🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The U.S. House approved $13.6 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine. Earlier, a siege on the city of Mariupol trapped about 400,000 people as other towns struggled to evacuate. Follow the latest: https://bloom.bg/34xJ2EC

🇰🇷 In one of the closest presidential races in South Korea's history, Yoon Suk-yeol defeated the ruling party candidate, returning the conservative opposition to power. https://bloom.bg/3KBpb6R

🇦🇪 The UAE's status as a global financial hub has a darker side, and it's coming under increasing scrutiny as the world chases Russian assets. https://bloom.bg/3J1NudA

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Breaking: The U.S. Senate passed a $1.5 trillion federal funding bill, with $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden is also planning to call for an end of normal trade relations with Russia, clearing the way for increased tariffs on Russian imports, sources say. https://bloom.bg/3I3YE0j

📉 China's tech selloff deepened as the Hang Seng Tech Index fell up to 8.9% on delisting fears. Earlier, Chinese companies listed in the U.S. had their worst day since 2008. https://bloom.bg/34Dprmw

💰 Ex-Goldman banker Tim Leissner had a $41,000 a month side job. The star witness in the 1MDB trial has admitted to pocketing more than $60 million in kickbacks. https://bloom.bg/3J5wtz9

🇷🇺Russia asked China for military equipment, a U.S. official says, in an unusual request that shows Putin's shortfalls in Ukraine. A Biden aide and China's top envoy are set to hold a meeting in Rome. Follow the latest: https://bloom.bg/3q47PaW

🏙China placed 17.5 million residents in Shenzhen on lockdown for at least a week to halt a Covid-19 surge. The move could cause disruptions in the tech hub, home to Apple's main iPhone maker. https://bloom.bg/3tRnAmB

👕👚How H&M became the target of the fiercest digital backlash ever unleashed on a foreign brand in China, and why it's a cautionary tale for global companies making big bets there. https://bloom.bg/3w3IUYT

🇺🇦 The U.S. warned allies that Russia asked China for armed drones in February as it began invading Ukraine, sources say. https://bloom.bg/3tbyGDP

🇨🇳📉 Chinese tech stocks swung wildly as traders weighed positive economic data against China's worst virus outbreak since Wuhan, close Russia ties and regulatory crackdown. Even dip buyers are staying away. https://bloom.bg/37A4Roh

⏰ Here's how 18 minutes of trading chaos broke the global nickel market. https://bloom.bg/361iQml

🇺🇦🇨🇳 China is finding the domestic costs of supporting Russia may outweigh the benefits of confronting the U.S. Meanwhile, Singapore's foreign minister called on China to use its "enormous influence" on Russia to help end the war in Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3tXW476

📈 Chinese tech stocks rebounded after a historic rout as investors spied cheap opportunities. https://bloom.bg/36pbkBu

🇷🇺 Russia is spiraling toward a $150 billion default nightmare as bond payments come due on Wednesday. https://bloom.bg/3waqeXb

🇺🇦🇷🇺 A Ukrainian proposal to become a neutral country but retain its own armed forces “could be viewed as a certain kind of compromise,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday, hinting at possible progress in peace negotiations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also deliver a virtual address to the U.S Congress today. https://bloom.bg/3u4o4Wq

💵 Russia would default on its dollar debt due this Wednesday if it pays dollar coupons in rubles, says credit assessor Fitch Ratings. https://bloom.bg/37BGAxZ

🇺🇸🇪🇺 U.S. President Joe Biden plans to visit Europe next week for talks with NATO allies and to take part in a summit of European Union leaders as Russia presses on with its invasion of Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3qaGqnE

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to send drones and missiles to Ukraine, and called Putin a "war criminal." Follow the latest: https://bloom.bg/3tr3sZH

🏦 The Federal Reserve kicked off its most aggressive tightening in decades, with a quarter point interest hike, while signaling six more to come this year. https://bloom.bg/3tgyQK0

