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Gillmor Gang: VP Live

The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Michael Markman, Keith Teare, Denis Pombriant, Brent Leary, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Tuesday, August 11, 2020. For more, subscribe to the Gillmor Gang Ne

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U.S. seizes Iranian fuel

00:33 Amid tensions, Trump said the U.S. seized Iranian oil from four tankers for defying U.S. sanctions by sending cargoes to Venezuela. But Iran rejected it as “another lie and psych

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COVID-19 threatens implementation of parts of USMCA deal

02:40 The global pandemic has affected all aspects of life​and business,includinginternational trade,withflows of goods around the world disrupted.​And in the middle of this crisis, th

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Pandemic changes conversation around climate change in Latin America

02:26 The pandemic has brought changes all around the world, and not all of them are seen in a negative light.One of them is a heightened awareness and deepest conversation onpollution

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COVID-19 impacts America’s farms

02:43 The economic impact of COVID-19 continue to be felt across the globe.In the United States, a number of businesses remain shuttered.One area that was deeply impacted was the meat

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Glacier ruptures in Switzerland

00:36 The Tourtemagne Glacier ruptured last Thursday after small ice avalanches in Valais, Switzerland.Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter.Subscribe here!

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Bangladesh in triple crisis

00:59 Officials say this year’s flooding is the worst in a decade. See how an already vulnerable population is being left with nowhere to go as it faces a triple-crisis of coronavirus,

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Gillmor Gang: Tic Talks

The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Michael Markman, Keith Teare, Denis Pombriant, Brent Leary, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Sunday, August 2, 2020. For more, subscribe to the Gillmor Gang News

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Tackling food insecurity through gleaning

02:28 As the U.S. copes with the coronavirus pandemic, many food crops have gone to waste amid a drop in demand from restaurants. At the same time, with record unemployment, food insec

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Celebrating International Beer Day

00:56 The first Friday of August marks International Beer Day.Although the 'holiday' is young, the practice of making and drinking beer goes back centuries.The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't

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Mexico's coronavirus death toll tops 50,000

01:24 The pandemic reached a grim milestone in Mexico.More than 50,000 have died of COVID-19 in the country making it third in the world in death toll, behind only the United States an

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Ukraine's President Zelensky visits the Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Ukraine’s President Zelensky visited the frontlines of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions Thursday and had a meal with Russian-backed separatists.Zelensky was elected to po

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People honoring the 75th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings

See how people in Japan are honoring the 75th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. On August 6th, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first

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Fighting COVID-19 – as a family

05:43 Imagine having a father, mother, and sister all battlingCOVID-19 at the same time, with two of them fighting for their lives in a hospital intensive care unit.As the number of ca

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Elderly Lebanese lady plays piano in her damaged apartment

00:50 An elderly lady plays "Auld Lang Syne" in her damaged apartment after the massive explosion in Beirut.Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter.Subscribe here!

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Australian city on lock down amid COVID-19 surge

00:54 Australia's hard-hit Victoria state is now a declared disaster zone with new restrictions in place.An evening curfew is in effect across Melbourne from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the n

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The impact of COVID-19 on Latin American governments and economies

02:29 The two largest economies in Latin America, Brazil and Mexico, are among the four nations hardest hit by COVID-19 in the world. Many other Latin American democracies are facing u