On the last day of every month we release our global review podcast, tracking the chaos around the globe. This month’s global review podcast episode moves through the geopolitical world, global economy, and then climate change and closes off with a look at what happened this month on the humanitarian front.
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Show Notes
Geopolitics
- Poland to Send Troops to Reinforce Border with Belarus
- Russia and Ukraine Report Widespread Aerial Attacks
- Russia Deploys Feared Chechen Unit to Ukrainian Nuclear Town
- El Salvador Sends 8,000 Troops to Rural Provinces in Gang Crackdown
- State of Emergency in Amhara
- UN To Discuss Nagorno Karabakh Amid Genocide Warnings
- One Million People Flee Sudan As Situation Spirals Out of Control
- Worst Fighting in Libya in Months
- North Korea Leader Order Drastic Increase of Weaponry Production
- New Report Reveals Surge of Cyberattack Targeting Government Agency and Public Sector
- Gabon Military Claims Overthrow of Political Dynasty
Economics
- More Americans Tapping 401k Due to Financial Distress
- Mortgage Rates Hit 7.09%
- Russia’s Central Bank Raises Interest Rate to 12%
- Italy Shocks Banks with 40% Windfall Tax
- Americans Owe A Record $1 Trillion in Credit Card Debt
- Oil and Food Prices Are Rising Along With Wages
- Why Falling Prices in China Raise Concerns
- Yellow Bankruptcy
- Chinese Property Giant Evergrande Files for Bankruptcy in the US
- Food Prices Rise
- A Major Chinese Trust Firm Missed Payments
- China Suspends Youth Jobless Date After Record High Readings
- Six Countries Added to BRICS Group, China Calls Decision “Historic”
- Asia’s Poor Grew by 68 Million After Pandemic
- US Corporate Bankruptcies On the Rise
- Argentina Is Pushing International Lending To Its Breaking Point
- India’s Surging Food Prices Are A Problem Not Just for India
- Is A Global Food Crisis the New Normal
- China’s Largest Property Developer At Risk of Default
Climate Change
- China Floods Threaten Downstream Cities
- Iraq Loses Signature Rice Produce Due to Water Scarcity
- Typhoon Saola Nears Category 5 in the Pacific
- Heat and Flooding the Week in Climate Change
- The Week in Climate Change
Health and Disease
- US Sets New Record for Suicides
- Bangladesh Battles Its Worst Dengue Outbreak
- Reported Dengue Cases in Florida
- US COVID Hospitalizations See A Nearly 22% Increase
- Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease Kills 16 in Poland
Humanitarian
- A Child Was Sexually Abused Every Two Hours in Pakistan
- Kidnappings of Women and Children Surge in Haiti
- Latest Mediterranean Shipwreck Leaves 82 Migrants Missing
- Starvation Deaths in Tigray Following Halt of Food Aid
- More Than 100 Arrested After Churches Burned
- Children Are Bearing the Weight of Afghanistan’s Economic Woes
- Syria’s South Rocked by Protests
- US State Dept Warns Americans to Leave Haiti As Soon As Possible
