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Explosions in India and Pakistan’s capitals threaten to raise regional tensions
Plus stops in Canada, Chile, Canada and a Saudi visit to D.C.
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Plus stops in Canada, Chile, Canada and a Saudi visit to D.C.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Explosions in India and Pakistan’s capitals threaten to raise regional tensions
Plus stops in Canada, Chile, Canada and a Saudi visit to D.C.
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Plus stops in Canada, Chile, Canada and a Saudi visit to D.C.
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In this week's Factal Forecast, our editors cover Typhoon Kalmaegi, Rodrigo Paz inauguration as president of Bolivia, and COP30 begins in Brazil.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In this week's Factal Forecast, our editors cover Typhoon Kalmaegi, Rodrigo Paz inauguration as president of Bolivia, and COP30 begins in Brazil.
Listen to the podcast or read the newsletter to stay ahead of next week's news.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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In this week's episode of the Factal Forecast:
Nov. 1: ACA open enrollment begins, SNAP runs out
Nov. 2: OPEC+ meeting
Nov. 4: US election day
Nov. 5: US Supreme Court hears case on tariffs
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Nov. 1: ACA open enrollment begins, SNAP runs out
Nov. 2: OPEC+ meeting
Nov. 4: US election day
Nov. 5: US Supreme Court hears case on tariffs
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October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In this week's episode of the Factal Forecast:
Nov. 1: ACA open enrollment begins, SNAP runs out
Nov. 2: OPEC+ meeting
Nov. 4: US election day
Nov. 5: US Supreme Court hears case on tariffs
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Nov. 1: ACA open enrollment begins, SNAP runs out
Nov. 2: OPEC+ meeting
Nov. 4: US election day
Nov. 5: US Supreme Court hears case on tariffs
Listen to the podcast & read the newsletter to stay ahead of next week's news
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October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
More than 300 disaster relief and humanitarian aid NGOs use Factal to keep their people safe and to know where they are needed.
Oct. 31 | APEC summit
Representatives from 21 member countries of APEC will meet in South Korea’s Gyeongju for the annual regional forum Friday and Saturday.
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Representatives from 21 member countries of APEC will meet in South Korea’s Gyeongju for the annual regional forum Friday and Saturday.
For more of next week's news read the Factal Forecast.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Oct. 31 | APEC summit
Representatives from 21 member countries of APEC will meet in South Korea’s Gyeongju for the annual regional forum Friday and Saturday.
For more of next week's news read the Factal Forecast.
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Representatives from 21 member countries of APEC will meet in South Korea’s Gyeongju for the annual regional forum Friday and Saturday.
For more of next week's news read the Factal Forecast.
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Editors Jimmy and Owen discuss the military coup in Madagascar, plus more on the ‘No Kings’ protests in the U.S., elections in Bolivia and Ireland and a meeting of China’s Communist Party.
We publish our forward-looking podcast each Thursday to help you get a jump-start on the week ahead.
We publish our forward-looking podcast each Thursday to help you get a jump-start on the week ahead.
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Editors Jimmy and Owen discuss the military coup in Madagascar, plus more on the ‘No Kings’ protests in the U.S., elections in Bolivia and Ireland and a meeting of China’s Communist Party.
We publish our forward-looking podcast each Thursday to help you get a jump-start on the week ahead.
We publish our forward-looking podcast each Thursday to help you get a jump-start on the week ahead.
This week's Factal Forecast podcast stops by Oregon, Italy, Japan, Syria, and France with the newsletter adding planned news our editors are looking at in Czech Republic, Israel, and Madagascar.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This week's Factal Forecast podcast stops by Oregon, Italy, Japan, Syria, and France with the newsletter adding planned news our editors are looking at in Czech Republic, Israel, and Madagascar.
Our global experts follow the world live, 24/7.
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Our global experts follow the world live, 24/7.
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Editors Jimmy and Alex discuss Russian drones in NATO airspace, plus more on a political rally in Pakistan, a government funding deadline in the U.S. and the start of Christmas in Venezuela.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Editors Jimmy and Alex discuss Russian drones in NATO airspace, plus more on a political rally in Pakistan, a government funding deadline in the U.S. and the start of Christmas in Venezuela.
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"...there was just a lot of anger and backlash built up over the purchase of these luxury vehicles, which was a [Toyota] Prado SUV, that triggered these protests on Monday and Tuesday."
