Category: World

Los Angeles, Federal authorities have charged Paul Richard Randall, 66, of Orange, California, with health care fraud for allegedly orchestrating a $270 million scheme to defraud Medi-Cal, California’s public health insurance program, through fraudulent prescription drug reimbursements. 💊 Scheme Overview Between May 2022 and April 2023, Randall and co-conspirators exploited a temporary suspension of Medi-Cal’s […]

On April 24th, Veolia’s shareholders voted by more than 99% to inscribe the company’s corporate purpose into its bylaws. This means that Veolia’s board of directors will need to monitor the implementation of its corporate purpose by executive management even more closely than before. What approach will they take? Rather examining how corporate management handles corporate […]

Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told ambassadors in the UN Security Council that the ICC has “reasonable grounds to believe” that both war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed in region, where a deepening conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has plunged the region into a humanitarian […]

📍 Brussels, July 10, 2025 — The European Union has secured a landmark agreement with Israel to significantly expand humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip, following weeks of diplomatic pressure and mounting concern over deteriorating conditions in the enclave. The deal was announced by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, ahead of a key foreign […]

📍 London, July 9, 2025 — In a closely watched legal case, the High Court has awarded £500,000 in damages to a couple living in Bankside Lofts after ruling that the adjacent Arbor office tower, designed by PLP Architecture, caused a substantial loss of natural light to their sixth-floor apartment. Their upstairs neighbour, Kevin Cooper, […]

📍 Dublin, July 10, 2025 — Ministers Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Health) and Norma Foley (Children, Disability and Equality) have welcomed the recommendations put forward by the National Youth Assembly of Ireland (NYAI) to enhance online safety and wellbeing for children and young people. The proposals emerged from a dedicated Assembly session on Youth Online Health, […]

📍 Strasbourg, July 9, 2025 — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on EU member states to directly procure weapons from Ukraine’s defense industry, which she described as “impressive” but currently operating at only 60% capacity. Her remarks came during a plenary debate at the European Parliament, following the June 26 European […]

📍 Washington, D.C. — July 9, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump stated Wednesday that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is nearing completion, following two days of intensive talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. “We’re getting very close to a deal,” Trump said, adding that negotiations could conclude “this week […]

📍 St. Louis, July 3, 2025 — A federal judge has sentenced Ronald O. Perkins, 30, of Black Jack, Missouri, to 34 years in prison for committing five armed robberies across Missouri and Illinois in 2023. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk, who described the evidence against Perkins as […]

📍 Los Angeles, July 9, 2025 — At least 15 workers are trapped following the collapse of a large industrial tunnel in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). The incident occurred around 8 p.m. at a construction site near South Figueroa Street, part of the $630.5 million […]