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Forecast: Questions continue to rise after deadly Texas floods, PKK dissolves, and U.S. terminates protected status for Afghans

Factal July 10, 2025

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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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Forecast podcast: Death toll and questions continue to rise after deadly Texas floods

Factal July 10, 2025

The image is a satellite view of a landscape depicting a river surrounded by dense green foliage. The river flows horizontally, cutting through a wooded area in the upper part of the image. The landscape surrounding the river shows signs of uneven terrain with patches of brown and exposed earth, suggesting flooding or erosion. Below the river, there is a road running parallel to it, with several houses and a building complex on either side. The houses are organized into a small residential area with a variety of smaller structures and green lawns, typical of a suburban setting. A few cars are visible on the road, indicating some level of activity. Further south, the landscape becomes more open, featuring fewer trees and larger patches of grassland.

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Joe Veyera discuss the deadly floods that tore through Texas’s Hill Country region, plus more on the dissolution of the militant…

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Forecast: Russia’s rare daytime bombardment of Kyiv, RNC begins, and elections in Rwanda and Syria

Factal July 12, 2024

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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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Forecast: Landslide buries thousands in Papua New Guinea, Mexico chooses new president, and Atlantic hurricane season begins

Factal May 30, 2024

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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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Forecast: Cyclone threat and heatwave in Australia, Russia holds presidential election, and possible Israeli military action against Hezbollah

Factal March 14, 2024

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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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Forecast: South Korea doctors’ strike brings major disruptions, Pakistan’s PTI holds elections, and Super Tuesday in the US

Factal February 29, 2024

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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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Forecast: Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll soars, Texas judge decides abortion medication case, and Colombian government negotiates with rebel group

Factal February 9, 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.
Forecast is written and produced by Factal’s global newsroom and they’re tracking the earthquakes in Turkey, wildfires in Chile, the Colombian government-ELN negotiations and more.

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Forecast podcast: Desperation rises as Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll soars

Factal February 9, 2023

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In this week’s forecast we’ve got a federal judge in Texas deciding on an abortion medication case, an election in Cyprus, negotiations between the Colombian government and a rebel group, China’s Sichuan province lifting restrictions on childbirth and a look at the devastating earthquakes affecting Turkey and Syria

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Forecast Podcast: Scrutiny grows over Uvalde, Texas, police response following new discrepancies

Factal June 2, 2022

A detail view as people embrace outside a memorial to honor the victims killed in this week's school shooting outside Robb Elementary School. A makeshift memorial filled with flowers and photos of the 21 victims in honor of the victims, most of whom were around 10 years old. President Biden traveled to Uvalde, Texas, to help console the community as it grieves from, and seeks to comprehend, last week's massacre at Robb Elementary School.

In this week’s forecast we’ve got Tropical Storm Alex, US, Japan and South Korea meeting to discuss North Korea, a constitutional referendum in Kazakhstan, local elections in Mexico and the latest on the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting.

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Forecast Podcast: Russia workplace shutdown, Brazil trucker strike, Texas abortion ban hearing, UN report on Ethiopia, Sudan coup

Factal October 28, 2021

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Listen to the full podcast episode here: Show notes: In response to soaring coronavirus death tolls, Russian President Putin declared a week of “non-working days”…

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