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  1. NASA Ships Moon Rocket Stage Ahead of First Crewed Artemis Flight NASA rolled out the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s core stage for the Artemis II test flight from its manufacturing facility in New Orleans on Tuesday for shipment to the agency’s spaceport in Florida. The rollout is key progress on the path to NASA’s first crewed mission to the Moon under the Artemis campaign. Read
  2. Timing Is Everything: Study Finds Link Between Bowel Movement Frequency And Overall Health Everybody poops, but not every day. New research by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) suggests bowel movement frequency is linked to long-term health. Read
  3. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on July 16, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on July 16 Read
  4. 14 New Projects To Build Capacities For 65 Organisations In Ukraine Under EU’s Erasmus+ Programme Fourteen projects involving 65 organisations from Ukraine have been recommended for funding under the European Union Erasmus+ Programme for Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education Action (CBHE). Read
  5. USDA Makes Record-Breaking $14.3 Million Investment in Farm to School Grants Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on July 15 announced that USDA is awarding a record-breaking $14.3 million in Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grants to 154 projects in 43 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. These investments will help 1.9 million children eat more tasty, nutritious foods in school, while supporting farmers and producers in their local and regional communities. Read
  6. UN WFP Launches Programme To Strenghten Food Security The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a call for applications for its Climate Adaptation Innovation Accelerator Programme, supported by the Adaptation Fund. Read
  7. General Services Administration and Department Of Defense Seek Record-Setting Federal Purchases Of Clean Electricity The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) are seeking contractors that can provide federal facilities in several mid-Atlantic and Midwest states with 100% carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) by 2030. Read
  8. Polarization Surges In U.S. After Judge Dismisses Classified Trump Documents Withholding Case Florida Judge Aileen Cannon tossed aside decades of legal precedent standing against her to award Donald Trump his biggest criminal legal victory yet. Read
  9. FTC Takes Action to Ensure Franchisees’ Complaints are Heard and to Protect Against Illegal Fees The Federal Trade Commission and its staff took a suite of actions to address growing concern about unfair and deceptive practices by franchisors—to ensure that the franchise business model remains a ladder of opportunity to owning a business for honest small business owners. Read
  10. FRA Makes Available $153 Million In Funding To Initiate, Restore, And Enhance Intercity Passenger Rail Services The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that makes available over $153 million in funding for the Restoration and Enhancement (R&E) Grant Program. Read
  11. Study Reveals How An Anesthesia Drug Induces Unconsciousness Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability Read
  12. The Grand Health Care System to Pay $21.3M for Allegedly Providing and Billing for Fraudulent Rehabilitation Therapy Services Strauss Ventures LLC, doing business as The Grand Health Care System, and 12 affiliated skilled nursing facilities (collectively, the Grand) have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing federal health care programs for therapy services that were unreasonable, unnecessary, unskilled or that simply did not occur as billed. Read
  13. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on July 15, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on July 15 Read
  14. Federal Reserve Board Fines Citigroup $60.6 Million For Violating The Board’s 2020 Enforcement Action The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday fined Citigroup $60.6 million for violating the Board's 2020 enforcement action. Read
  15. ADB, Australia, And Tonga Partner To Commission Climate-Resilient Wharf At Nuku’alofa Port The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today joined the Governments of Australia and Tonga in a commissioning ceremony for Wharf 1, the latest milestone of the Nuku’alofa Port Upgrade Project. Read
  16. $4.5 Million Available To Build Nutrition Hub Network The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced the availability of $4.5 million in funding to establish three additional USDA Nutrition Hubs in communities across the country. Read
  17. Nigeria’s Food Importation Policy Could Destroy Country’s Agriculture, Warns Akinwumi Adesina The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said the decision by Nigeria’s government to allow massive food importation risks destroying the country’s agriculture. Read
  18. 87% Of C-Suite Executives Feel Pressured To Implement Gen AI Solutions Now, RWS Research Reveals As many as nine-tenths (87%) of C-Suite executives feel under pressure to rapidly implement generative AI (Gen AI) solutions at speed and scale, according to the latest research from RWS. Despite these pressures more than three-quarters (76%) expressed an overwhelming excitement across their organization for the potential benefits of Gen AI. Read
  19. Israel Slaughters 90 in al-Mawasi Refugee Camp in Hunt for Hamas Military Head Two days ago Israel killed just under 90 Palestinians and one senior Hamas leader during in one of the bloodiest single-strike attacks yet in Gaza. Read
  20. AI Chatbots Have Shown They Have An ‘empathy Gap’ That Children Are Likely To Miss New study proposes a framework for “Child Safe AI” following recent incidents which revealed that many children see chatbots as quasi-human and trustworthy. Read
  21. U.S. Navy Reserve Officer Convicted for Bribery Scheme A federal jury recently convicted a U.S. Navy Reserve commander on multiple criminal charges related to a years-long bribery scheme involving Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Afghan nationals. Read
  22. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on July 12, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on July 12 Read
  23. Russia Threatens Action If U.S. Proceeds with New Plans to Send Long-Range Missiles into Germany The United States plans to install advanced missiles in Germany for the first time in over 40 years. Read
  24. European Commission Accepts Commitments By Apple Opening Access To 'tap And Go' Technology On IPhones The European Commission has made commitments offered by Apple legally binding under EU antitrust rules. The commitments address the Commission's competition concerns relating to Apple's refusal to grant rivals access to a standard technology used for contactless payments with iPhones in stores (‘Near-Field-Communication (NFC)' or ‘tap and go'). Read
  25. Tripling Renewables by 2030 Requires a Minimum of 16.4% Annual Growth Rate The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 recently released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows that despite renewables becoming the fastest growing source of power, the world risks missing the tripling renewables target pledged at COP28. Read