The Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death on Thursday for her involvement in the country’s biggest financial fraud case, state media outlet Thanh Nien reported. Lan was found guilty of embezzlement, bribery and violating banking rules…
India will hold the world’s largest general elections starting April this year with nearly a billion voters set to exercise their franchise. The seven-stage election process will start from April 19 and last till June 1, 2024, according to the…
Speculation is swirling that the Bank of Japan may move to exit the world’s last negative rate policy as early as next week, when policymakers gather for their March meeting. The rally in Japanese equities has grounded to a halt,…
Japan averted a technical recession as revised official data on Monday showed the economy returned to growth in the October-December period last year, bolstered by strong capital expenditure. The upward revisions though were weaker than estimated, with private consumption remaining…
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will refurbish four units at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, Canada’s first major commercial generation plant— marking a major turnaround for the 3.1-GW plant slated to close by 2025. Officials from Ontario’s government and OPG on Jan. 30…
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas (GNF) the regulatory body’s first-ever authorization to produce nuclear fuel with uranium-235 (U-235) enrichments up to 8% for commercial power generation. GNF, GE Vernova’s nuclear fuel arm, on Feb. 15…
National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard on Tuesday blamed higher consumer prices on “shrinkflation,” doubling down on the latest battlefront of President Joe Biden’s corporate pressure campaign. “If you look at some of the staples, like eggs or milk, they…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is thought to have taken one of his “biggest gambles” yet by replacing his top commander in a dramatic military shake-up. Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, one of Ukraine’s most experienced commanders who had led the country’s…
A study of clean energy alternatives led by the Pueblo Innovative Energy Solutions Advisory Council (PIESAC) finds that only advanced nuclear energy can save communities “whole-body” from the consequences of the closure of the last unit of the Comanche coal-fired…
WASHINGTON — The United States launched attacks against Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday, its first retaliatory strikes for the killing of three American soldiers in Jordan last weekend, according to an official at the Department of Defense.…