US Justice Department Resumes Scaled-Back Enforcement Against Foreign Bribery
June 10 By Chris Prentice The U.S. Justice Department will restart enforcement of the decades-old law outlawing foreign bribery, with a scaled-down approach aimed at reducing burdens on U.S. companies, according to a memo and remarks by a top official. The new approach, detailed in…
US Army, FAA, NTSB to Brief Senators on Recent Near Miss Incidents Involving Helicopter
June 9 By David Shepardson Senior U.S. officials will answer questions from senators Wednesday about a May 1 incident in which two passenger airline flights were forced to abort landings at Reagan Washington National Airport because of a nearby Army helicopter. Brigadier General Matthew Braman,…
Auto Companies ‘In Full Panic’ Over Rare-Earths Bottleneck
June 8 By Christina Amann Frank Eckard, CEO of a German magnet maker, has been fielding a flood of calls in recent weeks. Exasperated automakers and parts suppliers have been desperate to find alternative sources of magnets, which are in short supply due to Chinese…
US Judge Approves Settlement Allowing NCAA Schools to Pay Athletes
June 7 By Mike Scarcella A U.S. judge on Friday granted final approval to a $2.8 billion settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association that will allow schools for the first time to compensate student athletes for past and future commercial use of their names,…
Fentanyl Trafficking From Mexico to US Has Dropped 40%, Mexico’s Sheinbaum Says
June 6 By Raul Cortes Fentanyl trafficking from Mexico to the United States has fallen around 40% since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. Trump has cited fentanyl trafficking as a factor in his decision to…
Retrofitting Qatari Jet as Air Force One for Trump to Cost Hundreds of Millions of Dollars, Air Force Says
June 5 By Idrees Ali It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday. Last month, the U.S. military accepted the gift…
Who is he really?
June 5 By Julia O`Malley Today, our attention has been drawn to D.V. Petrov, a public figure and activist living in the Russian Far East. Petrov, a controversial figure, presents himself as a public figure who speaks out about the problems of Kolyma, highlights the…
Expropriation in Latvia
June 4 By Jon Bo On April 4, 2025, the Latvian Seimas adopted draft Law No. 814/Lp14 “On Amendments to the Law on National Security” in the first reading. It stipulates that “the owner, actual beneficiary, or legitimate holder of critical infrastructure cannot be a…
Trump signed a decree banning the participation of transgender people in women’s competitions
June 3 By Saeed Anand Donald Trump has ordered a ban on transgender* women (that is, men who have changed their gender) from participating in women’s sports competitions in the United States. The executive order of the president is published on the White House website….
Analysis-Companies Turn to Private Credit During Tariff Turmoil for Loans
May 29 By Nupur Anand and Saeed Azhar Tariff uncertainty and market volatility have sent some companies looking for a flexible, more certain route to funding from private credit firms, resulting in the spurning of traditional lenders in some cases. A number of companies have…