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Key Senate Republicans aren't impressed with the shaky Iran peace deal
The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said planned payouts to Iran would make an Obama-era deal look like a \
Italy's Meloni pushes back on Trump's 'fabricated' claim as top diplomat cancels U.S. trip
ROME (AP) — The Italian government closed ranks on Friday to slam U.S. President Donald Trump over his claim that Premier Giorgia Meloni had “begged” for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that suggested the longtime U.S. ally had had enough of Trump’s boasting. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani abruptly cancelled a planned trip to the United States this weekend, calling Trump’s claims “serious and offensive” toward Meloni and all
‘The purpose of the rule is fascism’: scientists fight back against planned Trump research cuts
Stand Up for Science founder says proposal to control how grants are spent would ‘dismantle US science ecosystem’
Sony drops “PC”, adds “AI” to official PlayStation business strategy summary
Sony had made some conspicuous edits and updates to its description of PlayStation’s “business environment and strategy,” in a new annual report filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today. These changes are part of a 379-word overview of Sony’s strategy for its Game & Network Services (G&NS) division, which is another name for PlayStation. The chunk about PlayStation strategy is part of a voluminous financial report filed by Sony each June. This year’s is 229 pages long. Differences to any part of the filing—word changes made from year to year, as Sony provides a breakdown of its business for investors—can be illuminating. For example: A line from 2025 about how the PlayStation team “aims to achieve sustainable and profitable business growth” has been changed in the 2026 version to “aims to achieve sustainable business growth.” Notice which word they cut? That’s a pretty clear tell about how Sony expects its profit margins to be squeezed this year, due to rising chip costs for its hardware, among other things. A line from 2025 that stated “Sony plans to continue its efforts to deploy its first-party titles to multiple platforms such as PC” had been cut from the 2026 version. That appears to be Sony’s admission by omission that it has backed off releasing its biggest games on PC. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported in March and again in May that Sony’s big single-player marquee games are no longer planned for time-delayed release on PC.1 A whole new chunk has also been added about how “Sony is utilizing AI to unleash the creativity of studios and further enhance the PlayStation experience.” A full breakdown of the changes made from the 2025 version to the 2026 version is below. I’ve redlined them for you…
MoU’s $300bn Iran reconstruction fund becomes US political flashpoint
Trump says US will not pay for planned fund as part of Iran MoU, as lawmakers connect price tag to affordability issues.
Planned 'Police Academy' reboot starring Key and Peele was canceled after Michael Brown killing in Ferguson
Ike Barinholtz says he was writing a new 'Police Academy' film for Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, until Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Mo.
Inside High 5: Renderings of Estero’s upcoming entertainment complex
See new renderings of High 5 Entertainment in Estero, including bowling, arcade attractions, pickleball courts, miniature golf, dining areas and outdoor gathering spaces ahead of its planned 2027 opening.
Trump says he is canceling DNI hearings as he vents frustration at legislative maneuvering over surveillance law
President Trump says he is canceling a planned hearing Wednesday for his nominee to serve as Director of National Intelligence, venting frustration at legislative maneuvering over a US surveillance authority.
