Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPower cuts hit north-east China
Residents in north-east China are experiencing unannounced power cuts, as an electricity shortage which initially hit factories spreads to homes. Phi…
5 years ago
Huawei's Meng Wanzhou released from house arrest
Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is released after nearly three years under house arrest in Canada, the BBC’s Gordon Correra has the det…
5 years ago
Evergrande debt crisis continues
The embattled Chinese real estate firm Evergrande reaches the deadline for interest payments on its bonds – will Beijing step in to shore up the comp…
5 years ago
President Biden defends US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Biden said there was never a good time to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan, but the situation has "unfolded quicker than expected". Dr Kamran Bokh…
5 years, 1 month ago
Square to buy Australia's Afterpay
In Australia's biggest ever buyout, Jack Dorsey's Square has offered to buy Afterpay. Jonathan Shapiro writes about banking and finance at The Austra…
5 years, 1 month ago
US advises citizens against UK travel
In a blow to the UK's tourist and aviation industries, the CDC has advised US citizens against travel to the country. We hear more from travel expert…
5 years, 2 months ago
Most Covid rules set to end in England
Face masks will no longer be legally required and distancing rules will be scrapped at the final stage of England's Covid lockdown roadmap, Prime Min…
5 years, 2 months ago
US authorities open probe into SolarWinds' cyber breach
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun the inquiry into last December's cyber attack on the IT provider, media reports say. It wil…
5 years, 3 months ago
Google fined $267m in France
Search giant Google is to pay a $267m fine in France because of its advertising dominance. Katrin Schallenberg is an antitrust expert with Clifford C…
5 years, 3 months ago
Colonial Pipeline to attempt gradual reopening
The Colonial fuel pipeline, shut down by a cyber attack since Friday, serves 45% of America's east coast. A regional state of emergency has been decl…
5 years, 4 months ago