Category Archives: Business
Ex-king to visit Spain ‘periodically,’ but will live abroad
MADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI is accepting his father’s desire to return to Spain for periodic visits, although Juan Carlos I will remain based in the United Arab Emirates where he moved in 2020 following probes into his financial
Canada planning for global food emergency, as Ukraine attack risks wheat supply
OTTAWA — Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sparked major disruptions to a United Nations program that helps prevent hunger around the world, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Monday during a trip to Europe aimed at working with allies to respond
Republican lawmakers unveil medical marijuana regulations
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republicans in the Oklahoma House on Monday unveiled a package of new restrictions on the state's booming medical marijuana industry, designed to crack down on illegal growers who sell cannabis on the black market.
UK government denies giving cool welcome to Ukraine refugees
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday defended his government’s treatment of Ukrainians fleeing war, after France accused U.K. authorities of “inhumane” behavior towards the refugees.
War silenced violin for refugee as 1.7M have fled Ukraine
ZAHONY, Hungary (AP) — The violin was so beloved by Myroslava Sherbina it was the one item she took as she fled Ukraine, along with the clothes she wore. But the instrument has remained silent since the start of Russia's
EPA rule would make heavy trucks cut smog, soot pollution
DETROIT (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades.
Ottawa announces COVID-19 rules for return of cruise ships to Canadian ports
HALIFAX — Strict COVID-19 measures will be enforced when cruise ships return to Canada's ports next month after a nearly two-year hiatus, federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced on Monday. Ottawa lifted its pandemic-induced prohibition on cr...
Moderna signs with Kenya for first mRNA facility in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Moderna signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya’s government on Monday for the drugmaker’s first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa, the company said.
Colliers, Norton Rose exit Russia as Couche-Tard suspends operations in the country
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it is suspending its operations in Russia, effectively immediately, while Colliers International and North Rose Fulbright are ending their businesses in the country citing the increasingly brutal invasion of Ukraine C...
Death toll surpasses 6 million for pandemic now in 3rd year
BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million on Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over.
