Remember two months ago when your Friday author provided you freshly snapped personal photographs of ostriches living in splendor at the mansion of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych outside Kyiv? Imagine my horror on seeing the report that Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager who also worked for Yanukovych, has paid $15,000 for an ostrich-skin suit. Your Signal team is working overtime to verify whether our friend the Ukrainian ostrich paid for this outfit with his life.
Hundreds of millions of people now use artificial intelligence each week—but that impressive number masks a deeper issue. According to Dr. Juan Lavista Ferres, Microsoft’s Chief Data Scientist, Corporate Vice President, and Lab Director for the AI for Good Lab, access to AI remains out of reach for nearly half the world’s population.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Geneva on Saturday in a bid to ease escalating trade tensions that have led to punishing tariffs of up to 145%. Ahead of the meetings, Trump said that he expects tariffs to come down.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer achieved what his Conservative predecessors couldn’t.
On Thursday, Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV and becoming the first American pontiff — defying widespread assumptions that a US candidate was a long shot.
The former premier of Quebec talks exclusively to GZERO.
The US dollar is the most widely used currency in the world, underpinning the vast majority of global finance and trade.
Pierre Poilievre lost his seat last week.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson talks with reporters in the US Capitol on May 8, 2025.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson is walking a tightrope on Medicaid — and wobbling.