Learn more about the protests in East Timor in the Factal Forecast: blog.factal.com/2025/09/fore...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"...there was just a lot of anger and backlash built up over the purchase of these luxury vehicles, which was a [Toyota] Prado SUV, that triggered these protests on Monday and Tuesday."
Learn more about the protests in East Timor in the Factal Forecast: blog.factal.com/2025/09/fore...
Learn more about the protests in East Timor in the Factal Forecast: blog.factal.com/2025/09/fore...
Rescue crews struggle to reach victims as Afghanistan earthquake death toll soars plus a selection of next week's news from Nepal-China, France, the US and the UN.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Rescue crews struggle to reach victims as Afghanistan earthquake death toll soars plus a selection of next week's news from Nepal-China, France, the US and the UN.
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“The ones who have the most to lose are not the people in the capitals. Colombia has a massive proportion of the population living in rural areas.”
From The Debrief - now in your inbox and on our blog.
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From The Debrief - now in your inbox and on our blog.
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![As Colombia’s former guerrilla and paramilitary groups battle for control of territory lush with narcotic crops, gold, minerals, and illicit trade routes, millions of Colombians are left unprotected and trapped with each flare-up and expanding front in a war that shows no signs of slowing.
“Violence is expected to remain at similar levels in the coming months, and we can’t [rule out] escalation.”
Read more about ‘Colombia’s narco battleground’ in The Debrief.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2go3mz3zhjbypmjjcgwenoe2/bafkreiec34awn5kpfi7pzloo5pehgin4cdjwntqypimjf5ypzsrwx3d5t4@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“The ones who have the most to lose are not the people in the capitals. Colombia has a massive proportion of the population living in rural areas.”
From The Debrief - now in your inbox and on our blog.
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From The Debrief - now in your inbox and on our blog.
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Editors Jimmy and Awais discuss the devastating floods in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of people, plus more on the Latin America Climate Summit and Trump ending the tariff exemption for small packages.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Editors Jimmy and Awais discuss the devastating floods in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of people, plus more on the Latin America Climate Summit and Trump ending the tariff exemption for small packages.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Across Angola since Monday July 28, according to the most recent update from the national police commander, 22 people have been killed and at least 200 have been injured.
Learn more in this week's Factal Forecast podcast on your favorite📻 platform and our blog.
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Learn more in this week's Factal Forecast podcast on your favorite📻 platform and our blog.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Across Angola since Monday July 28, according to the most recent update from the national police commander, 22 people have been killed and at least 200 have been injured.
Learn more in this week's Factal Forecast podcast on your favorite📻 platform and our blog.
blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
Learn more in this week's Factal Forecast podcast on your favorite📻 platform and our blog.
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In this week's 17-minute episode of the Factal Forecast:
New round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks begin as war drags on - interview w/ Alex Moore
July 31: NOAA discontinues weather forecasting data satellite program
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New round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks begin as war drags on - interview w/ Alex Moore
July 31: NOAA discontinues weather forecasting data satellite program
Find the Forecast in your 🎧 and on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
July 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In this week's 17-minute episode of the Factal Forecast:
New round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks begin as war drags on - interview w/ Alex Moore
July 31: NOAA discontinues weather forecasting data satellite program
Find the Forecast in your 🎧 and on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
New round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks begin as war drags on - interview w/ Alex Moore
July 31: NOAA discontinues weather forecasting data satellite program
Find the Forecast in your 🎧 and on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
In this week's Factal Forecast:
Deadly violence in Syria - interview w/ Agnese Boffano
July 20: Japan upper house election
July 22: UK's new immigration rules come into force
July 23: World Court to issue climate change opinion
On our blog and in your headphones🎧
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Deadly violence in Syria - interview w/ Agnese Boffano
July 20: Japan upper house election
July 22: UK's new immigration rules come into force
July 23: World Court to issue climate change opinion
On our blog and in your headphones🎧
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July 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In this week's Factal Forecast:
Deadly violence in Syria - interview w/ Agnese Boffano
July 20: Japan upper house election
July 22: UK's new immigration rules come into force
July 23: World Court to issue climate change opinion
On our blog and in your headphones🎧
blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
Deadly violence in Syria - interview w/ Agnese Boffano
July 20: Japan upper house election
July 22: UK's new immigration rules come into force
July 23: World Court to issue climate change opinion
On our blog and in your headphones🎧
blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
What's on our radar over the next few weeks? Our editors share that in every edition of the Factal Forecast.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What's on our radar over the next few weeks? Our editors share that in every edition of the Factal Forecast.
