World Today

Nancy Pelosi pledges U.S. support in an unannounced visit to Kiev as evacuations begin in Mariupol. We bring you more on the latest development.

In France, thousands of May Day protesters have marched on streets. We look at the first test for Macron after he won his reelection.

Iran vows to continue nuclear talks until national interests utterly protected. But is time running out to restore the nuclear deal?

Joe Biden asks Congress for $33 billion additional aid for Ukraine as the conflict escalates. How much do the newly-announced funds matter to Kyiv?

The U.S. economy shranks in Q1 amid Omicron surge. Should the world fear a recession?

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Japan for a two-day visit. How will the increased "political" involvement of Germany and the EU affect the region?

①EU energy companies prepare to meet Vladimir Putin’s terms for Russian gas. ②Is Moldova getting pulled into the war in Ukraine? ③The US Congress has passed a bill looking to help Taiwan regain a WHO observer status. What’s the US intention? ④Most commodities prices are likely to rise sharply this year: World Bank. ⑤Nearly 200 cases of severe liver inflammation found in children around the world. What could be the causes?

①Putin agrees to UN involvement to evacuate civilians from Mariupol steel plant. ②Germany is to for the first time supply Ukraine with heavy weapons. ③China will step up infrastructure construction to boost growth. ④Erdogan is to visit Saudi Arabia to end the rift over Khashoggi murder. What’s prompting him to do so? ⑤Most people in the United States, including most children, have been infected with the coronavirus. Surprising or good news?

①Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. ②Latest in Ukraine war: Biden names a veteran diplomat the US ambassador to Ukraine, and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov warns the threat of nuclear war shouldn’t be underestimated. ③The US looks for closer ties to Brazil at a time of turmoil. What's the position of Brazil in the US foreign policy spectrum? ④China will start engineering its phase-4 lunar mission this year. We look at China’s plan to build a research station at the Moon’s south pole.

①Latest in Ukraine war: The US announces more aid and diplomatic returning to Ukraine. ②What does five more years of Macron presidency mean to France? ③As Ursula von der Leyen visits India, how does India view its ties with the EU?④South Korea's incoming president sends a delegation to Japan. Is there a chance to repair the ties between Seoul and Tokyo? ⑤The EU is targeting social media’s harms with a landmark new law.

How can we build a better post-pandemic world? What can we do to boost the steady recovery and sustainable development of the global economy? And how to seek international cooperation in the fight against increasing uncertainties and security risks? At this year’s Boao Forum for Asia, host Ge Anna is joined by Herman Laurel, Founder of "Philippine BRICS Strategic Studies" Group; Andy Mok, Senior investor and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization; Zoon Ahmed Khan, Visiting Scholar with Belt and Road Strategy Institute, Tsinghua University.

①Xi Jinping has proposed a global security initiative to promote security for all. ②We talk to Ken Chu, CEO of Mission Hills Group, on how Hainan’s free trade port benefits the private sector. ③Defense chiefs of China and the US held a talk over Ukraine, Taiwan and other issues. ④What’s the significance of the only televised debate between Macron and Le Pen to the result of French presidential race? ⑤PBOC unveils 23 measures to save China's economy.

①The IMF has cut global growth forecast. ②Latest in Ukraine war: The US is to announce another big military aid package for Ukraine. ③Shanghai prepares to ease Covid lockdown as some factories reopen. Has the city’s Covid outbreak reached a turning point? ④We look at the culture war on mask wearing in the US, as the Biden administration will likely appeal a ruling that lifts Covid mask mandate on travel. ⑤We talk to a former Brazilian trade minister about China’s digital transformation drive.

①Latest in the Ukraine war: Russia begins a large-scale military action targeting eastern Ukraine. ②Is it really the case, as the US Treasury insists, that Russia sanctions will not fragment the international financial system? ③The World Bank slashes forecast for global economic growth for 2022. ④We talk to Li Daokui, a renowned economist, about Asia’s economic prospect in 2022. ⑤Twitter is to adopt a "poison pill" to protect itself from Elon Musk’s cash buyout offer. What will happen next?