The international stories you missed this week
From the military coup in Myanmar, to U.S. sanctions on Belarus, to violence in Venezuela. Axios Re:Cap talks with Axios' World Editor, Dave Lawler, and catches us up quick with what's going on around...
27 Jul 202112min
Our ever-changing “friendscapes”
The way we make and maintain friendships has changed during the pandemic, and post-pandemic is a great time to let some go. Axios Re:Cap talks with author of Friends Forever, Suzanne Degges White, abo...
26 Jul 202114min
U.S. Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo on the global chip shortage
The world is suffering from a shortage of silicon chips, making it harder to make and buy everything from cars to home appliances. Axios Re:Cap talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about U...
23 Jul 202115min
Virgin Galactic astronaut Sirisha Bandla talks science in space
Space travel once unified Americans with the excitement of scientific discovery and wonderment. But the recent suborbital trips headlined by Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have been much more divisive...
22 Jul 202112min
Inside the arrest of Trump confidante Tom Barrack
Tom Barrack, the billionaire real estate investor and close friend to former President Trump, was arrested yesterday on federal charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the United Arab E...
21 Jul 202113min
Crypto's climate conflict
Bitcoin is not environmentally friendly. It takes enormous amounts of electricity to mine and exchange cryptocurrencies..Dan digs into this conflict between climate and cryptocurrencies with Axios ene...
20 Jul 202113min
What comes next for DACA and Dreamers
A federal judge in Texas last week blocked DACA, the Obama-era program that provides legal protections to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. The ruling puts more than 600,000...
19 Jul 202112min
Hard Truths: The fight on Mauna Kea
On our latest installment of our Hard Truths series, we go inside the fight to build a $2.4 billion telescope on the highest mountaintop in Hawai'i. For astronomers it would mean the chance to answer ...
17 Jul 202114min
