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Hard Numbers: Starlink glitch hits Ukraine, Fake ambassador gets real cash in India, French president sues over “she’s a man” scandal, and more…
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Starlink glitch hits Ukraine, Fake ambassador gets real cash in India, French president sues over “she’s a man” scandal, and more…

Three ways to look at Brazil’s fight with Elon Musk
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Three ways to look at Brazil’s fight with Elon Musk

What on Earth is going on in Brazil? The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is locked in a high-profile, increasingly nasty clash with Latin America’s largest economy, which has recently banned Musk’s X platform.

​Students and staff gather next to the football field after law enforcement officers responded to a fatal shooting at Apalachee High School in a still image from aerial video in Winder, Georgia, U.S. September 4, 2024.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Georgia school shooting, Harris' tax policy, Grenfell inquiry blames deaths on “incompetence,” Lebanon embezzlement scandal grows, Musk blinks in Brazil dispute, Heavy cars kill more people than they save

COP28 climate talks complicated by UAE oil deals
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COP28 climate talks complicated by UAE oil deals

Will the UAE’s pursuit of oil deals during COP28 undermine the summit's climate goals? How will Taiwan's upcoming election affect US-China relationship? Will Elon Musk provide Starlink to Gaza? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Elon Musk's Starlink cutoff controversy
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Elon Musk's Starlink cutoff controversy

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Walter Isaacson's massive blockbuster bio is about to come out on Elon Musk, and the big story is that Elon had taken away Starlink for Ukrainian attacks on Crimea, wouldn't give them permission. Should an individual centibillionaire CEO be making these decisions about outcomes of life and death for 44 million Ukrainians?

Next Giant Leap | The satellite revolution in Low Earth Orbit | GZERO in partnership with MDA Space | image of the Moon in space
Next Giant Leap

The satellite revolution in Low Earth Orbit

Listen: In the last twenty-five years, the number of active satellites orbiting the Earth has increased from about 500 to 8,000. The latest episode of the Next Giant Leap podcast explores the exponential increase in satellites which are being launched into Low Earth orbit (LEO). This is the zone of space between about 100 and 1200 miles above the Earth.