The financial sector has long been dominated by men. But a new report by one of Wall Street's biggest banks suggests investors are better off if women take care of their money. It's the latest sign that gender diversity can pay off. For more, we were joined by Roy Gluckman. He's a director at Cohesion Collective in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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India has overtaken Brazil to record the second-highest COVID-19 caseload worldwide, with over 4.2 million people testing positive. The infection rate is the world's highest, and it's still rising, with the country recording more than 90,000 new cases on both Sunday and Monday. Despite this, the government is forging ahead with reopening some sectors. Natasha Hussain reports. And we spoke to Nikita Sud in Oxford. She's an associate professor of Development Studies at the University of Oxford.

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India banned another 118 mobile apps with links to China this week, citing risks to national security. It's the second time New Delhi has taken aim at businesses from Beijing since June. Tensions have flared-up again over a long-running border dispute.. And the latest app crackdown could have far-reaching effects for the tech sector, and those making a living from the platforms. Mobin Nasir reports. For more on this, Money Talks spoke to Srikanth Kondapalli, in New Delhi. The professor of Chinese studies at Jawa-harlal Nehru University says without a resolution of India's border disputes with China, New Delhi will likely pile-on more pressure on Beijing.

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US jobless claims in August have fallen to their lowest level since lockdowns began in March. But job growth is continuing to slow, as the government's financial support programmes for businesses run-out. And most of the job gains have been workers being recalled from either furloughs or temporary lay-offs.The US economy added nearly 1.4-million non-farm payroll jobs last month, which is a slight decline from the 1.8 million positions in July.. and far below the record 4.8-million jobs in June. Christian Lawrence is a senior market strategist at Rabobank in New York. He says the latest monthly jobs report may be encouraging, but it's a long road ahead to get to pre-pandemic levels.

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Uganda is the second largest producer of coffee in Africa after Ethiopia,  but surprisingly it’s considered to be a nation of tea drinkers.  Now a group of enthusiasts  is introducing a coffee drinking culture, and it’s quickly becoming popular. Rahul Radhakrishnan has more.

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France aims to spend more than 100-billion- dollars over the next two years to pull its economy out of its worst slump since World War Two. President Emmanuel Macron's government hopes its recovery plan will create jobs and support businesses, so the eurozone's second-biggest economy can return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022. It comes as France reported 7-thousand new COVID-19 cases, its highest single-day tally since the outbreak. Called 'France Relaunch', the stimulus package is worth 118-billion- dollars, or about four percent of the country's GDP. France is spending proportionally more public cash than any other big European country. We spoke to Jacques Reland from the northern port city Saint-Malo in France. He's a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute.

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The man named to be Lebanon's next prime minister says negotiations with the International Monetary Fund require a different approach. The IMF and the Lebanese government have been trying to hammer out a deal since May on a bailout for one of the most heavily indebted countries in the world. As Reagan Des Vignes reports, they remain at odds as the situation's only gotten worse for Lebanon's people.

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India has banned another 118 mobile apps that are owned and operated by Chinese companies, citing risks to national security. It's the second time New Delhi has taken aim at businesses from Beijing since June. Tensions have flared-up again over a long-running border dispute.. And the bans on mobile apps could have far-reaching effects for the tech sector, and those making a living from the platforms. Mobin Nasir reports. For more on this, Srikant Kondupally joined us from New Delhi. He's a professor of Chinese studies at Jawa-harlal Nehru University.

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Fourteen people are on trial in France over the 2015 attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. They are accused of helping the attackers who shot dead 12 people in and around the magazine’s Paris office. The killings marked the beginning of a wave of attacks across the country that left more than 250 people dead. TRT World Correspondent Francis Collings reports on the first day of the trial.

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Lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 are pulling Australia's economy down under. Its GDP fell by a record 7 percent between April and June, plunging the economy into recession. And experts are warning of tougher times ahead, unless the government launches more stimulus measures. Mobin Nasir reports.

For more on this, Paul Frijters joined us London. He's professor of Wellbeing Economics at LSE.

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