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Detained Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a Moscow court,

plus China's economy rebounds after three years of zero-covid isolation.

Starting in the beginning of this year things have gotten a lot better, and you know,

it's a slow kind of crawl back because the damage to the service sector was so intense,

but it's clearly now rebounding quite strongly and making up for lost ground.

And Russia finds eager trading partners in the Persian Gulf.

You are the UAE and US Saudi and you buy Asian oil products on the cheap,

and you sell more of that product, more expensively at a premium to Europe.

It's Tuesday, April 18th. I'm Luke Vargas with the Wall Street Journal,

and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world

today.

A Court in Moscow is hearing an appeal today of the detention of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter

Evan Gershkovich. Gershkovich was arrested in Russia last month on an espionage allegation

that the journal and the US government vehemently deny. And joining me now with the latest on

today's hearing is Wall Street Journal World Coverage Chief Gordon Faircloth.

The details are obviously still trickling in at this hour,

Gordon, though we do know Evan appeared in court and was wearing a blue checkered shirt and jeans.

But beyond that, what is the broader significance of this hearing today?

Effectively, it's a bail hearing, so the judge is being asked to decide whether he should remain

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