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After Israel killed Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday and launched airstrikes against Beirut this weekend, it has reportedly told Washington it’s planning a limited but imminent ground operation in Lebanon.
Traffic at East and Gulf Coast ports is set to plummet thanks to a looming strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association. The union says its 45,000 port workers are ready to launch a massive strike that will likely halt operations at 36 ports.
Tim Walz and JD Vance are set to face off in their first vice presidential debate of the 2024 US election campaign on Tuesday, October 1. You know what that means: it’s time for another round of DEBATE BINGO!
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Political scientists have longdebated the importance of presidential debates, but they tend to agree that vice-presidential debates are simply sideshows without much importance for election results.
Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: The assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah saw "virtually no response," demonstrating Israel's ability to "strike their enemies with virtual impunity and with virtually no capacity for them to strike back effectively," says Ian Bremmer. This has politically bolstered Prime Minister Netanyahu from being blamed for the October 7th attacks to gaining more popularity.
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Claudia Sheinbaum will be sworn in as Mexico’s first female president — and first of Jewish heritage — on Tuesday, succeeding the wildly popular Andres Manuel López Obrador, whose shadow hangs heavily over the prospects for her administration.
Nineteen months ago, my editor asked me, the team’s Georgia native, to write an obituary for former President Jimmy Carter.
What impact will global elections have on markets and the economy?
September 30, 2024
Although markets typically adapt to policies and political contexts, the uncertainty surrounding this year’s global elections outcomes is casting a fog over the future outlook. Get clarity on the investment implications of 2024’s elections from RBC Capital Markets’ leading experts.
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When the next US president assumes office on Jan. 20, 2025, they will likely encounter a geopolitical landscape with wars in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan, the threat of a nuclear Iran, US-China tech and space races flaring, and a host of other global challenges, from climate and inequities to radicalization. Yet, no one knows what the incoming US leadership will do about the tests ahead.
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