Month: September 2023

Ford Motor said it has paused work on a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan, citing concerns about its ability to competitively operate the plant at a time when it remains locked in broader contract negotiations. United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain blasted Ford, saying the announcement was “a shameful, barely-veiled threat by Ford to cut jobs. We are simply asking for a just transition to electric vehicles and Ford is instead doubling down on their race to the bottom.” Ford has repeatedly raised its offer to…

At least 20 people were killed and around 300 others sustained injuries by an explosion at a gas station as people seeking to flee to Armenia lined up for fuel.  The explosion took place as the people arrived at the station to refuel their cars in order to leave the region.   According to the department, 290 people have been hospitalized, among whom several remain critical.  Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents are leaving the region and fleeing to Armenia after Azerbaijan’s military launched a swift operation to fully reclaim the region. …

A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to approve funding for federal agencies. Before 1980, agencies largely continued operating during a lapse in funding with the assumption that Congress would act quickly. But in 1980 and 1981, then-Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti authored a series of legal opinions that found government agencies didn’t have the authority to continue running during a gap in funding. The U.S. House and Senate on Tuesday plan to take sharply divergent paths in a high-stakes spending battle, with just five days remaining until a deadline that…

A UK health expert has said that Disease X, the name given by World Health Organisation (WHO), can cause another pandemic deadlier than Covid-19.  Kate Bingham, chair of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce, said the new virus could have a similar impact to the devastating Spanish Flu of 1919-1920.  “The world will have to prepare for mass vaccination drives and deliver the doses in record time”, she told in the interview.  According to WHO, Disease X could be a new agent – a virus, a bacterium, or a fungus – without…

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on Monday, reacting to the India-Canada diplomatic row, said terrorists have found safe haven in Canada.  Speaking to a news agency, Mr Sabry said he is “not surprised” by his remarks since Trudeau keeps making “outrageous and substantiated allegations.”  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came out with the outrageous allegations without any proof.  “The same thing they did for Sri Lanka, a terrible, total lie about saying that Sri Lanka had a genocide.” Sri Lankan Foreign Minister said.  Mr Sabry said Trudeau’s “genocide” comment had…