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New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern is attempting to improve relations with Beijing during a whirlwind trip to China.

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War and Peace in 2025, with Clarissa Ward and Comfort Ero

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents check the identity documents of a group of agricultural workers at a grocery store parking lot during an immigration raid in Mecca, California, U.S. December 19, 2025.

A former immigration chief weighs in on Trump’s second act

People gather around offered flowers to honour the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 19, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Australia’s plan to buy back guns, Europe’s bet on Ukraine, and China’s playbook in Latin America

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Hard Numbers: Angola to build critical minerals railroad, DOJ delays total Epstein files release, Bank of Japan raises rates, Trump adds two new holidays to the calendar

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You vs. the News: A Weekly News Quiz - December 19, 2025

​A Boeing 737 Max 8 with Afghans on board lands at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) on December 16, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Germany clears path for Afghan refugees, China’s population predicted to plummet, Brazil’s Congress seeks to cut Bolsonaro’s sentence, Nigeria appeals DRC’s World Cup eligibility

​President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.

Trump is at risk of falling into the Biden trap on the economy

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi

What We’re Watching: India eyes Taliban opportunity, China seeks mediator role in Thai-Cambodian conflict, US to hand Taiwan its largest-ever military package

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner, along with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and otherEuropean leaders, pose for a group photo at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 15, 2025.

Europe’s moment of truth

Most quotable moments of 2025 | GZERO World with ian bremmer

Top 10 Quotes from GZERO World with Ian Bremmer in 2025

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Consumers are spending–just not evenly

Mercosur free trade agreement, in Strasbourg, France, December 17, 2025.

What We’re Watching: EU-Mercosur trade deal faces now-or-2028 vote, Trump plans to surround Venezuela, US wants Pakistan to offer Gaza peacekeeping forces

People gather outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport to decry President Trump's travel ban on 19 countries which went into effect this morning.​

Hard Numbers: Trump adds to travel-ban list, China lowers tariffs on EU pork, Alaskan rivers turning orange and red, Panama Canal deal hits impasse

​US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, on August 18, 2025.

Viewpoint: Trump wants a Europe more like US

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Walmart's $350 billion commitment to American jobs

The Top Risks of 2026 | Ian bremmer & Eurasia Group | A GZERO Media Live Event | Monday, January 5 | 12 pm | gzeromedia.com/toprisks

Join us live on Jan. 5 for the Top Risks of 2026 with Ian Bremmer

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Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ed Policy

A family votes during the second round of Hungary's general election in Budapest, April 23, 2006. Hungarians went to the polls on Sunday with the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany looking set to make history by becoming the first to retain power since the return of democracy in 1990.

Six elections to watch in 2026

Slovenia's Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset applaud during a Council of Europe diplomatic conference in The Hague, Netherlands, December 16, 2025.

What We’re Watching: US and Europe more hopeful of Ukraine peace deal, Sign of peace in the DRC, European aid struggles to reach Darfur

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., USA, on Dec. 5, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Canada’s Carney faces spelling backlash, US unemployment hits four-year high, Iran shows off its missiles, Japan-China spat means pandas are coming home

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Wikipedia's cofounder says the site crossed a line on Gaza

Wikipedia's cofounder says the site crossed a line on Gaza

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Quick Take

​Chief Superintendent of the police force's National Security Department Steve Li Kwai-wah speaks at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building after the verdict in the national security collusion trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, in Hong Kong, China, on December 15, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai faces life imprisonment, Half of Israelis oppose Netanyahu pardon, Flash floods in Morocco, Romania protests corruption

People pay respects at Bondi Pavilion to victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Gunmen kill 15 at Hanukkah event in Australia, Chile shifts to the right, South Africa considers concession for Musk’s Starlink

An ally under suspicion

An ally under suspicion

In Wikipedia We Trust?

In Wikipedia We Trust?

Economic Trends Shaping 2026: Trade, AI, Small Business

Economic Trends Shaping 2026: Trade, AI, Small Business

Wikipedia Cofounder

Why we still trust Wikipedia, with cofounder Jimmy Wales

Global Stage

Global Stage

Can we still trust Wikipedia?

Can we still trust Wikipedia?

​Then-US President George W. Bush with then-People's Republic of China President Jiang Zemin following their meeting at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, on October 25, 2002.

