7: The number of opposition supporters killed in Uganda last night, after President Yoweri Museveni took a large lead in Thursday’s election. With the majority of ballots returned, Museveni – who is running for a seventh term – is coasting to victory with 75% of the vote, while opposition leader Bobi Wine has 21%.
6.1%: The new Canadian tariff rate on the first 49,000 imports of Chinese electric vehicles, down from 100%. In return, China will slash total duties on Canadian canola from 85% to 15%. The deal came after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney became the first Canadian leader to visit Beijing since 2017.
4: The number of days former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro could shave off his prison sentence for each book that he reads in jail. With President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvablocking efforts to cut Bolsonaro’s 27-year jail term, this presents an alternative option for the ex-leader. However, he may not enjoy everything on the approved reading list, which includes Brazilian works on Indigenous rights, racism, the environment, and government violence during the country’s 1964-85 dictatorship – a regime Bolsonaro openly endorsed.
Wall Street Journal Beijing bureau chief Jonathan Cheng argues that North Korea is best understood not as a nation state but as a religious society, built on the most durable personality cult in modern history.
At the 2026 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, World Bank Water Program Manager Sarah Nedolast joined GZERO’s Tony Maciulis to discuss global efforts to tackle water scarcity.
The Iran war just proved Kim Jong Un right. His grandfather wanted the bomb, his father built it, and now the world has stopped pretending it can take it away. Ian Bremmer explains how North Korea got here, and what comes next.