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Workers strike at world's biggest copper mine in Chile
Workers strike at world's biggest copper mine in Chile
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Workers at the world's largest copper mine in Chile are striking after pay talks with Australian resources giant BHP fell apart, casting a shadow of uncertainty Wednesday over the market for the commodity. The Escondida mine in northern Chile yearly digs up around five percent of the world's copper, a coveted metal used in everything from electrical wiring to rechargeable batteries.

Ligue 1 begins post-Mbappe era further weakened after TV rights fiasco
Ligue 1 begins post-Mbappe era further weakened after TV rights fiasco
Business and Economy
by  AFP

While France basks in the glow of the dazzling Paris Olympics, French football is trying to shake off a hangover from its own disastrous summer as the first Ligue 1 season of the post-Kylian Mbappe era begins this weekend. A year after the departures of Lionel Messi and Neymar, Mbappe left Paris Saint-Germain too, signing for Real Madrid after eight and a half years in Ligue 1.

Argentine lithium a boon for some, doom for others
Argentine lithium a boon for some, doom for others
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Anahi Jorge, 23, works for a lithium extraction company in Argentina, earning four times the salary of a local government worker in her village of Susques. Some residents, many of them Indigenous, have used their savings from years of work on lithium plants to start their own companies, running transport for workers or starting small hotels.

France reports over 140 cyberattacks linked to Olympics
France reports over 140 cyberattacks linked to Olympics
Technology
by  AFP

French authorities said on Tuesday that more than 140 cyberattacks were reported during the Paris Olympics, but none of them disrupted the competitions. During the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, organisers reported 450 million such operations, twice as many as during the 2012 London Olympics.