After three weeks of vociferous criticism from farmers, ranchers, industry groups and opposition parties, Alberta’s NDP Government has made an about turn on controversial Bill 6 – the Enhanced Protection of Farm Workers Act.
The House passed the legislation in a voice vote Friday, which will keep current spending levels in place while lawmakers continue to hash out a deal. President Obama is expected to sign the measure before the midnight deadline.
Microsoft let a security certificate slip online, immediately issuing a warning for Xbox users saying the platform is vulnerable to potential attacks now.
The United Launch Alliance booster rocket lifted off at 4:44:57 p.m. EST (2144:57 GMT) from Cape Canaveral on a trek to place the Orbital ATK-owned resupply ship into its preliminary 143-statute-mile orbit.
At the time, many observers ridiculed the claim by North Korea, which often uses bombastic assertions to increase leverage over its enemies in negotiations or to burnish its image at home.
Efforts to craft a global accord to combat climate change stumbled on Friday with China and many other nations refusing to yield ground, forcing host France to extend the U.N. summit by a day to overcome stubborn divisions. “The negotiators have got twenty-four hours to...
On December 11th, as investors and businesspeople across China waited for further news on Mr Guo’s fate, trading in shares of Fosun International, the group’s Hong Kong-listed subsidiary, was suspended.
“Whether North Korea can make nuclear weapons using tritium is unknown although we believe that it remains a technical problem North Korea still needs to solve”, ISIS said at the time.