the average family home, cory practices her violin, christian plays with his cars and mike and carol worry over the bills. we went in with pretty much the same technology that s been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators. tv. oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. hello? i m not here now but my faithful machine is. there was a handful of technology at that time. one was the telephone answering machine. you would be driving home and you would say i can t wait to check my messages. you know, it becomes part of the day. honey, i m checking my messages. from the noisy streets of new york to the laid-back tranquility of california, americans are tuning out and tuning in. when i think of technology in the 1980s, i think of the walkman. the walkman was huge. it s the latest fad. tiny stereo casset
Three quarters of the world population, over half of the total wealth of the globe. Now a bri project could be a railway and tenure, a port in sri a bridge in the maldives. The largest project so far has been the china pakistan corridor. A 60 billion network of Roads Railways and pipelines, going through a density Mountain Pass on the china pakistan border. The second thing you need to know is that it has two official names. 0ne is that it has two official names. One for inside china and one for outside. Initially it was called one built one road which sounds great in chinese. The problem is in english it sounds a bit bossy, that china is dictating to the rest of the world. So a few years ago the official english name was changed to the slightly bland but definitely less threatening belt and road initiative. The third thing is that it is controversial for some. China has ploughed more than 1 trillion into developing countries. There are trains, airports and roads that literally would n
Conference because the real over the future of hs two for the Downing Street says no final decision has been taken on whether the project will be to manchester. We caught up with the transport secondary and he took the same line. Any clarity at all . You have heard what number ten said, no decision has been taken. Avenue platforms including the conservative of the matt williams. 3 conservative of the matt williams. Williams. A once in a generation williams. A once in a i generation opportunity. Williams. A once in a generation opportunity. You will indeed be damaging our International Reputation as a place to invest. International reputation as a place to invest. And who would have thought place to invest. And who would have thought the place to invest. And who would have thought the labour place to invest. And who would have thought the labour grid i place to invest. And who would have thought the labour grid of manchester would be something started at conservative french meetings. St
to the skies for a summer getaway. record numbers of passengers they re predicted to fly this year, with airlines raking in healthy profits and airports fit to bursting. but against a backdrop of war, economic uncertainty, and the year for global elections, can it continue? and, with our climate in crisis, can any of it be done sustainably? i m going to be discussing all of that and more here they are with a host of experts for our bumper aviation special. also, i m catching up with one of the longest serving airline leaders, the industry heavyweight yep, the big boss of emirates airline, sir tim clark. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. now, for many of us, it s that time of the year where we re checking our passports, getting our bags out of the cupboards, and dusting off our shades as we prepare for a summer getaway, jumping on a plane in search of the summer heat or trying to escape it. the ai