Record Covid deaths in Brazil
Old graves are being emptied in SΓ£o Paulo because of the soaring number of deaths from Covid-19.
Old graves are being emptied in SΓ£o Paulo because of the soaring number of deaths from Covid-19. Large parts of the country are in a critical situation. We get the latest from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Will Grant. Big clothing brands have cancelled orders because of declining sales during the pandemic. This has left manufacturing companies around the world with no buyers and workers they can't afford to pay. We hear from the general secretary of the International Apparel Foundation, Matthijs Crietee. Limited baseball crowds returns to the New York's Yankee Stadium today, and on Friday the curtain will rise once again at some theatres on Broadway, as the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Samira Hussain in the city explains. Also on the show, fancy a $540 meal on a stationary plane? You can, in Japan. Plus, Microsoft's voice assistant, Cortana, is being retired And, on the 30th anniversary of the first edition of World Business Report, Fergus Nicoll looks back on three decades of coverage of the global economy.
All this and more discussed with our two guests on opposite sides of the world: Alison Van Diggelen, host of the green interview series Fresh Dialogues. In San Francisco. And Robin Harding, Tokyo Bureau Chief for the Financial Times.
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