Category: PMN

Dec 28

Italy’s far-right government wins final approval for its 30-billion-euro budget

Article content ROME (AP) — Italy’s parliament on Saturday approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth a total of 30 billion euros ($31 billion) — more than half of that in tax cuts and social security benefits for low-income citizens. Article content The measures, pushed by the far-right cabinet headed by Premier Giorgia Meloni, won final […]
Dec 26

Finland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea

Article content FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables, police said, in the latest incident involving disruption of key infrastructure in the region. Article content Finnish police and border guards boarded the vessel, the […]
Dec 25

Solar burgers: How agrivoltaics is marrying food production with green energy

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business PMN Agriculture Author of the article: The Canadian Press Amanda Stephenson Published Dec 25, 2024  •  4 minute read *MANDATORY CREDIT * Photo by HO /The Canadian Press Article content CALGARY — Jason Bradley spent 20 years of his career as ranch manager at a 50,000-acre grazing operation in […]
Dec 24

Prosecutors find workers in ‘slavery like’ conditions at Chinese car company site in Brazil

Article content RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — A task force led by Brazilian prosecutors said it rescued 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like” conditions at a construction site in northeastern Brazil, where Chinese electric vehicle company BYD is building a factory. Article content On Tuesday, the Labor Prosecutor’s Office released videos of the dorms […]