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  1. JBIC Signs MOU with the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC; Governor: HAYASHI Nobumitsu) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB; President: Dr. Serhat Köksal) to enhance cooperation between the two organizations, taking the opportunity of the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Reconstruction in Tokyo, Japan. Read
  2. European Commission Opens Formal Proceedings Against TikTok Under The Digital Services Act The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether TikTok may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to the protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, as well as the risk management of addictive design and harmful content. Read
  3. NASA Announces Live Coverage First US Uncrewed Commercial Moon Landing As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Intuitive Machines is targeting no earlier than 5:49 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22, to land their Odysseus lunar lander near Malapert A in the South Pole region of the Moon. Read
  4. Junk DNA In Birds May Hold Key To Safe, Efficient Gene Therapy The recent approval of a CRISPR-Cas9 therapy for sickle cell disease demonstrates that gene editing tools can do a superb job knocking out genes to cure hereditary disease. But it's still not possible to insert whole genes into the human genome to substitute for defective or deleterious genes. Read
  5. U.S. And U.K. Disrupt LockBit Ransomware Variant The Department of Justice joined the United Kingdom and international law enforcement partners in London February 20 to announce the disruption of the LockBit ransomware group, one of the most active ransomware groups in the world that has targeted over 2,000 victims, received more than $120 million in ransom payments, and made ransom demands totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Read
  6. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on February 20, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on February 20, 2024 Read
  7. U.S. Proposes Its First UN Security Council Gaza Ceasefire Resolution While still opposing an Algerian proposal demanding an immediate ceasefire, Biden has now offered an alternative of his own. Read
  8. UK Defense Industry Spending Tops £25 Billion For First Time The 2022/23 statistics, published recently, detail the money spent by the MOD with UK defense companies. The breadth of spending highlights the government’s commitment to continually improving the defense sector, while supporting the economy and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country. Read
  9. Pakistan Finally Agrees to Complete Gas Pipeline to Iran Energy starved Pakistan could have been importing inexpensive natural gas from Iran for many years, but didn't due to pressure from the U.S. Read
  10. Recent Rare Earth Discoveries in Wyoming Could Be Massive A just-released technical report by a Wyoming mining enterprise revealed this month there could be as much as 64% more rare earth minerals than when first assays were done in early 2023. Read
  11. Indian Shipping Cargo Union Refuses to Load Weapons Bound for Israel A labor collective representing over 3,500 workers at 11 key seaports in India said it will no longer assist with handling or loading of military supplies for Israel. Read
  12. FAA Announces Nearly $1 Billion In Grants to Improve Airports across the U.S. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $970 million to improve 114 airports across the country, spanning 44 states and three territories. Read
  13. Study Finds Nearly $124B Positive Fiscal Impact of Refugees and Asylees on the American Economy The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) recently published a groundbreaking report, The Fiscal Impact of Refugees and Asylees at The Federal, State and Local Levels From 2005-2019. Read
  14. Interior Department Announces Expansion of Reconstruction Era National Historic Network In commemoration of Black History Month, the Department of the Interior today announced five additions to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, which was created in 2019 to recognize and amplify sites and programs throughout the country that share stories of freedom, struggle, education and self-determination associated with the period of Reconstruction from 1861 to 1900. Read
  15. Leaders Say Financing And Stronger Policies Needed To Tackle Malnutrition Africa’s children are paying a huge price for malnutrition, a high-level round table convened by the African Union and African Leaders for Nutrition Champion heard Friday evening. Read
  16. Bosnia And Herzegovina: European Union And Its Bank EIB Global Support Construction Of Vlašić Wind Farm EIB Global, the financial arm of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for activities outside the European Union, has signed a €36 million loan for the construction of a 50 MW wind farm on the high plateau of Vlašić mountain, located about 15 km north-west of the town of Travnik. Read
  17. NASA Stennis Celebrates Milestone for Historic Autonomous Systems Mission NASA’s Stennis Space Center and Sidus Space, Inc., marked another milestone February 15 for the Center’s first-ever in-flight autonomous systems software mission as a payload rider on the Sidus Space LizzieSatTM small satellite. Read
  18. Newly Discovered Genetic Markers Help Pinpoint Diabetes Risks, Complications In the largest genome-wide association study to date on Type 2 diabetes, a team of international researchers, co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has located 1,289 genetic markers associated with Type 2 diabetes (145 of which are newly identified) and generated risk scores for diabetes complications. Read
  19. Doctor Convicted of $2.8M Medicare Fraud Scheme A federal jury convicted a California man yesterday for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by billing $2.8 million for hospice services that patients did not need. Read
  20. DOD Announces Next Round of Projects to Receive Funding to Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) announced the next round of projects to receive funding via the pilot program to Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT). These projects are the first to be selected during FY24 with additional selections expected following an appropriation. Read
  21. Carmakers Are Failing to Deliver Affordable Electric Cars, Holding Back EV Adoption – Analysis Just 17% of electric cars sold in Europe are compact vehicles in the cheaper B segment, compared to 37% of new combustion engines, new analysis finds. Read
  22. Israel Finalizing Plans for Destruction of Gaza and Expulsion of Remaining Palestinians Israel’s psychopathic Prime Minister announced he will be presenting his plan early this week for the final mass attack on Rafah and the elimination one way or another of most Palestinians remaining in Gaza. Read
  23. IFC, JBIC Sign MOU To Collaborate In Common Regions Of Operation, Help Post-War Recovery In Ukraine To strengthen collaboration and explore opportunities in their common regions of operation, including Ukraine, IFC and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 14 February. Read
  24. Nearly $83 Million In Funding Available to Expand U.S. Air Quality Monitoring The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on February 16 announced the availability of $81 million in funding for eligible air agencies to expand and upgrade the nation's air quality monitoring networks as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda. Read
  25. FTC, HHS Seek Public Comment on Generic Drug Shortages and Competition Amongst Powerful Middlemen The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly issued a Request for Information to understand how the practices of two types of pharmaceutical drug middlemen groups—group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and drug wholesalers—may be contributing to generic drug shortages. Read