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Elements: Hydrogen and Acids

These powerful chemicals are essential for industry, but are dangerous to handle.

• 18 mins

China's Slowing Economy and Africa

What the yuan's devaluation means for Africa; mobile banking; plus prosecco vs champagne.

• 18 mins

Capitalism USA - The Progressive Age

Irish comedian Colm O'Regan looks at the history of capitalism in the USA

• 17 mins

Russia on the Rocks?

Russia's tanking economy, London supercars, email etiquette

• 18 mins

The Great Fall of China

The biggest one-day share fall in five years, and why tech will soon change how we learn.

• 17 mins

Keeping Cool amid the Stockmarket Panic

Investor Jim Rogers on China; Chinese investments in Australia property; low oil prices.

• 17 mins

Will India Rise As China Falls?

Can India replace China as the world's leading emerging market economy?

• 17 mins

Working in China

Internships in China; designer Masha Ma; Sudan's currency problem.

• 17 mins

Technology: friend or foe?

It may make us feel smarter, faster and richer – but for some it’s a living nightmare.

• 17 mins

China: Innovator or Thief?

More dismal factory data, plus claims and counter-claims over Chinese IP theft.

• 17 mins

Where are India's Working Women?

Why do women make up such a comparatively small proportion of India's formal work force?

• 17 mins

China's Defence Budget

What China really spends on guns, India's Muslim job-seekers, and Azerbaijan's oil curse.

• 17 mins

China's Defence Budget

What China really spends on guns, India's Muslim job-seekers, and Azerbaijan's oil curse.

• 17 mins

The Economics of Migration

Is migration good for an economy? And India's Maggi food scare continues to hurt Nestle.

• 17 mins

Unequal Measures

Fixing inequality, Ikea's "living wage", and Kellaway on the meaning of "skill-sets".

• 17 mins

Commodities Crisis

The latest China data, and what it means for the world's miners, from India to Africa.

• 17 mins

Ethiopia's Power Dreams

A new massive dam starts power-generation this month, another next year - at what cost?

• 17 mins

Is the Gig or Sharing Economy Bad for Workers?

Are online services like Uber creating entrepreneurs or destroying job security?

• 17 mins

Corporate Social Responsibility: The Cost of Behaving Badly

Lord Browne: Firms that don't invest in social responsibility risk losing their value.

• 17 mins

Refugees in Sweden

Sweden's refugees, Migration's economic impact, Kellaway on the pain of expenses

• 17 mins

Robots in Seattle

Microsoft's office robots, Expedia's big data, Seattle's busy ports

• 17 mins

Elements: Titanium Catalysts

The metal behind plastics, paints, and buildings that clean both themselves and the air

• 17 mins

Jobs for Robots

Robots building air planes, robot ethics, clothes shopping with a robot

• 17 mins

The US Holds On

US Fed holds rates, India's falling rupee, Australia after the Chinese boom

• 17 mins

Greece: Shipbuilders, Special Interests and Sour Milk

The shelf-life of Greek milk, Dutch tulips, and too many beautiful people at work.

• 17 mins

Sustainable Development Goals

Statistics of development; childbirth in Zimbabwe; improving health

• 17 mins

VW's Reputational Fallout

VW cheating - who knew what?

• 17 mins

UN Sustainable Development Goal: Education For All

The UN's education SDG; Africa's private schools; Nigerian statistics; Syrian schooling

• 17 mins

China and United States: Cyber Friends or Enemies?

Cybersecurity talks as President Obama hosts China's Xi Jinping

• 17 mins

Car Emissions: Cheating over CO2?

Are car CO2 emissions a scandal in waiting? Bosnia's bad economy and Microsoft's jargon

• 17 mins