A landmark Gaza cease-fire and hostage deal is reached , South Korea's impeached Pres. Yoon is arrested , the UN says that over 1M people are internally displaced in Haiti, UK Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq resigns , Pres. Biden bolsters Indo-Pacific ties in the final days of his presidency, while Biden moves to drop Cuba from the US terrorism list, Pres.-elect Trump says he’ll create an “External Revenue Service” for tariffs, the US Securities and Exchange Commission sues Elon Musk over his Twi...
Jan 16, 2025•33 min•Ep. 725
Pete Hegseth testifies at his defense secretary confirmation hearing, France’s François Bayrou delivers his first policy speech to parliament, The Haaretz claims that Trump pressured Israel’s Netanyahu into accepting a Gaza deal, the final special counsel report claims Trump would have been convicted in the election case, the UK’s MI5 declassifies over 100 top secret files, NATO launches a Baltic Sea mission to guard undersea infrastructure, Spain plans a 100% tax on non-EU property buyers, Sier...
Jan 15, 2025•31 min•Ep. 724
Zelenskyy says Ukraine is prepared to exchange North Korean prisoners of war, The EU considers sanctions relief for Syria, The death toll from LA wildfires climbs as Santa Ana winds return, Keir Starmer announces plans to 'turbocharge' AI, ICJ President Nawaf Salam is set to become Lebanon's next prime minister, Croatia's Milanovic wins the presidential race, Thailand's cabinet approves a casino legalization bill, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launch is delayed , The UK reportedly plans reforms to its...
Jan 14, 2025•33 min•Ep. 723
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro is sworn in while the US raises its bounty for him, Pres.-elect Donald Trump receives a no-penalty sentence in New York, Donald Trump is reportedly planning a meeting with Vladamir Putin, A new study suggests that Gaza’s death toll is significantly underreported, The UN claims that Australia violated refugees’ rights in the Nauru detention center, A teen's death reportedly sparks mass protests in China, A poll finds that 73% of Americans think democracy is under seriou...
Jan 11, 2025•30 min•Ep. 722
Army Chief Joseph Aoun is elected president of Lebanon, Venezuela's Edmundo González presents alleged original vote counts from the presidential election, Joe Biden says he could have defeated Donald Trump in the November election, a phone call between Justice Samuel Alito and Trump sparks controversy, UK Conservative MP David Davis calls for a retrial for convicted baby killer Lucy Letby, Robert F Kennedy Jr. is accused of voter fraud, Idaho GOP legislators ask SCOTUS to revisit its same-sex ma...
Jan 10, 2025•32 min•Ep. 721
Los Angeles experiences explosive, catastrophic wildfires, Italian journalist Cecilia Sala is released from an Iranian prison, media reports allege that a Palestinian used as a human shield was killed by an Israeli commander, an inquiry accuses UK Special Forces of Afghan war crimes, North Korea touts its recent hypersonic missile test, the US declares genocide in Sudan and sanctions the RSF leader, OpenAI Chief Sam Altman is accused of abuse by his sister, Tesla's “smart summon” is being probed...
Jan 09, 2025•28 min•Ep. 720
France’s Jean-Marie Le Pen passes away, the report on Donald Trump’s classified docs probe is temporarily blocked , the UK’s anti-corruption minister refers herself to an ethics probe, the UN estimates that 900 executions took place in Iran last year, Israel launches raids across the West Bank, a powerful earthquake in China kills over 100, Meta decides to end its fact-checking program, Joe Biden names two new national monuments in California, sugary drinks are attributed to over 3M diabetes and...
Jan 08, 2025•32 min•Ep. 719
Justin Trudeau resigns as Canada’s prime minister, Congress certifies Donald Trump's 2024 election victory, Over 60M Americans face weather alerts amid major winter storms, South Korea seeks to extend the arrest warrant for its impeached president, Joe Biden proposes an $8B arms sale to Israel, President Biden bans offshore drilling on 625M acres of US waters, Former French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy stands trial over Libya cash allegations, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer feuds with Elon Musk, New Ze...
Jan 07, 2025•34 min•Ep. 718
Venezuela sets a $100K bounty on an opposition candidate, German and French foreign ministers meet with Syria’s new leadership, Anti-corruption officials quit their bid to arrest South Korea’s impeached president, Slovakia threatens to cut benefits to Ukrainian refugees, The Biden admin. reportedly discussed Iran strike options, While a $20K diamond from India's Modi tops Biden's 2023 gift list, A plane crash at a California factory claims two lives and injures 19, China is reportedly experienci...
Jan 04, 2025•27 min•Ep. 717
A Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, a truck-ramming attack in New Orleans leaves 15 dead, a senior Hamas official expresses optimism regarding ongoing Gaza negotiations, the Palestinian Authority temporarily suspends Al Jazeera operations in the West Bank, Joe Biden names Liz Cheney among 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, 337 metric tons of toxic waste from India’s 1984 Bhopal disaster is moved , England hits a record early cancer detection benchma...
