Subscribe

Would you like to subscribe to our newsletter?

Click here to Search All News s
Current Conditions 2.5°C

Business News

Search/Filter Results

  • California governor wants reserves and cuts to fix nearly $38B deficit, mostly sparing schools

    January 10, 2024 - 12:12 PM

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $291 billion state spending plan Wednesday with an estimated $37.9 billion deficit.

  • Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M demonstrate

    March 23, 2023 - 4:46 PM

    PARIS (AP) — More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III's planned visit to France.

  • DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company

    February 27, 2023 - 10:46 AM

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district, punishing the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don't Say Gay” law.

  • 'Hands off Africa!': Pope blasts foreign plundering of Congo

    January 31, 2023 - 1:08 PM

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis demanded Tuesday that foreign powers stop plundering Africa’s natural resources for the “poison of their own greed” as he arrived in Congo to a raucous welcome by Congolese grateful he was focusing the world’s attention on their forgotten plight.

  • Live updates | UN focuses human rights inquiry in Ukraine

    May 12, 2022 - 9:40 AM

    BERLIN — The U.N.’s top human rights body has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on its investigators to specifically look into possible rights abuses and violations in northern Ukraine shortly after Russia’s invasion.

  • 2 wealthy parents appeal convictions in college bribery case

    April 25, 2022 - 3:15 PM

    BOSTON (AP) — Two wealthy parents sentenced to prison in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal appealed their convictions on Monday, saying they believed they were making legitimate donations to get their children into elite universities.

  • Arizona Supreme Court reinstates massive income tax cuts

    April 21, 2022 - 6:51 PM

    PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the state's voters do not have the right to reject a massive income tax cut approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey last year.

  • Here are the new public health measures that will take effect on Wednesday in Ontario

    January 03, 2022 - 12:01 PM

    Ontario will reintroduce restrictions this week to blunt the spread of the Omicron variant. Here's a look at the latest public health measures, which kick in on Wednesday and are expected to remain in place until at least Jan. 26.

  • FDA panel backs Pfizer’s low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for kids

    October 26, 2021 - 4:17 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds.

  • FDA says Pfizer COVID vaccine looks effective for young kids

    October 22, 2021 - 7:51 PM

    Federal health regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues, as the U.S. weighs beginning vaccinations in youngsters.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

© 2024 InfoTel News Ltd
View Site in: Desktop | Mobile