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Withering vines: California grape farmers abandon fields as local wine struggles
Withering vines: California grape farmers abandon fields as local wine struggles
by  AFP

For more than a century, Lodi's grape growers have supplied the old wineries that make this Californian city famous. "With wine grapes, you've really got to go out there and you've got to talk to wineries, you've got to make connections, you've got to hope that things work, you've got to hope that all the stars line up," he said.

China's power paradox: record renewables, continued coal
China's power paradox: record renewables, continued coal
by  AFP

Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too. Fishman argues that "green power demand is insufficient to keep capacity expansion high", though the government has policy levers to tip the balance, including requiring companies to use more renewables.

China and US agree to fresh trade talks
China and US agree to fresh trade talks
by  AFP

China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world's two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle.

US court bars NSO Group from installing spyware on WhatsApp
US court bars NSO Group from installing spyware on WhatsApp
by  AFP

A US judge on Friday granted an injunction barring Israeli spyware maker NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users but slashed a $168 million damages award at trial to just $4 million. Evidence at trial showed that NSO Group reverse-engineered WhatsApp code to stealthily install spyware targeting users, according to the ruling, which called such access to user data "unlawful."

Argentine peso drops against dollar despite US backing
Argentine peso drops against dollar despite US backing
by  AFP

Argentines scrambled Friday to buy dollars and household items as the peso depreciated against the greenback, despite multi-billion dollars of US support for the under-pressure currency. With the government of President Javier Milei under pressure, the peso opened at 1,465 to the dollar Friday morning, having closed at 1,430 the day before.

In Argentine farm town, Milei mania fizzles
In Argentine farm town, Milei mania fizzles
by  AFP

For clues as to why Argentina's President Javier Milei faces a potential drubbing in next week's mid-terms, look no further than San Andres de Giles, a farming town set amid wheat fields two hours from Buenos Aires.

US Fed official urges caution but says could back October cut
US Fed official urges caution but says could back October cut
by  AFP

A senior member of the US Federal Reserve on Friday indicated he could back another interest rate cut later this month, while urging a meeting-by-meeting approach going forward. Futures traders currently see a 100 percent chance that the Fed will cut interest rates by a total of at least 50 basis points over its two remaining meetings this year, according to data from CME Group.