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​A crowd celebrates after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Sidon, Lebanon, on April 17, 2026.
REUTERS/Aziz Taher
What We're Watching

US-Iran ceasefire talks gain steam, Leading leftists meet in Barcelona, The EU may have a new Russia ally

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How the Iran war is reshaping the global economy
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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

How the Iran war is reshaping the global economy

Graphic Truth: The human toll of the Iran war
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: The human toll of the Iran war

​Smoke rises after an explosion at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 17, 2026.
REUTERS/Maher Nazeh
Analysis

Iran war jeopardizes Iraq’s momentum

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Hard number: Haiti’s hunger crisis
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Hard number: Haiti’s hunger crisis

You vs. the News collage
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You vs. the News: A Weekly News Quiz - April 17, 2026

Think you know what's going on around the world? Here's your chance to prove it.

World Bank’s strategy for AI, jobs, and economic resilience
World Bank & IMF Meetings

World Bank’s strategy for AI, jobs, and economic resilience

At the 2026 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, World Bank Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer Paschal Donohoe joined GZERO’s Tony Maciulis to discuss how development institutions balance immediate crises with long-term goals.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on April 14, 2026.​
What We're Watching

Putin makes big gamble, Israel and Lebanon agree to ceasefire, Riyadh reportedly plans to halt funds for golf tour

The Parliament signed a law this week that would allow the military to attack any country that holds Russians captive. But in so doing, Vladimir Putin may have backed himself into a corner.

Hard Number: Controversial South African politician sentenced
Hard Numbers

Hard Number: Controversial South African politician sentenced

Trump gets a "big, fat" concession from Xi
Puppet Regime

Trump gets a "big, fat" concession from Xi

A big fat hug is not nothing #PUPPETREGIME

Why the IMF is cutting global growth forecast
World Bank & IMF Meetings

Why the IMF is cutting global growth forecast

At the 2026 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Eurasia Group’s Rob Kahn joined GZERO’s Tony Maciulis to assess why the IMF has downgraded global growth to 3.1%.

Getting more "bang for the buck" to fund critical global projects
World Bank & IMF Meetings

Getting more "bang for the buck" to fund critical global projects

At the 2026 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, GZERO’s Tony Maciulis asked World Bank Group’s German Cufré how development institutions prioritize investments when funding is limited, and global needs are growing.

How to prepare the global economy for the age of AI
World Bank & IMF Meetings

How to prepare the global economy for the age of AI

At the 2026 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, GZERO’s Tony Maciulis asked Microsoft's Vickie Robinson what it will take to prepare economies for the age of AI and how quickly it needs to happen.

How the Iran war made China stronger
by ian bremmer

How the Iran war made China stronger

The conventional wisdom was that a destabilizing war in the oil-producing heart of the Middle East would badly hurt China. Evidence suggests otherwise.

Another milestone for a bleak civil war
Analysis

Another milestone for a bleak civil war

A full-stack approach to AI
World Bank & IMF Meetings

A full-stack approach to AI

At the 2026 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, GZERO’s Tony Maciulis spoke with Microsoft’s Vickie Robinson and the World Bank Group’s German Cufré on why AI readiness depends on closing the digital access gap.