French Environment Minister Quits In Live Interview: ‘World Is Not Doing Enough’
“I don’t want to give the illusion that my presence in government means we’re answering these issues properly,” Nicolas Hulot said, criticizing President Emmanuel Macron’s environmental policies.
For $450, This Japanese Company Will Quit Your Job For You
Workers in Japan who want to leave their jobs – but don’t want to face the stress of quitting in person – are turning to a company called Exit.
Argentina tries breaking corrupt habits
Since 2015, when Argentina elected a new reform-minded president, it has made a swift and upward advance in the Corruption Perceptions Index, a world ranking compiled by the group Transparency International. The respected La Nacion newspaper published…
Sara Miller Llana finds a new vantage point to view shifts in global thinking
Sara Miller Llana was recently made the Monitor’s Canada bureau chief after covering Europe from Paris for five years and reporting on Latin America from Mexico City for seven years. Sara is a perfect choice for exploring the collision between the tra…
After 25 Years It Was Time To Rebalance NAFTA, Navarro Says
Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Navarro, White House trade policy adviser, about a tentative pact the Trump administration forged with Mexico to update NAFTA. Scott Horsley weighs in on the conversation.
Morning News Brief
The U.S. and Mexico reach an understanding to renegotiate NAFTA. There are primary elections in Arizona and Florida. And, a federal school safety commission holds its final public listening session.
Canadians Say Trade Fight Has Changed Their View Of The U.S.
After reaching a handshake agreement with Mexico to redo NAFTA, President Trump immediately sought to exert pressure on Canada to make concessions in any revised trade deal.
More Afghans Are Calling For Peace, Gen. John Nicholson Says
The war in Afghanistan is America’s longest. Rachel Martin talks to Gen. John Nicholson about his outlook for Afghanistan. Until Sept. 2, he is the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in the country.
Anti-Immigrant Protest Turns Violent In Eastern German City Of Chemnitz
The incident, with right-wing protesters, some thrusting Nazi salutes, as well as leftist counterprotesters, was triggered by the arrest of a Syrian and Iraqi man in connection with a fatal stabbing.
U.N. Human Rights Investigators Say Top Generals In Myanmar Should Be Tried For Genocide
A United Nations-mandated Fact-Finding Mission issued a scathing report documenting Myanmar security forces’ violence against the country’s ethnic Rohingya Muslim population last year.
Who made you an expert? Is America’s distrust of ‘elites’ becoming more toxic?
It often stands hand-in-hand with a reciprocal tradition of heroism for the self-made man who, armed with instinct, self-reliance, and force of will, forgoes the Ivy towers and makes a fortune through a more native creativity, unrestrained and unadulte…
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