Jan 03, 2025•31 min•Ep. 716
Former US Pres. Jimmy Carter passes away at 100, Syria's de-facto leader says elections could take four years, Zoran Milanović will face Dragan Primorac in Croatia’s presidential run-off election, Vladamir Putin makes a second call to Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev over the downed passenger jet, Trinidad and Tobago declares an emergency as its murder rate soars, A UK poll projects that the Labour Party would lose 184 seats in a hypothetical election, Pres.-elect Trump affirms his support for Mike Joh...
Dec 31, 2024•28 min•Ep. 715
South Korea impeaches acting Pres. Han Duck-soo, former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passes away, Israel strikes Yemen’s Sanaa airport as the WHO’s chief prepares to board a flight, Israel’s attorney general opens a probe in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, a new poll finds that two-thirds of American adults are experiencing news fatigue, an Australian bushfire destroys an area the size of Singapore, Peru declares a 90-day emergency following an oil spill, Donald Trump’s border ...
Dec 28, 2024•28 min•Ep. 714
The bald eagle is officially designated the US’ national bird, Russia is accused of causing an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger crash, 14 Syrian security forces are reportedly killed in an attack by Assad loyalists, an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia experiences an outage, Japan Airlines is temporarily hit by a cyberattack, thousands of inmates escape from a high-security prison in Mozambique, a dead body is found in the plane wheel of a United Airlines plane, and bird flu kills 20...
Dec 27, 2024•24 min•Ep. 713
Marcel Ciolacu will lead a new coalition government in Romania, New Zealand opposes a Cook Islands' plan for a separate passport, Guatemalan officials raid the Lev Tahor compound, President Elect Trump renews his push for Greenland, Donald Trump’s statements about the Panama Canal leads to heated rhetoric, President Biden commutes 37 of 40 federal death row sentences, A woman is killed after being set on fire on a New York subway, The University of Michigan faces a lawsuit over its pro-Palestini...
Dec 24, 2024•28 min•Ep. 712
Russia attacks Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles, Israeli forces fire on Syrian protesters, The White House calls Pakistan’s ballistic missiles a threat to the US, Brazil’s congress approves most of a fiscal package, Peter Mandelson is named the UK’s ambassador to the US, The House rejects a Pres.-elect Trump spending bill with the government shutdown looming, Pres. Biden cancels $4.28B in student loan debt for 55K borrowers, Drone flight restrictions are implemented over areas of New Jers...
Dec 21, 2024•29 min•Ep. 711
the US House agrees on a short-term funding bill, an Abkhazian lawmaker is fatally shot during parliamentary discussions, dozens of children are killed in a stampede at a Nigerian Christmas fair, a French man is sentenced to 20 years over the mass rape of this wife, a New York resident pleads guilty to running an alleged secret Chinese police station, a group of Kenyan Facebook moderators sue Meta, Amazon workers strike across several US locations, the US confirms its first severe case of bird f...
Dec 20, 2024•33 min•Ep. 710
Mass graves are reportedly discovered near Damascus, Elon Musk is reportedly in talks to donate to Reform UK, Canada tightens its border policy amid Donald Trump’s tariff threats, 13 are dead following a tragic maritime accident in India, Republicans in Congress call for a criminal investigation of Liz Cheney, the US Supreme Court will hear the TikTok ban case, Luigi Mangione’s charges are upgraded to include murder as act of terrorism, Honda and Nissan are in merger talks , the deadly mystery d...
Dec 19, 2024•29 min•Ep. 709
US states vote to formalize Donald Trump’s presidential win, a Ukrainian bomb kills the head of Russia's Nuclear Defense Forces, the Philippines ratifies a new defense pact with Japan, US Congress reaches a tentative deal to prevent a government shutdown, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rattles Vanuatu, the EU delays an anti-deforestation law, a judge upholds Trump’s "hush money" conviction, a Kenyan man is jailed fo 50 years over the murder of an LGBTQ+ activist, Iran pauses the enforcement of its n...
Dec 18, 2024•28 min•Ep. 708
Thousands are feared dead after Cyclone Chido pounds Mayotte, Canada's finance minister resigns , German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses a confidence vote, Israel says it will increase settlements in the Golan Heights, Serbian police are accused of spying on opponents and journalists, SoftBank pledges to invest $100B in US technology projects, A UK lawmaker warns that a Chinese spy who befriended Prince Andrew is just 'the tip of the iceberg,' New York confirms plans to deploy radar drone-detection...
Dec 17, 2024•33 min•Ep. 707
Emmanuel Macron names François Bayrou as fourth French Prime Minister of 2024, Russia is reportedly nearing a deal with new Syrian leadership over military bases, Australia scrutinizes the visa applications of Israeli soldiers, McKinsey & Co. will pay $650M to settle an opioid marketing case, Amazon is the latest tech giant to make an inaugural donation for Pres.-elect Trump, While Trump taps Kari Lake to lead Voice of America, The FBI reportedly had 26 informants at the Jan. 6 Capitol riots...
