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Nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend yielded no breakthroughs in disputes with three major hospital systems over staffing, benefits and other issues. “Nurses on strike! ... Fair contract now!” nurses shouted on a picket line outside…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Recycling

Comstock secures final permits for Nevada solar recycling facility

Comstock Metals signed a lease agreement for the site in Silver Springs, Nevada back in 2024, and says it is “on schedule” to commission the site during the first quarter of 2026. Once fully operational, Comstock said the facility will process up to 3 million end-of-life solar modules annually, accounting…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Pandemic

Generation X’s Lessons For the Second Trump Era

A military incursion into Latin America. A war to control another country’s oil. A corrupt administration engineering spectacle (“We want a show”) to keep the public distracted. A visibly declining president whose background in acting and television turns governance into pantomime. A frozen economy. A pandemic roiling under the surface…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Electric Car

China, EU reach framework agreement in EV tariff dispute

Beijing and Brussels on Monday announced a milestone in resolving their years-long trade dispute over Chinese electric vehicles , with the European Union releasing guidance set to address the countervailing tariffs it levied in 2024. The European Commission issued a document outlining how Chinese exporters can submit price undertaking offers,…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

XTransfer Debuts at the CES in Vegas

XTransfer participates in CES in the U.S. for the first time. The team at "CES 2026 Asia Night". Business Wire Article content Accelerating Expansion into the U.S. Market to Empower Cross-Border Payments in China–U.S. Trade THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Narendra Modi

India space agency launches its heaviest satellite

by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Dec 24, 2025 India's space agency launched its heaviest ever payload on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the deployment "a significant stride" for the space sector. The LVM3-M6 rocket launched the US-built AST SpaceMobile communications satellite into low-Earth orbit. The Indian…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Black Hole

‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Pablo’s galaxy ran out of fuel as black hole choked off supplies

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bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Venezuela

Oil dips as investors assess Iran supply, Venezuelan export resumption

Geopolitical risks from Iran, Venezuela and Russia drive oil price volatility President Trump weighs responses to the crackdown on protests in Iran Venezuela is set to resume oil exports after Maduro's ouster NEW YORK, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed and settled at seven-week highs on Monday on worries…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Bushfire

One Person Dead, 300 Buildings Destroyed in Australia Bushfires

One person has died and 300 homes and buildings have been destroyed in bushfires that have torn across south-east Australia. The fires have raged in dozens of locations across the country for several days, mostly in the state of Victoria, but also in New South Wales, burning through land almost…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Censored Internet

Interview: Dawn McCarroll, director of supply chain and business excellence, Helios Towers

Creating effective digital solutions to intractable challenges is a business-as-usual activity for Dawn McCarroll, director of supply chain and business excellence at Helios Towers, a FTSE 250-listed telecoms tower company that provides mission-critical infrastructure to connect communities across Africa and the Middle East. It’s a senior leadership role she relishes.…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2026

Nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals

Comstock secures final permits for Nevada solar recycling facility

Generation X’s Lessons For the Second Trump Era

China, EU reach framework agreement in EV tariff dispute

India space agency launches its heaviest satellite

‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Pablo’s galaxy ran out of fuel as black hole choked off supplies

Oil dips as investors assess Iran supply, Venezuelan export resumption

One Person Dead, 300 Buildings Destroyed in Australia Bushfires

Interview: Dawn McCarroll, director of supply chain and business excellence, Helios Towers

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