MONTREAL – Amtrak declares that the Adirondack, the passenger rail service between Montreal and New York, might be suspended for at the least the following six weeks for upkeep work, following an settlement with Canadian Nationwide. Based on fastened schedules, passenger rail connections between Montreal and the city of Whitehall in New York will not … Read more

RBC to Disclose Climate Measure Pushed by New York City Comptroller

RBC to Disclose Climate Measure Pushed by New York City Comptroller

TORONTO — RBC says it plans to disclose a climate measure that New York City’s comptroller is pushing it to adopt. President and CEO Dave McKay said in an interview that the bank plans to disclose the ratio of its clean energy financing to its fossil fuel financing in its next climate report. This measure, … Read more

New York City Implements New Trash Collection Rules to Combat Rat Problem

New York City Implements New Trash Collection Rules to Combat Rat Problem

NEW YORK — The New York tradition of piling bags of trash on the sidewalk for collection will soon be a thing of the past. Since Friday, the megalopolis’s 200,000 businesses must place their bags of garbage in bins, as communities in the county and around the world have long done. The requirement is the … Read more

Russian Tourists Arrive in North Korea, Highlighting Deepening Cooperation Between the Two Countries Post-Pandemic

Russian Tourists Arrive in North Korea, Highlighting Deepening Cooperation Between the Two Countries Post-Pandemic

A group of Russian tourists arrived in North Korea on Friday, likely the first from any country to enter the isolated state since the pandemic. The visit highlights deepening cooperation between the two countries following a meeting last September between North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Far East cosmodrome. … Read more