Merchants of Doubt and the attacks on Extreme Event Attribution science
Last week, I attended a meeting at Columbia University on attribution science and climate law, hosted by the Sabin Center. It was a fantastic event, bringing together scientists and legal experts working at the intersection of extreme event attribution and climate law. Subscribe For those unfamiliar with it, extreme event attribution attempts to quantify the contribution of climate change to an extreme event. For example, several groups analyzed the impact of climate change on Hurricane Harvey’s enormous rainfall totals over Houston, Texas and they found that climate change increased rainfall by 15 to 38%. One thing that came up again and again was how terrified fossil-fuel interests are of extreme event attribution science. They are acutely aware that this research could land them in court. And losing those cases would leave them legally liable for billions of dollars in climate damages. Because the legal stakes are so high, the blowback has turned ugly. I spoke with several scientists at the meeting who are facing ongoing harassment over their work. This blowback is a coordinated campaign to make the entire field look suspect. The goal is to create the impression that attribution science is too uncertain, too political, or too conflicted to be useful in court or in public policy. The strategy is not based on actual science or evidence of misconduct, but on the generation of doubt. The new Merchants of Doubt We’ve seen this before. In fact, not that long ago: We only have to go back a year to the Department of Energy (DOE) Climate Working Group (CWG) report to see an example of using doubt as the tool to push back against well-established science. This strategy is laid out in an email from a member of the CWG, Dr. Roy Spencer, that was released during litigation over the Climate Working Group process. The key quote is: About all I can hope is that what we write will provide sufficient “reasonable scientific doubt” regarding the science claims in the 2009 TSD [technical support document], based upon almost 2 decades of new science, to call into question the original reasoning for the EPA Administrator’s decision that CO2 presents a threat to human health and welfare. This statement is strong evidence that at least some members of the committee were working to support a particular policy outcome: revoking the Endangerment Finding. The email also explains how they planned to do it: by attempting to generate “reasonable doubt”. This is going to be hard, Spencer implies. Despite falsely claiming that “2 decades of new science” weakens the case, Spencer explicitly acknowledges that the actual peer-reviewed science of climate change overwhelmingly rejects his position: But if the science argument is decided upon by a vote, or by the number of published citations, we lose the science argument. We can go back even further: This CWG email shares unmistakable DNA with the infamous 1969 tobacco memo that declared: “Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.” The tobacco memo also acknowledges the limit of this strategy: Like the CWG, they knew the science was not on their side. Share The new new Merchants of Doubt The people attacking the IPCC chapter on extreme event attribution are the newest iteration of the Merchants of Doubt. Their goal, like all Merchants before them, is to introduce doubt into the process. Because the report is not even out yet, they cannot attack its conclusions. So they are attacking the authors instead. Here is a press release from the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee: In the letter, the Chairmen express concerns about potential conflicts of interest involving members of the Attribution Committee, stating that “publicly available information suggests a troubling pattern” in which committee members are affiliated with nonprofits that support climate accountability lawsuits, “raising the appearance of impropriety and member bias.” To be clear, this is just innuendo. There is no actual evidence of bias. And given the robust process that these reports go through, including multiple lines of peer review, it seems very unlikely that significant bias can survive into the report. When the report comes out, critics will have the opportunity to make legitimate criticisms of the report — if any exist. If none do, however, they’ll still make criticisms, but they’ll be bogus, simply designed to generate doubt. We’ll see. A note to the press: Fix your frame To any journalists reading this: The public debate over extreme event attribution science is not going away. The science is simply too dangerous to fossil-fuel interests for them to stop fighting it. You very well might be assigned to write an article about this area of research in the future. When you do, do not automatically adopt the framing that climate misinformers want you to use. They want you to frame the story around questions like: Are climate scientists trying to put their thumb on the scale to achieve a predetermined, politically motivated result? Are climate scientists improperly letting their politics invade the science of the IPCC? That frame is a trap. Instead, you need to view this through the historical lens of the Merchants of Doubt. How does the ecosystem of doubt operate? Who funds it? What methods do they use to misrepresent science and slime researchers? What scientific results are they trying to keep people from understanding are legitimate? Ultimately, you instead need to focus your article on the generation of doubt as a way to maintain the fossil fuel industry’s social and legal license to keep burning oil, gas, and coal. If you treat the misinformers’ frame as a legitimate, good-faith scientific critique, you are helping them produce doubt. Don’t do it. Don’t be a Merchant of Doubt. Thanks for reading The Climate Brink! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe other stuff The Staying Curious Substack has an interesting post about the different flavors of climate sensitivity. This is crucial information if you want to understand how scientists think about how much warming the Earth will experience. I’d be grateful if you could hit the like button ❤️ below! It helps more people discover these ideas and lets me know what’s connecting with readers.
FBI says it foiled ‘planned attacks’ targeting White House UFC event
At least five people are in custody in an alleged plot that included 23 people, according to US media reports.
Lee, Niou face off ahead of Senate District 27 Democratic primary
Both Grace Lee and Yuh-Line Niou are progressives who favor taxing the rich, but oppose the city's plan for the district’s planned jail site as a replacement for Rikers Island.
