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Forecast: North Korea ratchets up tensions, U.S. faces election aftermath, and Bolivia’s president issues government report

Factal November 7, 2024

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Forecast podcast: North Korea ratchets up tensions with missile launches

Factal November 7, 2024

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In this week’s forecast we’ve got North Korean military activity, Bolivia’s political crisis, the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers meeting, and elections in Somaliland and Sri Lanka.

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Forecast: Israel launches ground offensive in Lebanon, Hurricane Helene recovery starts, and Nigeria begins mpox vaccinations

Factal October 3, 2024

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Forecast podcast: Israel launches ground offensive in Lebanon as regional tensions spiral

Factal October 3, 2024

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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…

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Forecast podcast: South Korea axes military pact with North Korea over trash-laden balloons

Factal June 6, 2024

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In this week’s forecast we’ve got trash-filled balloons from North Korea, a military exercise in the Pacific, Israel’s Benny Gantz threatening to leave the war cabinet, elections by Syrian Kurdish groups and a G7 summit in Italy.

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Factal Forecast: Boeing acknowledges ‘mistake’ after plane loses panel, ICJ holds genocide hearing against Israel, and World Economic Forum meets in Davos

Factal January 11, 2024

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Forecast podcast: Guatemala’s president-elect calls effort to block him from office a “coup”

Factal September 7, 2023

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In this week’s forecast we’ve got a look at Guatemala’s ongoing political crisis, North Korea’s founding anniversary, the G20 Summit in India, Russia-organized elections in annexed portions of Ukraine and the UK launching its autumn vaccination programs.

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Factal Forecast: Guatemala faces political crisis, G20 leaders meet in India, and UK launches autumn vaccine programs

Factal September 7, 2023

While in Bali in 2022, six G20 leaders participate in a ceremony. Indian Prime Minister Modi is one of the six in this photo. Modi and India host this year's summit.

Welcome to Factal Forecast, a look at the week’s biggest stories from the editors at Factal. We publish our forward-looking note each Thursday to help you get a jump-start on…

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Factal Forecast: Israeli-Palestinian tensions soar following deadly raids, Biden delivers State of the Union, and EU ban on Russian diesel fuel begins

Factal February 2, 2023

Joe Biden at the 2021 State of the Union.

An indispensable geopolitical planning resource, the Factal Forecast newsletter and podcast give you a jump on the news that will be making headlines around the world in the week ahead – and why it will matter.
Forecast is written and produced by Factal’s global newsroom and they’re tracking issues in Israel-Palestine, Memphis, China and more.

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Forecast: New storms threaten millions in California, World Economic Forum gathers in Davos, and North Korea convenes Supreme People’s Assembly

Factal January 12, 2023

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An indispensable geopolitical planning resource, the Factal Forecast newsletter and podcast give you a jump on the news that will be making headlines around the world in the week ahead – and why it will matter.
Factal’s editors are watching elections in the Czech Republic, protests in Brazil, the storms in California and more.

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