Category: World

Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling attends a safety stand-down in Bethesda, Maryland, on May 7 hosted by Hensel Phelps. This week, I was excited to join construction company Hensel Phelps and more than 1,800 workers, employers, and other stakeholders at the National Institutes of Health work site in Bethesda, Maryland, for the annual National Safety Stand-Down […]

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is scheduled to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels today, where a key item on the agenda will be the nature of proposed EU retaliatory tariffs in response to the United States’ anticipated “Liberation Day” trade moves. Ireland’s primary objective is to ensure its vital economic interests […]

A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes forced the closure of Moscow’s major airports, causing widespread travel disruptions just as Chinese President Xi Jinping was set to arrive for Victory Day celebrations. Escalation in Drone Warfare The attacks, part of Ukraine’s ongoing military strategy, targeted key infrastructure, including Kubinka military airfield, which houses Russian fighter jets […]

A former FBI electronics technician has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for a string of child exploitation offenses, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee (justice.gov). Justin Carroll, who worked at the FBI’s Providence Field Office, was convicted by a jury on seven […]

A Philadelphia man, Zyair Dangerfield-Hill, has been convicted at trial for his role in the gunpoint carjacking of a 73-year-old man in West Philadelphia’s Spruce Hill neighborhood. The verdict, delivered on April 25, 2025, found Dangerfield-Hill guilty of carjacking and aiding and abetting, as well as carrying and using a firearm during a violent crime. […]

The Trump administration has intensified efforts to defund public broadcasting, with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announcing that the Department of Education has terminated the Ready To Learn grant—a $23 million federal program supporting educational children’s content on PBS and NPR. Impact on Public Media and Children’s Programming The Ready To Learn grant, historically […]

Oil giant ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has posted a first-quarter net profit of $7.7 billion, reflecting a 7% decline from the previous year. Despite the dip, the company has reaffirmed its capital expenditure guidance, maintaining a target of $27-29 billion for 2025. Financial Performance and Market Strategy ExxonMobil’s earnings report highlights strong cash flow, with $13 billion […]

A wave of Ukrainian drone attacks forced the temporary closure of multiple airports across Russia, including four in the Moscow region, overnight. While reports indicate minor injuries, no significant damage has been confirmed. Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow’s busiest hub, remained unaffected by the strikes. Drone Assault and Airspace Disruptions Russian authorities suspended flights at several airports […]

The crisis sparked by the Trump administration’s tariff policy has forced the world to consider which industries will be hardest hit by future levies on imports and exports. Soy and corn are two of the US’ main exports to Europe, and are among the products that the European Union (EU) plans to tax in response […]

Today, the Department of Justice announced the results of Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators. The operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders in the nationwide crackdown. The coordinated effort was executed over the course of […]