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  1. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on February 07, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on February 07, 2024 Read
  2. IFC and Côte d’Ivoire Partner to Expand Access to Affordable, High-Quality Healthcare To improve access to healthcare services for millions of people in Côte d'Ivoire, IFC signed two agreements to help the government structure and implement public-private partnerships (PPPs) for affordable, high-quality laboratory and imaging services at 14 hospitals in the country. Read
  3. Israel to Receive Hamas’ “Positive” Response to Egyptian Truce Deal for Gaza A proposed six week truce agreement in Gaza is now cycling back to Israel for review. Read
  4. DOJ Files Bribery Charges Against 70 Current and Former New York City Housing Authority Employees in Contracting Scandal On February 6, the Department of Justice indicted the largest number of individuals ever in a single day on charges of bribery, against employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) who accepted money in return for construction contract awards. Read
  5. New Water-focused Innovation Engine Aims To Turn Waste Into Wealth For Great Lakes Region The waste in our water could soon generate new waves of clean energy development, job creation and economic growth across the Great Lakes thanks to a new regional innovation and economic development initiative launched by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Read
  6. Kenya: African Development Bank Adopts New 5 Year Economic Plan The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on 14th December 2023 approved a new five-year Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Kenya. Read
  7. CDC Opens New East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in Japan U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Mandy Cohen celebrated the opening of the new CDC East Asia and Pacific (EAP) regional office in Tokyo, Japan, at a ceremony that included U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Japan Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Keizo Takemi, diplomatic and health leaders from countries in the region, international organizations, and academic institutions. Read
  8. EU's Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse Receives New Impetus with Updated Criminal Law Regulations The European Commission is adopting a proposal to update the criminal law rules on child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. Child sexual abuse is a heinous crime which has evolved significantly over the past years. Read
  9. SEC Charges China-Based Tech Company Cloopen Group with Accounting Fraud The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced settled accounting fraud charges against Cloopen Group Holding Limited, a China-based provider of cloud communications products and services whose American depositary shares formerly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Read
  10. Minerals Security Partnership Announces Collaboration Between GECAMINES in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and JOGMEC In Japan The United States, as Chair of the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), and MSP partners, announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between LA GENERALE DES CARRIERES ET DES MINES (GECAMINES) and the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC). Read
  11. First National Bank of Pennsylvania on Discriminatory Lending Practices Pays $13.5M Fine in Lending Discrimination Case The Justice Department and the State of North Carolina jointly announced recently that First National Bank of Pennsylvania (FNB) has agreed to pay $13.5 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Read
  12. Singapore Scientists Uncover A Crucial Link Between Cholesterol Synthesis And Cancer Progression Scientists led by a team at Duke-NUS Medical School have made a breakthrough in understanding the mechanisms that influence cancer cell growth and development. Publishing in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the researchers illuminate the previously hidden role of a novel enzyme, called fatty acid hydroxylase domain containing 2 (FAXDC2), revealing its pivotal role in cholesterol synthesis and cancer progression. Read
  13. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on February 06, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on February 06, 2024 Read
  14. Polish Energy Giant Sues Former Directors And Insurer Over Failed Coal Power Plant Investment The management of Polish energy giant Enea are suing the company’s former directors and its insurers for lack of due diligence over a coal power plant investment that lost the company more than PLN 650 million ($160 million). Read
  15. Senate to Vote on $118B Bill to Support Israel Genocide, Extending Ukraine War, and Mexico Border Control The Democratically led Senate reached agreement last week on a massive bill which will fund two bloody foreign wars for months to come. Read
  16. Study: This Protein May Be The ‘Glue’ That Helps COVID Virus Stick When SARS-CoV-2 enters the human body, the virus’ spike protein binds to a cell, allowing the virus to infiltrate and begin replicating. A new study from Tulane University, conducted in partnership with Florida International University and published in Protein Science, has identified a protein that may be the glue that helps COVID’s spike protein stick. Read
  17. Counterterrorism: EU And UK Hold Dialogue On Shared Priorities And Approaches The European Union and the United Kingdom held their first ever Counterterrorism Dialogue in Brussels on 2 February. The Dialogue focused on enhancing cooperation and coordination in countering and preventing terrorism and violent extremism. Read
  18. Citibank Sued for Failing to Protect and Reimburse Victims of Electronic Fraud Citi Maintains Poor Security and Anti-Fraud Protocols, Leading to Millions of Dollars in Losses for New York Account Holders Read
  19. Man Sentenced for $336M Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Identity Theft Scheme A New York man was sentenced recently to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay over $336 million in restitution for a years-long fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators, including physicians throughout the country, defrauded multiple health insurance companies out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Read
  20. Ultra-sensitive Lead Detector Could Significantly Improve Water Quality Monitoring Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an ultra-sensitive sensor made with graphene that can detect extraordinarily low concentrations of lead ions in water. Read
  21. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on February 05, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on February 05, 2024 Read
  22. Government Announces Two-year Extension To Ban On Foreign Ownership Of Canadian Housing On February 4, Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced the federal government’s intent to extend by an additional two years the existing ban on foreign ownership of Canadian housing. Read
  23. U.S. Escalates Middle East War Further with Attacks on 13 Locations in Yemen The U.S.-led coalition bombed 36 targets located throughout Yemen on February 3 and more on Feb 4. Read
  24. Estados Unidos Amenaza con Restablecer Sanciones a Venezuela por Inhabilitación a Maria Corina Machado Si el gobierno de Maduro no levanta la inhabilitación de la candidata opositora María Corina Machado, un funcionario de la Casa Blanca afirmó que Estados Unidos retomará las sanciones al sector petrolero de Venezuela. Read
  25. The Federal Transit Administration Releases Environment Report on Planned NYC Bus Terminal The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on February is announcing the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s proposed Bus Terminal in New York City. Read