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China lead mine plan weighs heavily on Myanmar tribe
China lead mine plan weighs heavily on Myanmar tribe
Economy
by  AFP

Hundreds of protesting Myanmar tribespeople march up a hillside to a cavernous facility where a Chinese joint venture's giant milling machines stand ready to grind up the rocks of their ancestral homeland for lead ore. They say Myanmar firm Four Star Company and a Chinese partner have planned a mega-project mining lead upriver from their village, Thi Kyeik, in Pekon township.

Most Asian markets rise as US data feeds rate-cut hopes
Most Asian markets rise as US data feeds rate-cut hopes
Economy
by  AFP

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after soft US economic data boosted expectations the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates and put the focus on key jobs figures coming at the end of the week. However, the readings ramped up bets on a Fed cut, with markets pricing in two by the end of the year, with the first in September.

Reddit sues AI giant Anthropic over content use
Reddit sues AI giant Anthropic over content use
Economy
by  AFP

Social media outlet Reddit filed a lawsuit Wednesday against artificial intelligence company Anthropic, accusing the startup of illegally scraping millions of user comments to train its Claude chatbot without permission or compensation.