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  1. SEC Charges Advisory Firm Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust with Fraud The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced registered investment adviser Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT) will pay a total of $79.8 million to settle charges for overvaluing approximately 4,900 largely illiquid collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) held in 20 advisory accounts, including 11 retail mutual funds, and for executing hundreds of cross trades between advisory clients that favored certain clients over others. Read
  2. IFC And Airtel Africa Partner To Increase Access To High-speed Mobile Connectivity In Sub-Saharan Africa IFC has provided new financing to three of Airtel Africa plc's subsidiaries with the aim of bringing high-speed mobile connectivity to more than 37 million subscribers in sub-Saharan Africa. Read
  3. PAHO And MSD Launch Project To Improve Maternal Health In Latin America The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and MSD, known as Merck & Co. Inc., in the United States and Canada, recently launched a partnership to improve health care and maternal health outcomes for women and mothers in the Americas, one year after signing a letter of intent on a potential collaboration. Read
  4. Philippines Escalates Chinese Conflict with Call to UN to Enforce 2016 South China Sea Ruling The Philippine government is readying a formal demand for the United Nations to order China away from its South China Sea installations. Read
  5. Exploding Pagers And Radios: A Terrifying Violation Of International Law, Say UN Experts UN human rights experts condemned the malicious manipulation of thousands of electronic pagers and radios to explode simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria as “terrifying” violations of international law. Read
  6. EIB Board Of Directors Approves €5.3 Billion Investment For Climate Resilience And Business Competitiveness The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved a total of €5.3 billion of new financing to bolster climate resilience of communities across Europe and back business investment that strengthens competitiveness, creates skilled jobs and unlocks innovation and growth. Read
  7. Justice Department Withdraws from 1995 Bank Merger Guidelines The Justice Department announced its withdrawal from the 1995 Bank Merger Guidelines and emphasized that the 2023 Merger Guidelines remain its sole and authoritative statement across all industries. Read
  8. U.S. HRSA Releases Nearly $100 Million To Grow The Health Workforce The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced nearly $100 million in awards to grow, support, and strengthen the health workforce and improve access to quality care in high-need areas across the country. Read
  9. Vegans’ Intake Of Protein And Essential Amino Acids Is Adequate But Ultra-processed Products Are Also Needed In an article published in JAMA Network Open, researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) report on a study involving 774 men and women who followed a vegan diet in Brazil. Read
  10. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on September 19, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on September 19, 2024 Read
  11. MCC Board Approves Côte D’Ivoire Regional, Zambia Compacts The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors just approved the Côte d’Ivoire Regional and Zambia compacts, and authorized MCC’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 country selection criteria during its quarterly meeting. Read
  12. USGS Announces New Consortia for North Central and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers The U.S. Geological Survey has finalized agreements with universities, Tribal organizations and non-governmental organizations to continue the work of the North Central and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) for the next five years. Read
  13. Federal Transit Administration Announces Nearly $300 Million in Grants to Modernize America’s Ferry Systems The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently announced grants totaling nearly $300 million from to expand and modernize the nation's ferry systems. Read
  14. ORNL Kicks Off Technical Collaboration Program For Electric Grid Research A new technical collaboration program at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help businesses develop and launch electric grid innovations. Read
  15. EPA Announces Over $156 Million to Fund Solar Energy Systems for Low-Income New Mexico Residents The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing $156,120,000 from the Solar for All (SFA) grant program to the state of New Mexico. Read
  16. Fed Cuts Prime Bank Rates by 0.5 Basis Points, Twice What Most Expected The nation’s central bank cut bank lending rates for the first time in two-and-a-half years. Read
  17. Digital Transformation Accelerates, But Gaps Underscore Need For New Framework To Advance Use Of Technologies In Governments Despite intersecting and compounding global crises in recent years, nations and regions worldwide have accelerated their commitment to digital government strategies, according to the 2024 edition of the United Nations E-Government Survey – Accelerating Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development, just launched by the United Nations. Read
  18. European Commission Recommends Stronger Measures On Smoke-free Environments To Better Protect Public Health The European Commission has recommended to better protect people from the effects of second-hand smoke and aerosols through the revision of the Council Recommendation on smoke-free environments. Read
  19. NASA, US Department of Education to Launch STEM Project in Washington Media are invited to the kickoff event of a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Department of Education at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, at the Wheatley Education Campus in Washington. Read
  20. ‘Scuba-Diving’ Lizards Use Bubble To Breathe Underwater And Avoid Predators Presenting the world’s smallest (and scrappiest) scuba diver: A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York. Read
  21. Oak Street Health Agrees to Pay $60M to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability Oak Street Health, headquartered in Chicago and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CVS Health since 2023, has agreed to pay $60 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to third-party insurance agents in exchange for recruiting seniors to Oak Street Health’s primary care clinics. Read
  22. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on September 18, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on September 18, 2024 Read
  23. U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership Ministerial Joint Statement The Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP) Ministerial was convened by U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri in Washington D.C. Read
  24. Department of Interior Announces First Offshore Wind Lease Sale in the Gulf of Maine The Department of the Interior recently announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Read
  25. Over 2700 Injured as Pagers Carried by Hezbollah Explode Simultaneously in Lebanon Experts say the planting of explosives in the devices has “all the hallmarks of a Mossad operation”. Read