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Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama
Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama
by  AFP

Piles of copper concentrate from a Canadian-owned mine closed by the Panama courts in 2023 sit on the shores of the Caribbean Sea and are now approved for export, to the dismay of environmentalists. Cobre Panama had produced about 300,000 tons of copper concentrate a year, representing 75 percent of the country's exports and about five percent of its national economic output.

AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok
AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok
by  AFP

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Friday expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a deadline to divest from its Chinese owner or be banned in the United States. A US law has ordered TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States.

Jaguar looks to woo younger, richer drivers with $160,000 Type 00
Jaguar looks to woo younger, richer drivers with $160,000 Type 00
by  AFP

Jaguar's ambition to seduce younger, richer drivers was on full display in Paris with a presentation of its newest prototype, the Type 00, which promises all-electric luxury... at a steep price. The Type 00 prototype is equally as colourful: the electric blue version shown off looked like it had come from the set of a "Tron" movie.

United States imports eggs from Korea, Turkey to help ease prices
United States imports eggs from Korea, Turkey to help ease prices
by  AFP

United States is importing Turkish and South Korean eggs to ease an avian flu-fueled supply crunch that has pushed up prices across the country, Donald Trump's agriculture secretary confirmed Friday. The cost of eggs has skyrocketed due to multiple bird flu outbreaks in the United States, forcing farmers to cull at least 30 million birds and sharply constraining supply.

Heathrow closure could cost millions, disrupt flights for days
Heathrow closure could cost millions, disrupt flights for days
by  AFP

Huge travel disruption at London's Heathrow airport caused by a power cut Friday could take several days to remedy and cost millions of pounds, experts estimated. - Several experts estimated that the cost of the incident for the airlines and the airport, which handles some 230,000 passengers a day, would total tens of millions of pounds.