Dec 14, 2024•24 min•Ep. 706
Donald Trump invites China’s Xi Jinping to his presidential inauguration, Meta donates $1M to Trump's inaugural fund, Romania and Bulgaria are granted full membership to the Schengen Area, the Taliban’s refugee minister is killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, the US says Israel is “ready to do a deal” in Gaza, the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by half a point, Joe Biden issues the largest single-day clemency in modern US history, the UK extends its ban on puberty blockers for minors indefi...
Dec 13, 2024•30 min•Ep. 705
US immigration reportedly hits a historic peak under the Biden administration, South Korea police raid Pres. Yoon Suk Yeol’s office, Canada’s Justin Trudeau survives a third no-confidence vote, A US-brokered cease-fire is announced in Syria’s Manbij, Over 300 deadly virus samples are reported missing from an Australian lab, Shell and Greenpeace settle a climate protest case, Trump considers fast-tracking permits for $1B investments, Paraguay’s anti-drug agency halts cooperation with the DEA, Sau...
Dec 12, 2024•29 min•Ep. 704
The UN warns against rushing the return of Syrian refugees, Brazil's Pres. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is ‘well' in intensive care after emergency brain surgery, Donald Trump says Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready for 'peace' in Ukraine, Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stand in a historic corruption trial, Canada is reportedly exploring spending $1B to secure its border with the US, New York Attorney General Letitia James rejects Trump's plea to drop the $454M fraud case, Rupert Murdoch reportedly fails i...
Dec 11, 2024•29 min•Ep. 703
Russia confirms that it has granted asylum to Assad, A suspect is detained in the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, A Haitian gang is accused of killing 184 people over witchcraft accusations, Trump vows to end birthright citizenship and pardon January 6th convicts, South Korea's president faces a travel ban, John Mahama wins Ghana’s presidential election, Australia signs a security deal with Nauru, Daniel Penny is acquitted in the NYC subway chokehold death case, A report indicates that 2024 is...
Dec 10, 2024•31 min•Ep. 702
American, Russian, and Ukrainian foreign ministers clash in Malta, Israel bolsters forces along its Syrian frontier as rebels advance, Suspected arson damages a Melbourne, Australia synagogue, Colombia's Pres. Petro appoints a new finance minister amid a corruption scandal, Pres.-elect Trump names David Sacks has his AI and crypto czar, A US federal court upholds a law requiring the sale or ban of TikTok, US jobs surge in November as strike effects fade, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to...
Dec 07, 2024•28 min•Ep. 701
Rebels capture Syria’s fourth largest city of Hama, the UK’s Sir Keir Starmer unveils six new targets for his government, Trump taps SpaceX partner Jared Isaacman as NASA's new chief, Bitcoin tops $100K for the first time in history, the global economy is projected to grow 3.3% in both 2025 and 2026, OpenAI and defense-tech startup Anduril go into business together, Mexico announces its largest-ever fentanyl bust, dozens are killed by an unknown disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a 7.0...
Dec 06, 2024•29 min•Ep. 700
French Prime Minister Barnier's government collapses in a historic no-confidence vote, South Korean Pres. Yoon faces impeachment after his failed martial law attempt, Namibia elects its first female president amid an electoral dispute, the Taliban bans women from medical training in Afghanistan, Qatar pledges £1B for climate technology during a UK state visit, the US Supreme Court signals support for a Tennessee ban on transgender treatments for minors, China bans dual-use mineral exports to the...
Dec 05, 2024•29 min•Ep. 699
South Korea’s martial law decree is reversed just hours after its implementation, Fatah and Hamas reportedly agree on Gaza's post-war administration, US House Republicans conclude that COVID 'likely' originated from a Wuhan lab, Elon Musk's record $56B pay package is rejected for a second time, Jaguar reveals its new electric car, Vietnam tycoon Truong My Lan’s death sentence is upheld in a $12B fraud case, Belgium is found guilty of crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a...
Dec 04, 2024•31 min•Ep. 698
Biden pardons his son Hunter, The French prime minister faces a no-confidence vote after forcing a budget through parliament, Syrian and Russian jets intensify strikes against insurgent-held positions, Israeli strikes hit South Lebanon after Hezbollah mortar fire, Trudeau promises Trump tighter Canadian border control, Protests in Georgia spread as the prime minister criticizes the US, The Social Democrats win Iceland's snap election, Intel chief executive Gelsinger steps down, Australian police...
Dec 03, 2024•28 min•Ep. 697
An assisted dying bill passes its second reading in the UK House of Commons, Venezuela criminalizes support for sanctions, Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of cease-fire violations, Georgia protesters clash with police after the government suspends EU membership talks, The IAEA says Iran plans to expand its nuclear program, Canada announces plans to boost border security amid Trump's proposed tariffs, An Australian daycare pedophile is sentenced to life in prison, The UK’s transport secret...
Nov 30, 2024•27 min•Ep. 696
