Beijing has been rolling out measures to boost consumer spending amid a challenging global economic landscape. Is China’s domestic consumption underestimated? Will it grow in the coming years? And what is the new reality of the country's consumer market?

The first-ever trilateral meeting of ASEAN, the GCC and China has taken place in Malaysia. What’s the key message at this landmark summit? And what does closer cooperation between countries from different regions say about future trade and investment in an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape?

For months, U.S. President Donald Trump has been embroiled in a battle with Harvard University over allegations of anti-Semitism. Research funding has been cut, foreign students have been banned, and Trump has threatened to redirect a further 3 billion dollars in future grants to trade schools. Is this a fight for student safety or a political assault on elite institutions? Can the U.S. government dictate who private universities admit? And will the U.S. continue to be the destination for international scholars?

Israel is coming under increasing international pressure as it expands military action in Gaza and claims full control of the enclave as the goal. After mounting criticism of the 11-week-long blockade, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally allowed in limited food, which he says is only to appease his supporters in the U.S. How severe is the humanitarian crisis in Gaza now? And as more Western countries issue stronger condemnations of Israel, will President Donald Trump remain a firm Netanyahu supporter?

The 4th China-Central and Eastern European Countries Expo has kicked off in Ningbo. Hosting more than 400 exhibitors and showcasing over 8,000 products from Central and Eastern Europe, the expo expects to exceed 10 billion yuan, or about 1.4 billion dollars, in imports and purchase intentions from the region. How significant is the event? What can we expect out of the expo? And what does it say about the status of cooperation between the two sides?

Moody's has downgraded the U.S. credit rating, pointing to years of ballooning debt. At the same time, the Trump administration is pushing for more tax cuts — likely to pile on even more debt. What does this downgrade mean for the U.S. economy and its global standing? How is Washington managing its rising deficit? And what role are global tariffs and uncertainty playing in all this?

We speak with Global Managing Director Denis Depoux of Roland Berger and President Jens Eskelund of EU Chamber of Commerce in China on U.S. tariffs and the wider China-EU relations.

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are back in Istanbul, returning to the same place where they held talks three years ago at the onset of the Ukraine crisis. What are the priorities for both parties? Can we expect any meaningful progress this time? And perhaps the most pressing question of all—are we nearing an end to the conflict?

U.S. President Donald Trump has recently visited Saudi Arabia, attending high-level business meetings and announcing a major arms deal. Following his stay in Riyadh, Trump will continue to visit in Qatar and the UAE. What more do we know about the tour? And what does it suggest about America's foreign policy and its role in the region?

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and World War II. Eighty years on, how should all nations do to uphold the outcomes of WWII and advocate for an accurate historical view of the war? How can China and Russia jointly defend the international political and economic order? And how important is cooperation between the two countries as they navigate increasing trade protectionism and hegemony in the world?