On today's Intrigue Outloud news rundown, host Ethan Plotkin breaks down the top stories from all four corners of the globe: <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/8/21/23840478/ecuador-election-result-2023-runoff-gonzalez-noboa">elections in Ecuador</a>, the end of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/21/pheu-thai-party-thaksin-shinawatra-deal-ex-military-rivals">political deadlock</a> in Thailand, Japan's controversial <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/21/japan/politics/kishida-fishermen-fukushima/">nuclear waste</a> plan, and the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/asia/brics-summit-members.html">BRICS summit</a> in Johannesburg.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

On today's Intrigue Outloud news rundown, host Ethan Plotkin breaks down the top stories from all four corners of the globe: elections in Ecuador, the end of the political deadlock in Thailand, Japan's controversial nuclear waste plan, and the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's Intrigue Outloud news rundown, host Ethan Plotkin breaks down the top stories from all four corners of the globe: <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/8/21/23840478/ecuador-election-result-2023-runoff-gonzalez-noboa" rel="noopener noreferrer">elections in Ecuador</a>, the end of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/21/pheu-thai-party-thaksin-shinawatra-deal-ex-military-rivals" rel="noopener noreferrer">political deadlock</a> in Thailand, Japan's controversial <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/21/japan/politics/kishida-fishermen-fukushima/" rel="noopener noreferrer">nuclear waste</a> plan, and the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/asia/brics-summit-members.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">BRICS summit</a> in Johannesburg. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

22 August: Ecuador's elections and BRICS new direction

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