Category Archives: Economy
US government works to ‘cocoon’ old nuclear reactors
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Costs to clean up a massive nuclear weapons complex in Washington state are usually expressed in the hundreds of billions of dollars and involve decades of work.
Labor secretary: Pandemic, worker vexation feed port issues
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — During a visit to South Carolina's Port of Charleston, the nation's ninth-busiest, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said Wednesday that slowdowns and bottlenecks at the nation's shipping terminals are the result of an ongoing pan...
Labor leader apologizes for likening Holocaust to mandates
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader apologized Wednesday for remarks he made during a legislative hearing comparing COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews.
Champagne in U.S. to talk unblocking supply chain, and push rare-earth minerals
OTTAWA — Unblocking North America's clogged supply chain and making it more resilient to outside shocks — especially from China — tops François-Philippe Champagne's agenda as he starts two days of meetings in Washington. Champagne told The Canadian Pre...
France frees UK trawler caught up in Channel fishing dispute
LONDON (AP) — A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the U.K. and France over fishing licenses has been released by French authorities, its owner said Wednesday.
Putin urges development of new hypersonic missiles, lasers
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the country's arms manufacturers Wednesday to develop even more advanced hypersonic missiles and high-energy lasers to maintain the country's edge in military technologies.
Rattled Democrats reckon with bruising results in VA, NJ
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bruising loss and an unexpectedly close call in two statewide elections sent Democrats scrambling for answers and calling for new strategies Wednesday, as they worked to unstick a stalled legislative agenda that has exposed deep
Bank of Canada plans to keep eye on climate change impact on inflation
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says it plans to more closely monitor how increasingly frequent and severe weather events could impact the prices consumers pay for goods as part of its mandate to keep inflation in check. The central bank's
Australia regulator demands face-scanning firm delete photos
An Australian privacy authority has ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop scanning the faces of Australians and destroy the images and related data it has already collected.
Polish central bank raises interest rate as prices surge
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's central bank on Wednesday made its second interest rate hike in as many months as consumer prices surge.
