80% of Singapore citizens are in public housing. The programme is reported from Singapore by CNN’s international business correspondent and host of ‘Quest Means Business’, Richard Quest, providing insight into the new innovations finding favor not just in Singapore but overseas, and highlighting why Singapore and its economy are of importance to the rest of […]
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Greece: Clinics in Crisis
Greek hospitals are facing a severe shortage of funding that is leaving them lacking in medicines and supplies. Even crucial operations have to be postponed.The financial crisis has left the Greek health system having to deal with billions of euros in cuts. And a second round of cuts is on its way. On top of […]
Read MoreJobs For European Doctors in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman
Doctors for the Gulf Ltd is an acknowledged medical recruitment company providing permanent & full-time jobs for European doctors in United Arabic Emirates of Middle East (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), as well as in Sultanate of Oman & Qatar. Doctors for the Gulf Ltd was founded in 2010 in England by experienced & acknowledged experts in […]
Read MoreMaking Money – Greece
With youth unemployment at 50%, the elderly losing their assets and ever-growing numbers going hungry, you don’t need to wander far on the streets of Athens to witness the impact of Greece’s debt crisis. “All the rulers are dirty” cries one man as he awaits his turn at the local food distribution centre.”What else are […]
Read MoreThe Man Who Stopped the Desert
In Burkina Faso, the rapid desertification of the once fertile plains of the Sahel caused droughts and ruined harvests, sparking a mass exodus of village inhabitants and famines that decimated populations. Yet remarkably, one illiterate peasant farmer and his ingenious farming methods have proved the key to achieving what experts have failed to do: stop […]
Read MoreEconomics and Children Risking it all
Brazilian children at the Tajaparu river risk getting cut to pieces as they fasten their canoes onto fast-moving tourist boats in order to sell their goods. They are risking death in order to make a few pennies selling sweets and jams.
Read MoreBrazil, Religion, History and Beauty
Brazil An Inconvenient History BBC http://youtu.be/SRpx8qK7GLs It’s a religious festival like no other, featuring skimpy bikinis and non-stop drinking and dancing. But for black Brazilians, the festival of Yemanja is as much about spirituality as partying. “Today the party is for Yemanja, Queen of the Ocean”, explains Carlinhos Brown. Candomble, the worship of African Gods, […]
Read MoreUgandan baseball players make history
A team of young baseball players from Uganda is about to make history. They’re the first African team to compete in the Little League Baseball World Series in Pennsylvania – and they’ve been given a huge welcome.
Read MoreGrowing Farmers
Earthworks Urban Farm is a highly-productive urban agriculture and education hub that supplies Detroit’s farmers with everything they need from support to seedlings, and teaches students how to make a living from small organic plots.
Read MorePortuguese migrants seek better opportunities in Africa
Portugal’s poor economic outlook has driven tens of thousands of people to leave in search of a better life. Many are heading to the country’s former colonies, including Mozambique, where the economy’s expected to grow by seven and a half per cent this year.
Read MoreOut of Africa and into China
African’s keen to explore business opportunities in the East are moving to China to live and work.
Read MoreChina mulls immigration changes
A growing influx of migrants is causing the China to draft its first-ever immigration legislation to control the number of foreigners coming to work in the country.
Read MoreChristian Louboutin Fashion Party in Beijing!
BEIJING – FashionTV is at the Christian Louboutin fashion party in Beijing, China where dozens of glittery, glamorous, and high style Christian Louboutin shoes and bags are on display. Check out the ones with sequins, studs, prints, and Louboutin’s signature red sole.
Read MoreInside The Diamond Trading Company of Botswana
Before rough diamonds can become the sparklers seen on jewelry around the world, they make a stop at a sorting company like The Diamond Trading Company of Botswana (DTC), a joint venture between the government of Botswana and Debeers. With over 12,000 different classifications used, it takes both machine and human to sort through each […]
Read MoreAustria
We are introduced to Austria and her family in the Dominican Republic. Cato, Madeline and Austria are introduced to New York Fashion Week and tons of castings. New York Fshion Week is here. Shows, press, runways, photo shoots, parties. All in a day’s work. They’ve walked New York and London. Now Madeline, Cato and Austria […]
Read MoreMiss Universe 1977 Crowning
Janelle Commissiong: The First Black Miss Universe Janelle Commissiong (born 1953) was born in Trinidad and Tobago. Commissiong migrated to the United States at the age of 13, and returned to Trinidad and Tobago ten years later. After winning the Miss Trinidad and Tobago title, she went on to be crowned Miss Universe 1977 in […]
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