How chads and China shaped our world

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on AI next to Sriram Krishnan, Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence on December 11, 2025.

Trump tries to halt state AI laws | Iranian dissident arrested again | US sanctions Maduro’s “narco nephews” | UNESCO recognizes tradition of yodeling

​December 9, 2025, Rome, Italy: Italian politicians from parties +Europa, Democratic Party, Azione, Europa Now gather to welcome Ukraines President Zelensky with a banner made up of 27 EU flags and the Ukrainian flag.

EU set to use Russian assets for Ukraine loan | Trump wants to make friends and get minerals | Backlash to Seattle’s World Cup Pride plan

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You vs. the News: A Weekly News Quiz - December 12, 2025

​Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins points as she thanks her staff and supporters on the night of the general election, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.

Republicans lose on Trump’s home turf again

Women work in the plastic container assembly area inside the El Oso shoe polish factory, located in Mexico City, Mexico, in its new facilities, after officers from the Secretariat of Citizen Security and staff from the Benito Juarez mayor's office arbitrarily and violently remove their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and work tools on January 17 of this year following a coordinated operation stemming from a private dispute. On August 27, 2025.

Mexico imposes tariffs on China | Myanmar’s government strikes hospital | Trump to offer farmers relief, US Fed cuts rates again

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, December 8, 2025.

Zelensky willing to compromise | Bulgaria’s government falls | US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker

It’s official: Trump wants a weaker European Union

It’s official: Trump wants a weaker European Union

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The power of sports

​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, Japan, on December 10, 2025.

Japan’s leader has had a tricky start. But the public loves her.

What’s Good Wednesdays™, December 10, 2025

​Buildings lie in ruins amidst the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Gaza needs to clear out tons of rubble, Trump to hold final-round Fed chair interviews, Canada to incentivize highly-skilled immigrants, The Taliban doesn’t like “Peaky Blinders”

ANO party leader Andrej Babis signs a document on the day he is appointed as the country's new prime minister in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 9, 2025.

What We’re Watching: “Czech Trump” back in power, Rwanda-DRC peace deal seemingly in ruins, The US has a new type(face)

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Walmart's $350 billion commitment to American jobs

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Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ed Policy

Members of security forces stand guard outside a polliong station, a week late in a special election, after the local governing party kept voting closed on election day, amid accusations of sabotage and fraud, in a presidential race still too close to call as counting continues, in San Antonio de Flores, Honduras, December 7, 2025.

Honduras awaits election results, but will they be believed?

​Israa Mukhtar, a witness of the RSF attack in April 2025 on a medical clinic, sits inside a tent in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on June 13, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Brutal attack in Sudan, France set to reverse Macron’s flagship law, Burkina Faso holds Nigerian soldiers, the last Danish Christmas cards

Vilnius International airport, forced to shut down due to the presence of air balloons, on October 25, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Balloon emergency in Eastern Europe, China neglects Trump’s chip offer, Aussie kids banned from socials

Geoffrey Hinton on how humanity can survive AI

Geoffrey Hinton on how humanity can survive AI

Notre Dame, politics, and playing by their own rules

Notre Dame, politics, and playing by their own rules

Trump’s new national security strategy targets Europe

Trump’s new national security strategy targets Europe

Egyptians head to the polls to elect a new parliament during the first round of the Egyptian parliamentary elections in Giza, Egypt, on November 10, 2025.

Egypt’s Undemocratic Election - And Why the West doesn’t care

Election Commission candidates' campaign teams canvassing in permitted areas outside the polling station in Hong Kong on December 7, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Hong Kong citizens don’t want to vote, Japan-China tensions rise, Art stolen in Brazil & More

An injured soldier is transferred to a hospital following a clash between Thai and Cambodian troops over a disputed border area in Sisaket Province,Thailand, December 7, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Thai-Cambodian ceasefire on verge of collapse, Trump makes “Monroe Doctrine” official, Benin foils coup attempt

'Godfather of AI' warns of existential risks

'Godfather of AI' warns of existential risks

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Anatomy of a Scam

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The human cost of AI, with Geoffrey Hinton

Will AI replace human workers?

Will AI replace human workers?

