Factal Forecast

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Halima Mansoor discuss the anti-government protests gripping Turkey, plus more on elections in Tajikistan, an immigration crackdown in Pakistan, a national strike in Belgium and U.S. tariffs. NOTE : Our next episode will be out April 10, 2025. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Fore...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Theresa Seiger discuss the deadly tornadoes across the U.S. South and Midwest, plus more on government workers striking in Greece, a criminal court hearing for South Korea’s impeached president, parliament resuming in Canada and Brazil’s Supreme Court weighing charges against a former president. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Agnese Boffano discuss the recent fighting in western Syria that left more than 1,000 people killed, plus more on a U.S. airline resuming flights to Tel Aviv, mining permits in Mali, a court hearing over the White House ban on the Associated Press and Chinese tariffs on Canada.. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are al...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Alex Moore discuss the U.S. pausing military aid and information-sharing with Ukraine, plus more on Egypt’s IMF loan, elections in Greenland, U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs and a crisis brewing in the Serbian Parliament. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecast newsletter . This...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Matthew Hipolito discuss the three tropical cyclones churning in the South Pacific, plus more on an end to the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, a deadline to return gas supplies to Moldova, President Trump addressing Congress, and Japanese and British officials meeting in Tokyo. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others a...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Jeff Landset discuss deadly gang attacks in Haiti's Kenscoff area, plus more on elections in Germany and Ontario, Canada, a return-to-office order for US government workers and a toxic debris cleanup deadline for the Los Angeles fires. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecas...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Jaime Calle Moreno discuss the wildfires raging in Chile, plus more on the Munich Security Conference, a deadline for Hamas to release hostages, the UN Security Council meeting and South Korean President Yoon’s criminal trial. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecast newsletter ....

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Jeff Landset discuss Ecuador's upcoming election, plus more on Baltic countries disconnecting from a Russian power grid, a parliamentary election in Kosovo, the Super Bowl and an African Union summit in Ethiopia. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecast newsletter . This epi...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Owen Bonertz discuss the fighting underway in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, plus more on U.S. tariffs on Mexico and Canada, airlines resuming some flights to the Middle East, elections in Delhi and naval exercises in Pakistan. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecast...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Agnese Boffano discuss the precarious Gaza ceasefire, plus more on the end of the 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon, a presidential election in Belarus, Lunar New Year and the Bank of Canada cutting rates. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecast newsletter . This episode includes work...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Joe Veyera discuss President-elect Trump's upcoming inauguration and administration, plus more on Russia and Iran signing a strategic pact, election campaigns in Honduras, the World Economic Forum, and the 14th anniversary of the mass protests in Egypt that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These st...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and James Morgan discuss Moldova's energy crisis, plus more on Pakistan’s national airline resuming flights to Europe, parliamentary elections in Comoros, nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries and confirmation hearings in the US for Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and other...

In our final podcast of 2024, Senior Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Alex Moore discuss a series of targeted assassinations in Russia, including the recent killing of a top Russian general in Moscow via an IED planted on a scooter, plus more on winter weather impacting U.S. holiday travel, some European countries scrambling ahead of new U.S. sanctions targeting Russia’s gas industry, Syria’s Damascus Air...

Senior Editor Jimmy Lovaas and Managing Editor Bada Kim discuss the political crisis gripping South Korea after President Yoon's shocking, but short-lived, declaration of martial law, plus more on elections in Ghana and Romania, Netherlands imposing some border controls and rail strikes in France. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more . Note : The podcast will be off ne...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Agnese Boffano discuss the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, plus more on Iran holding nuclear talks, Taiwan’s president visiting Pacific allies, a possible strike by Volkswagen workers and California’s governor calling a special session of the legislature. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also av...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Vivian Wang discuss North Korea's recent provocations, plus more on Bolivia’s political crisis, the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers meeting, and elections in Somaliland and Sri Lanka. Note : The podcast will be off for a week, so our next episode will be out Nov. 21. In the meantime, be sure to follow us on X , formerly known as Twitter, where we’ll still be posti...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Joe Veyera discuss the upcoming US election, plus more on Affordable Care Act open enrollment in the United States, UK Conservatives announcing a new leader, a presidential runoff election in Moldova and the state assembly of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir beginning its session.. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and other...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Agnese Boffano discuss the recent killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, plus more on elections in Japan, Botswana and Eastern Europe’s Georgia, and the United Kingdom’s upcoming budget. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecast newsletter . This episode includes work from Factal e...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Joe Veyera discuss the diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, plus more on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visiting Turkey, an election in Moldova, a BRICS summit in Russia and France hosting a conference on Lebanon. CORRECTION : The podcast originally contained an error at about the 7:45 mark. Jimmy misstated when France's recent negotiation talks between Israel...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Jeff Landset discuss the CDC's plan to start screening passengers flying in from Rwanda for symptoms of Marburg virus, plus more on Ukraine’s President Zelensyy presenting his “victory plan,” Taiwan’s former president visiting Prague, a second round of polio vaccinations in Gaza and the U.K. holding an international investment summit. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podc...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Agnese Boffano discuss Israel's ground offensive into southern Lebanon, plus more on municipal elections in Brazil, North Korea’s parliament meeting, mpox vaccinations in Nigeria and elections in Mozambique. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecast newsletter . This episode...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Joe Veyera discuss Hurricane Helene, plus more on Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visiting the White House, a leadership election for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party, parliamentary elections in Austria and a possible strike by dockworkers across the US East and Gulf coasts. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also availa...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Agnese Boffano discuss the wave of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies owned by Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria, plus more on a presidential election in Sri Lanka, an election in Germany’s Brandenburg, a political party rally in Pakistan and the head of the FAA testifying before Congress about Boeing. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  T...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Vivian Wang discuss Super Typhoon Yagi and the havoc it wreaked in Vietnam, Philippines and China, plus more on Germany tightening border controls, a U.S. court hearing for TikTok, Air Canada pilots striking and provincial elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and others are also available in our free...

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Jaime Calle Moreno discuss Brazil banning Elon Musk's X social network in the country, plus more on Boeing's Starliner returning to Earth without its crew, Kosovar Serbs calling for a border blockade, Spain’s prime minister visiting China and a public transport strike in Italy. Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more .  These stories and othe...