CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915
#StateThinking: Gaza diplomacy doubts. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/parties-see-hope-for-a-gaza-cease-fire-maybe-this-time-it-will-work/ar-AA1nRXem

915-930
#StateThinking: Farewell to the burdened Class of 2024 @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/01/nyregion/columbia-university-protests

930-945

#PRC: State Manufacturing subsidies no longer. Chris Riegel, CEO #SCALA˽REPORT:˽Chris˽Riegel CEO Scala.com @Stratacache..
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/chinas-factory-services-activity-growth-slows-in-april/ar-AA1nTJAV

945-1000
#USN: Data management goes to the sea in ships. Francis Rose, FedGovToday.com
https://fedgovtoday.com/tv-show/strategic-military-investments-supply-chain-management-naval-operations-enhancement

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
#EU: Brussels, nest of spies.  Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.ft.com/content/6c115d61-7948-457e-ace9-f65c3cbb6ee9

 

 

 

1015-1030
#PRC: IS THERE Tesla Leverage on Musk's SpaceX?. . Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center.

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-stock-rises-after-ceo-musk-scores-big-in-china-during-short-visit/ar-AA1nSrNz

 

1030-1045
#INDIA: Modi and the old "washing machine" Sadanand Dhume, AEI, WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/indian-corruption-forgotten-but-not-gone-modi-bjp-election-dd43f65d

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1045-1100
#RUSSIA: Africa (WAGNER GROUP) Corps paid in Blood Gold & What is to be done? Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/27/raab-investigate-blood-gold-trade-bankrolling-russia/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
#PRC: Job openings listed without any real jobs. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, on this:

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-communist-party-will-hold-key-third-plenum-july-2024-04-30/

 

1115-1130
#PHILIPPINES:  Water cannon and ramming.  Rebecca Grant, vice president of the Lexington Institute,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/30/asia/china-water-cannon-damages-philippines-ship-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

 
1130-1145
#SYRIA: The Biden Administration and the Assad Regime, thirteen years later. Josh Rogin, Washington Post.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/30/biden-assad-syria-sanctions/

 

 

1145-1200

#Venezuela: Will the Maduro Regime permit a free and fair election? Allison Fedirka ,@GPFutures 
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/dont-expect-too-much-from-venezuelas-elections/

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215
#FRANCE: Raining in buckets as Scotland SNP washes away. Simon Constable, Occitanie.

https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/storm-and-hail-warnings-as-rain-sweeps-through-france/655699

1215-1230

#FRANCE: The imminent high price of coffee. Simon Constable, Occitanie.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2024/04/27/cost-of-coffee-set-to-skyrocket/?sh=589796516810

 

1230-1245

#SPACEX: The complicated schedule for the lunar landing 2026. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-plan-for-spacexs-first-demo-in-orbit-refueling-mission-of-starship/

1245-100 am
#Comet 67/P and  the biomarker that isn't. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-molecule-found-by-rosetta-on-comet-67p-c-g-proves-discovering-life-on-exoplanets-will-not-be-easy/