Bangladesh Quota Furore

India's semaglutide moment has arrived. As Novo Nordisk's patent expires on March 20th, over fifty generic brands are poised to flood the market potentially slashing monthly costs from ₹10,000 to ₹3,500. But this is no ordinary generic wave. Semaglutide is a complex peptide, cold ...  Show more

Anthropic refused the Pentagon unrestricted access to its Claude AI, and the fallout reshaped the tech-defense landscape overnight. OpenAI rushed in to fill the void, signing a classified deal that triggered internal resignations and a user exodus toward Claude. Host Himanshi Loh ...  Show more

Fourteen years ago, South Korea’s government made a strategic decision that would change the future of its economy: Encourage Koreans living abroad to open Korean restaurants… aka “Gastrodiplomacy.” Notice something new in your inbox? Gmail has zucked Twitter’s blue checkmark. An ...  Show more

Bangladesh is roiled in the most intense protests and domestic upheaval in decades. The protests began peacefully by students objecting to a quota system for government jobs, in which government jobs are mostly reserved for those who fought in the 1971 war for independence and th ...  Show more

Leila is joined by Swiss-Syrian academic, researcher and author Joseph Daher to talk about the removal of sanctions and future economic prospects for Syria. Daher is the author of Syria After the Uprising: The Political Economy of State Resilience (Pluto, 2019) and Hezbollah: The ...  Show more

UKTV CEO Marcus Arthur discusses his first year atop the BBC Studios-owned broadcaster, the impact of Covid-19, and recent decision to remove an episode of Fawlty Towers from its streaming service; plus Screen Queensland CEO Kylie Munnich on how the Australian state is returning ...  Show more