W. Gyude Moore
Kadia Goba
Russian leader Vladimir Putin said he will ‘analyze’ Ukraine’s proposal to halt strikes on civilian infrastructure after a failed Easter ceasefire.
2The World Bank and IMF opened their annual spring meetings Monday amid plummeting global business and economic confidence.
3Trade negotiations in Washington will ramp up this week, as representatives of several Asian countries aim to evade US President Donald Trump’s trade war.
4Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, aged 88.
5The US dollar weakened and stocks fell after Donald Trump threatened to fire the chair of the Federal Reserve.
6Russia launched a major aerial attack on Ukraine, ending an Easter truce that Kyiv anyway said was repeatedly violated.