Italy is moving towards greater economic cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing’s development & investment megaproject in 152 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. This week, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the government is exploring methods to monitor deals under the BRI brand. Conte…
REGINA — A lawyer for Saskatchewan’s attorney general says the provincial government does not dispute climate change. “This is not a case about whether climate change is real or not. The government of Saskatchewan is not made up of a bunch of climate change deniers,” Mitch McAdam said Wednesday in his overview of the province’s…
A Russian grocery retailer was nearly forced to close during its grand opening week in Germany when a huge crowd of Leipzig locals arrived and gobbled up almost the entire inventory. The promising slogan ‘Only Lowest Prices Everyday’ evoked an enormous demand during the first days after the opening that toppled the most optimistic forecasts….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Florida State cruised to six more wins to maintain the No. 1 ranking in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Seminoles (17-0) captured 28 first-place votes and 794 points. After knocking off South Alabama, 4-1, in a mid-week matchup, FSU scored at least 13 runs over the course of…
TORONTO — A fire near a security screening area led to travel chaos at Canada’s busiest airport Sunday evening, but within a few hours operations were starting to return to normal. The blaze broke out in Terminal 1 at Toronto Pearson International Airport, leading authorities to evacuate the area. It was extinguished a short time…
China, a major consumer of mined diamonds, now has a realistic chance of becoming a supplier of man-made gems and shaping the industry, analysts say. Unlike naturally occurring diamonds, which form over the course of billions of years, synthetic diamonds are made in a matter of weeks. Chinese companies have mastered the technologies to manufacture…
SAN DIEGO – Megan Faraimo of Cathedral Catholic High School (San Diego, Calif.) was named the Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year. Faraimo, an incoming freshman at UCLA, is the third Bruin to be named Gatorade National Softball POY in the last four seasons and the seventh to earn the honor. The Bruins’ roster will feature…
It looks like the government is trying some new tricks to entice young people to sign up for entry-level jobs. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS), an administrative branch that supports the Treasury Board, has issued a job posting seeking “a random selection of applicants” for a to-be-determined number of positions. Except they’re calling…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The eight programs that reached the 2018 Division II National Championships were selected by their peers as the NFCA Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year, announced the Association on Monday. Representing each of the NFCA’s eight Division II regions, these respective coaching staffs – West Chester University (Atlantic), Southern Arkansas University (Central),…
Gold has reached a more than six-month peak rising above $1,300 as investors rushed to seek refuge in the metals after iPhone maker downgraded its revenue forecast and amid fears of a global economic slowdown. The precious metal futures climbed in a second straight session on Thursday after US stocks saw the worst start of…