For East Palestine residents John and Lisa Hamner, life as they knew it came to a screeching, flaming halt at 8:55 pm on 3 February. It was that day that a toxin-laden train derailed just metres from their successful garbage truck business, which they had grown from five customers to more than 7,000 over an […]
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Major Chemical Plant In Houston Set To Explode In Coming
Arkema SA expects chemicals to catch fire or explode at its heavily flooded plant in Crosby, Texas in the coming days, and has no way to prevent that from happening, the chief executive officer of the company’s North America unit said on Wednesday. The company evacuated remaining workers on Tuesday and Harris County ordered the […]
Stock Market Soars After Trump Speech
U.S. stock-market indexes set a new round of records Wednesday as investors welcomed President Donald Trump’s conciliatory tone during his address to a joint session of Congress, despite a lack of details on his economic plans. Some analysts suggested that the absence of protectionist comments as well as his overall tone that was perceived as […]