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  • Health
    The Canadian Press

    Health professionals take climate action to care for patients and the planet

    From new plant-leaning hospital menus tofewer surgical gloves and single-use syringes, health-care professionals are finding ways to combat waste and pollutants. Dr. Wendy Levinson,chair of the eco-advocacy group Choosing Wisely Canada, said physicians are changing their practice to reduce the environmental impact of nearlyeverything from lab tests to medications. "What's new is that the health professionals are starting to say, 'What can I do?'" said Levinson, also a professor of medicine at th

  • News
    The Canadian Press

    After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and win

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW's grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South. But newly elected President Shawn Fain said the union will return to Mercedes and will press on with efforts to organize about 150,000 workers at more than a dozen auto factories across the nation. Employees at Mercedes battery and assembly plants near Tuscaloosa voted 56% against t

  • Business
    Reuters

    Sony and Apollo move ahead with Paramount bid process but reticent about earlier plan, NYT reports

    The companies are, however, backing away from an initial plan to make an all-cash $26 billion offer for Paramount, the newspaper said. Reuters reported this month that Paramount was in talks to open its books to a consortium of the Sony movie unit and the U.S. buyout firm. CNBC later reported that Sony was rethinking its bid, sending Paramount's shares tumbling and helping the Japanese firm's shares surge after upbeat earnings.

  • Science
    Reuters

    Boeing Starliner's debut crewed flight delayed again to check helium leak

    NASA and Boeing delayed the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule again on Friday, giving them four more days to assess a helium leak before attempting to launch the spacecraft's first two astronauts into space, the space agency said Friday. Starliner's liftoff from Florida has been delayed several times in May and it was last scheduled for May 21. Aside from the helium leak, a technical issue with its Atlas 5 rocket had prompted an earlier delay.