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They are ready to guac and roll. Operations at Michoacán, Mexico’s lead avocado producer, have been resumed by the US government after it halted production due to security concerns. After the suspension, the government deployed an additional 300 security operatives and over 1,500 soldiers to its avocado regions.

A 64-year-old Quebec man received North America’s first regenerated liver transplant. Gérard Landry of Nouvelle, who suffered from cirrhosis and liver cancer, was given a new lease on life through technology that allows doctors to treat a donated liver outside the human body before transplanting it.

They don’t have to search any longer. Google LLC opened its first directly run store this week in Tokyo. The shop, which peddles smartphones and offers repairs, is the first one to open outside America. Located in the Omotesando district, it also allows visitors to use AI-powered tools and make avatars and design virtual spaces.

It rose above. Seoul’s Incheon International Airport surpassed Dubai International Airport as the world’s busiest international airport. The airport handled 38.4 million international passengers in the first six months of 2026, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Airports Council International. The drop in passengers in Dubai is due to the Iran war.

Seoul’s Incheon International Airport is now the world’s busiest international airport, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Airports Council International. Nate Hovee – stock.adobe.com AUSTRALIA

A controversial New South Wales coal mine has been granted a six-year extension four months before it was scheduled to shutter. The fate of MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant mine, which employs 500 people, has been threatened by a local environment group, which voiced its concerns over the greenhouse gas emissions from exported coal. The mine is still hoping to overturn the court’s current block on its 22-year expansion plan.

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