Lee, Niou face off ahead of Senate District 27 Democratic primary
Both Grace Lee and Yuh-Line Niou are progressives who favor taxing the rich, but oppose the city's plan for the district’s planned jail site as a replacement for Rikers Island.
Supreme Court turns away free speech case involving high school club's "Defund Planned Parenthood" posters
President says 250th celebration on July 4 will be a ‘Trump rally’
The previously planned event for the country’s anniversary will feature the president’s playlist and his keynote address, he said.
Roadway project planned at new Webb County health clinic
A highway improvement project near Webb County's new public health clinic will add turning and acceleration lanes for safer access.
The data center boom is colliding with the midterms
The majority of competitive House districts have data centers either planned or under construction, a POLITICO analysis shows.
SBA moves to revise 8(a) rules while preserving tribal, ANC eligibility
Details By Brian Edwards Native Contracting June 13, 2026 The U.S. Small Business Administration has proposed changes to its 8(a) Business Development Program that would eliminate race-based presumptions of social disadvantage for individually owned businesses while leaving eligibility standards unchanged for tribally owned enterprises, Alaska Native corporations and other Native entity-owned participants. In both the title and summary of the proposed rule published in the Federal Register, SBA emphasized that the changes only apply to individually owned firms and “do not impact entity-owned firms,” including tribes, Alaska Native corporation, Native Hawaiian organizations and community development corporations. The proposed rule, announced June 11, would require all individual applicants seeking admission to the 8(a) program to submit evidence demonstrating social disadvantage. Membership in a racial or ethnic group alone would no longer establish eligibility, according to the SBA. For Indian Country, the agency said eligibility standards for businesses owned by federally recognized tribes, Alaska Native corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations and community development corporations would remain unchanged. The proposal comes after the Department of Defense reaffirmed that participation by tribes and Alaska Native corporations in the 8(a) program is based on their political status under federal law rather than diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. In a May 28 letter to Alaska's Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael P. Duffey wrote that participation by federally recognized tribes and Alaska Native corporations in federal programs is “grounded in their political status as Native Americans, not DEI initiatives.” The SBA proposal follows a 2023 federal court ruling that found unconstitutional the program's rebuttable presumption that members of certain racial and ethnic groups were socially disadvantaged. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the proposed rule would establish a single standard for individually owned applicants by requiring evidence of social disadvantage. The 8(a) Business Development Program provides participating firms with business development assistance and access to federal set-aside and sole-source contracting opportunities. The program remains a major source of federal contracting revenue for tribal enterprises and Alaska Native corporations. Native-owned firms received $16.1 billion of the program's approximately $26 billion in federal contract awards during fiscal 2024, according to data previously reported by Tribal Business News. The proposal also arrives amid ongoing concerns from Native contractors about SBA administration of the program. In May, the Native American Contractors Association and 53 Native-owned businesses urged SBA to address delays in processing 8(a) applications, saying some reviews had stretched beyond regulatory deadlines and appeared to have stalled since August 2025. The proposed rule is open for public comment through July 13. The Federal Register notice does not reference tribal consultation or indicate whether SBA determined consultation was unnecessary because tribal eligibility standards are unchanged. The SBA has not announced when the proposed rule would take effect. The agency is expected to accept public comments before issuing a final rule.About The AuthorAuthor: Brian EdwardsBrian Edwards is associate publisher and associate editor of Tribal Business News and Native News Online. He is a longtime publisher, editor, business reporter and serial entrepreneur. Subscribe Today!Other Articles by this authorDefense Department reaffirms tribal, ANC eligibility in SBA 8(a) programTribal heritage projects eligible for up to $100K in federal funding through NPS programIHS launches tribal long-term care construction initiative with three projectsIḷisaġvik College acquires site for long-planned Utqiaġvik campus This article is available to paid digital subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access.
How Sergio Gor Is Transforming the Role of U.S. Ambassador in the Trump Era
From his post in New Delhi, Mr. Gor has become a force in U.S. foreign policy, chasing business deals and stunning diplomats by reversing a long-planned embassy building project.
