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Pandemic disrupts global supply chains

Border closures cause chaos for freight transport

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Global vaccine hopes for 2021

Will the approval of a cheaper and easier to use vaccine help the developing world?

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Chaos on Capitol Hill

Business Weekly examines the enormous task now facing President-elect Joe Biden

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Silicon Valley turns on Donald Trump

The US president is suspended from his social media accounts and Parler is taken offline.

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Will Joe Biden be good for business?

We hear from US businesses wondering what the new administration will do for them.

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Combating Covid: Closed borders and quarantine hotels

As the UK imposes new quarantine measures, how has Australia fared with a similar policy?

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Following the money in Myanmar

The coup puts the focus on the SE Asian nation and the hold its army has on the economy.

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Amateur trading: Reward and risk

On this episode of Business Weekly, we examine the world of amateur traders.

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The great semiconductor squeeze

Why everyone is fighting over the technical bits of genius businesses cannot do without

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How important are vaccine passports?

Some say they will help us return to life as we knew it. Others warn of ethical dilemmas

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Reflecting on a year of the pandemic

How has a year of the pandemic affected jobs and mental health around the world?

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Covid-19: One year on

We look at the economic and social effects from Nairobi to Barcelona. What has changed?

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Vaccine wars in Europe

How much of the argument is about genuine safety concerns and how much is political?

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Traffic jam in the Suez

A huge container ship stuck in the Suez canal leaves global trade in a jam

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Financial industry rocked by Archegos affair

The most spectacular loss of personal wealth in history?

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Greenland says no to rare earths mining project

We ask what this means for the security of the global supply of rare minerals.

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Climate crisis: time to talk

Will the US and China be able to cooperate to avert a climate crisis?

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India battles second covid wave

How social media is trying to help a health system that is close to being overwhelmed.

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Big promises of big spending

Can Joe Biden deliver his ambitious and potentially transformative economic plans?

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Could an Epic battle take a bite out of Apple?

How seismic could the legal battle be between Fortnite maker Epic and Apple?

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Hackers in the pipeline

In the wake of the cyberattack on a key US pipeline, how secure is our infrastructure?

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End new fossil fuel development, says IEA

Energy agency maps out pathway to net zero

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Breakthrough in the fight against malaria

As the world focuses on combatting Covid-19, hope from trials of a new malaria vaccine

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Chinese urged to have more babies

A ticking demographic timebomb has forced the government to rethink its two-child policy

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How the FBI used a messaging company to catch crooks

The elaborate sting operation, which ended in hundreds of arrests

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The men who helped Carlos Ghosn flee

The men who helped Carlos Ghosn flee

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How Tokyo is attempting to make the Olympics safe

No singing, no cheering, no alcohol. But will the spectacle of the Games be lost?

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Tourism in a post-covid world

Tourism opens up: can travel in a post-covid world be safe and sustainable?

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Is inflation back for good?

Prices are rising around the world, should we be worried?

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The great vaccine passport debate

Vaccinated Visitors: How the push for health passes is gaining ground in Europe.

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