US-China tariff deal, Ukraine-Russia, AI weapons and Trump in Saudi
The U.S. and China have agreed to slash tariffs for 90 days after high-stakes talks in Geneva. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has offered to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Tur...
12 Touko 202512min
Pentagon upheaval
Pete Hegseth came into the job as U.S. defense secretary vowing reform. The unprecedented staff cuts he says are designed to maximize "strategic readiness" have instead created an air of fear and dist...
10 Touko 202522min
Pope Leo, Bill Gates and US-China talks
Pope Leo offers clues about his papacy in his first appearance, while Chicagoans celebrate his election. Bill Gates says he plans to give away $200 billion to the world’s poor. The U.S. and China meet...
9 Touko 202512min
India's strikes, Russian explosives, the Fed and tax cuts
India keeps up the biggest strikes in Pakistan in decades. Russia is building a huge new explosives facility in Siberia. The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady and says risks of inflation and...
8 Touko 202512min
India-Pakistan, Papal conclave and Germany's wobble
India has hits targets in Pakistan in response to a recent militant attack, triggering fears of a further escalation of military hostilities. Roman Catholic cardinals are beginning the task of electin...
7 Touko 202512min
Germany vote shock, Israel’s Gaza plan, Romania and the Met Gala
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to garner the parliamentary majority needed to become chancellor in a first round of voting in an unexpected setback for his new coalition. The Israeli...
6 Touko 202512min
Hollywood tariffs, the Trump effect in global elections, 'Diddy' trial and the Fed
U.S. President Donald Trump orders 100% tariffs on foreign-made movies to save “dying” Hollywood. We look at the Trump factor in global elections after Australia’s Anthony Albanese wins a second term ...
5 Touko 202512min
Syria after Assad
It’s been five months since the fall of the Assad regime. Syria is no longer at war but the challenges in rebuilding a fractured country persist. In this episode of the Reuters World News podcast, Tim...
3 Touko 202521min