RPG Maker forum users are racing to archive almost 15 years of valuable resources, as game engine maker announces impending move
With a transition to a new forum planned, years of posts, private messages, and accounts will all be wiped this December.
“The Last of Us” season 3 adds wholly original character as filming goes on planned hiatus
Peter Sarsgaard of "The Batman" and "The Bride!" will play a character not featured in the video games.
One of fall's coolest games has been delayed to October to avoid a September crush
Last Sunday, a trailer that aired during an online Xbox event showed Valor Mortis, an upcoming action game that re-imagines the age of Napoleonic wars as a conflict with the plague-ridden undead. It’s a first-person game that mixes Dark Souls-style combat with parkour—it’s from the developers of the acclaimed, fast-paced cyberpunk wall-running Ghostrunner games—and a setting like nothing else that’s out there. Valor Mortis’ trailer concluded with a release date: September 24. But by the time it aired, the teams behind the game knew that was no longer Valor Mortis’ release date. Days ago, they’d learned the hard way that September 24 would be untenable and that they’d have to change it. Today, they’ve announced a new one, October 13, after speaking to Game File about getting out of the bind they recently found themselves in. “When we picked September 24th, it looked like a very, very clear date,” Blake Rochkind, head of publisher Lyrical Games, told me during an impromptu interview on Monday in Los Angeles. “Very quickly it became not such a clear date.” Lyrical and development studio One More Level had a feeling the deate might need to change, Rochkind recalled. But they had to lock in September 24 “many, many weeks” ago. Really, though, who could know if that was the right call when they made it? “There were so many unknowns,” Rochkind said. “This was before Sony State of Play, before Xbox Showcase, before Nintendo Direct, before Summer Games Fest.” Then on Tuesday, June 2, during a PlayStation showcase held just five days before their planned release date reveal, things changed. “As soon as Control announced September 24th, we knew we were moving the date.” It wasn’t just the PlayStation showcase reveal of the release date for Remedy’s upcoming third-person thriller. There were others. And changing their own trailer this close to its airing, Rochkind would later tell me, wasn’t possible.
Xbox layoffs planned as CEO Asha Sharma orders business reset
The Microsoft gaming unit's accountability margin has fallen to 3%, and revenue declined nearly half a billion dollars over five years
Kustom Entertainment, Inc. and Gilley’s Gambling Hall Park City Conclude Press Conference Announcing New Live Event Plans
Kustom plans 20+ show dates at Gilley’s, with the first event planned for Fall 2026 Park City, Kan., June 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kustom Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: KUST), (Stan Ross, CEO) and Gilley’s Gambling Hall Park City, KS (Phil Ruffin, Owner) have concluded a press conference at Gilley’s, where leaders shared new details on plans to bring more live music, festivals, and large-scale entertainment events to Park City and the Wichita, Kansas area. Kustom Entertainment, Inc. (the “Comp
Albania’s Flamingo Revolution Spreads From Kushner Resort to Political Elite
As protests in Tirana extend into a second week, they have escalated from opposition to two €5 billion ($5.7 billion) planned resorts in ecologically sensitive areas linked to Jared Kushner into demands for the entire Albanian political establishment to step aside.
Inflation and volatility have business owners feeling more pessimistic
In May, more small businesses said they planned to raise prices in the next three months, the NFIB says.
Planned Parenthood fights back
Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Planned Parenthood fights back Planned Parenthood took to Capitol Hill Tuesday, as st…
What is Nasa’s Artemis III mission and will it go to the Moon?
Artemis III will help test crucial systems needed for the planned Artemis V Moon landing in 2028.
Stars outline vision for $3B arena, entertainment district in Plano
The Dallas Stars’ planned $3B hockey arena and entertainment complex in Plano is set near the back left portion of the site and illuminated in neon green.
What new business is being planned beside Lexington High School? What we know
The new business would be along a busy Lexington highway that includes the high school, a major grocery store, restaurants and more.
Fable is getting some post-launch DLC already, with an extended look at gameplay planned for later this week
Fable: Order of the Hero will bring a new region and storyline to the upcoming fantasy RPG.
Classic race planned in place of excluded sidecars
The Southern 100 Club says it plans to allow classic machines to race instead of modern sidecars.
