Category Archives: Business
Emails raise questions about Canadian transportation regulator’s independence
Newly revealed correspondence between the federal government and the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) at the start of the pandemic is raising renewed questions around the regulator's independence. The unredacted emails show CTA chairman Scott Strei...
Czech Republic to end mandatory COVID testing this month
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government has agreed to end mandatory coronavirus testing at schools and companies this month, the prime minister said Wednesday. The testing
Caution from OPEC+ producers to keep oil prices high
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Oil cartel OPEC and allied producing countries are sticking with cautious increases in the amount of oil they send to the global economy, a decision likely to support prices that are near seven-year highs amid fears
EU wants to allow natural gas, nuclear in green investment
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday proposed including nuclear energy and natural gas in its plans for building a climate-friendly future, dividing member countries and drawing outcry from environmentalists as “greenwashing."
UK’s embattled Johnson seeks reset with major economic plan
LONDON (AP) — The British government set out plans Wednesday to shift power and wealth to the left-behind regions of the country, a long-standing promise to the working-class voters who helped put Prime Minister Boris Johnson in office.
‘Take back life’: More nations ease coronavirus restrictions
GENEVA — Late-night partying at clubs. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Going without masks in public, especially in Europe and North America: Step by step, many countries are easing their COVID-19 restrictions amid hopes the omicron wave may ...
As Russia tensions boil, US farmer remains jailed in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kurt Groszhans set out from North Dakota for Ukraine in 2017, he was eager to connect with his family's ancestral homeland and to farm the rich, black soil for which the country is known.
Jewish Federations eye security improvements for communities
A year before the massacre at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, a security director from the city's Jewish federation came to the house of worship to train its religious school staff and rabbi on how to respond to violent situations.
Interior Department approves $1B to clean up abandoned wells
The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to cap abandoned oil and gas wells across the United States. There are over 3 million abandoned oil
Manchin, key Dem, says Build Back Better bill is ‘dead’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin declared Tuesday that President Joe Biden's vast social and environment bill is “dead,” using his strongest language to date to underscore that any revival of Democrats' top domestic priorities would have to arise fro...
