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Argentine stocks and currency plunge

Argentine stock markets and its currency have both plunged after conservative Argentine President Mauricio Macri suffered a shock defeat in primary elections on Sunday.

Argentine stock markets and its currency have both plunged after President Mauricio Macri suffered a shock defeat in primary elections on Sunday. We get the latest from the 麻豆官网首页入口's South America Business correspondent Daniel Gallas. Doing business in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir isn't easy at the moment. Movement has been severely restricted and public meetings are banned. Many are only just regaining access to the Internet or mobile phone networks. We get analysis on the situation from Alyssa Ayres of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Silicon Valley's biggest social media companies -- including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube -- employ tens of thousands of people to weed out the content. But as the 麻豆官网首页入口's Ivana Davidovic found out, many are employed by subcontractors in India and the Philippines, and are paid wages well below the average tech employee in Silicon Valley. Former moderator Shawn Speagle is still suffering serious health consequences caused by the stress and trauma. One of Facebook's Vice-Presidents, Arun Chandra, tells us the company has improved pay and offers psychological support on every shift.#

Versace has apologised after the fashion label printed t-shirts implying that Hong Kong and Macau are independent territories from China. Versace says it respects China's sovereignty, made a mistake and has stopped selling the tops. We get more from the 麻豆官网首页入口's Leisha Santorelli, who grew up in British Hong Kong and worked there after the city鈥檚 handover back to China.

All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show. Jyoti Malhotra joins us from our Delhi bureau and Ralph Silva is in Toronto.

(Photo: a currency exchange in Buenos Aires. Credit: Getty Images.)

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