Gears of War: E-Day Is Not Coming to PS5, Xbox Confirms Console Exclusivity
Purportedly was planned for Sony's console until recently
OpenAI plans ChatGPT 'superapp' overhaul ahead of listing, FT reports
OpenAI is planning its biggest ChatGPT overhaul yet, aiming to turn it into a "superapp" with coding tools and AI agents to boost revenue ahead of a planned share listing, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
How Investors May Respond To OPKO Health (OPK) Boosting Its Nicoya Stake And RAYALDEE Milestones
In early June 2026, OPKO Health reported amending its agreement with Nicoya Therapeutics, gaining a 15% equity stake while maintaining eligibility for up to US$115.0 million in potential milestone payments tied to the commercialization of RAYALDEE for chronic kidney disease patients in Greater China and related territories. This deeper partnership not only expands OPKO’s economic interest in RAYALDEE but also tightens its alignment with Nicoya ahead of planned 2027 regulatory filings across...
Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs linked to 30% lower breast cancer risk
A large study found that women taking GLP-1 drugs, the medication class behind Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, were about 30% less likely to develop breast cancer. Researchers say the findings are promising but not yet proof, and clinical trials are now being planned to test whether these drugs could help prevent breast cancer.
The Wolf Among Us Remastered, The Wolf Among Us 2 announced for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch
Today, it was revealed that The Wolf Among Us Remastered as well as The Wolf Among Us 2 are planned for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch. They’ll launch this holiday and in 2027 respectively. The Wolf Among Us Remastered brings back Telltale’s adventure classic from 2013 – now on Nintendo platforms for the first time. The Wolf Among Us 2,...
Joshua Wostal teases Tampa Bay Rays ballpark resistance planned by the Tampa CRA next week
If Wostal’s comments on The Ryan Gorman Show are to be believed, the CRA will vote to remove the Rays MOU from its upcoming agenda next week.
AI business 'operating system' with its own GPU hub planned in Malaysia
Planned Galactic OPC platform pairs AI agents with NVIDIA-powered GPU infrastructure and a physical hub to help entrepreneurs run key business functions.
Trump cancels Great American State Fair concerts after artists drop out. Here's what they said about it and what will happen instead.
Bret Michaels and Martina McBride were among those who withdrew from the Freedom 250-planned event on the National Mall.
Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower says
A former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 SUPER is 'back on track', RTX 5060 12GB reportedly planned
NVIDIA RTX 50 SUPER refresh reportedly returns to active plans MEGAsizeGPU says RTX 5070 SUPER and RTX 5080 SUPER specs remain unchanged. According to
Arch Announces Leadership Changes Across Insurance Business
Arch Capital Group and Arch Insurance North America announced a series of leadership changes this week, including executive promotions across its wholesale insurance platform, a planned CEO succession, and the retirement of a longtime property insurance leader.At the parent company level, Arch Capital previously announced that President and Chief Underwriting Officer Nicolas Papadopoulo will succeed Marc Grandisson as chief executive officer effective March 1, 2027. Grandisson will remain executive chairman following the transition.
Inside SpaceX’s Rockets-to-Riches I.P.O. Plan
The latest prospectus by Elon Musk’s company underscores its confidence in its planned market debut. But skeptics see reasons for concern.
Armed clashes erupt in Somalia’s capital ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration
Opposition figures say the rally planned for Thursday was intended to protest what they call constitutional violations and efforts by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to extend his tenure. The government has rejected those allegations.
Public health experts sound alarm on Kenya Ebola facility
Presented by Planned Parenthood{beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Infectious disease physicians sound alarm on Kenya plan Several prominent in…
Riverhead Votes to Proceed with Science Center Condemnation
In a 3-1 vote Tuesday afternoon (Councilman Bob Kern abstained), the Riverhead Town Board voted to proceed with condemnation proceedings against a building owned by the Long Island Science Center adjacent to the planned Town Square on East Main Street. Town Supervisor Jerry Halpin cast the sole vote in opposition. Pictured Above: Cindy Clifford, Joan
Riverhead moves to condemn science center property
The Riverhead Town Board voted to adopt findings allowing eminent domain proceedings for 111 E. Main St., the planned Long Island Science Center site.
