Category: World

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $2.47 billion contract to deliver 15 additional KC‑46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers, strengthening America’s long‑term air mobility and modernization strategy. Expanding the Fleet The deal, announced on November 25, 2025, is part of the Lot 12 contract award, bringing the total number of KC‑46A multi‑mission refuelers on […]

A Brazilian national, Bruna Caroline Ferreira, has been taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after her arrest near Boston on November 12, 2025, according to her attorney, Todd Pomerleau Yahoo News Australia WHDH 7News WBUR Mediaite The Independent. The Arrest Ferreira, who shares a child with Michael Leavitt, the brother of […]

Today, the Department of State announced an agreement to provide up to $150 million to Zipline International Inc. to expand access to life-saving medical supplies, including blood and medicines, reaching as many as 15,000 health facilities across Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda. The Department of State is supporting Zipline’s American-made advanced robotics, providing […]

  One in three women in Europe. Have experienced gender-based violence. Have had a violent partner in their lifetime. Have suffered sexual harassment at work. When you take into account that this violence continues to be under-reported, these numbers make for even more grim reading – this violence must stop. This is why every year […]

Sir Richard Branson has announced the death of his wife and lifelong partner, Lady Joan Branson, at the age of 80. The Virgin Group founder shared the news on social media, describing her as “my best friend, my rock, my guiding light, my world.” A Life Together The couple first met in 1976 at The […]

A South Korean‑born New Zealand woman, Hakyung Lee, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of her two young children in a case that shocked the nation and became known as the “suitcase murders.” The Crime Lee killed her children, aged eight and six, in 2018, a year after their father died of […]

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed every year on 25 November. It raises global awareness about gender-based violence and honors the legacy of the Mirabal sisters, who were assassinated in 1960 for opposing dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. 📅 Origins and History 🌍 Current Relevance ✊ Global Action 🔑 […]

Under President Trump’s leadership and direction, senior Administration officials from the Department of State, Department of Agriculture, and U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission met with Mexican counterparts to discuss immediate and concrete steps Mexico would take to reduce shortfalls in water deliveries and ensure compliance with the 1944 Water Treaty. The officials examined available […]

The Justice Department announced today that Sky Lease I Inc. (Sky Lease) has paid $1,030,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it falsely reported information about the transfer of U.S. mail to foreign posts or other intended recipients under contracts with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Sky Lease is an air cargo delivery company […]

In recent years, rare earth elements have become the focal point of renewed competition between the world’s major powers. These materials are crucial to the manufacture of all manner of products, ranging from weapons to medical products, AI hardware and cars. In this new panorama, the United States and Europe are at a disadvantage, as […]