North Korean hackers allegedly pull off a record $1.5B crypto heist, an international watchdog says Iran has increased its near-weapons grade uranium stockpile, the UK and Irish governments will consider formal paramilitary engagement, Donald Trump says Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign a Ukraine minerals agreement on Friday, South Korea's birth rate rises for the first time in nine years, Pres. Trump unveils a $5M “Gold Card” visa, while the House GOP passes Trump’s budget blueprint, the US Dept. o...
Feb 27, 2025•34 min•Ep. 755
the US clashes with its European allies over Ukraine, Trump confirms that his planned tariffs ‘will go forward on schedule, the EU lifts several sanctions on Syria, Hamas reports that six babies have died of hypothermia in Gaza, the UK’s Starmer pledges to increase defense spending to 2.5% by 2027, Singapore’s DBS Bank plans 4K job cuts as AI takes on more tasks, a US judge blocks a Trump-ordered transfer of 12 transgender inmates to male prisons, as a court blocks immigration raids at certain r...
Feb 26, 2025•34 min•Ep. 754
Benjamin Netanyahu says southern Syria must be demilitarized , Friedrich Merz claims victory in Germany’s elections, Volodymyr Zelenskyy praises the “heroism” of Ukrainians on third anniversary the war with Russia, Over 7K have reportedly been killed in Eastern DRC fighting this year, Sudan’s RSF forms a parallel government, Sir Keir Starmer announces a £200M investment for Scotland's Grangemouth industrial site, Federal unions sue DOGE over its recent email, President Trump names Dan Bongino as...
Feb 25, 2025•34 min•Ep. 753
Hong Kong's largest pro-Democracy Party explores dissolution, Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid ongoing tensions, Israel claims Hamas returned an 'Anonymous' body instead of Shiri Bibas, The US sanctions a Rwandan minister over alleged M23 support in the DR Congo conflict, Elon Musk, Javier Milei, and JD Vance headline CPAC’s first day, The US Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI Director, Coinbase says the US Securities and Exchange Commission will drop its crypto la...
Feb 22, 2025•30 min•Ep. 752
South Korea’s Yoon attends his first hearing on insurrection charges, Nigel Farage gives up ownership of Reform UK, Hamas releases the bodies of four hostages, the White House prepares for a visit from France’s Macron and the UK’s Starmer, Trump cuts federal benefits for illegal migrants, as an appeals court blocks Trump's order to end birthright citizenship, authorities seize hundreds of books linked to an Islamic group in Kashmir, Microsoft unveils a breakthrough quantum chip, police discover ...
Feb 21, 2025•31 min•Ep. 751
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is charged in connection with an alleged coup attempt, the UK’s Keir Starmer polls behind most former prime ministers, Hamas says it’s ready to free all hostages in a single exchange, a US judge decides not to block Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing federal data, as the White House clarifies that the billionaire isn’t the head of the department, Trump signs an order to expand access to IVF, thousands of people are rescued from illegal scam centers across Myanmar, KFC decide...
Feb 20, 2025•35 min•Ep. 750
The US and Russia hold talks for the first time since 2021, a Delta plane crashes at Toronto airport, the acting head of Social Security quits over a reported clash with DOGE, four top deputies to New York Mayor Eric Adams resign , Israel announces plans to maintain five border points in Lebanon, North Korea rejects a US-led denuclearization push, Australia's central bank cuts interest rates, a former Argentine president is charged with domestic gender violence, the Vatican says Pope Francis wil...
Feb 19, 2025•31 min•Ep. 749
European leaders meet for emergency Ukraine talks in Paris, Marco Rubio arrives in Saudi Arabia ahead of talks with Russia, Trump appeals to the Supreme Court over the firing of a US agency boss, The UK MoD confirms that special forces blocked the resettlement of over 2k Afghan commandos, Argentina’s Javier Milei faces criminal charges over an alleged crypto rug pull, Singapore's opposition leader is found guilty of lying to parliament, The US State Department amends its wording on Taiwan indepe...
Feb 18, 2025•32 min•Ep. 748
Donald Trump and Narendra Modi announce a massive partnership across multiple sectors, Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggests that Vladamir Putin will target Poland or the Baltics in 2026, Tensions rise between China and Australia after an incident above the South China Sea, The UK’s Rachel Reeves faces criticism for her social media posts and expenses, The European Commision withdraws its AI liability directive, A EU court advisor finds Denmark's 'Ghetto Law' discriminatory, Russia secures its first Afri...
Feb 15, 2025•29 min•Ep. 747
China’s foreign minister visits the UK for the first time in a decade, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as the US’ health secretary, El Salvador ends public funding for political parties, around 75K US federal workers accept Trump’s buyout program, Chevron announces plans to cut 20% of its workforce, the UK’s economy expands by 0.1% in Q4 of last year, a car drives into a Munich crowd in a suspected attack, the weight-loss drug semaglutide shows promise in reducing alcohol consumption, Trump m...