Members of the Uyghurs diaspora gather in front of Alberta Legislature during the protest 'Stand in Support of East Turkistan' to commemorate the 1990 Barin Uprising, on April 6, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The East Turkestan independence movement seeks the region's independence for the Uyghur people from China. They advocate renaming the region from Xinjiang to East Turkestan, its historical name.

The genocide no one talks about any more

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the India-Russia Business Forum in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2025.

Putin-Modi meeting is all show, Kyrgyzstan plummets further from democracy, Stalemate ends in Yemen’s civil war

​Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on December 4, 2025.

Daylight and complaints in Honduras’ election, Eurovision boycott, ICE arrests, India interest rate cuts

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You vs. the News: A Weekly News Quiz - December 5, 2025

A mosque stands in an area affected by a deadly flash flood following heavy rains in Aceh Tamiang regency, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 4, 2025.

Indonesia investigates devastating floods, Tunisia arrests opposition leader, DRC and Rwanda peace deal

​Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in London, United Kingdom, on Nov. 26, 2025.

Why won’t the right unite in Western Europe?

Trump, Putin, and Zelensky surrounded by tanks and negotiators.

The Ukraine peace push is failing. Here's why.

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The AI economy takes shape

​Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children hold makeshift gallows as part of a protest against attempts to change government policy that grants?ultra-Orthodox?Jews exemptions from military conscription, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2024.

What We’re Watching: Haredi conscription issue threatens Israel’s government again, Xi hosts Macron, Putin visit Modi

Police officers pass a burnt police armoured personnel carrier after gunmen kidnapped several people from an orphanage in a mountainous community that has been under deadly attacks by armed gangs since the start of this year, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, in Kenscoff, Haiti August 4, 2025.

Then & Now: Can Haiti's government hold an election?

What’s Good Wednesdays™, December 3, 2025

​Fishing boats moored at Taganga Beach in Santa Marta, Colombia, on October 20, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Family of Colombian casualty files complaint against US, EU seeks workaround for Ukraine funds, Search for Malaysian airlines flight restarts, & More

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Walmart's $350 billion commitment to American jobs

Trump, Russia, and a deal Ukraine can’t accept

Trump, Russia, and a deal Ukraine can’t accept

Luis Fernando Cerimedo, advisor of Presidential candidate Nasry Asfura of the National Party of Honduras (PN), speaks during a press conference after the general election, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 1, 2025.

Hard Numbers: No daylight in Honduran presidential race, Japan’s lead banker sends bonds falling worldwide, Bird flu spreads like wildfire, Republicans seek to avoid Tennessee catastrophe

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the National Palace, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic November 26, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Pushback on Venezuela strike, Tax protests in Bulgaria, China-Japan coastguard dispute

​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky inspects a guard of honor by the Irish Army in Dublin, Ireland, on December 2, 2025.

What’s next for Zelensky?

Trump threatens regime change in Venezuela

Trump threatens regime change in Venezuela

Ed Policy and Brad Smith seated at a table with microphones

Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ed Policy

​The Gen Z group led by Miraj Dhungana escalates their ongoing demonstrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Nov. 26, 2025.

The kids are not alright

Two military jets fly in formation during the industrial air show.

What We’re Watching: Trump orders shutdown of Venezuela airspace, Honduras election on a knife edge, Migrant skepticism spreads

​People stay at a school, which is functioned as the temporary shelter at flooded area, on November 30, 2025 in Sumatra, Sumatra. The authorities in Indonesia were searching on Sunday for hundreds of people they said were missing after days of unusually heavy rains across Southeast Asia that have killed hundreds and displaced millions.

Hard Numbers: Mother Nature batters South and Southeast Asia, Netanyahu asks for a pardon, Aussies get in kayaks to protest coal, Trump commutes sentence of fraudster, Leo makes first foreign trip as pope

Crisis en Venezuela: Trump, Maduro, Xi, y Putin CANTAN!!!

Crisis en Venezuela: Trump, Maduro, Xi, y Putin CANTAN!!!

Turkeys reject Trump's pardon

Turkeys reject Trump's pardon

Graphic Truth: Turkey is cheaper, but inflation still gobbles

Graphic Truth: Turkey is cheaper, but inflation still gobbles

US ​President Donald Trump pardons a turkey in Washington, D.C., USA, on Nov. 25, 2025.

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