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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has sought to rein in what it sees as executive branch regulatory overreach, but has declined to rule on whether Congress violated the Constitution by giving federal agencies the power to set workplace safety rules.The court rejected a challenge to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration brought by an Ohio-based general contractor and supported by some businesses, conservative groups and Republican attorneys general.The federal agency survived challenges to its rule-making authority in 1978 and 2011.But the challengers had hoped to find a receptive audience in the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, which has a history of…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s tax department said on Thursday it has impounded 210,000 SIM cards from users who have not filed tax returns in a bid to widen income brackets. Of a population of over 240 million in 2022, only 5.2 million people filed income tax returns. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) passed the ordinance in April and has since ordered telecom authorities to block connections of 210,000 SIM cards, of which 62,000 were later restored, data from the agency showed. “We have unblocked the SIM cards of those who have paid the tax,” FBR spokesman Bakhtiar Muhammad said. “Nobody is…

Argentina, on the other hand, is a world-class producer of agricultural products such as beef, soybeans, barley and sorghum. In all of them, Argentina has a leading position and is a reliable and stable partner – remarkable aspects in what local authorities perceive as an increasingly complex international environment.The relevance of the Chinese market is addressed every year by our manufacturing sector when the companies visit their local clients, make roadshows or when they participate in relevant trade fairs such as SIAL Shanghai, CIIE or CFDF.As a country, we work with a view to continue securing affordable, environmentally friendly and…

Iran’s Acting President Mohammad Mokbel reportedly described Iran’s relationship with China as “strategic.” This is significant because, while Iran is currently undergoing a presidential election, the Iranian regime has in recent months sought to strengthen ties with both Russia and China, two of Iran’s key partners.Under the leadership of Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, Iran has worked hard to strengthen its ties with Russia and China. Iran has also joined various partnerships such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), and moved to become part of economic groupings…

Ontario Tech University has announced the newest members of its Board of Governors, who were selected for their professional experience, skills, leadership and community involvement. In 2024, five external members joined the board. Nolan Bederman, Founder and Managing Partner, Bederman Capital Corporation Paul Barnes, CEO of SkipTheDishes Neeraj Glotla, vice president of enterprise technology, Gildan Laura Money, Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Innovation Officer, Sun Life Susanna Zagar, CEO, Ontario Energy Commission In addition, the following internal trustees, representing constituencies within Ontario Tech’s campus community, were elected in March and their terms will begin in September: Administrative…

Federal health data shows the number of people who have been taken to emergency rooms and died from COVID-19 has risen in recent weeks.Agencies are collecting limited information to track COVID-19 cases and spread, known as surveillance data. But COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are indicators of the disease’s spread. Emergency room admissions and deaths are on the rise, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Insights into the rising trend:Why are some people suddenly getting COVID-19 this summer?With countless mutating variants, COVID-19 appears to be becoming more seasonally predictable, with large spikes in cases in…

CNN — Donald Trump and his allies have speculated for much of the past year that Joe Biden would not be the Democratic presidential nominee and have suggested, without evidence, that he would step down before the party convention and be replaced by another candidate. Now, with Biden’s political future increasingly uncertain in the aftermath of his shaky debate performance, Republicans are trying to gauge what the departure of the Democratic incumbent would actually mean for the Trump campaign, with some believing Biden’s place at the top would ease his path back to the White House. Trump and his supporters…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday Security Grouping It was created by Moscow and Beijing to counter the Western alliance.Putin and Xi were attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual general meeting in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, along with leaders of other member countries. The group was founded in 2001 by China, Russia and four former Soviet Central Asian states — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan — to promote regional security and economic cooperation. India, Pakistan and Iran have since joined. Belarus, Russia’s western neighbor and ally, joined the SCO on Thursday.Observer countries and dialogue…

Amazon’s Independence Day sale is here, with discounts on big-ticket items like TVs and furniture, as well as outdoor gear and clothing. Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner (this year’s sale takes place on July 16th and 17th), and we’re expecting some early Prime Day sales on the 4th of July.We’ve rounded up Amazon’s best Fourth of July sales and deals that you can shop right now. Because the Fourth of July falls on a Thursday this year, many of the deals are expected to last through the weekend of July 7th. But that doesn’t mean you have…

FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Union is imposing steep tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China, making EVs the latest flashpoint in a broader trade dispute over Chinese government subsidies and a surge in Beijing’s exports of green technology to the 27-nation EU.The tariff hikes will take effect on Friday, with a final decision expected within four months.Here are some basic facts about the EU’s planned tariffs:What has the European Union done?After an eight-month investigation, the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, found that Chinese electric car manufacturers were receiving huge government subsidies that allowed them to undercut EU rivals,…