Feb 14, 2025•30 min•Ep. 746
President Trump reaffirms his Gaza plans amid a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Austria’s right and center-right coalition talks collapse , Russia rejects Volodymyr Zelenskyy's territory swap proposal, China changes its rules on publishing military secrets online, The UN accuses Sheikh Hasina’s former government of 'crimes against humanity' in Bangladesh, Canada names Kevin Brosseau as its fentanyl czar amid US tariff tensions, The UK tightens citizenship rules for illegal entry cases, T...
Feb 13, 2025•29 min•Ep. 745
A judge orders the Trump administration to restore frozen funding, Trump warns Hamas to release all Israeli hostages by Saturday, the UN halts operations in Yemen’s Saada, Steve Bannon pleads guilty in the New York border wall case, a South Korean teacher confesses to fatally stabbing a first grader, the UK’s assisted dying bill seeks to remove a High Court judge’s approval, Elon Musk makes a $97.4B bid to purchase OpenAI, the BBC finds that AI chatbots mislead users on current affairs, thousand...
Feb 12, 2025•32 min•Ep. 744
Trump announces 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, In Ecuador, Noboa and González are set for a runoff rematch, Trump says Palestinians will not be able to return to Gaza under his plan, Lebanon forms a new government after two years of deadlock, New Zealand raises 'concern' over the Cook Islands-China deal, The UK’s health minister is sacked over WhatsApp messages, UK asylum deaths hit a record high, The trial begins for Salman Rushdie's attacker, A French surgeon faces trial for th...
Feb 11, 2025•28 min•Ep. 743
The US sanctions the International Criminal Court, The US launches new embargoes on Iran’s oil network, The UN warns that sexual violence against Haitian children has surged 1,000%, Trump orders a taskforce to combat alleged anti-Christian bias, The UK reportedly requests access to Apple users’ encrypted data, Project 2025’s Russell Vought is confirmed as Trump’s budget chief, India cuts interest rates for the first time in five years, A third Al-Fayed brother faces sexual assault claims from fo...
Feb 08, 2025•29 min•Ep. 742
Hamas claims Israel is breaching its cease-fire deal by limiting aid, protesters in Bangladesh torch the home of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, M23 seizes another town in the Eastern DRC, a US district judge pauses Trump’s Federal employee buyout plan, Democrats express alarm over Elon Musk's access to federal data, while Musk’s DOGE seeks to improve US air traffic control systems, a new bird flu strain is found in Nevada dairy cows, the Bank of England cuts rates , increases inflation and...
Feb 07, 2025•32 min•Ep. 741
US Pres. Donald Trump declares his intent for US control of Gaza, the Philippine House impeaches Vice Pres. Sara Duterte, Syria’s al-Sharaa meets Turkey’s Erdoğan, Argentina withdraws from the World Health Organization, Australia bans PRC AI firm DeepSeek from government devices, Canada appeals the court ruling on 2022 Emergencies Act use, the CIA reportedly offers buyouts to its entire staff, Pam Bondi is confirmed and sworn in as the new US Attorney General, the US Postal Service resumes accep...
Feb 06, 2025•29 min•Ep. 740
Reform UK takes the lead for the first time in a new poll, the US withdraws from the UN Human Rights Council, China announces retaliatory tariffs on the US, Trump offers Ukraine aid in exchange for access to its rare earths, a school shooting in Sweden leaves at least 10 dead, El Salvador offers to house US criminals, fighting across south and west Sudan kills at least 65, the White House prepares an executive order to diminish the Department of Education, OpenAI announces a partnership with Sou...
Feb 05, 2025•30 min•Ep. 739
Trump warns of tariffs against the EU and UK, Donald Trump temporarily delays tariffs against Mexico and Canada, French PM François Bayrou faces a no-confidence vote after passing budgets using Article 49.3, Israel expands its northern West Bank offensive, Marco Rubio and José Raúl Mulino meet amid rising US-Panama tensions, The Republic of Georgia arrests opposition leaders amid EU membership protests, Trump moves to shut down USAID, The US president says Russia-Ukraine discussions are 'going p...
Feb 04, 2025•33 min•Ep. 738
WhatsApp says Israeli spyware targeted journalists and civil service workers, Myanmar extends emergency rule for another six months, Italy blocks DeepSeek AI over privacy concerns, The UK marks the fifth anniversary of Brexit, Nicaragua approves constitutional reforms establishing a co-presidency, Black boxes are recovered from the tragic Washington DC aviation accident, President Donald Trump says that 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are imminent , In France, convicted rapist Dominique Pélicot...
Feb 01, 2025•31 min•Ep. 737
67 die in the US’ deadliest air carrier crash since 2001, former rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is announced as Syria’s interim president, eight Gaza hostages are released in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners, Germany’s parliament approves a motion to restrict migration, Meta agrees to pay Trump $25M for suspending his accounts, former US Sen. Bob Menendez is sentenced to 11 years in prison, OpenAI partners with US National Laboratories, as it accuses China’s Deepseek of stealing its data, gl...