💻🏭 The global fight over chips is set to heat up further as the West spends billions in a race with China. It's a contest that could easily backfire. https://bloom.bg/37H5f4p

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 A Kremlin spokesperson denies a report of major progress in peace talks with Ukraine, but discussions will continue on Thursday. https://bloom.bg/3tkxj5Y

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia's invasion of Ukraine has so far not gone to plan, but a combination of geography, better troops, shorter supply lines and weaker opposition means Moscow’s campaign has progressed enough in the south to show what President Vladimir Putin at least intended. https://bloom.bg/3u3hhfK

🇷🇺💵 Russia's Finance Ministry says $117 million interest payment due on two dollar bonds has been paid to correspondent bank. https://bloom.bg/3igdfLA

💰In an exclusive interview, Mikhail Fridman—one of Russia’s original oligarchs—argues that punishing billionaires like him shows a troubling misunderstanding of power in Russia. https://bloom.bg/3ibtKIS

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💬 Many U.S. officials believe Beijing is tacitly backing the Kremlin, according to people familiar with the matter. China denies support for the Ukraine war and says Russia didn’t request arms. https://bloom.bg/3iiWkbi

📉 Chinese stocks retreated after a historic two-day surge. Investors are taking a step back after Beijing’s pledge to stabilize financial markets brought a knee-jerk jump in equities. https://bloom.bg/3KRGbWu

🏝 Fancy a trip to Bali or Bangkok? Here's a guide to the Southeast Asian tourist hubs easing their Covid restrictions: https://bloom.bg/3JlaFQg

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🇷🇺Russia repeated a threat to target arms convoys in Ukraine sent by the U.S. and its allies. https://bloom.bg/3igkgvI

☎️Military commanders from NATO countries are working the phones with their Russian counterparts to make sure the U.S. and its allies don’t get dragged into a war over a misunderstanding on the Ukrainian border. https://bloom.bg/3Ifz8oU

💰Russia’s Finance Ministry said coupon payments on two dollar bonds are with Citigroup, and that the nation has fulfilled its obligations to investors, even as bondholders in Europe say they have yet to receive the cash. https://bloom.bg/3Jh3yIF

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🇨🇳 Embattled real estate developer China Evergrande Group, along with its other units, suspended trading in Hong Kong on Monday morning. https://bloom.bg/3IrXX0I

🏡 One year after Britain opened its door to Hong Kongers, those who have arrived are finding their worlds turned upside-down. They have more space to live but earn less; there's more freedom but uncertainty on what to do with it. https://bloom.bg/3JIbtz7

🛢 And here’s how Russia’s war in Ukraine is choking the world’s supply of natural resources: https://bloom.bg/36vQKzC

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❌ Ukraine rejected a Russian demand that its forces lay down their arms Monday and leave the besieged southern port of Mariupol, which has been under intense Russian bombardment. https://bloom.bg/3JsNvHH

📉The Kremlin said an EU ban on imports of Russian oil "would hit everyone," especially people in Europe. https://bloom.bg/36cXcvu

👀 Silicon Valley’s wealthiest Russian is carefully—very carefully—distancing himself from Putin. https://bloom.bg/3woLl8C

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Hello, here's the latest on China's worst air disaster in nearly a decade.

✈️ All 132 passengers and crew on board a China Eastern flight are feared dead after the Boeing 737-800 jet crashed in China's southwestern Guangxi province. Follow the updates here: https://bloom.bg/3Ivmr9m

⬇️ Crash specialists are baffled at the aircraft's unusual plunge — falling at over 30,000 feet per minute before halting and climbing briefly, data show. https://bloom.bg/3ttHANd

🔍 Investigators are searching through the wreckage in a remote mountainous region for clues about the crash's causes, with no possibility ruled out so far. Here's what they will be looking for. https://bloom.bg/3wstIEU

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👀 U.S. President Joe Biden says Russia’s use of a hypersonic missile against Ukraine is a sign President Vladimir Putin is growing desperate, and warned about new indications of possible cyberattacks. https://bloom.bg/3ir5t1v

🪖 Russia is refocusing its military campaign in the port city of Mariupol, where the situation has reached a grim new stage.

