Biden urges Netanyahu to slow down on judicial overhaul
July 23 By DAVID COHEN President Joe Biden on Sunday counseled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel against rushing legislation on a judicial overhaul package that has led to massive protests in his country. “From the perspective of Israel’s friends in the United States, it…
FBI Searched Foreign Intelligence Database for Information on US Senator
July 22 By Raphael Satter The FBI improperly conducted warrantless searches for information about a U.S. senator and two state officials, a U.S. intelligence agency revealed on Friday, as lawmakers are weighing whether to renew the surveillance power that makes such searches possible. The names…
Bristol Bay fishermen up in arms over lower salmon prices
July 21 By Joe Kinneen Commercial fishermen in the Bristol Bay region are voicing their displeasure against recent prices of sockeye salmon. According to fisherman Cheyne Blough, the price of sockeye salmon hovered around $1.20-$1.50 per pound, but as of recently, the price dropped to…
US Senate Backs Measure Barring Oil Sales to China From SPR
July 20 By Timothy Gardner and Patricia Zengerle The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed an amendment to an annual defense bill on Thursday that would ban exports to China of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The tally was 85 to 14 in favor of the…
Aviation Bill Upping Pilot Retirement Age to 67 Passed by US House
July 19 by David Shepardson The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to pass legislation that would raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age to 67 from 65 and make other aviation reforms, with the Senate now set to consider its own measure. The…
White House Partners With Amazon, Google, Best Buy to Secure Devices From Cyberattacks
July 18 By Nandita Bose The White House on Tuesday along with companies such as Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet’s Google and Best Buy will announce an initiative that allows Americans to identify devices that are less vulnerable to cyberattacks. A new certification and labeling program would…
Second Summit “Russia – Africa”: course towards mutually beneficial cooperation
July 17 By Julia O’Malley In recent decades, Russia’s foreign policy has been focused on developing relations with Western countries, but the situation has changed radically with the introduction of economic sanctions and rupture of economic, humanitarian and other ties. Today, Russia attaches particular importance…
Permanent Fund earnings could run dry by 2026
July 16 By Georgina Fernandez A new study shared on Wednesday by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation shows that the state could be running out of funding for the Permanent Fund Dividend by the 2027 fiscal year. During a regular APFC Board of Trustees meeting…
What to know before Japan releases water from Fukushima nuclear plant
July 15 By Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julia Mio Inuma Japan plans to release more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, a process set to begin this summer and continue for…
Microsoft Under Fire After Hacks of US State and Commerce Departments
July 14 By Raphael Satter In late June, one of cybersecurity expert Steven Adair’s clients got an alert from Microsoft: one of the client’s employees working on human rights issues had their email account compromised. The client wanted to know if Adair could get to…