Jan 31, 2025•32 min•Ep. 736
Dozens are killed in India in a tragic stampede at a religious festival, RFK Jr. faces the Senate in a high-profile confirmation hearing, Israel says it will halt all contact with UNRWA, the DRC president snubs peace talks as M23 rebels seize Goma, a Canadian prime minister hopeful proposes a global summit to counter Trump tariffs, Pres. Trump offers 2M government employees eight months pay to resign, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces a UK growth plan, 14 religious sect members in Australia are...
Jan 30, 2025•36 min•Ep. 735
A US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s freeze on all federal grants and loans, Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević resigns , Argentina moves to build a fence at the Bolivian border, the EU decides to ease sanctions on Syria, Israel continues its offensive in the West Bank, Trump announces four new executive orders to reshape the military, Microsoft reportedly considers buying TikTok, Several prosecutors who handled Trump’s former criminal cases are dismissed , India and China agree to resume dir...
Jan 29, 2025•30 min•Ep. 734
Survivors mark the 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation, Palestinians return to northern Gaza, Chinese company DeepSeek AI sparks a $1T US stock selloff, The US and Colombia reach a deal after a deportation flight standoff, Alexander Lukashenko wins a 7th term as president of Belarus, Donald Trump fires 17 federal watchdogs, M23 rebels seize Goma, The CIA now favors the lab leak theory for the COVID origin, An Alberta report recommends halting COVID vaccines, Oxford and Cambridge plan to...
Jan 28, 2025•33 min•Ep. 733
Hamas publishes a list of female hostages to be released on Saturday, M23 rebels encircle Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Canada's Supreme Court will hear a Quebec religious symbol ban case, President Trump signs an Executive Order to ban a government digital dollar, Trump orders the declassification of files related to JFK, RFK and Martin Luther King Jr., Economists suggest that Trump’s deportation plans are already impacting the agricultural sector, The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma agr...
Jan 25, 2025•30 min•Ep. 732
A Hamas commander declared dead by Israel seemingly reappears in Gaza, Trump warns Putin to end the war in Ukraine, Yemen's Houthis release the crew of a seized cargo ship after 14 months, Trump's order to end birthright citizenship is temporarily blocked , the US House passes an immigrant detention bill, a report claims that one in 12 London residents is an illegal immigrant, hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples wed as Thailand’s same-sex marriage law takes effect, Trump addresses the World Economic Foru...
Jan 24, 2025•32 min•Ep. 731
President Trump unveils a $500B “Stargate” AI infrastructure project, Guerrilla violence triggers a displacement crisis in Colombia, Israel's military chief resigns , Germany's Saxony upholds the AfD's “Far-Right Extremist” designation, A Libyan police chief is arrested and released in an Italy war crimes case, President Trump orders an immediate shutdown of federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, A Bishop confronts Trump during the inaugural prayer service, Nancy Pelosi reportedly di...
Jan 23, 2025•32 min•Ep. 730
Trump pardons 1.5K Jan. 6 defendants as he declares an energy and border emergency, Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship faces legal challenges, Israel launches a ‘significant’ offensive in the West Bank, Vanuatu’s snap election leaves just one female parliamentary candidate, the US and the Taliban swap prisoners, a fire at a Turkish ski resort claims at least 66 lives, a Sydney childcare center is defaced in an apparent antisemitic act, Prince Harry's lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s New...
Jan 22, 2025•32 min•Ep. 729
Trump takes office as the 47th US president, The UNRWA reports a 'good first day' of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire, TikTok restores US access after assurances from Trump, Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley, and members of the Jan. 6 Committee, Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murdering three girls in the UK’s Southport attacks, The US debars EcoHealth Alliance over COVID-era safety violations, Colombia considers declaring a state of exception as dozens are killed in guerrilla vi...
Jan 21, 2025•36 min•Ep. 728
The US Supreme Court upholds the TikTok Divest-Or-Ban law, Russia and Iran sign a key strategic partnership treaty, Israel’s cabinet approves the Hamas cease-fire deal, UK and Poland discuss a potential security pact, China's population falls for a third consecutive year, Mark Carney launches a bid for Canadian Prime Minister, The IMF says that Trump administration tariffs could spark global economic turmoil, Pres. Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified , SpaceX's St...
Jan 18, 2025•33 min•Ep. 727
Georgia’s ruling party is accused of assaulting opposition leader Giorgi Gakharia, Israel’s cabinet delays its approval of a Gaza cease-fire, the UK inks a 100-year partnership deal with Ukraine, a Stacey Abrams-founded voting rights group is fined for violating campaign laws, Canada deploys Black Hawk choppers along the US border, TikTok reportedly readies a US blackout amid an expected ban, Meta announces plans to cut 5% of its workforce, Jeffrey Epstein’s estate reportedly grows to $145M afte...
Jan 17, 2025•30 min•Ep. 726