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In this week's 11-minute episode of Factal Forecast:
Death toll and questions continue to rise after deadly Texas floods - interview with Joe Veyera
July 11: PKK dissolution
July 14: U.S. terminates protected status for Afghans
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Death toll and questions continue to rise after deadly Texas floods - interview with Joe Veyera
July 11: PKK dissolution
July 14: U.S. terminates protected status for Afghans
Find the Factal Forecast on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/deat...
July 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In this week's 11-minute episode of Factal Forecast:
Death toll and questions continue to rise after deadly Texas floods - interview with Joe Veyera
July 11: PKK dissolution
July 14: U.S. terminates protected status for Afghans
Find the Factal Forecast on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/deat...
Death toll and questions continue to rise after deadly Texas floods - interview with Joe Veyera
July 11: PKK dissolution
July 14: U.S. terminates protected status for Afghans
Find the Factal Forecast on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/deat...
In this episode of the Factal Forecast:
Heat wave grips Europe, fuels wildfires in process - interview w/ Factal editor Jess Fino
July 6: OPEC+ meeting
July 9: Trump's 90-day tariff pause set to expire
Find the Forecast where you enjoy 🎧podcasts & on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
Heat wave grips Europe, fuels wildfires in process - interview w/ Factal editor Jess Fino
July 6: OPEC+ meeting
July 9: Trump's 90-day tariff pause set to expire
Find the Forecast where you enjoy 🎧podcasts & on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
July 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In this episode of the Factal Forecast:
Heat wave grips Europe, fuels wildfires in process - interview w/ Factal editor Jess Fino
July 6: OPEC+ meeting
July 9: Trump's 90-day tariff pause set to expire
Find the Forecast where you enjoy 🎧podcasts & on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
Heat wave grips Europe, fuels wildfires in process - interview w/ Factal editor Jess Fino
July 6: OPEC+ meeting
July 9: Trump's 90-day tariff pause set to expire
Find the Forecast where you enjoy 🎧podcasts & on our blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/fore...
Suspended Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s fledgling government appears to be losing ground over clashes that erupted in disputed regions along the Cambodian border.
The Debrief is now in your inbox and on the Factal Blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/the-...
The Debrief is now in your inbox and on the Factal Blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/the-...
July 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Suspended Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s fledgling government appears to be losing ground over clashes that erupted in disputed regions along the Cambodian border.
The Debrief is now in your inbox and on the Factal Blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/the-...
The Debrief is now in your inbox and on the Factal Blog: blog.factal.com/2025/07/the-...
Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Vivian Wang discuss the soaring tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, plus more on elections in Tokyo and New York City’s primary elections.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Vivian Wang discuss the soaring tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, plus more on elections in Tokyo and New York City’s primary elections.
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Find the Forecast where you listen 🎧to podcasts and on our blog
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In the #factalforecast : DC hosts WorldPride, Italy votes on citizenship referendum and India monsoon season returns with more of next week's news.
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June 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In the #factalforecast : DC hosts WorldPride, Italy votes on citizenship referendum and India monsoon season returns with more of next week's news.
Find the Forecast on our blog and wherever you enjoy podcasts.
Read the newsletter here: blog.factal.com/2025/06/fore...
Find the Forecast on our blog and wherever you enjoy podcasts.
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In this week's 10-minute Factal Forecast:
Boulder attack renews fear in Jewish community, suspect’s family detained by ICE - interview w/ Joe Veyera
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Boulder attack renews fear in Jewish community, suspect’s family detained by ICE - interview w/ Joe Veyera
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June 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In this week's 10-minute Factal Forecast:
Boulder attack renews fear in Jewish community, suspect’s family detained by ICE - interview w/ Joe Veyera
Find the Forecast where you listen🎧to podcasts and on our blog. blog.factal.com/2025/06/fore...
Boulder attack renews fear in Jewish community, suspect’s family detained by ICE - interview w/ Joe Veyera
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An assassination and an armed militia’s takedown triggered a domino effect of clashes and protests in Libya’s capital, leaving the country more fragile, though its fractured status quo appeared to hold.
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June 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
An assassination and an armed militia’s takedown triggered a domino effect of clashes and protests in Libya’s capital, leaving the country more fragile, though its fractured status quo appeared to hold.
Read the full story: blog.factal.com/2025/06/the-...
Read the full story: blog.factal.com/2025/06/the-...