Our mainframe computer, DEREK, gave us the news before it became sentient and we had to unplug it. This week: the new IPCC report on climate and UN report on water access (0:38), good and bad news from Yemen (4:34), Israel makes moves on a new bill legalizing old settlements and Smotrich gets in trouble with Jordan (6:45), Ethiopia sees progress in implementing the Tigray peace deal (10:44), pension problems in France (13:42), a Russia/Ukraine update (18:16), and a New Cold War update (26:50) featuring Xi Jinping visiting Russia, Kishida Fumio visiting Ukraine, and Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen visiting the US.
Recorded Thursday, March 23, 2023
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