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As insurance costs rocket for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Asian countries brace for an energy shock. The rapid expansion of American-owned data centres in the Middle East has opened up a new front for Iran’s retaliation against the US. Plus, Donald Trump fires the head of t ...  Show more

Israel expects war against Iran to last weeks and Ayatollah Khamenei’s son emerges as a leading candidate for supreme leader. Plus, the Federal Reserve grants crypto exchange Kraken access to its core payments system, inside the collapse of UK property lender Market Financial Sol ...  Show more

Today, why the United States is saying goodbye to its pandas. And how the bears became a powerful diplomatic symbol of U.S.-China relations.

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Panda diplomacy couldn’t fix the US and China’s tense relationship. Perhaps a meeting between Presidents Biden and Xi can bring back that fuzzy feeling. Ian Johnson of the Council on Foreign Relations and Panda Nation author E. Elena Songster explain. This episode was produced by ...  Show more

Il presidente cinese è arrivato a San Francisco dove oggi incontra Joe Biden; qualche giorno fa i panda mandati anni fa dalla Cina hanno lasciato lo zoo di Washington per tornare nella patria dei loro antenati. Il primo sembra un fatto clamoroso e il secondo una cosa stupida. Non ...  Show more

Gideon talks to economist Keyu Jin about China’s goal of becoming the world’s biggest economy despite a falling population, the impact of the deterioration in US-China relations, and the way in which the aspirations of its younger generation are shaping policy in Beijing. The ...