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  1. $900M Aims To Accelerate The Deployment Of Next-Generation Light-Water Small Modular Reactors The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to fund up to $900 million to support the initial U.S. deployments of Generation III+ (Gen III+) Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies. Read
  2. Netanyahu Closes Down War Cabinet But Not The War Israel’s prime minister just dissolved the War Cabinet he set up months ago to coordinate decision-making about the genocidal war in Gaza. Read
  3. Feds File Complaint Against Adobe For Making Software Subscription Cancellations So Hard The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), recently announced a civil enforcement action against Adobe Inc. and two Adobe executives, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani, for alleged violations of the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA). Read
  4. New 2X Challenge Announces US$20 Billion Target for Investments for Women A multilateral coalition of public and private sector investors yesterday pledged to invest US$20 billion in women’s economic empowerment over the next three years, under the 2X Challenge. Read
  5. NASA Awards Contract for Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations NASA has awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC of Madison, Mississippi, for labor support to ensure continuing safe operations of the Sonny Carter Training Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Read
  6. Artificial Intelligence Accurately Screens Heart Failure Patients For Clinical Trial Eligibility Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) can rapidly and accurately screen patients for clinical trial eligibility, according to a new study from Mass General Brigham researchers. Such technology could make it faster and cheaper to evaluate new treatments and, ultimately, help bring successful ones to patients. Read
  7. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on June 17 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on June 17 Read
  8. A Dark Side To Dark Chocolate? New Study Finds Very Minimal Risk For Kids From Metals In Chocolates Chocolate lovers may have been alarmed by a 2023 Consumer Reports finding that some dark chocolate brands could contain harmful levels of lead and cadmium. Read
  9. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on June 14 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on June 14 Read
  10. USDA Awards $50 Million to Support Farmworkers and Agricultural Employers Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced recently that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $50 million to 141 awardees in 40 states and Puerto Rico, through the Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program (FLSP Program), reaching 177 unique agricultural operations and over 11,000 workers. Read
  11. Tunisia: Team Europe Commits €472 Million To Support The ELMED Electricity Project And Its Ecosystem Team Europe mobilises €472,6 million, including €334,6 million EU grants, to support the Italy-Tunisia electricity interconnection project “ELMED” Read
  12. Terraform and Kwon to Pay $4.5 Billion Following Fraud Verdict The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. and Do Kwon agreed to pay more than $4.5 billion following a unanimous jury verdict holding them liable for orchestrating a years-long fraud involving crypto asset securities that led to massive investor losses when the scheme unraveled. Read
  13. US Department of Labor Reaches Settlement with Lincoln Ntional Life Insurance Co. The U.S. Department of Labor announced a settlement with the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. that requires the company to change its evidence of insurability requirement – commonly known as proof of good health –for participants in job-based life insurance plans. Read
  14. HHS Announces Another $31.4 Million In Funding Opportunities For Priority Behavioral Health Needs The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced notices of funding opportunities aimed at improving behavioral health for racial and ethnic minorities, and other underserved populations. Read
  15. NASA, Boeing to Discuss Starliner’s Mission NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner’s mission and departure from the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test in a pre-departure media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 18. Read
  16. A Novel 640 Gbps Chipset Paves The Way For Next Generation Wireless Systems A new D-band CMOS transceiver chipset with 56 GHz signal-chain bandwidth achieves the highest transmission speed of 640 Gbps for a wireless device realized with integrated circuits, as reported by researchers from Tokyo Tech and National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. The proposed chipset is highly promising for the next generation of wireless systems. Read
  17. DOJ Announces Anticipated Distribution of at Least $940M to Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism in 2025 Special Master Mary Patrice Brown announced that she will authorize fifth-round payments for all eligible claims in the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (the Fund) by Jan. 1, 2025. Read
  18. U.S. Sanctions Extremist Israeli Group for Blocking Aid The U.S. yesterday sanctioned an activist Israeli group which has been preventing humanitarian aid from reaching Gazans. More important is it also pointed at Israel as accountable to protect the trucks. Read
  19. Zelensky Lands $50B from G7 and Signs 10-Year Security Pact with U.S. Ukraine was awarded a substantial incremental loan from the G7 nations and a long-term military support plan from the U.S. yesterday. Read
  20. Treasury Targets Corruption Network in Guyana The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned members of one of Guyana’s wealthiest families, Nazar Mohamed (Nazar) and his son, Azruddin Mohamed (Azruddin), their company, Mohamed’s Enterprise, and a Guyanese government official, Mae Thomas (Thomas), for their roles in public corruption in Guyana. Read
  21. BARDA Awards Up To $500 Million In Project NextGen Funding For Vaccine Clinical Trials The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is announcing up to $500 million in Project NextGen funding to plan and execute multiple Phase 2b clinical trials evaluating novel vaccines administered as a nasal spray or as a pill to protect against symptomatic COVID-19. Read
  22. Less Than 3% Of G7 Military Spending Could Help End Global Hunger And Solve Global South Debt Crisis With funds equivalent to just 2.9 percent ($35.7 billion) of their combined annual military spending, Group of Seven (G7) countries could help end world hunger and solve the debt crisis in the Global South, reveals new Oxfam analysis ahead of the G7 Summit in Borgo Egnazia, Italy. Read
  23. The Rotation Of Earth’s Inner Core Has Slowed, New Study Confirms USC scientists have proven that the Earth’s inner core is backtracking — slowing down — in relation to the planet’s surface, as shown in new research published Wednesday in Nature. Read
  24. Investigation Provisionally Concludes That Electric Vehicle Value Chains In China Benefit From Unfair Subsidies As part of its ongoing investigation, the European Commission has provisionally concluded that the battery electric vehicles (BEV) value chain in China benefits from unfair subsidisation, which is causing a threat of economic injury to EU BEV producers. Read
  25. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on June 13 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on June 13 Read