①German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for a European air defense system. We look at his EU visions. (00:58) ②The IMF has approved $1.1 billion bailout package for Pakistan. We discuss the loan’s economic and political ramifications. (13:30) ③In Iraq, deadly protests have erupted in Baghdad after an influential Shia cleric announced plans to withdraw from politics. What’s fundamentally wrong the country’s US-built political system? (24:18) ④Markets in the US, Asia and Europe dropped and the US dollar rallied after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warned of more interest rate hikes to fight inflation. (33:46) ⑤Fuel leak and engine problem leads NASA to scrub the launch of a new mighty moon rocket. We discuss why NASA plans to go back to the Moon. (43:10)