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Telegram in the spotlight
After becoming the most downloaded non-gaming app earlier this year, Telegram messaging app has amassed half a billion users – a quarter...
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Voters in Greenland have backed a party which opposes a rare earth mining project. On Business Weekly, we ask what this means for the...
Mega ships
After the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal last month, we ask: are container ships too big? How much bigger can they get? To answer those...
Mega ships
After the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal last month, we ask: are container ships too big? How much bigger can they get? To answer those...
Mining the ocean
How rocks on the ocean floor could be key to the transition to electric cars. Justin Rowlatt speaks to Gerard Barron, boss of DeepGreen, a...
Tracing cotton’s DNA
Can technology help eradicate forced labour from global cotton supplies? A confrontation continues to rise between Western powers, global...
Where art and cryptocurrency meet...
When the world of crypto currencies met with the world of art, they created what's called a non-fungible tokens or NFT. Some say NFTs could...
What happens to whistleblowers
How exposing the truth at work can cost you your career. Theo Leggett speaks to whistleblowers Ian Foxley and Bianca Goodson, both of whom...
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Some of the world’s biggest investment banks have been left exposed as a hedge fund collapsed, leaving multi-billion dollar losses in its...
How to complain
In this programme, Elizabeth Hotson looks at the art of demanding good service. From dealing with customer services to having conversations...
Josephine's story: Bouncing back
Josephine is a single mother of four in Kibera, the sprawling slum in Nairobi, Kenya. At the beginning of the pandemic she was working as a...
Feminist cities
Why do so many women still feel unsafe walking the streets of our cities? We take a look at the idea of a feminist city. What is it and what...
Feminist cities
Why do so many women still feel unsafe walking the streets of our cities? We take a look at the idea of a feminist city. What is it and what...
Hydroelectric power in focus after disaster in India
In February a devastating flash flood in India's northern state of Uttarakhand killed at least 70 people and trapped workers in underground...
Palm oil politics
An EU ban on the vegetable oil's use in biofuel has upset Indonesia and Malaysia. Meanwhile critics say it will only worsen the problem of...
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As a giant container ship gets stuck in the Suez canal, we examine at the vital role the waterway plays in global shipping. We also hear...
Nigeria's kidnapping industry
Since December, more than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria, highlighting a worrying development in the...
Josephine’s story: Debt
Josephine is a single mother of four in Kibera, the sprawling slum in Nairobi, Kenya. At the beginning of the pandemic she was working as a...
The rise of food delivery apps
How the growth in food delivery apps could change the restaurant industry forever. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Moe Tkacik from the American...
Could China pull the plug on coal?
A letter sent to the Bangladeshi government suggests that Beijing may be clamping down on the biggest source of carbon emissions. Justin...
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As rows continue in Europe over the safety and supply of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 Vaccine, on Business Weekly we ask how much of the...
Why your boss is incompetent
Why is it that the boss never seems to know what they’re doing? The famous “Dilbert principle” asserts that companies promote...
Josephine’s story: Starting a business
In the sprawling Nairobi slum of Kibera in Kenya, a single mother of four struggles to survive lockdown. At the beginning of the pandemic,...
Murdoch at 90: What next for his media empire?
The Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 90 years old this month. Is it time for him to hand over News Corp to the next generation, and...
How the pandemic feeds online trolling
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we behave on the internet. Online trolling is on the rise as people turn to social media to...
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