In a recent development, federal prosecutors have brought charges against an engineer employed by a Los Angeles-area company. The individual is accused of unlawfully appropriating trade secrets related to technologies designed for the U.S. government’s space initiatives, specifically for detecting nuclear missile launches and tracking ballistic and hypersonic missiles. The ...
Read More »Man Receives Prison Sentence for Attempting to Disrupt Voting for Trump Through X
A social media influencer who supported Trump has been sentenced to seven months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to discourage potentially thousands of individuals who favored former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election. The individual in question, Douglass Mackey, who was 33 at ...
Read More »Google Directs East Coast Employees to Stay Home as Wildfire Smoke Engulfs
Amidst the worsening air quality caused by wildfire smoke engulfing New York and various other major cities, Google has issued instructions for its East Coast employees to work from home. Concerned about the health and well-being of its staff, the company has taken proactive measures to mitigate exposure to the ...
Read More »Impact of Canadian Wildfire Smoke: Hazy Skies and Unhealthy Air Quality Engulf New York City
The air quality in New York City has plummeted to alarming levels this week due to the southward drift of smoke originating from raging wildfires in Canada. According to AirNow, the U.S. government’s online platform, the air quality index across all five boroughs exceeded 150 on Tuesday. These levels are ...
Read More »OPEC Plus to reduce the oil production
The Organization of the Oil Producing Countries OPEC Plus last week decided to cut production by 2 million barrels per day. America was opposed to this decision. The move is believed to be creating a gap between the Biden administration and the Saudi royal family. While both have been each other’s trusted allies. ...
Read More »US approves $1.1bn arms sale to Taiwan
US President Joe Biden has increased aid to Taiwan, tightening his stance on China. It is reported that the Biden administration has approved the sale of weapons worth more than one billion dollars to the island country in view of the ongoing tension between Taiwan and China. The US State Department ...
Read More »U.S. announces $3 billion military aid as Ukraine continues 6-month war
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that the US would provide about $3 billion in additional military aid to Ukraine as Ukraine marked the start of an unprovoked invasion of Russia as well as six months after its Independence Day. Although the earlier aid packages focused on meeting Ukraine’s urgent ...
Read More »FBI seizes top secret documents from Donald Trump’s house
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recovered some top secret government documents from former US President Donald Trump’s residence in the US state of Florida. The US Justice Department said Friday that FBI agents searched Trump’s home in Florida this week, confiscating some confidential documents. These documents were related ...
Read More »US declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency
The Biden administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak in the US a public health emergency amid rising cases of monkeypox infection. The country’s top health official has confirmed this. Cases of monkeypox infection are being reported in the world as well as in Europe. The US health minister said the move is ...
Read More »Mortgage demand at 22-year low due to higher interest rate
USA – Mortgage demand fell more than 6% over the past week, hitting its lowest level since 2000, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Applying for a mortgage to buy a house fell 7% for the week and was down 19% compared to the same week in ...
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