What's being built, bought and planned in Ascension Parish
Here are the latest property transactions, issued permits and upcoming business-related events in the parish. Issued permits A new construction permit for a 12,000-square-foot office and warehouse building on Copperhead Road in Geismar. The project is valued at $400,000 with RW Construction Inc. as the contractor. A demolition permit for the demo of the gym […]
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis delayed to February 10, 2027
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a remake of the 1996-released Tomb Raider, will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on February 10, 2027, a delay from its previously planned 20…
Morningstar values SpaceX at $780 billion, half its IPO target
Morningstar analysts pegged SpaceX's valuation at $780 billion, less than half of what the Elon Musk-led company is reportedly targeting in its initial public offering, ahead of a planned roadshow this week.
WVU Health System, Independence Health System sign definitive agreement
Agreement paves way to final closing in late September or early October 2026 and supports planned $800 million investment to strengthen hospitals and expand care in Western Pa. MORGANTOWN, W.Va.,...
Towards a responsive health system and equitable access to quality RMNCAH services
Indonesia’s vast geography and sociocultural diversity shape the delivery of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services in ways that are both enabling and challenging. Across provinces, significant variation has been observed in how services are planned, resourced, and delivered. These variations in service standards and quality are felt daily in the lives of women, newborns and adolescents. Despite these challenges, progress is visible. National estimates show a drop in maternal mortality ratio, from 331 to 140 per 100 000 live births since 2000, signaling improvements in care quality and access. Fertility has stabilised and contraceptive use has grown, yet unmet reproductive health needs persist, and adolescent pregnancies continue to reflect early marriage and limited access to youth-friendly services.To better understand how Indonesia’s health system has evolved under decentralisation, the Ministry of Health, supported by World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), IPAS and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), conducted a joint external review of RMNCAH programmes. This review draws on multiple sources of evidence, including existing literature, policy documents, national health system data, as well as field visits to six selected provinces to represent Indonesia’s geographic and administrative diversity. During the field visits, review teams observed service delivery in health facilities, spoke with health workers and local leaders and met mothers and families to understand how RMNCAH policies are operationalised. One of the challenges identified was the management of low birthweight (LBW) infants, a major contributor to neonatal deaths, under resource constraints. One midwife described a severe case of extremely LBW twins, one stillborn and the other died after three days of care. She recalled how the surviving infant struggled to swallow and may not have received breast milk, while simultaneous emergencies required the team’s attention, affecting the care provided to the infant.A subsequent review of the case by the district health office revealed insufficient antenatal care, fragmented maternal medical history due to population mobility, referral delays, limited provider capacity in neonatal intravenous access and a heavy workload that constrained proper newborn monitoring. These insights informed recommendations to strengthen both system-wide and service-level responses. Since the early 2000s, Indonesia’s decentralisation initiative has given much of the responsibility for funding, staffing and managing health services to regional governments. While the Ministry of Health sets national clinical standards, daily management of public health facilities falls under regional authorities through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. While this arrangement allows services to be tailored to local needs, it also depends heavily on local capacity for planning, budgeting and management. Health facilities and district health offices are better positioned to translate national priorities into local action when they have access to consistent technical support, helping health workers manage resource constraints and infrastructure gaps.The complexity of Indonesia’s health system governance is no easy feat to navigate. Understanding these dynamics is essential to strengthening policy, improving coordination and ensuring more equitable access to services across Indonesia. Under the leadership of Ministry of Health, recommendations from this exercise will be key in guiding the nation’s roadmap to an equitable and quality health system for RMNCAH.Written by Edit Oktavia Manuama, National Professional Officer (Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health), and Jessie Yunus, National Professional Officer (Gender, Rights, Equity, and Disability Inclusion)
Mavericks choose North Dallas mall site for arena, entertainment district
After more than a year of analyzing Dallas sites for their planned multi-billion-dollar arena and entertainment district, the Mavericks have chosen Valley View.
