International Pressure on Venezuela Increases
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
Foreign ministers from the Organization of American States meet in Washington DC on Wednesday to try and find a solution to the political and economic crisis in Venezuela.
Professor Ricardo Hausmann of Harvard University assesses the situation.
Also on the programme, India's latest GDP figures are out on Wednesday, Jyoti Malhotra, consulting editor at the Indian Express tells what to look out for.
Drug overdoses are now the number one cause of injury-related deaths in the United States, according to the Atlanta-based Centres for Disease Control. Most are caused by prescription opioids, and one knock-on effect is that morgues are becoming overwhelmed. Adam Allington on the Marketplace programme in the US reports.
And the 麻豆社's Gavin Fischer reports on the threat to South Africa's small scale diamond miners, the Zama Zamas.
The 麻豆社's Fergus Nicoll is joined throughout the programme from Dehli by Jyoti Malhotra and from Washington DC by Adam Allington. They're also joined from Singapore by the 麻豆社's Juiliana Liu.
Picture credit:EPA
Last on
More episodes
Broadcast
- Wed 31 May 2017 00:06GMT麻豆社 World Service except News Internet
Podcast
-
Big Boss Interview
In-depth interviews with the world's most high profile CEOs and entrepreneurs.