Author: News Desk

Office of Public Affairs | DOJ, ATF, Law Enforcement Partners Conclude Operation Show Me Justice

News DeskLeave a Comment on Office of Public Affairs | DOJ, ATF, Law Enforcement Partners Conclude Operation Show Me Justice

The Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, and others today announced the conclusion of Operation Show Me Justice, an ATF-led high‑impact violent crime enforcement surge in St. Louis. The DOJ‑sponsored operation was a whole‑of‑government initiative led by […]

Continue Reading

Commission hosts a high-level policy dialogue on the role of forest-based value chains in the EU’s climate transition

News DeskLeave a Comment on Commission hosts a high-level policy dialogue on the role of forest-based value chains in the EU’s climate transition

Today, Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Wopke Hoekstra brought together representatives of forest owners and the pulp and paper sector for a high-level policy dialogue on Europe’s forest-based value chains. Representatives for the Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, Jessika Roswall, and the Commissioner for Agriculture and […]

Continue Reading

Office of Public Affairs | Illegal Alien from Mexico Sentenced for International Conspiracy to Smuggle Aliens from Canada into United States

News DeskLeave a Comment on Office of Public Affairs | Illegal Alien from Mexico Sentenced for International Conspiracy to Smuggle Aliens from Canada into United States

Edgar Sanchez-Solis, 27, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced today to five years in prison for his role in an international human smuggling conspiracy that illegally brought aliens from Mexico and Central and South America across the northern border with Canada into the United States. “Mr. Sanchez-Solis profited off of a scheme that undermined […]

Continue Reading

Mayors meet with EU leaders in Brussels to advance affordable energy and climate resilience

News DeskLeave a Comment on Mayors meet with EU leaders in Brussels to advance affordable energy and climate resilience

Against a backdrop of rising energy costs and growing climate risks, hundreds of mayors gathered in Brussels for the annual EU Covenant of Mayors Ceremony for a discussion with European leaders about how to make energy more affordable, strengthen resilience, and protect people’s quality of life across Europe. Local governments are on the front line […]

Continue Reading

EASA publishes the updated Easy Access Rules for CS-GEN-MMEL (Issue 3) – Available in PDF, as online version, and in XML

News DeskLeave a Comment on EASA publishes the updated Easy Access Rules for CS-GEN-MMEL (Issue 3) – Available in PDF, as online version, and in XML

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the Easy Access Rules for Generic Master Minimum Equipment List (CS-GEN-MMEL) The new EAR for CS-GEN-MMEL (Issue 3) incorporate the ED Decision 2025/021/R providing a regular update of CS-GEN-MMEL and in particular introducing items covered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Policy Letters that had not yet been included in […]

Continue Reading

Staying one step ahead of breast cancer, our talk with Europa Donna

News DeskLeave a Comment on Staying one step ahead of breast cancer, our talk with Europa Donna

“If you have the possibility to do a breast cancer screening, for free, offered by your country, why don’t you go?” This is a question that Marzia Zambon asks as she sits down for an interview. She is the Executive Director of Europa Donna, the largest European breast cancer patient advocacy organisation. When it comes […]

Continue Reading

EU hosts first international conference on protecting aid workers

News DeskLeave a Comment on EU hosts first international conference on protecting aid workers

The European Commission and the Irish Presidency of the Council are hosting the first International Conference on the Protection of Humanitarian Aid Workers on 15–16 October. It follows a record year of violence: in 2025, 1,187 aid workers were killed, injured, kidnapped or detained worldwide. The EU has mobilised €3.5 million in funding in 2026 […]

Continue Reading

Office of Public Affairs | Mississippi Man Convicted by Federal Jury of Participating in a Criminal Conspiracy to Distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material

News DeskLeave a Comment on Office of Public Affairs | Mississippi Man Convicted by Federal Jury of Participating in a Criminal Conspiracy to Distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material

A federal jury convicted Justin Lee Plunk, 39, of Corinth, Mississippi, for conspiring to distribute and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for profit on Instagram and Telegram. “Justin Plunk exploited the most vulnerable members of our society to turn a profit,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. […]

Continue Reading

Commissioners Lahbib and Kubilius strengthen global disaster risk management through space technologies

News DeskLeave a Comment on Commissioners Lahbib and Kubilius strengthen global disaster risk management through space technologies

On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Management, the European Commission is convening the very first cross-regional dialogue ‘From Space to Grassroots: Strengthening Community Resilience to Natural Hazards through Space Technologies’. The dialogue marked the start of a process to further strengthen international cooperation to anticipate, prepare for and respond to disasters […]

Continue Reading

Office of Public Affairs | California Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking a Minor

News DeskLeave a Comment on Office of Public Affairs | California Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking a Minor

Keynin McGee, 27, of Oakland, California, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a minor in the Eastern District of California.  According to court documents, McGee met the minor victim in 2021 through Instagram. After months of speaking with her, McGee bought the victim a bus ticket for her to travel to meet him in person. When […]

Continue Reading