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1 Feb
For years, FC Barcelona were the best football team in the world, epitomizing tradition, flair and success with an unbeatable, unique club culture. Their claim: Més que un club! Now, Barcelona are in crisis, forced to ship off club legend Lionel Messi and struggling with dire financial challenges. What made Barça so great, and where did it all go wrong? We take a closer look.
28 Jan
A judge in Brazil has ordered mining giants BHP and Vale, plus their joint iron ore venture project Samarco, to pay the equivalent of €8.9 billion in compensation over the collapse of a dam in 2015. The disaster killed 19 people and severely polluted the Rio Doce river.
26 Jan
German business morale has dipped once again after a short-lived burst of optimism that has given way to new fears.
25 Jan
The US aviation regulator has 737 MAX 9 can start flying again after a mid-air cabin blowout raised safety concerns. However, it also told Boeing to put the plane's production on hold.
25 Jan
Tesla has told suppliers it wants to start production of a new mass market electric vehicle codenamed "Redwood" in mid-2025, according to four people familiar with the matter, with two of them describing the model as a compact crossover.
23 Jan
Following an election fraught with logistical problems, Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in for a second term as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He vowed to make the DRC "more united, stronger and prosperous."
21 Jan
The fortunes of the world's five richest men have more than doubled since 2020, while three in five people around the globe have been made poorer. Those are just some of the findings in Oxfam's new inequality report, released to coincide with the start of the World Economic Forum, an exclusive gathering of the global elite in Davos, Switzerland.
20 Jan
The World Economic Forum has wrapped up after a week of intense discussions, networking and consensus-building in the snowy Swiss mountain resort of Davos. Among some of the smaller nations taking part was Mongolia, which is trying to use the event to promote itself on the global stage as it tries to diversify its economy and bolster relations outside of its traditional allies, Russia and China.
20 Jan
The world is finding an uneasy equilibrium with a more benign economic backdrop overshadowed by a panoply of geopolitical risks, according to the final Davos panel of 2024.
20 Jan
This week, we bring you a special edition of People & Profit from the snowy Swiss resort of Davos as it hosts the annual World Economic Forum.
18 Jan
Artificial intelligence is a major theme of this year's event, cryptocurrency is also drawing renewed attention as the sector seeks increased legitimacy on mainstream financial markets. We hear from the CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, Sheila Warren.
17 Jan
The world is entering the "Voldemort of years", according to political risk consultancy Eurasia Group. In its annual report released this week, "Top Risks for 2024," it says the US presidential election will pose the greatest political risk to the world in 2024, no matter who wins.

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Since Tunisian President Kais Saied seized full governing powers in July 2021, concern has been growing about a crackdown on free speech and dissent in the country. In the last year, about 50 political opponents have been in jail in various cases.
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