Day: July 16, 2022
Decision to exempt gas turbines from sanctions right thing to do: Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada’s decision last week to send repaired parts of a Russian natural gas pipeline back to Germany was a difficult decision, but the right one. The Liberals are facing heavy criticism from Ukraine for exempting six Siemens Energy turbines, which were serviced in Montreal and help deliver gas to […]
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White House: Russian officials visited Iran to see drones
Russian officials visited an airfield in central Iran at least twice in recent weeks to view weapons-capable drones it is looking to acquire to use in its war against Ukraine, the White House said. The Biden administration released the intelligence as President Joe Biden met Saturday with leaders of six Arab Gulf countries, plus Egypt, […]
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These pandemic snacking and drinking habits are here to stay, candy and booze companies say
People visit the M&M store in Times Square on July in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic significantly changed consumer behavior from where they shopped to what they bought. That was felt throughout the snacks and spirits industries and some of those habits have hung on, senior executives from Beam […]
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‘Bang, bang’: Children live and play near Ukraine front line
The children flicker like ghosts on the empty playgrounds in weedy courtyards deep in a city whose residents have been told to get out now. Six-year-old Tania has no more playmates left on her street in the eastern Ukraine city of Kramatorsk. She sits on a bench only steps away from the city’s train station […]
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Investors bet on meat grown in a lab as interest in plant-based foods cools
Investors want meat production to look more like the pharmaceutical industry than agriculture. Cultured meat, also known as cultivated, cell-based or lab-grown protein, is made by putting stem cells from the fat or muscle of an animal into a culture medium that feeds the cells, allowing them to grow. The medium is then put into […]
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Germany’s increased coal, oil use will be temporary, Scholz says
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany is looking to create closer ties with countries that share its values, naming Japan and India, among others. Lisi Niesner | Reuters Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany’s decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his […]
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G-20 finance meetings in Bali overshadowed by war in Ukraine
Financial leaders of the Group of 20 richest and biggest economies have wrapped up meetings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali without a final joint communique after talks were overshadowed by divisions over the war in Ukraine. As G-20 host this year, Indonesia has sought to bridge divisions between G-20 members over Russia’s invasion, […]
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Hollywood finally comes calling for horror writer Paul Tremblay
Paul Tremblay Source: Paul Tremblay Want to hear a scary story? It was 2015. Paul Tremblay, a New England math wiz with a couple crime novels to his name, was experiencing his big breakthrough in horror fiction. His book, “A Head Full of Ghosts,” an internet-era spin on the demonic possession genre, arrived in June […]
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Biden says the U.S. ‘will not walk away’ from Middle East
President Joe Biden, speaking at a summit of Arab leaders, said Saturday that the United States “will not walk away” from the Middle East as he tries to ensure stability in a volatile corner of the globe and boost the worldwide flow of oil to reverse rising gas prices. His remarks, delivered at the Gulf […]
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Russia pounds Ukrainian cities, says it is stepping up operations
Smoke billows above a building, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in Odesa, Ukraine, in this handout image released on July 16, 2022. State Emergency Services of Ukraine | Via Reuters Russian rockets hit a southern Ukrainian city on Saturday in the latest in a series of bombardments that Ukraine says have killed dozens of […]
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