Brazil shuts BYD factory site over ‘slavery’ conditions newsthirst.

Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to “slavery”. More than 160 workers have been rescued in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, according to a statement from the Public Labour Prosecutor’s Office (MPT). They were allegedly put in a “degrading”…

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Weather tracker: Zero rain and unseasonable heat cause ‘flash droughts’ across US | Drought newsthirst.

Across the US, a combination of weeks of dry conditions and record-breaking temperatures has led to the emergence of “flash droughts”. A persistent area of high pressure over North America has limited rainfall across much of the country, with 100 weather stations across 26 states marking their driest October on record. This is despite high…

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Canada Labor Minister forces unions back to ports after work stoppages newsthirst.

A Canadian Pacific Railway Co. locomotive pulls a train at the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Canadian Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon has invoked federal powers to end work stoppages at the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Montreal, ordering binding and final arbitration…

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