Wall Street Journal, Dec 19,
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Woodside and Chevron announced they would streamline their oil and gas operations throughout Western Australia by announcing a stake exchange deal. This move will result in the Australian energy company exiting the $34 Billion Wheatstone LNG Project.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the pharmacy chain CVS for filling illegal prescriptions of opioids and billing federal insurance programs. This is contributing to an epidemic of opioid overdose and addiction across the country.
California declared an emergency because of the increased number of cases of H5N1 in dairy cows.
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case brought by TikTok, and its parent company ByteDance based in China, seeking to block a new law that would force the sale of this short-video application by January 19, or risk a ban based on national security reasons.
Donald Trump, the President-elect, has disrupted efforts by both parties to avoid a shutdown of the federal government. He has urged his Republican colleagues in Congress to refuse a stopgap measure to fund the government beyond the end week.
(source: Reuters)
