Davos Escort Services are “Completely Booked” During 2024 Conference - Lemmy.World

Cargo ship carrying burning lithium-ion batteries kept offshore of Alaska port - Lemmy.World

A fire was reported in a hold of the cargo vessel Genius Star XI, which is being kept 2 miles offshore of an Alaska port as a precaution while efforts are undertaken to extinguish the flames.

Embezzlement of Oregon weekly newspaper's funds forces it to lay off entire staff and halt print - Lemmy.World

About a week before Christmas, the Eugene Weekly found inaccuracies in its bookkeeping, editor Camilla Mortensen said. It discovered that a former employee who was “heavily involved” with the paper’s finances had used its bank account to pay themselves $90,000 since at least 2022, she said. The paper also became aware of at least $100,000 in unpaid bills — including to the paper’s printer — stretching back several months, she said.

Toxic Cost of Going Green | Unreported World - Lemmy.World

Unreported World investigates the dirty business of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mineral is fuelling the planet’s green revolution, but at what cost? Around seventy percent of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Central African country, mostly from the southern Katanga area, thought to be one of the ten most polluted places on earth. Reporter Jamal Osman travels to Kolwezi, a city dependent on supplying Cobalt, a critical component for electric cars and rechargeable batteries. Residents are employed by large multinational companies, or in smaller, and more dangerous artisanal mines. We meet the men who clamber down dark weaving airless tunnels to extract cobalt for as little as $150 per month. But is the paycheck worth the health risks that doctors have uncovered?

The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus - Lemmy.World

Al Franken’s SUPPLY SIDE JESUS. Animated - by Wes Ball