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There are few signs of preparation for a potential hard border on the English Channel
Living in a Box
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Sierra Leone's Economic Struggle
Sierra Leone's fight to rebuild its economy after Ebola
Sex Workers in Sierra Leone
The experience of sex workers in one aid-dependent country.
Counting Calories
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Italians First!
Anti-immigrant rhetoric and extravagant spending promises in Italy's general election.
Trump's Steel Tariffs
The US President's plan to tax steel imports causes sparks to fly and markets to melt
Fixing America's Healthcare Crisis
Why is healthcare in America so hard to fix?
Facebook's Annus Horribilis
Will Facebook face regulation?
Inside Russia's Troll Farm
The story of one worker in Russia's propaganda business.
How Women Got Squeezed out of Tech
Women dominated the early days of computer programming - so how did men take over?
Brexit Trade Bewilderment
Businesses bemoan uncertainty over future UK-EU trade relations, with one year left to go
China's Internet Privacy Clampdown
Beijing plans to block all internet services this month used to circumvent online censors
West Africa: Youth and Ambition
Job opportunities for West Africa's young
Hormones: Oestrogen and the Menopause
Every woman experiences menopause, but it can be tough to combine with a full-time job
Russian Money, British Sanctions
Can the UK afford to impose financial sanctions on Russia?
Solving the World's Plastic Problem
Businesses trying to crack one of the planet's biggest environmental challenges
Commuting Hell
The daily grind of commuting around the world
Facebook, Big Data and You
What Cambridge Analytica and Facebook tell us about how our data is used.
A Strike Showdown in France
President Emmanuel Macron versus the French railway unions
The Bear Stearns Bailout 10 Years On
Ben Bernanke, Hank Paulson and Tim Geithner remember a key moment in the financial crisis
Afghanistan's Opium Deluge
The war-torn country's harvest last year was almost double the world's demand for heroin
A New Trade War?
What US tariffs on steel and Chinese goods means for global trade.
Farming's Future: Food Factories
Technological solutions to mass farming
Farming's Future: Made in the Lab
Can technology create better food?
The Human Cost of Brexit
With a year to go, EU citizens in the UK talk of the uncertainty that haunts their lives
Trump and Title X
Access to contraceptives may soon become more difficult for low income Americans
Booze Free Boom
Sales of alcohol-free products aimed at traditional drinkers are surging
