Our monthly global review podcast looks at the state of the chaos around the world during the preceding month. Our April Global Review podcast looks at the growing geopolitical conflicts in the shadow of a world system that broke new records for military spending in the last year. We go to the economy and growing banking crisis. The global financial crisis we said was coming in the January episode is no longer a future event. It is here and unfolding before us. The global food crisis is worsening, and a new migrant crisis is about to start raising alarms. This and much more are covered in our April Global Review podcast that surveys the chaos unfolding around the world in the last month.
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Links to stories featured in this month’s global review podcast are listed below.
Geopolitics
- Teixeira’s Case Is Unusual Even in the Small World of Leak Cases
- Tensions Subside in Lebanon but Rise Again in West Bank and Gaza Strip
- China Vows Forceful Measures After US Taiwan Visit
- China Holds Military Drills Around Taiwan In Stern Warning
- US Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait Following China War Games
- Myanmar Military Air Strike
- Sudan on the Brink
- Russia to Put Nukes in Belarus
- Deadliest Russian Attack in Months On Ukrainian Cities
- More Than 30 Civilians Killed by Islamic Extremists in Congo
- Abductions in Western Cameroon
- Gunmen Kill At Least 50 In Village Attacks in Nigeria
- World Military Expenditures Reach a New Record High
Economy
- The Global Debt Problem Is Getting Even Bigger
- Risk of Hunger, Poverty Higher Due to Slow Economic Growth Says IMF
- Fed Slams Its Own Oversight of Silicon Valley Bank in Post-Mortem
- Depositors Pull Nearly $60 Billion from Three US Banks
- First Republic’s Shares Slide As Its Fate Remains Uncertain
- Inflation Crisis Pulls European Countries Into A Food Fight
- Food Prices Are Rising In Light of War and Climate Change
- Persistent Food Inflation Proving to be America’s Biggest Worry
- Russia Warns Moscow Will Scrap Grain Deal If G7 Bans Exports
- Oil Prices Notch Biggest Gain In Nearly A Year After OPEC’s Surprise Output Cut
- Crash Worse Than 2008 Predicted for Commercial Real Estate
- Unprecedented Job Cuts, US Sees 396% Increase in Layoffs, Tech Industry Hit Hardest
- Tyson Foods Layoffs
- 50,000 US Stores Could Close by 2027Â
Climate Change
- Climate Models Warn of Possible ‘Super El Nino’
- State of the Global Climate 2022
- A Global Transition to Flash Droughts
- Water Ban in Drought Stricken Tunisia Adds to Growing Crisis
- Accelerated Sea Level Rise
- Sandstorms Bring Misery from China to South Korea
- Catastrophic Drought Looms Over Namibia
 Social Unrest
- Japanese Prime Minister Evacuated After Smoke Bomb Thrown
- Tens of Thousands Rally Against Israeli Judicial Reform Plan
- Jerusalem Christians Say Attacks Are On the Rise
- El Salvador Commits Systematic Abuse in Gang Surge
- Drug Trafficking Blamed as Homicides Soar in Costa Rica
- US Mass Shootings Occurring at Unprecedented Rate
- Gun Deaths Among Children Are Soaring
- American School Shooters Inspire Teen Killers Abroad
- Alarming Rates of Teen Suicides Continue to Increase in the US
Humanitarian
- 350 Million Are Marching Toward Starvation Says Outgoing World Food Program President
- Food Crisis Alert for 133,000 in Northern Central America
- Hunger Is Soaring and Spreading Across West Africa
- Global Rice Shortage Set to be the Biggest in 20 Years
- Israel Holding 1,000 Without Charges, the Most Since 2003
- Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean Reach Highest Level in Six Years
- As Many As 400,000 to Cross Darien Gap in 2023
- New Surge of Migrants Strains US Capacity Ahead of May 11 Deadline
- Iran Executions Surged in 2022
Disease