World Today

Topic of today, a five-day trade fair will begin in Shanghai next Monday. More than 3-thousand international companies have signed up to join the China International Import Expo. Chinese authorities claim the forthcoming event is a special one, suggesting this is China's first-ever expo to focus on what the country can buy from others. So can participating companies find what they want? Are we really seeing a shift from "made in China" to "sold in China"? And is the Chinese economy healthy enough to sustain its long-term spending power?

Topics of today: Fans bid farewell to legendary martial arts novelist Jin Yong; Are Princess Movies and fairy tales no longer safe for our kids? Falsely Accused: Stop Treating Female Drivers as Punching Bags; And Is China's youth experiencing a "hair-loss crisis"?

Topics of today include Parents in South Korea are hiring intimidating 'uncles' to protect their children from school bullying; Beyond the grave: How will you handle your digital legacy?

Are Chinese young generations facing masculinity Crisis?

And, Can No

zero policy in schools protects students’confidence?

Topics of today: The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee held a meeting to analyze economic situation; China edges up in World Bank business-friendly rankings; The United States has called for a swift cessation of hostilities in Yemen; and China to criminalize doping in sports and the production of prohibited substance.

Topics of today: Russia to hold live missile drills outside Norway where NATO is hosting massive war games; America's global trade war finally arrives at the WTO as members dispute US tariffs; And Donald Trump plans executive order to end birthright citizenship.

Topics of today, Angela Merkel to step down as German chancellor in 2021; Chinese stocks rebound after national regulator says it wants to boost investment in markets; Sri Lanka's political crisis turns violent, and Julian Assange says Ecuador is trying to hand him over to the US.

Topics of today, Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil's 2018 presidential election; Pittsburgh shooting suspect said he wanted "all Jews to die"; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his visit to China underscored a "historic turning point" in bilateral relations, and Australian state of Victoria signed a memorandum of understanding with China on Belt & Road Initiative.

Are we living in a crumbling world? Is the United States destroying the liberal world order that it once upheld? Are the current international institutions still capable of harmonizing the divergent interests of world powers? For these questions and more, today we are joined by Timofei Bordachev the programme Director at the Valdai Discussion Club, and Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.  Tony Kevin, Former Australian ambassador to Poland and Cambodia; Author of 'Return to Moscow', Xu Qinduo, senior political analyst, and Edward LEHMAN, legal affairs commentator & managing director LEHMAN, LEE & Xu Law Firm.

Topics include: Canada legalizes recreational Marijuana. Apple Is fixing its Bone-Dry Bagel Emoji after an outcry from bagel lovers. Thousands of swedes are inserting microchips under their skin. Microplastics are turning up everywhere, even in human excrement.

Topics of today include, Xi Jinping says win-win cooperation remains the trend of today's world; Japanese PM Abe arrives in Beijing for official visit; and Trump attacks 'media hostility' after mail bombs.