The Foilies are an annual project by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock to recognize the agencies, officials and contractors that thwart the public's right to know. This year's "awards" are given during Sunshine Week (March 15-21) Vancouver residents must pay twice for public records.
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GlassHouse Research raised concerns about Exchange Income Corporation's ownership of Regional One, an international aircraft leasing company. Wolfpack Research alleged Babcock & Wilcox’s recent multi-billion-dollar deal to provide power-generating boilers is with an entity created by its largest shareholder, BRC Group. The Bear Syndicate, a European short-seller group, published on TAKKT AG (Frankfurt: TTK — EUR 169 million), a German …
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Donald Trump's show of force against Iran turned into a geo-economic conflagration. US President wanted to show strength and create deterrence, but instead he set in motion a dynamic that was beyond his control. Josef Braml is a political scientist and USA specialist with over 20 years of research.
Trump's executive order raised the fee for H-1B visas to $100,000. It's unclear what effect, if any, the new rules will have on hiring, immigration, and the workforce. The fee hike is disproportionately affecting rural schools and hospitals. Alaska has nearly 600 international teachers, 341 of whom are on H- 1B visas.
Amazon's Spring Sale starts on Wednesday, March 25 and ends on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. The best deals are on binoculars, cameras and lenses. The Sony A7R V camera is the cheapest at $3,298. Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 is USM is $749.99 now $699 at Amazon. Nikon COOLPIX P950 is $849.95 now $746.95.
Jan Egeland is the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. He warns that the U.S.-Israel war on Iran is driving mass displacement and pushing humanitarian systems towards collapse. Civilians across Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and Sudan are paying the price of escalating conflict.
In 2020 María Corina Machado promoted an Operation for Peace and Stabilization (OPE) in Venezuela. The OPE's aim was to stabilize and guarantee order, recover national capabilities, restore national capabilities and restore democracy. Today the aim is to impose a transition without accountability for the most monumental looting in the recent history.
Steven Jones is the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, which measures the happiness of seafarers at sea. There is a sense of shadow that seems to have settled over the maritime world, a pall of heaviness and collective fatigue. Around 20,000 seafarers are trapped aboard vessels in or near the Persian Gulf as the Strait of Hormuz narrows under …
Brandon Sigaran Cruz, 21, was deported to El Salvador on March 15, last year. He was among more than 260 migrants sent to CECOT, an infamous megaprison known for human rights abuses. He has been imprisoned without access to a lawyer, contact with his family and no prospect of a trial before a judge in El Salvador.
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The oil spill in the Ostión lagoon in Pajapan, south of Veracruz, has left many families without their main livelihoods. Emeterio Hernández, a lagoon farmer, moved to Jicacal, a town located at the intersection between the lagoon and the Gulf of Mexico, because of the pollution. Hermenegilda Bruno, 42, highlights the economic impact they have to endure.
Arab Gulf states report new missile and drone attacks. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates warn residents to intercept incoming projectiles. Iran claims the U.S. attacked Kharg Island and Abu Musa Island from two locations in the UAE, Ras Al Khaimah and a place close to Dubai. Iran's foreign minister urges neighbors to "expel foreign aggressors"
Faten and Mahmoud run a supper club at Cafe Metro in north London. The proceeds from the event go to aid for the hungry and homeless of Gaza. Faten moved to London in 2014. Her family once lived in Beit Hanoun in Gaza, and now lives out a precarious existence in one of Gaza’s many temporary refugee camps. Food is …
The average daily population at the Otay Mesa Detention Center has increased by 200% in recent years. The report was released as the county seeks a preliminary injunction in federal court after being denied access to conduct a scheduled public-health inspection of the facility. The Immigrant Legal Defense Program provides legal representation only to individuals detained or subject to alternative …
There are 900 billionaires in the US. Eleven billionaires with a combined worth of $1.35tn attended Donald Trump's inauguration or surrounding events. Skydance, a company controlled by David Ellison and backed by his father Larry Ellison, clinched a $110bn deal to buy Warner Brothers. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to spend $65m on this year's political campaigns to elect candidates who …
Andrei Grachev, the Managing Partner of DWF Labs, a crypto market maker and investment firm, says traditional altcoin cycles are over. Institutional focus on large-cap digital assets like Bitcoin, Ether and tokenized real-world assets is diverting capital away from altcoins. The total number of crypto tokens tracked by CoinMarketCap has exploded since 2023, surging to over 37.8 million unique tokens. …
The Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb are the most important maritime chokepoints in the Middle East. Since the 1980s, the two-way trade between the Gulf and Asia has boomed, but little was done to protect their supply chains. The current conflict between the US and Iran has exposed the "structural tension" in the Gulf-Asia economic relationship.
Health reporter Diana Bletter joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode of The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing. She talks about the first time that a Lebanon threat brought a Galilee hospital underground and emergency preparedness. In the second half of the program, they drill down into life in the north of Israel.
The right to die by euthanasia is popular in the Netherlands. Dr. Menno Oosterhoff ended the life of his 18-year-old patient in October 2022. He injected her with a coma-inducing drug and a muscle relaxer to stop her breathing. The majority of physician-assisted deaths involve physical illness.
According to the poll, Europeans see China as a more dependable partner than the U.S. and believe China is leading on advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence. Europeans see it as possible to reduce reliance on the U.,S. but harder to reduce dependence on China.
In January 2026, inflation decreased to 2.4%, but food prices in December 2025 were 3.1% higher than in December 2024. Katina Holliday, owner of Freshly’s Market in Aberdeen, Mississippi, says the average price for a dozen eggs at her store is less than $2, whereas last summer customers paid $15-$20 per watermelon. COVID strangled supply chains, Russia-Ukraine war raised energy …
The Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict is destabilizing the region's security balance and threatening Central Asia's long-term trade and logistics strategies. Central Asian states are re-examining their security strategies. Border security has become a priority strategic issue for Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, which share a direct border with Afghanistan.
The Black Week of Spring is almost over and Germany's shopping carts are telling their own truth again. Millions have bought what is important to them: cheap, practical and often checked by the BILD purchase advisor. The Ooono Co-Driver No2 is one of the most purchased devices during Deals Week. Xiaomi TV F Pro with 75 inches is currently the …