People eat pork more than any other meat. But prices have gone up over the past year due to the outbreak of African swine flu in Asia's top producers. And despite the Chinese government's assurance that the spread of the disease is slowing, there's still no cure in sight. Paolo Montecillo reports.

Small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe are trying to put their coffee industry back on the world map. It was basically destroyed under former President Robert Mugabe. But with companies now willing to pay farmers premium prices, Sharon Ogunleye explains how the sector is making a comeback.

She's been dubbed the rockstar of international finance and now Christine Lagarde has rocked international bond markets, after EU leaders chose her to become the next president of the European Central Bank. Investors are banking the IMF chief will revive the ECB's ultra-loose monetary policy in a bid to jumpstart a sagging eurozone economy. The former French finance minister will be the first woman to head the central bank, and as Mobin Nasir reports, she'll have to hit the ground running. We spoke to Lorenzo Codogno from LC Macro Advisors. He was also the former chief economist at Italy’s treasury, and he joined us from London.

The world's largest sports brand wanted to celebrate American independence with a shoe featuring the red, white and blue. But Nike's stepped into trouble for the use of a historical symbol that, to some, has become synonymous with hate. We spoke to Declan Ahern, Associate Director at the independent business valuation consultancy, Brand Finance. He joined us from London.

Sun, surf and beautiful sand. Mexico's beaches in Cancun and Tulum have everything a tourist could ask for. And now something they wouldn't: stinky seaweed. In recent years, sargassum has been piling up on beaches and turning waters brown along the Caribbean Coast. And that's valuable real estate. It accounts for nearly half of Mexico's tourist income. Scientists say climate change and intensive use of fertilisers are the reason behind the phenomenon. They're warning it may be the new normal. And that's risking the livelihoods of locals who depend on tourism dollars.

Climbing expeditions have left rubbish scattered over Mt Everest. The problem's become so bad the Nepalese government is paying mountain guides to clean up after the tourists. But it's also looking for ways to change the way climbers behave on the mountains. Nick Davies-Jones has more.

A community in southern Nigeria is still using a traditional form of payment that's accepted nowhere else in the country. No money's exchanged because it's Nigeria's only market still using the barter system. And as Sharon Ogunleye reports, it's a practice that's paying off.

The women's football World Cup is smashing viewership records with more than six million people tuning in to watch the US beat France to reach the tournament's semi-finals. Despite their rising popularity, women athletes are still making just a fraction of what their male counterparts earn. Now some of them are taking aim at the income gap. For more, Kate Fisher joined us from Washington.

Turkcell is going healthy. As more and more people are looking for quick medical advice online, the digital operator has partnered with Dr. Mehmet Oz on its communication and lifestyle app, BiP, which was Turkey's most downloaded app last year. Dr Oz also shares his views on ‘Dr Google’, mixing business with medicine and on career reinvention.

Just days after reaching a truce with China, the US is preparing for another possible trade war, this time with the European Union. Washington has threatened to impose tariffs on European exports worth billions of dollars. It's part of a long-running dispute over the world's two leading planemakers. Paolo Montecillo reports. For more, we got expert analysis from Rajneesh Narula, a professor of international business regulation at the University of Reading’s Henley Business School.