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'Into a void': Young US college graduates face employment crisis
Over two years, Rebecca Atkins filed more than 250 job applications, and felt like every one was going into a gaping chasm -- one opened by the highest unemployment rate for recent college graduates in the United States in more than a decade.
In already precarious industry, US musicians struggle for health care
In 2019, American musician Jon Dee Graham suffered a heart attack that left him "dead" for several minutes -- a scare that inspired his album, "Only Dead For a Little While." Graham suffered an infection following spinal surgery that's developed into sepsis, and his son said he needs intravenous antibiotic treatments twice daily.
AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands
Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused with artificial intelligence carefully combs a cotton field in California, plucking out weeds. - Aigen has robots running in tomato, cotton, and sugar beet fields, and touts the technology's ability to weed without damaging the crops.
Modi and Milei meet in Argentina ahead of BRICS summit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on Saturday, urging the expansion of New Delhi's preferential trade deal with South America's Mercosur bloc. "Excellent meeting with President Javier Milei of Argentina," Modi wrote on X of the leaders' second bilateral talks.
BRICS nations voice 'serious concerns' over Trump tariffs
BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy. It warns that such measures "threaten to further reduce global trade" and are "affecting the prospects for global economic development."
Turkey opens Spotify probe after 'provocative playlist' complaint
Turkey's competition authority has launched an investigation into Spotify for anti-competitive practices as a deputy minister demanded legal action over "provocative" playlists allegedly offensive to the president's wife and disrespectful of Islam.
China's first Legoland opens to tourists in Shanghai
Thousands of local tourists poured into China's first-ever Legoland as it opened its gates in Shanghai on Saturday, the latest theme park hoping to capitalise on a domestic tourism boom. Companies have taken note of the wider local tourism boom and stepped up their plans in China.
Eight OPEC+ alliance members move toward output hike at meeting
Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other key members of the OPEC+ alliance will discuss crude production on Saturday, with analysts expecting the latest in a series of output hikes for August. By approving another output hike, heavyweight Saudi Arabia might seek to up pressure on members for not keeping to agreed quotas via slashing expected oil profits due to lower prices.
Stocks, dollar drop as tariff talk dominates
Stock markets mostly fell alongside a retreating dollar Friday as international tensions over tariffs dominated sentiment. European stock markets retreated around midday, also as China said it will impose "anti-dumping" taxes of up to 34.9 percent on cognac and other brandy imported from the European Union starting from Saturday.
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