World/International

From the BBC World Service: Host Leanna Byrne reminisces about some of the show’s biggest stories over the years.

From the BBC World Service: The U.S. says it will ease economic restrictions on Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba.

From the BBC World Service: On today’s show, a meeting of Germany and China’s leaders and a new fee for international visitors to the U.K.

Average tariffs on Chinese goods are coming down, but both sides still have considerable leverage. 

From the BBC World Service: Hundreds of thousands of troops have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the financial cost has also been massive for both countries.

The Supreme Court’s decision eliminated a large number of the Trump Administration’s tariffs, but other tariffs, unrelated to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, remain.

From the BBC World Service: Governments around the world are scrambling to react to President Trump’s decision to impose a sweeping 15% tariff on all imports to the United States.

From the BBC World Service: We hear some of the economic policy priorities that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi outlined in her first major speech since being reelected.

From the BBC World Service: India’s AI summit aims to position the country as a leader in the artificial intelligence space.

Advocates see a way to buffer against bigger countries bullying smaller ones.