📈 Steel is the other big commodity shock from the war in Ukraine as bombs fall on the blast furnaces of Mariupol. https://bloom.bg/3isYqp6

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✈ China Eastern's jet traveled at close to the speed of sound before crashing, according to flight-track data, potentially damaging its black boxes. Read the latest: https://bloom.bg/3wvWqEK

🇺🇦 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will take part in a special NATO summit this week, while U.S. President Joe Biden said more sanctions on Russia will be announced during his trip to Europe. https://bloom.bg/3NohzXA

🛏 In Shanghai, traders are sleeping in offices to avoid lockdowns affecting their work as Covid surges in the city and volatility grips Chinese markets. https://bloom.bg/3wuH7fl

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🇩🇪 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Russia is only beginning to feel the harshest effects from sanctions and that more measures are on the way. https://bloom.bg/3is0GwT

🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Japanese lawmakers to expand their already unprecedented sanctions regime against Russia, saying he needed more help to turn back the “tsunami of brutal invasion.” https://bloom.bg/3D6KY3u

🏦 Wall Street is scrambling for the exits in Moscow and billions are at stake, with a dozen lenders including Raiffeisen Bank, Societe Generale and Citigroup having about $100 billion of combined exposure to Russia. https://bloom.bg/353itHt

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🇸🇬 Breaking: Singapore will lift most restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors, part of its biggest steps yet to ease Covid restrictions. https://bloom.bg/3IzNJf8

🇭🇰 Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s avoidable Covid catastrophe is the product of multiple policy failures. Here's how it all started with Beijing's crackdown. https://bloom.bg/3qvuf5c

🇷🇺 Russia's stock market is set to partially reopen after being shut for a month — the longest break since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 — and traders are bracing for chaos. https://bloom.bg/3qy1BQJ

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🇺🇸 A month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden and his national security team are meeting NATO, European and G-7 allies in Brussels to discuss ways to pressure Vladimir Putin to withdraw his forces. https://bloom.bg/3qx2E3p

🪦 NATO estimates at least 7,000 Russian soldiers have likely been killed in the first month of combat during the Kremlin-ordered invasion of Ukraine, and the total number could be as high as 15,000. https://bloom.bg/3LfMa7P

🇨🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping has spoken to many leaders since Russia's invasion of Ukraine including Vladimir Putin, just not Volodymyr Zelenskiy. https://bloom.bg/3DmckTL

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✈️ At least one piece of the Boeing 737 that crashed in China appears to have broken loose well before impact, adding mystery to the plane’s fatal dive. Here’s the latest: https://bloom.bg/3JypNtL

🇨🇳 EU officials suspect China may be ready to supply technology, including chips, to Russia to help soften the blow of sanctions. https://bloom.bg/3Lcx9U7

💰 ➡️ 🏭 The world's richest people are also the biggest polluters, new data show. https://bloom.bg/3NkHxLp

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🤝 The U.S. and EU reach a deal to help Europe wean itself off Russian fuel. https://bloom.bg/3NoS73Z

🇺🇸 U.S. officials fear Russian President Vladimir Putin may lash out dangerously as his troops lose momentum in Ukraine and Western sanctions begin to bite. https://bloom.bg/3qzKI8o

🏡 In Dubai’s swankiest neighborhoods, property brokers say inquiries from Russians looking for villas and apartments are skyrocketing, including Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. https://bloom.bg/3wBW67j

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping exposed the great illusion of capitalism, and unless the U.S. and its allies mobilize to save it, the second great age of globalization is coming to a close, writes John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge for Bloomberg Opinion. https://bloom.bg/3qzTu6n