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…
UPS Strike Could Be Costliest in US in a Century, Study Says
July 13 By Lisa Baertlein A threatened U.S. strike at United Parcel Service could be “one of the costliest in at least a century,” topping $7 billion for a 10-day work stoppage, a think tank specializing in the economic impact of labor actions said on…
Union representing Skagway railroad workers authorizes strike
July 11 By Nolin Ainsworth A union representing the operators, engineers and brakemen of an Alaskan railroad that serves 500,000 passengers annually voted to authorize a strike. SMART Transportation Division Local 1626 authorized a strike toward the beginning of the month, citing years of unaddressed…
Head of US Think Tank Charged With Acting as Chinese AgentJ
July 10 By Luc Cohen The leader of a U.S. think tank has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, as well as seeking to broker the sale of weapons and Iranian oil, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday. Gal Luft,…
Robots Say They Won’t Steal Jobs, Rebel Against Humans
July 8 By Emma Farge Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans’ jobs or rebel against us. But, in the world’s first human-robot press conference, they…
Salmon numbers still struggling across Alaska
July 7 By Joe Kinneen Low numbers of salmon continue to frustrate those who rely on some of the state’s largest fisheries. The Bristol Bay area has been somewhat of a mixed bag, as sockeye salmon numbers are doing well but king salmon numbers remain…
Mises: Money Supply Growth Falls to Depression Era Levels
July 6 By Ryan McMaken Money supply growth in the United States has continued to decline, reaching negative territory for the second consecutive month in April 2023. The year-over-year change in money supply dropped to -12.0 percent, marking the largest contraction since the Great Depression….