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  1. Operation Gladio Operation Gladio was a clandestine "stay-behind" operation established after World War II across Western Europe, orchestrated by NATO, the CIA, and European intelligence agencies. It employed Nazi war criminals, had close ties to transnational mafias and engaged in terrorism, kidnapping, assassinations, blackmail, arms, drug & human trafficking and other heinous crimes. It has not been dismantled. Read
  2. Israel Assassinates Hezbollah Head in Beirut Israel’s military killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah late Friday via a series of targeted airstrikes. Read
  3. U.S. Agrees to End Military Mission in Iraq but Many Troops Will Stay American forces will continue to occupy bases in Iraq for a number of years from now, despite previous assurances that the U.S. would pull out nearly completely by 2025. Read
  4. IFC-Led Consortium to Provide up to $400 Million to PTCL to Boost Digital Connectivity in Pakistan IFC, alongside other investors, is providing up to $400 million to Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) to finance its acquisition of Telenor Pakistan Private Limited and Orion Towers Private Limited. Read
  5. EPA Makes $965 Million Available To Fund Clean School Buses On Sept. 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the latest round of funding from the Clean School Bus Rebate Program with up to $965 million available to school districts. Read
  6. FTC Announces Crackdown on Deceptive AI Claims and Schemes The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against multiple companies that have relied on artificial intelligence as a way to supercharge deceptive or unfair conduct that harms consumers, as part of its new law enforcement sweep called Operation AI Comply. Read
  7. Liberia: IMF Executive Board Approves Forty-Month US$210M Extended Credit Facility Arrangement The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 40-month arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Liberia, amounting to SDR155 million (60 percent of the quota, or approximately US$210 million). Read
  8. Netanyahu Defies Calls for Lebanon Ceasefire Despite claims to the contrary by the U.S. and France, Israel has no interest in pausing the war with Hezbollah. Read
  9. CDC Awards Over $176 Million to Strengthen U.S. Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced more than $176 million in funding to support 48 public health partners to strengthen the public health system in the United States. Read
  10. Climate Change Likely To Increase Diarrheal Disease Hospitalizations By 2100s By 2100, hospitalizations from diarrheal diseases are predicted to increase in the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh as a result of climate change, even if global warming stays under 2 degrees Celsius. Read
  11. Acadia Pays $19.85M to Settle Allegations Relating to Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Behavioral Health Services Acadia Healthcare Company Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Franklin, Tennessee, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and related state statutes by knowingly billing for medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services or for services that did not meet federal and state regulations. Read
  12. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on September 26, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on September 26, 2024 Read
  13. Utilities Announce Joint Intent To Invest More Than US$116bn Annually In Grids And Renewables The world’s major utility companies have announced a joint intent to invest more than US$116 billion per year in clean power generation and power system grid infrastructure globally in the coming years. Read
  14. Agreements Signed With Provinces To Modernise TVET Institutes Across Pakistan A major step in the development of employable skills for youth in Pakistan was taken on Tuesday with the signing of agreements to transform selected model Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes into four Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in Balochistan, Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Read
  15. ADB, Bhutan Sign Loan Agreement for Solar Power Project The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bhutan have signed a $30 million loan agreement for the Distributed Solar for Public Infrastructure Project. Read
  16. FTA Requires Transit Agencies Nationwide to Address Assaults Against Transit Workers The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced General Directive 24-1: Required Actions Regarding Assaults on Transit Workers. Read
  17. Israel Prepares Full-Scale Ground Invasion of Lebanon The war in the Middle East is about to get a lot bigger. Read
  18. FAA Commits $290 Million for New Runway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) committed $290 million in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to assist with development of its new fourth runway. Read
  19. Pigs May Be Transmission Route Of Rat Hepatitis E To Humans New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) common in rats that has recently been found to infect humans. Read
  20. Justice Department Awards Nearly $30M to Combat the Rise of Hate and Bias Crimes Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer just announced nearly $30 million in grant funding through the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) that will be awarded to law enforcement agencies, states, community-based organizations, national civil rights organizations, and other stakeholders to fight the rise in hate and bias crimes and incidents. Read
  21. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on September 25, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on September 25, 2024 Read
  22. USDA Invests $466.5 Million In Food Assistance, Agricultural Development Projects Worldwide The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $466.5 million to strengthen global food security through its two premier international development programs, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced September 24 at the Clinton Global Initiative 2024 annual meeting. Read
  23. SEC Charges Former CEO of Tech Startup SKAEL with $30 Million Fraud The Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24 announced fraud charges against Baba Nadimpalli, the co-founder and former CEO of SKAEL Inc., a San Francisco-based private technology company that developed business automation software. Read
  24. Largest Ever Funding Opportunity Aims to Commercialize Innovative Wave Energy Technologies Funding Investment Will Advance Wave Energy to Provide Local, Affordable, and Clean Energy for U.S. Electric Grids, Coastal and Island Communities, and Offshore Work Read
  25. DoD Breaks Ground on Project Pele: A Mobile Nuclear Reactor for Energy Resiliency The Department of Defense (DoD) has broken ground at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on the Project Pele transportable nuclear reactor. Read