The crisis in Ukraine has driven up oil, gas, and grain prices all around the world.
Now, it's also spurring demand for a common drug. CGTN's Gerald Tan has the Gist on why.
A number of Russian banks are now banned from the vital international payment system SWIFT. As Russian forces continue their attack on Ukraine, a tougher sanction being discussed is cutting Russia off completely. Gerald Tan walks us through the significance of that.
September 11th marked the deadliest terror attack on American soil. And the response was massive, with wars waged in a new era of U.S. foreign policy. But it's also the cascading effects that have changed the way people live.
Harrowing images from Afghanistan continue to flood global newscasts and social media. Many describe the situation as a failure of American involvement. Some are even drawing the comparison of another chapter in U.S. history - the Vietnam War.
