The European Central Bank has slashed its growth and inflation forecasts for this year and the next two. It signals a slowdown in the eurozone economy may be longer and deeper than previously expected. For more on this story, we spoke to Kevin Ozebek from Brussels.

#EuropeanCentralBank #Brussels #MoneyTalks

Chinese tech giant Huawei has asked a Texas court to overturn a ban on its equipment in the United States. The world's largest maker of telecoms equipment says the Trump administration has failed to provide any credible evidence to support its accusations of spying. Paolo Montecillo reports. And we take a look at Huawei's odds with TRT World's Editor-at-large, Craig Copetas. He joined us from Paris.

#Huawei #MoneyTalks #TradeWar

Super car designer Pininfarina has launched one of the fastest electric cars on the streets. The Battista will cost more than $2 million and can go from zero to a hundred in under two seconds. #SuperCar #Battista #ElectricCars

She might be the youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan but she's also the richest. Kylie Jenner has made this year's Forbes Billionaires List, and she's broken a record doing it.

#KylieJenner #Jenner #EliteClub

Flights at Kenya's main international airport in Nairobi are slowly beginning to resume, after strike action by airport employees left hundreds of travelers stranded. The backlog of departures is being cleared after several flights could not take off from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

#strike #Nairobi #NairobiAirport

Seas cover around 70 percent of planet Earth, and give humanity food to eat and oxygen to breathe. But from the Atlantic to the Arctic, the world's oceans are under threat due to overfishing, pollution and climate change. Scientists and conservationists are in Abu Dhabi for the World Ocean Summit this week to discuss ways to keep the oceans healthy.

#pollution #PlasticPollution #oceans

Italy is set to endorse China's massive 'One Belt One Road' project, setting the stage for a clash with the United States, as well as Brussels. Reports suggest Rome is preparing to sign a memorandum of understanding to formally support the controversial multi-billion dollar initiative. TRT World's Editor-at-large Craig Copetas in Paris gave us more on the story.

#China #BeltRoad #BeltAndRoad

Turkey's central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate at 24 percent as it tries to rein in inflation. Mobin Nasir reports on the impact of this decision and other government steps to stem the trend of rising prices. Hakan Akbash, a senior advisor at the global strategic advisory firm Albright Stonebridge Group, helped us understand the story better.

#FoodPrices #Inflation #Reporate

North Korea's food supplies are declining. The isolated country has long struggled to feed itself. It's under tough international sanctions, but a bad harvest last year also aggravated the problem. The UN says the food situation last year was the worst North Korea had seen in a long time. #Poverty #Hunger #FoodSecurity

China and one of its big corporations are ratcheting up the pressure on Canada and the US. Billions of dollars of contracts are at stake in the row over market access and security. And as Paolo Montecillo reports, it could decide the freedom of three individuals on both sides of the Pacific. For more on this story, our Editor-at-large Craig Copetas spoke to us from Paris.

#Huawei #EquipmentBan #China