You vs. the News: GZERO’s Weekly News Quiz, Aug. 8, 2024

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Should the United States be concerned about Chinese and Russian military activity in space? And is the US prepared for space warfare? Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joined Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to talk about the future of US space policy and the 21st-century space race with Russia and China.

"I think there is a huge perspective gap. You can't project the values of a wealthy Western society on a developing society, which is at a very different stage of economic development. And that's one of the challenges of talking about energy security," explains Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer-Prize winning author and vice chairman of S&P Global. "It's estimated that in 25 years, one quarter of the world's people will live in Africa where they need economic development, and they need energy to do that." Yergin spoke with host JJ Ramberg and Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel on the new podcast series “Energized: The Future of Energy,” presented by GZERO Media's Blue Circle Studios and Enbridge. In the inaugural episode, Yergin whose most recent book is entitled "The New Map: Energy, Climate & the Clash of Nations", highlights the essential connection between energy security and a successful energy transition, stating, "Without energy security, you really don't have a very successful energy transition because energy security means reliable, affordable energy." Listen to this episode at gzeromedia.com/energized, or on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris take part in a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Penn., on Sept. 10, 2024, in a combination of photographs.

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Vice President Kamala Harris had two opponents in Tuesday night’s highly anticipated presidential debate: former President Donald Trump and high expectations. She performed well against both.

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Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Just finished watching the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and very clearly Harris was the winner. This wasn't as dramatic as the Biden-Trump debate, but it was nonetheless pretty one-sided. Harris made very few mistakes. She was on message, she was disciplined. And it's not that Trump didn't have points to make, but he largely didn't make them.

European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference after Europe's top court ruling on Apple's fight against an order by EU competition regulators to pay a record 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, in Brussels, Belgium September 10, 2024.
REUTERS/Johanna Geron

Google lost its final appeal in a 2017 antitrust case that found the company’s search engine had illegally prioritized its own shopping platforms. Apple, meanwhile, was ordered to pay $14 billion in back taxes.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy in the Locarno room at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London, Britain, September 10, 2024.
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Iran and China have found themselves in the crosshairs of accusations from Washington.

Ukraine swarmed Moscow on Tuesday with its biggest-ever drone attack. Russia said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as they swarmed over the country's capital and 124 more over eight other regions.

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144: Ukraine swarmed Moscow on Tuesday with its biggest-ever drone attack. Russia said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as they swarmed over the country's capital and 124 more over eight other regions.