May 18—Italy is finally committing to the Messina Bridge, linking Sicily with mainland Italy with the longest single-span, suspended bridge in the world. Russia just produced the largest grain harvest in its history. Today, China’s President Xi just had five bilateral summit meetings in one day, with the heads of state of the Central Asia republics. They were meeting in the original Silk Road city of Xi’an. In every one of the meetings, Global Times reports, the central topic was the Belt and Road centerpiece of massive infrastructure projects.