Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of consensus on who would be eligible. It comes after a parliamentary panel earlier this year recommended that medically assisted dying – known as Maid in Canada – should not
Mickey Mouse is heading to the trail in a new collection from Columbia Sportswear. Disney has teamed up with the outerwear company for “Mickey’s Outdoor Club” collection, a lineup of fleece, rainwear, T-shirts and accessories “inspired by a classic family road trip,” according to the brand. The collaboration launches Sept. 29 for Columbia Greater Rewards
UNITED NATIONS — Addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to stop funding overseas coal power plants in an effort to help curb climate change. Five years later, as the assembly meets this week, the world’s climate commitments are dangerously offtrack, and the phase down of coal is inching along.
The Netherlands’ ASML is possibly the biggest name in lithography, using its machines to etch patterns onto silicon wafers inside a computer chip factory known as a fab. Fellow Dutch company Morphotonics is smaller and works in a different corner of the same field: nanoimprint lithography, or NIL, a process used to manufacture the displays
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Trump administration has provided a $99.6 million loan to a U.S.-owned cell phone network operator in Africa to expand American tech presence on a continent where China’s Huawei is a leading player. The loan from the U.S. government’s Export-Import Bank was announced by the operator Africell on Friday. It
WASHINGTON — Oil giant Chevron is expected to soon announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The official, who briefed reporters on the expected announcement, said that the company’s officials and Energy Secretary Chris Wright are expected to visit Venezuela on Wednesday where the new investment will be formally unveiled.
