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Australia Approves Plans for World's Largest Solar Farm

Australia approved on Wednesday plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to Singapore, a project billed as the "largest solar precinct in the world." Authorities announced environmental approvals for SunCable's US$24 billion project in Australia's remote north that is slated to power three million homes. The project, ...

Pope Pleads for Migrant Workers to Be Paid Fairly

Pope Francis made a plea for migrant workers to be paid fairly on Thursday as he visited the affluent city-state of Singapore on the last stop of his marathon Asia-Pacific tour. The 87-year-old pope said "special attention" should be paid to "protecting the dignity of migrant workers" in an address to local political leaders and ...