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  1. Maduro Doubles Down on Opposition Crackdowns with Hardline Interior Minister Appointment and Key Arrest Ever since President Nicolás Maduro lost the July 28 presidential election by a landslide, he continues to transform his government from a virtual dictatorship into a real one. Read
  2. Special Counsel Appeals Judge’s “Nonsensical” Dismissal of Trump Classified Documents Theft Case Special Counsel Jack Smith filed an appeal yesterday to Judge Aileen Cannon’s July 15 ruling that the counsel was not a legal appointment and a justification to dismiss the case. Read
  3. Scientists Investigate A Resource Critical To Millions Of People In Washington State Together with partners, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists from the Washington Water Science Center have used cutting-edge tools to estimate groundwater, a critical regional resource for more than one million people in the southeast Puget Sound region of Washington. Read
  4. DOD, India Ministry of Defence Enter Into Security of Supply Arrangement On August 22, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India (IN MoD) entered into a bilateral, non-binding Security of Supply Arrangement (SOSA). Read
  5. Applications For The UK Government’s Chevening Scholarships Is Now Open To Apply UK government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarships applications for next cohort (2025/26) open until 5 November 2024. Read
  6. African Development Bank, African Union Launch Landmark Initiative to Eradicate Malnutrition Across Africa The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank Group's African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) initiative, in collaboration with the government of Senegal, have launched a series of regional consultations(link is external) that aim to transform nutrition policy and financing and end malnutrition across Africa. Read
  7. IUCN Experts To Provide Guidance For Biodiversity Monitoring At Ecowende’s Ecological Wind Farm The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Ecowende signed a partnership agreement with the aim to provide advice on the wind farm developer's extensive programme on nature preservation and reinforcement for the Hollandse Kust West wind farm in the North Sea. Read
  8. NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers NASA has selected three additional companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract. Read
  9. Turning Bacteria Into Bioplastic Factories In a world overrun by petroleum-based plastics, scientists are searching for alternatives that are more sustainable, more biodegradable and far less toxic to the environment. Read
  10. Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American Renters The Justice Department, together with the Attorneys General of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, recently filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against RealPage Inc. for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing and to monopolize the market for commercial revenue management software that landlords use to price apartments. Read
  11. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on August 14, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on August 14, 2024 Read
  12. Fed Chair Says Rate Cuts Are Coming Jerome Powell declared yesterday at a special banking forum that central bank rates will soon be dropping. Read
  13. Canadian Authorities Order End to Railway Strike Over 9,000 railway workers who went on strike yesterday at the two biggest Canadian railway freight operators have been ordered back to work. Now comes the hard part. Read
  14. Ukraine Launches Largest Drone Attack Yet on Moscow The war in Ukraine just escalated to another level. The world is watching for Moscow’s response. Read
  15. NSF Awards $38M To Strengthen Research Infrastructure, Build Partnerships And Improve STEM Workforce Development The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded researchers in Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island roughly $38 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which promotes the development of research competitiveness among twenty-eight targeted states and territories, called jurisdictions. Read
  16. EU And India To Convene High-level Regional Experts To Discuss How To Combat Exploitation Of Online Spaces By Extremist Actors The European Union (EU), in collaboration with organising partner Global Counter-Terrorism Council (GCTC) and with India’s Ministry of External Affairs as a strategic partner, will be hosting a crucial regional conference on August 21-22, to discuss the current and emerging threats in online radicalisation and find ways to jointly counter the exploitation of online spaces by extremist and terrorist actors. Read
  17. Unprecedented Canadian Railway Strike to Shut Down Two Largest Railways Starting August 22, Paralyzing Shipping The unions which represent Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) railways plan to stop work and bring railway shipping to a halt tomorrow. Read
  18. GSA Awards Construction Contract For CISA Headquarters Washington, D.C.'s St. Elizabeths West Campus On August 16, 2024, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the selection of Clark Construction to provide general construction for the new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Headquarters at the St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D.C. Read
  19. SEC Charges Carl Icahn and Icahn Enterprises L.P. for Failing to Disclose Pledges of Company’s Securities The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced charges against Carl C. Icahn and his publicly traded company, Icahn Enterprises L.P. (IEP), for failing to disclose information relating to Icahn’s pledges of IEP securities as collateral to secure personal margin loans worth billions of dollars under agreements with various lenders. Read
  20. IFC and SECO Partner with the Central Bank of Kosovo to Advance Digital Financial Services IFC has partnered with the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo (CBK) to develop and expand digital financial services in the country. Read
  21. NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale NASA has awarded a total of $1.25 million to three U.S. teams in the third and final round of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The teams delivered novel food production technologies that could provide long-duration human space exploration missions with safe, nutritious, and tasty food. Read
  22. Red And Processed Meat Consumption Associated With Higher Type 2 Diabetes Risk Study published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology finds meat consumption, particularly consumption of processed meat and unprocessed red meat, is associated with a higher type 2 diabetes risk, an analysis of data from 1.97 million participants Read
  23. HHS Announces More Than $1.4 Billion to Provide Lifesaving HIV Medications and Health Care Services The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced more than $1.4 billion in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding for the HRSA AIDS Drug Assistance Program and related awards. Read
  24. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on August 13, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on August 13, 2024 Read
  25. The Latest Gaza Ceasefire Proposal Will Not Happen America’s Antony Blinken once again says a ceasefire is the closest it has been in some time. Don’t believe it. Read