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What will El Niño cost us?
Low rainfall is forcing the operators of the Panama Canal to cut daily transits. What might it cost the world economy?
The "supersized" El Niño weather system is hitting the global economy, with cocoa farmers in Ecuador already seeing prices for their products fall.
As the Panama Canal operator limits the number of vessels passing through the waterway, we ask what further trade shocks are to come.
And US basketball team the Los Angeles Clippers has been hit with a record $30 million fine by the National Basketball Association for violating salary rules. What will it mean for the team and for the game?
Photo: Reuters/Enea Lebrun
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