2024-05-25
43 分钟Georgina Godwin is joined by Daniella Peled, managing editor at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, for a look back at the week’s news and culture. Plus: author Rupert Thompson joins to discuss his new book ‘How to Make a Bomb: A Novel’ and Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, visits the independent publishing imprint Cozy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This edition of Monocle on Saturday was first broadcast on the 25th of May, 2024.
Hello, I'm Georgina Godwin, broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
This is Monocle on Saturday.
Coming up on Today' program, we'll have a look through the week's news and culture with Daniela Peled, who's managing editor at the Institute for War and Peace reporting.
Author Rupert Thompson also joins us to delve into his new book, how to Make a Bomb.
And finally, we don't just look at the numbers.
We want to make beautiful design products and this is passion for us.
So I think, like in all kind of business, it's really good that there are still small companies and I hope that small companies still keep fighting back with the big ones.
Monacle's Helsinki correspondent Petri Birzoff visits Cozy, one of the city's most popular independent publishers.
All that right here on Monocle on Saturday.
First, though, here's the news.
On Friday, judges at the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide.
While the United nations top court has no means to enforce its orders, the case is a stark sign of Israel's global isolation over its campaign in Gaza, particularly since it began its offensive on Rafah this month against the pleas of its closest ally, the United States.
Hundreds are feared dead in a landslide that hit the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea.
Local media reported Today more than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by the landslide that levelled a remote vill in northern PNG, about 600 kilometres northwest of the capital, Port Moresby, around 3am on Friday.
That's local time.
Four bodies have been recovered so far, but the landslide has blocked highway access, making helicopters the only way to reach the area.
And a new study has found that crows can count out loud and they may even have the same numeracy skills as human toddlers.
Researchers found that carrion crows can produce a specific number of cores in response to visual or auditory stimuli, enabling them to count out loud between one and four.
And that's your Monocle Radio news.