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Millions still not back at school
The World Bank says this could cost the global economy $17 trillion
21 Dec 2021,17 mins
End of the roads
Austria and Wales reconsider plans to expand their road networks to curb pollution.
20 Dec 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 18/12/2021
Turkey’s interest rate slashed, despite sharp inflation
18 Dec 2021,48 mins
High risk investing
Why has it become so popular for millions of young people?
17 Dec 2021,17 mins
The Turkish lira and red hot inflation
The value of the lira has plunged by nearly half this year
16 Dec 2021,17 mins
The Meta data centre dilemma
What is at stake when a big company like Meta comes knocking on your door?
15 Dec 2021,17 mins
The pet food gold mine
Is expensive, premium pet food really worth it?
14 Dec 2021,17 mins
The problem of parasites: who pays for neglected tropical diseases?
The pharmaceutical industry has ignored some diseases for decades. So what can be done?
13 Dec 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 11/12/2021
Political change at the top for Germany
11 Dec 2021,50 mins
Blacklisted in China
Lithuania has provoked China's rage by going too far in recognising Taiwan
10 Dec 2021,17 mins
The arms race in cyberspace
Will the next war be waged online? We ask cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth.
09 Dec 2021,17 mins
Healthcare workers are burnt out
What can be done to stem the tide of carers quitting the industry?
08 Dec 2021,17 mins
Super-fast grocery delivery apps are booming
Are apps delivering from the shop to your front door in minutes just a pandemic-era fad?
07 Dec 2021,17 mins
Why private adoption is big business in the US
Is it time to reform private infant adoption in America?
06 Dec 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 04/12/2021
Zara founder's family keeps control of fashion giant
04 Dec 2021,50 mins
The Omicron variant and vaccine inequality
Could a more equitable global vaccine rollout have stopped the new variant?
03 Dec 2021,17 mins
The collapse of Enron: Did we learn the lessons?
Two decades have passed since the scandal, but could another Enron happen today?
02 Dec 2021,17 mins
Wind of change in Germany
Can the new government's renewable energy plan overcome German nimbyism and Russian gas?
01 Dec 2021,17 mins
The kleptocrats club
Authoritarians are keeping each other afloat, with help from the West's financial system
30 Nov 2021,17 mins
The plight of girls under the Taliban
How hard is life in Afghanistan for the female half of the population?
29 Nov 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 27/11/2021
Alarm in Turkey as the lira slumps and prices rise
27 Nov 2021,50 mins
The coming cleantech mining rush
Can the minerals needed to decarbonise the global economy be dug up fast enough?
26 Nov 2021,17 mins
Why is Turkey's currency collapsing?
The Turkish Lira is in free fall, as President Erdogan pushes controversial policies
25 Nov 2021,17 mins
Baristas of the world unite!
Starbucks workers could be unionising, amid a resurgence of organised labour in America
24 Nov 2021,17 mins
How to live to 150
How medical and technological advances could extend our life spans
23 Nov 2021,17 mins
Texas abortion laws
What impact could America's most restrictive abortion law have on business in the state?
22 Nov 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 20/11/2021
Europe braces for another Covid wave
20 Nov 2021,50 mins
Why toilets matter
Hundreds of millions of people still have no access to a safe, clean, hygienic toilet
19 Nov 2021,17 mins
Hunger crisis in Afghanistan
Is it time to stop the freeze of the country's financial assets and donor aid?
18 Nov 2021,17 mins
Period pants, poverty and the environment
Can this multi-million dollar industry help the climate and fight period poverty?
17 Nov 2021,17 mins