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Mercosur free trade agreement, in Strasbourg, France, December 17, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: EU-Mercosur trade deal faces now-or-2028 vote, Trump plans to surround Venezuela, US wants Pakistan to offer Gaza peacekeeping forces

The trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc is on the chopping block, facing an end-of-year deadline to be approved or shelved until 2028.

​Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed school building in East Java, Indonesia, on September 29, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Indonesian school collapses, Americans sour on Israel, YouTube pays Trump, Brothers rock in Italian election

​The Palestinian flag is raised at the Palestinian mission's headquarters in London, United Kingdom, on September 22, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: More Western nations recognize Palestinian state, Southeast Asian unrest spreads to the Philippines, Putin wants to de-facto extend nuclear arms deal

​Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini following the CIPESS decision to approve the construction of the Messina Strait Bridge, Italy, on August 7, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Italy builds bridge over troubled waters, Ghanaian helicopter crash kills two ministers, Portuguese cop stuffs coke in animal skins, & More

Graphic Truth: G7 vs BRICS, who has more economic clout?
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Graphic Truth: G7 vs BRICS, who has more economic clout?

The BRICS are catching up with the G7 in terms of economic output.

KAJ performing Bara Bada Bastu for Sweden at the First Semi-Final in St. Jakobshalle
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At Eurovision 2025: Glitter, geopolitics, and a sauna diss track

Europe’s glitter-soaked, pyrotechnic-powered, music competition fever dream – otherwise known as the Eurovision Song Contest – takes place Saturday in Basel, Switzerland at 9pm CEST (3pm ET). It’s part talent show, part geopolitical popularity contest, and fully unhinged fun.

​Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa heads to the United States for negotiations from Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 16, 2025.
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Two “Guinea pigs” come to Washington

As much of the world scrambles to figure out how to avoid Donald Trump’s expansive “reciprocal tariffs,” Japanese and Italian officials are in Washington this week to try their hands at negotiating with the self-styled Deal Artist™ himself.

​U.S. President-elect Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. January 4, 2025.
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Meloni joins Trump at Mar-a-Lago — with Europe’s economy on the line

President-elect Donald Trump was full of praise for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during her surprise visit to Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, calling her a “fantastic woman” who has “really taken Europe by storm.”

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) nominates former President Donald Trump for Speaker of the House as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) watch inside the House Chamber on the third day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2023.
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Hard Numbers: Matt Gaetz loved drugs and sex in Congress, Biden commutes death sentences, A deadly year for journalists, Italy’s magnificent mosaics shine again

Elon Musk’s next target: Italy
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Elon Musk’s next target: Italy

Elon Musk has been busy – speaking at Trump rallies, launching rockets into space, transforming Twitter/X into something unrecognizable, and being named to help lead a new government department under President-elect Donald Trump.