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08/11/2025

At the age 39, center-right presidential candidate Miguel Uribe died on Monday, nine weeks after he was shot by a 14-year-old boy during a campaign rally in Bogota, the Colombian capital. Before his death, the shooting had catapulted Uribe to the top of the polls for next year’s election. The incident has revived fears in Colombia of a return to political violence, which was endemic in the 1980s and 1990s – read more here.

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39: At the age 39, center-right presidential candidate Miguel Uribe died on Monday, nine weeks after he was shot by a 14-year-old boy during a campaign rally in Bogota, the Colombian capital. Before his death, the shooting had catapulted Uribe to the to...

08/11/2025

In a first-of-its-kind deal, Nvidia and AMD will hand 15% of revenues from AI chip sales to China over to the US government in exchange for export licenses -- a move that has national security hawks on edge. Here’s a look at what the US’s coffers stand to gain through the deal, based on Nvidia’s estimated sales in China this year if export controls had been lifted.

08/11/2025

What we're watching today:
- Trump, Putin set for Alaska summit — without Ukraine
- Mali’s ruling military arrests own soldiers amid rising national tensions
- China detains key diplomat in managing US-China ties
Read today's top geopolitical news stories here: https://bit.ly/45GYvPj

Trump, Putin set for Alaska summit -- without UkraineUS President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine -- but without Kyiv at the table. Experts say a deal is very unlikely wit...

08/11/2025

German Prime Minister Friedrich Merz's coalition turns 100 days old this week -- and he has wasted no time putting Germany at the center of European and transatlantic security.

But at home, political fractures are widening, fiscal fights loom, and the rise of digital populism is squeezing Germany’s political center.

Can Merz keep his coalition intact and lead a more assertive Europe?

Read our analysis of his first 100 days here:

Friedrich Merz's first 100 days as chancellor of Germany have marked an assertive shift in the country's role on the European and global stage.

08/11/2025

In this , Ian Bremmer covers the upcoming Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska.

Ian says Trump and the White House have “low expectations” but want to appear committed to a negotiated settlement.

Putin’s main goal? Get Trump to partly blame Zelensky for the ongoing war.

08/11/2025

“There is a flavor of using antisemitism as an excuse to go after Harvard,” Noah Feldman tells Ian Bremmer in the latest episode of .

Catch the full episode at gzeromedia.com

08/11/2025

Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman doesn’t downplay the reality of antisemitic violence in the US: “These things are real and they have to be taken very seriously.” But he draws a sharp line between legitimate concern and political opportunism.

“There is a flavor of using antisemitism as an excuse to go after Harvard,” he says. Feldman recounts a colleague whose science funding was cut due to alleged antisemitism on campus—despite being part of an all-Jewish research team. “It just makes no sense at all.”

As part of a wide-ranging conversation in the latest episode of GZERO World, Feldman argues that this kind of approach isn’t about fighting hate—it’s about making universities the enemy.

08/10/2025

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new global tariffs took effect on Thursday, slapping 90 countries with rates as high as 50%.

https://www.gzeromedia.com/graphic-truth/graphic-truth-where-tariffs-stand-on-key-us-trade-partners

08/10/2025

Amid US tariff chaos, China is pitching itself as a stable trade partner and trying to drive a wedge between the Western alliance, warns Fareed Zakaria.

Watch the full interview with Ian Bremmer on .

08/09/2025

Earlier this week, thousands of people flooded the streets in Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka to mark the one-year anniversary of a student-led protest movement that brought an end to 15 years of rule under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. But can Bangladesh seize its democratic moment?

Earlier this week, thousands of people flooded the streets in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka to mark the one-year anniversary of a student-led protest movement that brought an end to 15 years of rule under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

08/09/2025

"For the US, Japan is not just a crucial counterweight to Beijing’s military ambitions, it is an unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Pacific and a trusted diplomatic bridge to Southeast Asia."

Eighty years ago this week, the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 people, mostly civilians. It was the first and, so far, only use of nuclear weapons in war.

08/09/2025

Where do U.S. tariffs stand with key trading partners, and who’s made a deal with Washington so far?

https://www.gzeromedia.com/graphic-truth/graphic-truth-where-us-tariffs-stand-with-key-trade-partners