Month: April 2019

The latest report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed that sales of arms and military services by global majors totaled $398.2 billion in “Lords of war: US weapons factories dominate global arms trade”

CHICAGO – A sold-out exhibit show, highly-attended fireside chats and mentoring session were just some of the highlights on day two of the 2018 NFCA “NFCA National Convention Day two recap”

An MPP says he was kicked out of the Progressive Conservative caucus for speaking up about unregistered — and possibly illegal — lobbying by close “Randy Hillier Says Doug Ford Kicked Him Out Of Caucus For Speaking Up About Illegal Lobbying”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Courtney Hill of Fort Gibson (Okla.) High School was named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for her outstanding play “Fort Gibson’s Hill named 2018-19 MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of Week”

Venezuela’s state-run energy giant PDVSA will relocate its European office to the Russian capital because of high risks of potential confiscation of oil revenues amid “Venezuelan PDVSA moves HQ to Moscow to ‘safeguard oil assets against seizure’”

Caracas plans to sell 29 tons of gold to the United Arab Emirates in return for euro in cash, Reuters cites a senior government official “Venezuela to sell gold reserves to UAE without Russia’s help – report”

EDMONTON — Mentioning climate change can kill a conversation. But a new Alberta project is using the topic to start one — and is showing “Alberta Narratives Project Wants To Make Climate Change Conversations Easier”

CHIBA, Japan — The United States repeated as Softball World Champions and secured a berth into the 2020 Olympics following a memorable finale against the “USA secures berth to 2020 Tokyo Olympics”

Germany does not intend to prevent Chinese tech giant Huawei from developing 5G networks, the country’s economy minister said, adding that the EU stands ready “Germany won’t ban Huawei & ready to oppose US pressure – economy minister”

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry grabbed a chance to question the state of judicial independence in Canada on Friday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “China Suggests SNC-Lavalin Affair Shows Liberals' Double Standards”