Biden threatens unvaccinated ‘will pay the price’
Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to “slavery”. More than 160 workers have been rescued in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, according to a statement from the Public Labour Prosecutor’s Office (MPT). They were allegedly put in a “degrading”…
WASHINGTON — Ukrainian pilots will take to the skies in American-made F-16 fighter jets in the coming weeks to deter Russian airstrikes, the leaders of the US, Denmark and the Netherlands announced Wednesday. Kyiv is set to receive 78 F-16s from a consortium of NATO countries that got President Biden’s permission last year to dispatch…
Greetings from Tyler, Finding out anything about the news is, well, disgusting. The Church of England is trying to figure out how to handle so-called gay marriage. All kinds of contortions are necessary to accommodate weird holy men, some of whom are miffed, since the sacrilege is the law of the land in England. The…
At least 27 people were killed by Hurricane Otis, which made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Wednesday, officials say. Four more people have been reported missing, the security secretary said. Acapulco was among the areas worst hit with 80% of the resort’s hotels damaged and streets flooded. The Mexican President travelled to the city…
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas are officially on strike after the clock struck midnight with no new labor deal in hand. Thirty-six East Coast and Gulf Coast ports shut down as 45,000 union workers walked off the job after labor negotiations over higher pay and protections against automation stalled between the International Longshoremen’s…
The European Union has blocked grain imports to Poland and four other countries following concerns low-cost products will damage farmers’ businesses The European Union has again extended a ban on Ukrainian grain imports to five countries, including Poland. The move follows anger and protests from Polish farmers who were left with unsold grain or forced…