Written by 
Nippon Steel’s transaction has faced stiff resistance from politicians, including Biden and Trump, and the United Steelworkers, a major labor group. Japan’s Nippon Steel is committed to its $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel and is confident of completing it by year-end, a senior executive said, despite strong U.S. opposition including from President-elect Donald Trump. […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked back his Tuesday declaration of martial law hours after the country’s National Assembly voted to strike down his stunning decree that sparked a constitutional crisis for one of the closest U.S. allies in Asia. The big picture: Facing pressure from his own party and a vote from the […]
Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution. Source link
It wasn’t easy, and it was uncomfortably close. But late Wednesday evening, the gas industry’s effort to re-introduce fossil fuel heating in new homes and buildings in Vancouver was mercifully defeated. Mobilizing to confront the climate emergency desperately requires forward momentum. Instead, thanks to the unrelenting persistence of the fossil gas industry, countless Vancouver-area climate […]
CHICAGO —The city will save mental health support positions for police that Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed cutting as a cost-saving measure, Police Supt. Larry Snelling said Friday. Under the mayor’s budget plan for 2025, nine vacant positions for clinical therapists within the Chicago Police Department would have been slashed, with the 13 people already in […]