The politics section would be a lot better with a few extra zero tolerance policies heaped on top to flush out the undesirables. Any deviation from civil discourse like personal attacks, blatant misinformation, or troll bait should lead to immediate revoking of posting rights in that section.
There is plenty to talk about regarding world news that touches on gaming but it's all soured by people that don't understand the basics of respectful discourse. The pandemic and how it has been handled by politicians has negatively affected many production lines of new games, Steam's ban in China might have consequences for the rest of the users if Valve caves in to losing that massive market, or maybe even just yet another news story about how some politician blames CS:GO for mass shooting Nr. 2837654.
On top of that more generic IT related news might also have an impact on videogames, reselling of digital licenses is still a hot bed where it's legally allowed by practically prohibited by the storefronts, legal changes to encryption standards for transmitting communications might have an impact on online gaming at large, and might be worth talking about with people where the impact is on the same hobby.