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Who's winning the war on drugs?
Mexico's cartels are finding innovative ways to smuggle drugs into the US
25 Jan 2022,17 mins
The beauty tweakments industry
The rush for a fresher face
24 Jan 2022,17 mins
Business Weekly: 22/01/2022
Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar deal in the gaming sector
22 Jan 2022,50 mins
Why hair matters
For decades, some hairstyles have been discouraged at work
21 Jan 2022,17 mins
The fight for pocket parity
The humble pocket speaks volumes about gender roles and how women should behave.
20 Jan 2022,17 mins
Why are some Chinese embracing 'lying flat'?
It’s been dubbed ‘tang ping’ – shunning tough careers and chilling out instead
19 Jan 2022,17 mins
Has stock trading become 'gamified'?
Mobile trading apps are booming in popularity, but are they too much like games?
18 Jan 2022,17 mins
The future of flying
Move over superjumbo jets - the future is leaner and greener.
17 Jan 2022,17 mins
Business Weekly: 15/01/2022
US annual inflation rate hits 7%
15 Jan 2022,49 mins
Brexit and my small business
How are small-scale British exporters coping outside the European Union's trading bloc?
14 Jan 2022,17 mins
Kenya's fries crisis
Why can't multinationals like KFC source their ingredients locally?
13 Jan 2022,17 mins
What's at stake in Kazakhstan?
How the protests may shake up the economy, trade and business in the Central Asian nation
12 Jan 2022,17 mins
White privilege
Does the global economy need to start dismantling 'global white privilege'?
11 Jan 2022,17 mins
Healing the mind
Psychedelic therapy could provide a major breakthrough in the treatment of depression
10 Jan 2022,17 mins
Business Weekly: 08/01/2022
Apple hits the $3 trillion valuation mark
08 Jan 2022,50 mins
Starting a company to fight rare disease
We meet a mother who co-founded a biotech firm to find drugs for untreatable illnesses.
07 Jan 2022,17 mins
The death of the petrol station
Why electric vehicles mean we will barely need to stop at service stations at all
06 Jan 2022,17 mins
The many careers of Richard Leakey
An interview recorded with the famous Kenyan fossil hunter shortly before he died.
05 Jan 2022,17 mins
Lessons from the forest for climate change
Jane Goodall challenges us to find a zero-carbon path out of extreme poverty
04 Jan 2022,17 mins
How green is the global flower industry?
We follow the international flower supply chain from East Africa to Amsterdam and beyond.
03 Jan 2022,17 mins
Business Weekly: 01/01/2022
Staff shortages mount as Omicron spreads
01 Jan 2022,49 mins
Cocktail trends 2022
Shaken or stirred? We explore the cocktail trends that could be coming to a bar near you
31 Dec 2021,17 mins
Taking on fast fashion in rural China
We hear from two women challenging the fashion industry in two very different ways.
30 Dec 2021,17 mins
Men and cosmetic surgery
More men have considered cosmetic treatments during the pandemic
29 Dec 2021,17 mins
Moon missions and space junk
The business of space is hotter than ever, but at what cost?
28 Dec 2021,17 mins
Harry Potter and the phenomenally profitable franchise
Harry Potter is one of the most successful book and film franchises in history
27 Dec 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 25/12/2021
Gas prices soar across Europe
25 Dec 2021,50 mins
The ghost of Christmas yet to come
What will be left of human civilisation in the geological record 100 million years hence?
24 Dec 2021,17 mins
China prepares to face down Omicron
The new variant poses a threat to China's hitherto successful zero-Covid strategy
23 Dec 2021,17 mins
Lockdown, rebound, lockdown
2021 has seen some extraordinary economic changes
22 Dec 2021,17 mins