Our monthly global review podcast looks at the state of the chaos around the world during the preceding month. Our March Global Review podcast moves from the economic turmoil rolling across the earth to the geopolitical conflicts and tensions on every continent and on to climate change, humanitarian issues, rising social unrest, and critical events on the disease front across the planet during the past month. This special podcast episode is released monthly, on the final day of the month, as we seek to track the growing chaos of our generation and world.
The links below capture the stories referenced in this global review podcast episode.
Economy
- UK Inflation Jumps in February
- Even As Inflation Falls, Food Prices Are Stuck in the Clouds
- New Analysis Warns US Default Would Cripple Economy
- Pakistan’s CPI Soars to Highest Rate in 50 Years
- Egypt Raises Price of Gasoline Amid Inflation
- Lebanon’s Currency Plunges to 100,000 Against the Dollar
- Half of Sri Lanka’s Families Reducing Food Intake
- Bank Failures, Government Interventions, and a Dysfunctional Economic System Beginning to Implode
- Turkey’s Current Accounts Deficit Hits Highest Level Ever
- World Bank Warns of Lost Decade for Economic Potential
- The Pentagon’s 2024 Budget
- F-35 Sales Rise As Russian Invasion Grinds On
Social Unrest
- The UK Is Experiencing Historic Strikes
- Mass Protests Sweep Israel
- Massive Nationwide Strikes Hit France
- Iran Pardons 22,000 Arrested During Protests
- 23 Charges with Domestic Terrorism in Atlanta
- FBI Report Says Hate Crimes Rose 12% in 2021
- Aid Groups May Have to Cut Back in Haiti Due to Growing Violence
- Deploy Specialized Force to Take Down Gang Violence in Haiti
- Peru Lifts Emergency Declaration in Lima
- 200 Arrested , Student Killed in Kenya Protests
- White Supremacist Propaganda Soared Last Year
- Gang’s Sow Terror in Brazil Streets for Third Night
Geopolitics
- Russia Fires Barrage of Hypersonic Missiles
- Conditions at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Deteriorate
- Ukraine Claims Bakhmut Battle is Wagner’s Last Stand
- China’s Xi Tells Putin of “changes not seen for 100 years”
- In West Bank New Armed Group Emerges
- A Two Headed Crisis in Israel
- Gunfire Exchanged in Armenia-Azerbaijani Conflict
- Angola to Deploy Troops After Failed Truce
- Uranium Particles Enriched to 83.7% in Iran
- The Saudi-Iran Détente and Its Regional Implications
- Saudi Arabia and Syria in Talks to Restore Ties
- How China Became a Peacemaker in the Middle East
- Fresh Gang Violence Leaves 187 Dead in Haiti
Climate Change
- Coast to Coast Storms Ravage the US
- California Cancels Salmon Fishing Season
- A Record Breaking Storm Wreaks Havoc in Southern Africa
- International Science Council Report
- Thousands Forced From Their Homes Amid Flooding in Malaysia
- Drought In Somalia May Have Killed 43,000 in the Last Year
- Cold Grips Spain
- Worst Drought on Record in the Horn of Africa
- Iraqi Children Have Limited Access to Safe Drinking Water
- Power Outages in Argentina
- 10 Million Lack Safe Drinking Water in Pakistan
- Southern Africa Counts Toll of Cyclone Freddy
- UN Panel Says Climate Change Is Speeding Toward Catastrophe
- Reckless Water Use Spawning Global Crisis
Humanitarian
- Yemen Facing World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
- UN Says Afghanistan Most Repressive Country for Women
- Malnutrition Rises Among Pregnant Women in 12 At Risk Countries
- Malawi’s Cholera Outbreak Demands Long Term Solutions
- WHO Urges Assistance for Countries Facing Cholera Outbreaks
- Sensible to Pay France to Stop Crossings
- EU Deal to Move Migrant Children from Greece to Europe Comes to an End
Disease
- Are Iranian Schoolgirls Being Poisoned by Toxic Gas
- Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Spread of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
- Tracking Avian Flu
- A Shortage of Albuterol Is About to Get Worse
- CDC Warns of “Serious Public Health Threat” in Drug-Resistant Stomach Bug
- Hospitals Increasingly Crowded with Kids Who Tried to Harm Themselves
- The Surgeon General’s New Mission: Adolescent Mental Health
- Deadly Marburg Virus Strikes Opposite Sides of African Continent