13,000: Around 13,000 migrants from North Africa have landed in Italy so far this year, three times as many as in the same period in 2020. Prime Minister Mario Draghi has denied a media report that Italy wanted the European Union to pay Libya to stop those migrants from leaving for the EU from its shores.
0.53: China's population grew at an abysmal 0.53 percent annually over the last decade. That's below replacement levels, and puts more pressure on China to encourage its citizens to make more babies... as long as they're not Uighurs in Xinjiang.
6: US gas prices have risen by an average six cents per gallon so far this week, close to their highest level since 2014. This is due to supply disruptions tied to last Friday's ransomware cyberattack on the Dominion Pipeline, which serves almost half the country and has already been shut down for five days.
3: Thailand has arrested three Myanmar journalists for illegally crossing the border to escape the Burmese military's crackdown on pro-democracy forces — including independent media outlets — following a coup earlier this year. Thai authorities are widely expected to deport the reporters back to Myanmar, where they will surely face lengthy jail terms for covering anti-government protests.Earlier this month, Microsoft released a new report offering an in-depth look at AI adoption across the United States, with state- and county-level insights for the first time. While more than 30 percent of working-age Americans now use AI tools, adoption remains uneven across regions, with significantly higher usage in urban areas and communities tied to universities. The findings point to a broader challenge: without stronger access to infrastructure, skills, and education, AI’s benefits risk remaining concentrated rather than broadly shared. Read the full blog here.
This November, Republicans could lose the House. They could lose the Senate. Yet Trump appears remarkably unconcerned. In the latest episode of the GZERO Debrief, Clayton Allen breaks down why Trump may care more about his place in history than the outcome of the 2026 midterms.
A video of stabbed 18-year-old Henry Nowak bleeding while police arrested him instead of his attacker has gone viral, and Nigel Farage is using it to fuel claims of a "two-tier" system that discriminates against white people.
Just three months into his presidency, the Chilean leader faces a three-pronged crisis due to soaring energy prices, rising crime, and a failure to quickly fulfill his bold pledges on deportations.