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Southern Shan State, Myanmar – Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of chocolate-coloured raw opium in each hand like a human weighing scales. “Each kilogramme is worth around $250,” said Tian Win Nang, wearing worn white flip-flops and a black T-shirt. The son of poppy farmers, Tian Win Nang appears to be barely out of his teens. “Chinese traders pay us in advance for the harvest,” he said, showing Al Jazeera three dinner-plate-sized mounds of opium. “We don’t know what happens after,” he says of the journey that will see the opium go…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to start sending rare earth minerals to the U.S. after halting the shipments in April.Trump held a gaggle on the presidential jet Friday evening, and one reporter asked him just before landing if Xi had agreed to restart the flow of rare earth minerals and magnets to the U.S.”Yes, he did,” Trump replied. “We’re very far advanced on the China deal.”The news comes about a month and a half after China effectively halted exports of…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A corner of the UK market is enjoying its best year in at least two decades, yet investors are in no rush to price in further good news. A strategic review of the country’s defence requirements estimated that the government needs to spend a further £68bn to ready Britain for a war. The response was lukewarm. Local aerospace and defence stocks rose about 2 per cent this week. This implies some scepticism that Westminster will — or can — find the eye-popping…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out operations at businesses across Los Angeles on Friday, sparking protests and clashes outside at least one location, which resulted in authorities throwing flash bangs in an effort to disperse the crowd.The Associated Press reported that immigration advocates confirmed at least 45 people were arrested across seven locations. The locations included two Home Depot stores, a store in the fashion district and a doughnut shop, according to Angelica Salas, the executive director of the Coalition of Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), who spoke at an afternoon…

Another week, another blow to London’s capital markets. This time it was the turn of Wise, one of the UK’s brightest tech stars, which announced it would switch its main listing to New York.The move by the £11bn fintech has put the City on fresh alert about the shrinking pool of listed companies and adviser fees in the Square Mile.Advisory firms are now “making more money selling our businesses than listing them, which is devastating for the City from a long-term point of view,” said Charles Hall, head of research at Peel Hunt.Wise’s announcement came hours after Cobalt Holdings, one…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Electrical workers at City of Calgary-owned Enmax have voted in favour of a strike, their union said Friday. According to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 254, 98.5 per cent of the nearly 400 employees it represents voted in favour of strike authorization.The move legally gives the union permission to serve Enmax with a 72-hour strike notice.“We’re looking for a new collective agreement that reflects the value that our members bring to the organization,” said Brad Dougherty with IBEW Local 254 in an interview with Global News.“(Enmax) has had record successes…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kristin Cavallari is baring it all on her new show.During a candid moment on her live podcast episode of “Honestly Cavallari: The Podcast Tour,” the reality star’s best friend and celebrity hair stylist, Justin Anderson, made a spontaneous revelation that caught Cavallari off guard. “She recently went on a date — she’s going to be so mad at me, actually — with Glen Powell,” Anderson announced during a Q&A segment of the show, according to US Weekly. “I wanted it to happen so bad. Top Gun, b—-.”KRISTIN CAVALLARI DENIES DATING A-LISTER AFTER RUMORS…

New college graduates this year face an especially daunting task — putting their degrees to work just as “generative” artificial intelligence technology like ChatGPT is beginning to change the American workplace. “We are entering an entirely new economy, so the knowledge economy that we have been in for the last 50 years or so is on the way out, and a new economy is on the way in,” Aneesh Raman, Chief Economic Opportunity Officer at LinkedIn, told CBS MoneyWatch.The impact of AI on Americans recently out of college is already visible across a range of industries and jobs, from technology and…

A mystified Benji Marshall is at a loss to explain Terrell May’s State of Origin omission, suggesting if the prop had a different name he would be gaining more attention as a NSW contender.As May prepares to lead a depleted pack against Penrith on Sunday, Tigers coach Marshall launched a staunch defence of the Samoan international’s character.May left the Sydney Roosters for the Tigers in November in circumstances which look all the more questionable given the prop’s red-hot form for Marshall’s men.The 26-year-old, who averages 177m per game, leads the NRL in offloads and has regularly clocked up 80-minute performances…

SHAH ALAM: A three-year-old boy is among three fatalities after a boat capsized in the waters off Port Klang in Malaysia. The boy’s parents remain missing following the incident at about 4.30pm on Friday (Jun 6) involving six locals aged between three and 50, with only one confirmed survivor so far. Selangor Maritime Director Abdul Muhaimin Muhammad Salleh was quoted as saying by local media that the boat is believed to have lost control before capsizing about 0.3 nautical miles west of Tanjung Harapan. Search and rescue operations were suspended at 8pm on Friday and resumed at 7am on Saturday…