World Business Report

India endures severe heatwave


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Provisional reports say that Temperatures have reached fifty-two degrees centigrade in the Indian capital, Delhi, as an intense heatwave sweeps across the north and west of the country. Rahul Tandon looks at how it’s affecting the lives of people there - and the economy.

The price of heavily subsidised bread in Egypt is to quadruple from June. The BBC’s Sally Nibil explains just how significant the news is and why the subsidy is such an important source of government support for the less well off.

Unionised workers of Samsung Electronics in Seoul are to strike next week in what will be the first-ever strike in the tech giant’s five decades of history - we look at the reason why.

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