Biden budget proposal aims to raise taxes

Joe Biden is today unveiling a new federal budget - one that he says would cut deficits by nearly $3tn over the next decade. China's annual consumer inflation slowed to its lowest rate in a year in February. Russia has been making a push to win friends in Africa by offering free giveaways. This week Malawi was pledged 25,000 tonnes of free-fertiliser, a prime commodity for Malawi farmer. And report from central African Republic, a landlocked country in the heart of the continent, where people are struggling to cope with a recent sharp increase in the price of petrol and diesel.