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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so that he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump next week. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who Bolsonaro frequently has called his personal foe, said in the ruling that Bolsonaro currently holds no position that would allow him to represent Brazil at the event […]

A Toyota division that manufactures trucks will pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty to violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States. Hino Motors, a subsidiary of the Toyota, first acknowledged in 2022 that it has systematically falsified emissions data dating back as far as 2003. That was […]

A Toyota division that manufactures trucks will pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty to violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States. Hino Motors, a subsidiary of the Toyota, first acknowledged in 2022 that it has systematically falsified emissions data dating back as far as 2003. That was […]

President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects. Offshore wind is a major part of transitioning to an electric grid powered entirely by sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide when generating electricity. The power sector is responsible for nearly a third of the nation’s planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. On the campaign […]

President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects. Offshore wind is a major part of transitioning to an electric grid powered entirely by sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide when generating electricity. The power sector is responsible for nearly a third of the nation’s planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. On the campaign […]

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer told Reuters on Thursday he had been released from jail and was at home, part of a Cuban government plan negotiated with the Vatican to release upwards of 500 prisoners from the island`s prisons. The Cuban government began releasing prisoners on Wednesday shortly after talks with the Catholic Church and an announcement by the Biden administration that the U.S. would relax sanctions […]

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer told Reuters on Thursday he had been released from jail and was at home, part of a Cuban government plan negotiated with the Vatican to release upwards of 500 prisoners from the island`s prisons. The Cuban government began releasing prisoners on Wednesday shortly after talks with the Catholic Church and an announcement by the Biden administration that the U.S. would relax sanctions […]

(SRN NEWS) – A new poll conducted by CRC Research finds that more than 75% of moms and dads do NOT want the schools promoting the transgender lifestyle in class.  Since the country is about evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, that means a significant number of Democratic parents are NOT on board with the transgender agenda, which may — in part — explain what happened on election day.  Several […]

(SRN NEWS) – A new poll conducted by CRC Research finds that more than 75% of moms and dads do NOT want the schools promoting the transgender lifestyle in class.  Since the country is about evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, that means a significant number of Democratic parents are NOT on board with the transgender agenda, which may — in part — explain what happened on election day.  Several […]