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Vietnam's laid-off communist officials face uncertain future
Vietnam's laid-off communist officials face uncertain future
Economy
by  AFP

Sipping green tea in his garden of roses, ex-communist party official Nguyen Van Cuong says he is "jobless but happy" after Vietnam cut 80,000 state roles this week. Feelings are mixed among newly unemployed apparatchiks -- communist party officials whose jobs were once guaranteed.

In already precarious industry, US musicians struggle for health care
In already precarious industry, US musicians struggle for health care
Economy
by  AFP

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
AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands
Economy
by  AFP

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.