(Bloomberg) — Germany is considering scaling back plans to ramp up government screening of Chinese investments, the Wall Street Journal reported. Most Read from Bloomberg A decision to ease back from a planned foreign investment-screening law had become likelier due to fears that scrutiny on Chinese investments could hurt Berlin’s efforts to revitalize Germany’s economy, […]
Leaked discussions about a mass deportation plan. A trial for using Nazi language. And now China spying allegations and reports about covert payments from a Kremlin ally. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is facing unprecedented scrutiny this year and fighting to put out multiple fires that are denting its support ahead of European […]
Boeing said it has lost 355 million dollars (£286 million) on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from whistleblowers. The chief executive of Boeing said the firm is in “a […]
In Montana, Republican Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy realizes that he’s running in a rural state against incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, who has a lot of experience as a farmer. It’s probably why the GOP challenger has told voters that he grew up “rural Minnesota,” adding, “[A]lthough we were not farmers, I grew up in an […]
The wife of a top official in President Biden’s White House is considering a run for Congress in New Hampshire, but she has not voted in the district for 16 years. Maggie Goodlander, the wife of Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, is mulling a House bid in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, Democratic sources […]
Boeing was the subject of dual US Senate hearings on Wednesday as Congress examined allegations of major safety failures at the embattled aircraft manufacturer. The company has been pushed into crisis mode since a door-plug panel blew off a 737 Max jetliner during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. The Senate Commerce Committee heard from […]
(Bloomberg) — Boeing Co. faces a deepening crisis of confidence after an engineer at the US planemaker alleged the company took manufacturing shortcuts on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft in order to ease production bottlenecks of its most advanced airliner. Most Read from Bloomberg Factory workers wrongly measured and filled gaps that can occur when airframe […]
Wisconsin voters on Tuesday approved two referendums that change the state Constitution to prohibit clerks from using private grants to administer elections and add that only appointed election officials can perform tasks to conduct elections. About 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, with about 45% of the votes in, about 54% of voters had approved the first question […]
CRRUA under scrutiny again for water quality issues EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) remains under scrutiny for water quality issues in Southern New Mexico and has been fined more than $250,000 by the State of New Mexico in a continuation of a long-simmering saga over its water service. […]
The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks wanted to use federal funding to help offset the cost of a $20 million shooting range outside Rapid City. That is, until the department learned more time was needed to analyze the site’s significance to Native Americans. Artifacts had been found, according to the state Tribal Historic […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian oil firms face delays of up to several months to be paid for crude and fuel as banks in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) become more wary of U.S. secondary sanctions, eight sources familiar with the matter said. Payment delays reduce revenue to the Kremlin and make them […]
An internal Bradenton Police Department investigation continues at the agency amid scrutiny of the neighboring Palmetto Police Department’s handling of a tasing-related death case. The active BPD administrative investigation is confidential and exempt from public records under Florida Statute. BDP officials have yet to explain what the probe could entail beyond its administrative label. According […]