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Australia's Drought

"It looks like a lunar landscape", one farmer says of Australia's drought effects.

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Switching On Shetland's Gas

Why Total is switching on a new Shetland gas plant amid a global oil price rout.

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Syrian Refugees

How the Syrian refugee crisis is affecting neighbouring economies of Lebanon, Jordan

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Ukraine's 'Corrupt' Politicians

Resigning minister alleges graft and cronyism remain rife in Ukraine's corridors of power

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West Africa's Cocoa

Ghana's struggles with the cocoa industry; Mars; modernising in Ivory Coast

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China's Capital Flight

How Chinese avoid controls and why it matters; plus a killing outside Ghana's goldmine.

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Does growth matter?

Why is growth the holy grail of economics?

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Aberdeen: Life After Oil

Aberdeen was once the UK's oil capital. How will it survive the falling world oil price?

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China's Ghost Towns

China's biggest property developer, Vanke, on what to do about the country's ghost towns.

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Is Being Slim a Luxury?

What is the link between poverty and obesity?

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Venezuela's Economy: Can it Avoid Collapse?

Is it inevitable that Venezuela will now default on its international debt?

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Britain, Business and Brexit

British business leaders are divided over whether it is better to stay or leave the EU

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Finland’s Long Economic Winter

Why is Finland one of the worst performing economies in Europe? And is Nokia to blame?

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A Virtual Reality Future?

Why Mark Zuckerberg believes VR will be the next technology to change the way we live

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London's Foreign Property Buyers

Russian oligarchs in London; money laundering; drinking wine in Ethiopia

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Fifa's New President

Fifa votes; Finland's immigrants; what's in an Oscar goodie-bag?

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India Rising?

What will it take for India to take China's place as the world's growth engine?

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Barclays: Out of Africa

Barclays is to sell off its business in Africa, ending its century-long history there

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Elements: Tantalum and Niobium

Are these notorious conflict minerals still being smuggled into and laundered in Rwanda?

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Ghana's Child Slaves

In Ghana thousands of children are believed to work as slaves in the fishing industry

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Brazil Hits the Buffers

Brazil's maids, its collapsing economy, and semi-naked women at car shows.

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China's Economy: Retail to the Rescue?

China's new five-year plan; carbon emissions realism; and the dying art of office pranks.

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Feminism in the Workplace

Feminism: Its role in the workplace and how advertising has changed its meaning.

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Elements: The Radioactives

Radium, polonium and radon sound frightening, but are they actually useful for anything?

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Video Blogging for Cash

How to make a living out of posting your own videos online

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How to Predict a Crash

Why are economists so bad at forecasting a downturn? Are markets any better?

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Is the Panic Over?

Are forecasts of global crisis exaggerated? Plus Jamaican recovery and working too hard.

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Finland after Nokia

What went wrong at Nokia; Finland's economy; Helsinki's tech start-ups.

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Elements: Germanium

Nanotech, virtual reality, and the stuff that could oust the silicon from Silicon Valley.

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Cheating in India

Rahul Tandon reports from Bihar in India on the massive problem of cheating in exams.

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