World Today

With in-depth panel discussions on domestic and global news and current affairs, Today gives you the story behind the headlines.

China's President Xi Jinping says the Macao special administrative region should continue to work with Beijing to a bright future.

He made the remarks during a ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to China and inauguration of its fifth-term government.

He also emphasized that the "One Country, Two Systems" principle was driving Macao's growth and prosperity.

①US House impeaches Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

②Japan' s defense chief visits China for the first time in a decade.

③China' s central bank raises daily maximum for remittances from Macao.

④Japanese #MeToo icon wins civil court case two years after she accused a prominent journalist of raping her.

①China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier officially enters service.

②US envoy Stephen Biegun to visit China to discuss North Korea.

③Hong Kong ranks top in global IPO markets for 2019.

④Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death for treason.

⑤China makes headway in vocational education.

①Violent protests spread across India over new citizenship law.

②Boeing to suspend 737 Max production starting from January.

③Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel discussed Ukraine gas transit and Nord Stream-2 over a phone call.

④Turkey threatens to shut down US military bases if Washington imposes sanctions on Ankara.

⑤China completes the core of BeiDou global satellite navigation system.

①UN climate talks end with no agreement on carbon trading.

②Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls for closer cooperation with the European Union, saying the consensuses between the two sides far outnumber differences.

③Bolivarian countries accuse United States of destabilizing Latin America.

④China suspends planned tariffs on US-made goods as the two sides strike "phase-one" deal to de-escalate trade war.

⑤American cities are passing laws making it illegal to sleep outside.

With in-depth panel discussions on domestic and global news and current affairs, Today gives you the story behind the headlines.

①Artificial Intelligence is taking over top management jobs

②PhD students in China report misery and hope

③Marathon is gaining popularity in China

④Rural life blogger Li Ziqi’s videos reach millions of overseas fans

This week, the Appellate Body of the WTO officially ceased to function.

The US has, for two years, blocked the appointment of new members to the panel. With two of the three remaining judges ending their terms and with no replacement picked, the body is not able to hear new cases.

Why is the United States killing the WTO’s Appellate Body? Is the world trade order about to collapse? How can the crisis be resolved?

EU outlines ‘Green Deal’ to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050;

Xinjiang – The fight against extremism;

France unveils controversial pension reforms in face of fierce resistance from union leaders;

Huawei wins Telefonica deal to build German 5G network;

India passes controversial citizenship law excluding Muslim migrants.