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Hunger crisis in Afghanistan

Is it time to stop the freeze of the country's financial assets and donor aid?

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Why toilets matter

Hundreds of millions of people still have no access to a safe, clean, hygienic toilet

• 17 mins

Business Weekly

Europe braces for another Covid wave

• 50 mins

Texas abortion laws

What impact could America's most restrictive abortion law have on business in the state?

• 17 mins

How to live to 150

How medical and technological advances could extend our life spans

• 17 mins

Baristas of the world unite!

Starbucks workers could be unionising, amid a resurgence of organised labour in America

• 17 mins

Why is Turkey's currency collapsing?

The Turkish Lira is in free fall, as President Erdogan pushes controversial policies

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The coming cleantech mining rush

Can the minerals needed to decarbonise the global economy be dug up fast enough?

• 17 mins

Business Weekly

Alarm in Turkey as the lira slumps and prices rise

• 50 mins

The plight of girls under the Taliban

How hard is life in Afghanistan for the female half of the population?

• 17 mins

The kleptocrats club

Authoritarians are keeping each other afloat, with help from the West's financial system

• 17 mins

Wind of change in Germany

Can the new government's renewable energy plan overcome German nimbyism and Russian gas?

• 17 mins

The collapse of Enron: Did we learn the lessons?

Two decades have passed since the scandal, but could another Enron happen today?

• 17 mins

The Omicron variant and vaccine inequality

Could a more equitable global vaccine rollout have stopped the new variant?

• 17 mins

Business Weekly

Zara founder's family keeps control of fashion giant

• 50 mins

Why private adoption is big business in the US

Is it time to reform private infant adoption in America?

• 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?

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Healthcare workers are burnt out

What can be done to stem the tide of carers quitting the industry?

• 17 mins

The arms race in cyberspace

Will the next war be waged online? We ask cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth.

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Blacklisted in China

Lithuania has provoked China's rage by going too far in recognising Taiwan

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Business Weekly

Political change at the top for Germany

• 50 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?

• 17 mins

The pet food gold mine

Is expensive, premium pet food really worth it?

• 17 mins

The Meta data centre dilemma

What is at stake when a big company like Meta comes knocking on your door?

• 17 mins

The Turkish lira and red hot inflation

The value of the lira has plunged by nearly half this year

• 17 mins

High risk investing

Why has it become so popular for millions of young people?

• 17 mins

Business Weekly

Turkey’s interest rate slashed, despite sharp inflation

• 48 mins

End of the roads

Austria and Wales reconsider plans to expand their road networks to curb pollution.

• 17 mins

Millions still not back at school

The World Bank says this could cost the global economy $17 trillion

• 17 mins

Lockdown, rebound, lockdown

2021 has seen some extraordinary economic changes

• 17 mins