Mexico’s health department closes melon-packing plant linked to deadly salmonella outbreak

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Mexico's Health Department temporarily closed a Sonora melon-packaging plant on Friday after it was implicated in a salmonella outbreak responsible for at least eight deaths.
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Netherlands stresses commitment to ‘strategic partnership’ with South Korea after semiconductor talks

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Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced Wednesday his intent to build upon Amsterdam's trade alliance with South Korea following a two-day state visit by Yoon Suk-Yeol.
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Slovakia moves toward construction of Chinese-owned car battery plant

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The Slovak government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with Gotion High-Tech to construct a car battery plant in Surany.
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Canadian company plans $800M solar panel factory in southeast Indiana

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Canadian Solar Inc. is set to construct an $800 million solar panel factory in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which will create an estimated 1,200 jobs in the area.
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American companies keep distance from China AI conference amid accessibility concerns

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Several major U.S. tech companies signed up as strategic partners in 2019, but this year's World AI Conference in Shanghai will see just one serving in any partnership role.
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West Virginia gas plant to pay $1.9M for Ohio River pollution

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Messer LLC has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle accusations that it violated the Clean Water Act by dumping metallic waste into the Ohio River.
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Worker killed in Illinois ammo factory blast identified

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Oscar "Zeke" Bettorf, 60, has been identified as the sole victim of a Thursday explosion at East Alton, Illinois' Winchester ammunition plant.
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‘Rotten egg’ smell present at Pennsylvania chocolate factory in explosion leadup: report

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Workers at the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, reported an odor of "rotten eggs" inside the facility shortly before a massive natural gas explosion.
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New UAW president sounds off on Big Three automakers: ‘unacceptable’

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UAW president Shawn Fain, who took office after a near-total overhaul of the union's leadership, aired numerous grievances with Detroit's Big Three automakers to press members Friday.
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Michigan paper mill closes after 21 workers contract fungal infection

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The Billerud Paper Mill in Delta County, Michigan, will temporarily close as numerous cases of fungal infection blastomycosis have been reported in workers.
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