Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament. Mr Orban travelled to Vienna to present the Patriots for Europe alliance of his Fidesz party with the […]
Although many solar developers aim to build utility-scale solar arrays in Pennsylvania that would add clean energy to the state’s grid, achieving it on acreage where coal was king carries a higher cost to companies than farmland. There are about 170,000 surface acres of abandoned mine land in Pennsylvania that are reclaimed or unreclaimed with […]
Jun. 22—WILKES-BARRE — Jill Avery-Stoss, chief operating officer at The Institute, this week said The Institute wanted to learn about household emergency plans in place throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania and part of their research involved a community survey. Avery-Stoss said The Institute has released released a study of the region’s economic resilience. According to Avery-Stoss, the […]
Jun. 22—ASHTABULA — The Ashtabula Foundation announced its health and human services grant award recipients at a meeting Friday morning at the Ashtabula County District Library. Health and human services is the organization’s largest grant cycle. “We understand the needs of the county and we have some really tremendous organizations doing great work,” said Ashtabula […]
Don Emmert /AFP/GettyImages The stock market’s leaders are overvalued and could suffer a big correction, RBA’s Richard Bernstein said. Losses could rival the dot-com crash, when popular stocks lost as much as 50% of their valule, he predicted. But the event could be a great investment opportunity as gains are distributed to the rest of […]
NEW YORK — Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, went into former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial besieged by death threats from extremists, reproval from political commentators for creating a national distraction (“Save the mug shots for Georgia, the handcuffs for Jan. 6,” wrote Peggy Noonan in The Wall Street Journal) and criticism from legal […]
Jun. 7—GRAND FORKS — A regional study sought solutions to a housing shortage in rural northeast North Dakota, but as the time draws closer for those proposed solutions to be released, the question lingers: who will invest in them? That question was posed by Keith Lund, CEO of the Grand Forks Economic Development Corporation, at […]
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on Hamas militants to agree to a new offer from Israel on releasing hostages in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire, saying this is the best way to begin winding down the deadly conflict. “With a ceasefire, that aid could be safely and effectively […]
Poland on Monday announced details on the planned fortification of its eastern border, including drones, anti-tank barriers and new operating bases. The plan, called Eastern Shield, envisages investments totalling around $2.5 billion and should be completed by 2028. “We have 700 kilometres of border to secure, 400 kilometres of which are with Belarus,” said Deputy […]
Registration is now open for the Explore the River Series, part of River Action’s Summer Education Program, according to a news release. Participants get to learn first-hand from experts about the wildlife, history, culture, and geography along the Mississippi River through a series of Channel Cat Talks and Riverine Walks. The series provides Quad City […]
May 21—Fair on the Square, which has grown bigger and better each year, is scheduled from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25, in the heart of downtown Rusk. The fair, organized by the Rusk Chamber of Commerce, will feature 114 vendors, 10 food trucks, a car and bike show, a hot dog eating […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kansas City held their second annual career fair on Saturday. Andrew Long with Big Brothers Big Sisters told FOX4 that he wanted littles to be able to connect to local agencies, local businesses, find part time jobs, full time jobs, internships, even just explore different career […]