Economy

For the second time in a week, the Biden administration has backed the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline, which a leading Democratic senator has introduced into legislation to speed up approvals for fossil fuel and power transmission projects. Equitrans Midstream Corp. ’s $6.6 billion Mountain Valley pipeline is opposed by environmentalists but has the support of officials in the Biden …

Photo: ANP Entertainment group Disney is abandoning plans to move 2,000 jobs to Florida, meaning there will be no significant increase in employment in the US state. The announcement comes amid an increasingly bitter feud between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Josh D’Amaro, president of Disney Parks, said that “changes in leadership” and “changing operating conditions” led Disney to …

It is 4.07 pm today In the East German amusement park Belandis, time stands still: plans have been made for years for new locations, but nothing has materialized. Management blames Spanish owner Parques Reunidos, which includes Attractiepark Slagaren, Bobbejaanland and Movie Park Germany. The Spaniards cannot fulfill their promises, and this is the end. Belantis was acquired in 2018 by …

Supporting the people of Afghanistan is one of the activities of the NATO mission Resolute Support.Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images This can be understood from an important report by the International Research and Policy Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Ministry of External Affairs. Participating in Resolute Support was the last of the Dutch missions in Afghanistan over the past twenty …

In March, Russia had already caused an uproar when it unilaterally decided to extend the agreement by only 60 days instead of 120 days as agreed in the original text. Even now only 60 days have been extended. It was not immediately clear why Russia agreed to the extension and to what extent it has guaranteed its own exports of …

Photo: ANP Target was among the gainers in New York stocks on Wednesday. The US supermarket chain reported higher sales and profits last quarter than analysts and investors had expected. The outlook for the current quarter was somewhat disappointing. The stock rose more than 1 percent. A day earlier, DIY group Home Depot reported disappointing results and prospects. Walmart, America’s …

Let’s say you moved from your home country to another country decades ago, most likely at a young age. There you found a partner – sometimes from your old country, sometimes from a new one. You have children there, they grow up there, for whom it is their natural home. They only know your country of birth from vacation. Not …

Photos of the embassy on Twitter give a good overview of the campus.Image Twitter Lebanon’s hilltops and hilltops are littered with them: ancient palaces, once built by past rulers. It is a legacy of the Fatimids, Crusaders and Mamluks, sometimes well preserved, sometimes a pile of stones. It looks like the country will soon get another mountain fortress that, it …

An Azerbaijan checkpoint was established last month near a bridge over the Hagari River, at the start of the Lachin Corridor, the only link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.Image by AFP Tensions between the warring nations in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have flared up again in recent days. The talks between the two countries are scheduled to take place in Brussels on …

The European Central Bank (ECB) wants to tighten monitoring of credit risks of major banks in order to prevent bank failures. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) said in a report on credit risk management in the Banking Union. The ECA notes that despite greater efforts to monitor credit risk and banks’ non-performing loans, the ECB has not imposed higher …