel crisis bring peace to Ukraine?
Jun 24, 202628 min
Would Britain be better off closer to Europe?
Jun 23, 202634 min
Keir Starmer resigns as UK prime minister
Jun 22, 202635 min
Colombia’s polarising run-off election and the view from the south
Jun 19, 202630 min
Tell it to me Strait: Will the Iran deal repair the global economy?
Jun 18, 202631 min
G7 summit talks critical minerals and Art Basel kicks off in Switzerland
Jun 17, 202630 min
Is Trump ready to turn a corner on the war in Ukraine? Plus: Pitti Uomo
Jun 16, 202629 min
Iran and the US reach a peace deal, with the Strait of Hormuz set to reopen
Jun 15, 202633 min
Albania’s flamingo protests take off as anger builds over Jared Kushner’s planned resort development
Jun 12, 202633 min
2026 Fifa World Cup opens amid fanfare and controversy
Jun 11, 202636 min
What’s behind the resurgence in inter-state conflict?
Jun 10, 202633 min
Who’s calling the shots?: Trump and Netanyahu both look to sway the war in Iran
Jun 9, 202625 min
Israeli and Iranian retaliatory strikes as Trump administration looks on
Jun 8, 202628 min
Culture wraps, Konfekt’s new travel special and the Mount Street Neighbourhood Summer Festival
Jun 5, 202630 min
Why did Germany fail to secure a seat on the UN Security Council?
Jun 4, 202631 min
Serpentine Pavilion by Lanza Atelier opens in London
Jun 3, 202630 min
What’s next in Colombia’s presidential runoff between the left and the far right
Jun 2, 202645 min
Why Poland’s leaders continue to jockey for power
Jun 1, 202628 min
Ukraine’s boosted confidence on display at the Odesa Black Sea Security Forum
May 29, 202629 min
Bolstering UAE defence and Monocle’s coffee special
May 28, 202629 min
Israel’s offensive against Lebanon intensifies
May 27, 202632 min
Iran warns that the US will no longer have a safe haven in the region
May 26, 202619 min
Pope Leo has views on AI: will Silicon Valley listen?
May 25, 202630 min
Hungary’s constitutional reform and prime minister Péter Magyar’s first weeks
May 22, 202634 min