NOVONIX, a leading battery technology company in Chattanooga, only has to jump through one more hoop to be permitted to build another location in town. The Hamilton County Commission will host the final vote on the matter on Wednesday, March 12. NOVONIX highlighted how the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have…
It took a month of Donald Trump’s chilling revolution for the stock market to start sneezing. The main New York share index — the S&P 500 — began falling on February 19, 29 days after Trump’s inauguration. It has now dropped a bit more than 6 per cent while the more volatile Nasdaq is near…
{KXLG – Watertown, SD} On this week’s From the Halls of City Hall our guest is Councilman Mike Danforth. With a council meeting on Monday 3/3/25, there was a lot to discuss. Your browser does not support the audio element. A mid-term review of the Home Rule Charter is in progress. The committee is assessing…
All too little noticed in the flurry of executive orders and chaos of the opening weeks of the Trump administration was a statement with potentially profound consequences sandwiched into the new 10 percent tariff imposed on China – that “the articles that are products of China” will “hereinafter… include products of Hong Kong.” This insert,…
Over the last month, the U.S. government has worked quickly to pause, disband and dismantle the U.S. effort to fight foreign meddling in elections, raising concern among federal lawmakers and election officials across the country who rely on the federal cybersecurity agency and its counterparts to warn them about attacks on election systems. First came…
1. Picking up the phone: Almost three years after Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Trump decided it was time to re-establish direct contact between the president of the United States and Putin, a leader facing U.S. and EU sanctions, as well as an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for crimes against humanity…
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy party took an initial step toward dissolving Thursday, in the latest sign of the Chinese territory’s narrowing space for civil society groups following Beijng’s crackdown on dissent. The Democratic Party’s central committee decided to set up a task force to look into the procedures involved in dissolving the…
Hong Kong authorities have condemned “the unfounded smear and malicious attacks online” by fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung after he hit back at a court order that allowed the government to confiscate HK$800,000 (US$102,800) of his and his family’s assets. A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the confiscation of proceeds Hui obtained from…
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hours before President Donald Trump was sworn in to begin his second term, promising a “golden age” for America, the leader of a Central European country was describing the years ahead in strikingly similar terms. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Trump’s return would usher in Hungary’s own “golden age” and mark…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cast China in a harsh light on Friday, assigning blame to Beijing, along with American and European companies, for practices that have allowed the country to pull off rapid technological advances. Discussing Brazil’s international relations in a radio interview, Lula said China has become a technological powerhouse by…