The Shortwave Report

This week's show features stories from  NHK World Radio Japan, France 24, and Radio Deutsche-Welle. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr261106.mp3    (29:00)         From JAPAN- The Japanese government is continuing to subsidize gasoline for consumers- the current price is equivalent to $4.08 per US gallon. The German Chancellor Merz visited a Tokyo company developing nuclear fusion power plants- German...

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK World Radio Japan. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr261030.mp3    (29:00)           From GERMANY- Last weekend saw more massive demonstrations across France. Some 70,000 police were on the streets which limited the property damage and looting seen the weekend before. An interview with Donnatella della Po...

This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr261023.mp3    (29:00)         From FRANCE- The student led protests in France expanded with yellow vests, unions, and the black bloc. Chaos reigned as many fought with the increasingly violent police. Some defaced revered cultural sites. Then looting began and people who had...

This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr261016.mp3    (29:00)         From FRANCE- There are large scale protests going on in many countries. There has been a lot of focus on the French student protests which are continuing- maybe because it reminds us of the French protests in 1968 when civil unrest emerged aroun...

This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, France 24, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr261009.mp3    (29:00)         From JAPAN- A robot arm will begin surveying the 880 tons of nuclear fuel debris in the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant which melted down in 2011- they are hoping to begin cleaning the waste in 2037. The Trump administration is loo...

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle,  NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr261002.mp3    (29:00)         From GERMANY- As the US/Canada trade war escalates, a trade ban on numerous products from Canada has come into effect. Trump says that Canada will come and apologize and remove their retaliatory tariffs. An interview with Lawrence He...

This week's show features stories from  NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260925.mp3    (29:00)          From JAPAN- Japan has continued to receive record amounts of rainfall. Trump made an address at the UN General Assembly which many nations found opposed to the spirit of the UN- last year he called climate change a scam....

This week's show features stories from  Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260918.mp3    (29:00)          From GERMANY- The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, proposed a new associate partnership between Canada and the European Union. There would be cooperation on tech, defense, and energy. Roland Par...

This week's show features stories from  Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260911.mp3    (29:00)          From GERMANY- Britain announced a ban on goods produced by settlers in the occupied West Bank. The Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivered the changes while pointing out that he is proudly of Jewish descent and supports t...

This week's show features stories from  Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260904.mp3    (29:00)          From GERMANY- Last Friday the Trump administration announced plans to take about 20% of Venezuelan oil reserves or 65 billion barrels. John Feeley is a former US Ambassador to Panama and currently Executive Director of Me...

This week's show features stories from  France 24, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260828.mp3    (29:00)         From FRANCE- A devastating mudslide and floods moved through the Nepal and Tibet regions destroying many villages and killing hundreds- many countries have sent aid and rescue teams. Leela Jacinto talks about the geology of the region and the m...

This week's show features stories from  NHK World Radio Japan, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and Radio Deutsche-Welle. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260821.mp3    (29:00)          From JAPAN- The South Korean military drill with the US was shortened at the request of Trump. Campaigns for the Brazilian presidential elections kicked off last Sunday, with the vote coming in October. The UK Sunday Time...

 This week's show begins with the proposed wealth tax in the UK, Greenland rejects US oil drilling for the moment, the new Colombian president says he will use US and Israeli military to stop cocaine production, and a new tariff on solar panels.   This week's show features stories from  Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK World Radio Japan. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr2608...

This week's show features stories from  Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260807.mp3    (29:00)          From GERMANY- In Gaza there was a funeral for 112 members of 2 clans that were buried under the rubble of a building Israel had flattened. Israel continues to bomb daily in Gaza despite a ceasefire- 150 Gazans were killed in July al...

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260731.mp3    (29:00)          From GERMANY- The wildfires in France, Spain, and Italy have been the major topic in European news. A few notes. A hectare is about 2.5 acres and 40 degrees centigrade is 104 fahrenheit. First a brief summary of the situation in France and Spain...

This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260724.mp3    (29:00)          From FRANCE- The French Parliament voted into law a ban on the use of most social media for children under 15 years old. The negative effects of social platforms were widely debated in the country with the vast majority ag...

This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and Radio Deutsche-Welle. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260717.mp3    (29:00)          From JAPAN- Sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in the past 6 months in Japan due to generous government subsidies.  The journal Nature published research warning that climate change threatens 30% of edible and me...

This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260710.mp3    (29:00)          From FRANCE- Some press reviews on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, from both American and European sources. One of the side effects of the heat waves that are sweeping through Europe is the melting of the Alpine glacie...

This week's show begins with more on European heatwaves, German courts charge a Ukrainian military man and the government with involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline explosion, a special on the 250th anniversary of the US, Cuba requests a hearing at the UN on US aggression and energy blockade, and the "Board of Peace" has big plans for Gaza.   This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche...

 This week's show begins with a report and analysis of the record breaking heat in much of Europe, press on the UN Report on Israeli war crimes and genocide, Cuban Foreign Ministers respond to Marco Rubio and US actions on Cuba, and 76% of people surveyed worldwide have no confidence in Trump.    This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Jap...

This week's show begins with an interview with a political scientist researching why the leaders of most countries are twice the age of the average citizens, several reports on the G7 summit, several reports and press reviews on the agreement between the US and Iran, massive drone strike by Ukraine on Moscow, and the US military does a deadly strike inside Venezuela.   This week's show features st...

This week's show starts with World Ocean Day at the UN, press reviews on North Korea, Ireland, and billionaires, 30% of Fukushima prefecture still has unsafe levels of radiation after 15 years, and Mexico and Belize deliver aid to Cuba.   This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260612.mp3    (29:00)          From FRANCE- Firs...

This week's show begins with press reviewsabout the EU deporting failed asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda, analysis of the failed ceasefire with Iran and Lebanon, Analysis of the Colombian presidential election, and the US does not respond to a UN plan to trace fuel deliveries to Cuba. This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspea...

 This week's show starts with the war on Ukraine, the environmental impact of war, record high temperatures in Europe, further criticism of Israeli treatment of the flotilla activists, and Mexican President Sheinbaum on the US indictment of Raul Castro. This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260529.mp3...

 This weeks show begins with the Chinese and Russian presidents meet in Beijing, there is international outrage after the Israeli Security Minister taunts kidnapped flotilla activists, Cuba says US media story about preparations to attack the US are pure propaganda, interview with a journalist about "Inside the Broligarchy: Is Big Tech Running Politics?"   This week's show features stories from NH...