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  1. Justice Department Announces Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action The Justice Department on June 27 announced the 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, which resulted in criminal charges against 193 defendants, including 76 doctors, nurse practitioners, and other licensed medical professionals in 32 federal districts across the United States, for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes involving approximately $2.75 billion in intended losses and $1.6 billion in actual losses. Read
  2. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on June 27 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on June 27 Read
  3. New Computing Framework Streamlines The Use Of AI And Supercomputers For Protein Structure Prediction Work by Argonne and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign simplifies and speeds up the process of using AI tools and algorithms to understand 3D protein structure. Read
  4. GlobalData Report Highlights Staggering Economic Costs for California of $89.5 Billion Due to Obesity Obesity and overweight are estimated to have caused a staggering $89.5 billion reduction in California economy in 2022, equivalent to 2.5% of the state's gross domestic product, according to a report released by GlobalData Plc, a data and analytics company. Read
  5. CFPB Extends Compliance Dates for Small Business Lending Rule The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interim final rule to extend compliance deadlines for the small business lending rule. After the CFPB issued the small business lending rule on March 30, 2023, a federal court in Texas stayed the rule pending the Supreme Court’s decision in CFPB v. CFSA. This interim final rule follows the recent Supreme Court decision in CFPB v. CFSA. Read
  6. Remittances Slowed in 2023, Expected to Grow Faster in 2024 After a period of strong growth during 2021-2022, officially recorded remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) moderated in 2023, reaching an estimated $656 billion, according to the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief, released June 26. Read
  7. Bolivia Rebuffs Coup Attempt by Former Military Commander Military forces in opposition to the government of President Luis Arce temporarily seized control of the capital’s town square late yesterday. Read
  8. United States and UNICEF provide Medical Supplies to Strengthen Infectious Diseases Management in Viet Nam In support of children, women and vulnerable communities, the United States Mission to Viet Nam, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have partnered to strengthen Viet Nam’s capacities for managing infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Read
  9. NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle NASA announced SpaceX has been selected to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the space station and ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas. Read
  10. Russian National Charged for Conspiring with Russian Military Intelligence to Destroy Ukrainian Government Computer Systems and Data A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment yesterday charging Amin Timovich Stigal (Амин Тимович Стигал), 22, a Russian citizen, with conspiracy to hack into and destroy computer systems and data. Read
  11. Scientists Discover Genetic ‘off Switch’ In Legume Plants That Limits Biological Ability To Source Nutrients The discovery of a new genetic regulator in legumes could be key to understanding how to increase the crop’s capacity to convert nitrogen from the air and improve soil quality. Read
  12. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on June 26 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on June 26 Read
  13. Prime Minister Launches Revised National Anti-Corruption Strategy for Solomon Islands The global cost of corruption is staggering, with the World Economic Forum estimating it at US$3.6 trillion annually in bribes and stolen funds. Read
  14. UN Launches Recommendations For Urgent Action To Curb Harm From Spread Of Mis- And Disinformation And Hate Speech The world must respond to the harm caused by the spread of online hate and lies while robustly upholding human rights, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said at the launch of the United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity. Read
  15. EU Adopts 14th Package Of Sanctions Against Russia For Its Continued Illegal War Against Ukraine The European Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package responds to the needs and findings on the ground, and tackles enforcement issues. Read
  16. WFP and Armenian National Agrarian University Sign Agreement To Enhance Agricultural Development The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU) have joined forces by signing an agreement to enhance agricultural development and investments in Armenia's food systems. Read
  17. USDA Proposes New Rule to Clarify Unfair Practices in the Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Industries USDA’s Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposed rule would tackle longstanding challenges around interpretations of unfairness and competitive injury for the livestock, meat, and poultry sectors. This will support farmers and growers, and continues President Biden’s work to lower food costs for consumers. Read
  18. DOE Announces Over $63 Million to Support Commercialization of Transformative Energy Technologies In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on June 25 announced $63.5 million for four transformative technologies through the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Read
  19. Wildfires Increasingly Threaten Oil And Gas Drill Sites, Compounding Potential Health Risks, Study Says More than 100,000 oil and gas wells across the western U.S. are in areas burned by wildfires in recent decades, a new study has found, and some 3 million people live next to wells that in the future could be in the path of fires worsened by climate change. Read
  20. Pharmacy Owners Sentenced for $18M COVID-19 Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Two pharmacy owners were sentenced for using New York-area pharmacies to submit millions of dollars in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and then laundering the proceeds, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read
  21. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on June 25 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on June 25 Read
  22. New Archaeological Findings In Fujairah Reshape The Emirates' Human Settlement History The Government of Fujairah, in collaboration with an international team of researchers from the Department of Tourism and Antiquities, Fujairah; the University of Jena, Germany; and Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom, has uncovered evidence of early prehistoric settlement in interior Fujairah. Read
  23. The European Union And Honduras Sign Financing Agreement In Favor Of The Forestry Sector With the presence, as an honorary witness, of the president of Honduras, Mrs. Xiomara Castro, the director of the European Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Felix Fernández-Shaw, signed an agreement financing of 23.4 million euros for the “AVA and beyond - Forestry Alliance and Green Businesses” program. Read
  24. U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education Expand SelectTalentUSA Partnership to New International Markets The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a market expansion of SelectTalentUSA, a joint initiative across the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education providing technical assistance to foreign businesses to deliver recruitment and training programs for their U.S. workforce. Read
  25. USDA and Reinvestment Fund Launch New Program to Increase Access to Healthy Foods in Underserved Communities USDA and Reinvestment Fund are launching a new program under the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) to increase access to healthy foods in communities underserved by grocery stores. Read