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Confrontation over the Black Sea raises stakes between U.S. and Russia. Price stability Vs financial stability -- the Fed’s tricky balancing act. Downton can’t get the staff – worker shortages in the UK. Nor'easter buries New England and New York, storms soak California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contagion fears stalk the financial sector with smaller lenders in the firing line. Can government action stop the rout? The International Criminal Court is seeking war crime arrests against Russian officials. We go inside attempts to hold Russia accountable for the war in Ukraine. President Xi tries his hand at brokering peace. China reopens to foreigners, Lyft and Uber win in a gig economy case...

Sighs of relief after federal regulators step in to backstop Silicon Valley bank. Inside the scramble to save the tech region from fallout from the failed bank. And what comes next for financial institutions around the world. Plus the latest headlines from around the world. Including Trump's trip to Iowa after DeSantis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take you inside Tinseltown for Hollywood’s night of nights. The Academy’s new crisis-response team. The photographer who captured 'the slap'. Indie movies and Ireland’s huge haul of nominations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What the war on inflation means for American pocketbooks. Li Qiang, who is China’s No.2? The silent war in Mexico’s Matamoros. All work and then play? South Korea’s population plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special episode of stories about women by women for International Women’s Day: Inside a maternity clinic in Afghanistan Abortion fights in the Americas The widening gender gap at hedge funds The macro view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Houston, we have a problem’- Bumper oil profits and the green revolution. Ukraine vows to defend Bakhmut in hellish battle with Russia. China’s warning to Washington about “conflict and confrontation”. South Korean singles’ big love for reality dating shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More poisonings, more protests in Iran. The toxic legacy of war on Ukraine’s farms. China’s cautious economic outlook and rising military spend. Coronation conundrum for Prince Harry and Meghan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The civil war inside the Republican Party. Debunking the 15-minute-cities myth. Formula One’s season opener in Bahrain. In the weeds of the Netherlands' pot legality headache. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FDA blocks human trials for Neuralink brain implants. Cholera and malnourishment await Somalis fleeing starvation. Finland walls off Russia. Anger in Greece over devastating rail crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lone wolves and revenge mobs foil hopes for Israeli-Palestinian peace. China’s demographic timebomb. Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. Supreme Court conservatives cast doubt on student loan plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Rishi Sunak’s high-stakes gamble means for Northern Ireland. Brits in search of better teeth hit by cost of living crunch. End of the Mouse House’s special status. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATO’s other mission: Find a new boss. The ancient Māori practice of moko kauae goes viral. Dozens killed in migrant boat shipwreck off Italy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reuters has been on the frontlines of the war for a year. We speak with our reporters on the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Missile strike in Syria a warning from Israel. Biden and Putin shore up alliances in Cold War-like stagecraft. Sea turtles the winner as poachers turn protectors in the Philippines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re on the ground in Lagos for a fiercely contested presidential election. What did Vladimir Putin walk away from when he halted that nuke treaty? And the massive winter storm threatening the U.S. coast to coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**This podcast was corrected. A line inaccurately stating Kyiv is east of Moscow was removed. Putin accuses West of fanning conflict after Biden’s Kyiv trip. Wisconsin – the hottest political race of 2023. And all the latest from Turkey, Iran and the extreme weather hitting the Indian Ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Joe Biden lands in Kyiv and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi prepares to go to Moscow after a weekend of sniping between the two nations. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken touches down in Turkey. We're on the ground for all of it. And the BAFTA's. What does Britain's night of nights foretell for the Oscars? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re in Munich as security chiefs gather to talk arms and conflict. Who will score in the Manchester United bidding war? And the Japanese rocket that failed to take off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We visit Afghanistan’s madrasas – the only educational option for teenage girls. The road ahead for Erdogan and Assad after the quake. Plus the latest from North Korea on the birthday anniversary of late leader Kim Jong Il. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re with Nikki Haley in her hometown state for her official announcement. We visit a small Himalayan town sinking under the weight of a construction drive. And how the biggest aircraft deal in history went down with a Goan fish curry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love in a time of war - how dating has been hit by Russia's conflict in Ukraine. How old is too old to be president? We’re in Cameroon to find out why not everyone is celebrating the president’s 90th birthday. Bakhmut is under heavy fire again after Russia launched its spring offensive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kazuo Ueda is tipped for the top job at the Bank of Japan. How will the academic adapt to the scrutiny as financial markets pore over his every word? Earthquake rescuers are finding fewer survivors among the rubble as Turkey turns its attention to stopping looters and holding builders to account. And what is happening over North America’s skies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

We're on the ground in Arizona ahead of the Super Bowl to get a read on whether the billion-dollar event pays off for locals. Then, in New York, we take a look at what to expect at Fashion Week. Plus all the latest developments on the Turkey-Syria earthquake, Ukraine and the global business headlines moving markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're in Turkey and Syria as hopes fade of finding survivors in the rubble and the clamor for aid crescendos. Against a backdrop of politics and bitter civil war, how will the governments of Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar Assad respond?  And in South Africa, the president is getting ready to give his State of the Nation address. But can he keep the lights on long enough to rescue a flatlining economy?...