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Talking to Robots
The challenge of making robots sound human.
Migrant Stories: The Bittersweet Return
Migrants from Senegal tell how they failed to complete their arduous journeys to Europe
Migrant Stories: Reasons to Stay
What happens to migrants after they’ve returned home? Marie Keyworth reports from Senegal
Paradise Papers: Secrets of the Global Elite
How the global elite invest in offshore tax havens
Paradise Papers: Apple's Secret Tax Bolthole
Apple's tax affairs under scrutiny
Doing Business in China
As Donald Trump visits China, the challenge of doing business for foreign firms.
China's Hunger for Seafood
Are the oceans big enough to keep up with Chinese demand? And is fish farming the answer?
Tax Paradise Mauritius?
The Paradise Papers suggest the island may be an anonymous low-tax gateway into Africa
How to Dress, Sit and Scrawl at Work
From your clothing to your doodles, what message are you sending to your employers?
Moderators: The Internet's Most Gruesome Job?
Humans are filtering the web's darkest content, can AI ever take over the job?
Banks and Brexit
Will London's financial centre survive brexit?
Zimbabwe: Back in Business?
Might political change finally enable Zimbabwe to achieve its economic potential?
Toilet Equality
Why "potty parity" is no laughing matter for women throughout the world
The Art of the Speech Writer
How the speech writing profession is faring in the age of Donald Trump.
There's Something about Ayn Rand
The lure of Ayn Rand's 'objectivist' philosophy and her influence over US policy today
A Battery-Powered Future?
The demand for batteries - in electric vehicles and on energy grids - is exploding.
The Serious Business of Gaming
Video games tournaments - e-sports - are a major global growth sector including in Africa
Killer Robots
How close are autonomous lethal weapons to becoming reality and how worried should we be?
Roadmap to Brexit
A simple guide to the key outstanding points for a Brexit deal and the likeliest outcomes
LSD in Silicon Valley
How California's tech entrepreneurs are turning to LSD for inspiration.
Jobs for the World's Young
Young people make up 35% of the world's unemployed, and it's a global problem.
Welcome to Umbrella Town
Buy a brolly and the chances are it was made in Songxia, China - but for how much longer?
Bitcoin Highs
Is the rise and rise of this crypto-currency driven by credibility, or criminality?
Warning Signs for the Global Economy?
All is well with the global economic recovery - or is it?
Cities for the Poor
Are cities becoming enclaves for the rich?
Surviving the Night Shift
What working nights does to your health and the economy.
Nuclear Energy Post Fukushima
Is Japan right to switch its reactors back on seven years after disaster struck?
Brexit Milestone Reached
UK and EU leaders clinch a deal in the first phase of negotiations on Britain's exit.
Financial Abuse
What should be done when someone uses money to control or bully their spouse?
Greece: On the Road to Recovery?
Is the eurozone's most troubled economy showing signs of coming out of crisis mode?
The Passive Investor
The rise of passive investing on the stock markets.