KBR (KBR) Valuation Check As PureSAF Win Ties Business To Major Northern Europe SAF Project
KBR (KBR) just announced that NorSAF selected its PureSAF technology for what is planned to be Northern Europe’s largest sustainable aviation fuel and e-SAF plant, a development centered on licensing rather than construction. See our latest analysis for KBR. The NorSAF PureSAF agreement lands as KBR’s 1-day share price return of 1.48% and 7-day return of 4.45% contrast with a year-to-date decline of 13.73% and a 1-year total shareholder return that is down 30.58%. This suggests recent...
Trump suggests canceling Great American State Fair music performances after most artists drop out
Bret Michaels and Martina McBride were among those who withdrew from the Freedom 250-planned event on the National Mall.
Latest Apple Glasses leak has me way more excited for the product
Apple’s planned strategy for Apple Glasses was detailed in a new report, and it has me way more excited for the product.
Antojos marks one year in business, second location planned
Antojos, a business in Springfield’s Six Corners area, celebrated its first anniversary on Sunday.
Netflix's 'The Diplomat' creator on character she couldn't kill off
In an essay for The Envelope, Debora Cahn explains why a 'baller move' she planned for 'The Diplomat' turned out to be the wrong one — and how she changed course.
Oklahoma State wows TE Talan Scott, lands his commitment
Queen Creek (Ariz.) American Leadership Academy tight end Talan Scott planned to take a number of visits this month. But after visiting Oklahoma State, he didn’t see the need to visit anywhere else. Scott committed to the Cowboys on his official visit and gave the Big 12 Cowboys a big boost. “I’m pumped to be […]
Apple Glasses Reportedly Launching in 'Late 2027' With These Features
Apple is now aiming to release its first smart glasses in "late 2027," according to the latest word from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Meta Ray-Bans He previously said that Apple planned to begin shipping the glasses by early 2027, but he said the product has faced development delays. The glasses will feature "oval-shaped cameras, unique colors, and multiple frame styles," according to Gurman.
I went on a girls trip with my mom, it forced me to relax & slow down
I've spent years traveling with an hourly itinerary. Then I went to Grenada with nothing planned and realized I had no idea how to just be somewhere.
Caitlin Clark benched after heated exchange with coach Stephanie White
Saturday night’s nationally televised game against the Portland Fire did not go as planned for the Indiana Fever, and the frustration was evident on the sidelines. The Fever entered Saturday night’s game as a 12-point favorite over the Fire as they looked to rebound from Thursday night’s loss to the Golden State Valkyries. However, Indiana…
Trump floats replacing 250th anniversary concert with massive MAGA rally after artists pull out
President Trump floats hosting a massive MAGA rally for the nation's 250th anniversary after several artists pulled out of planned Freedom 250 concert events.
Trump Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off From Jobs, Healthcare and Housing
The methodically planned strategy is intended to pressure noncitizens, including many with legal status, to leave the United States.
Adamstown Community Days began Friday evening with rides, food, live entertainment
Adamstown Community Days started Friday evening, featuring rides, food, live entertainment, and a fireworks display planned for Saturday night.
Judge says Trump can’t add his name to Kennedy Center and blocks planned closure
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Kennedy Center from temporarily closing its doors for a yearslong renovation and said its board violated the law when it added President Donald Trump’s name to the historic performing arts venue.
Do Utahns support tax increase for Salt Lake City sports, entertainment district?
City banking revenue for planned sports, entertainment, culture and convention district
Summer Events at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science has many summer events and activities planned.
Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple's plans to take on ChatGPT and more
New renders offer a closer look at Apple’s planned AI overhaul for iOS 27, including a redesigned Siri experience powered and standalone Siri app.
The YOLO Caucus Is Growing. What Does It Have Planned? | WSJ Politics Newsletter for May 28
Plus, President Trump says Iran is miscalculating his urgency to end the war, and the administration’s new bank accounts for children goes live
Exciting Beer And Science Events Planned Through 2027 At Fulton Brewing
Get ready for the 'Lab Partners' collaboration between Fulton Brewing and the Science Museum, blending craft beer and science education starting June 11 at the North Loop taproom.
Bungie details Marathon Season 2 and the new Sentinel class, with a free-to-play week and special sale planned, too
Ahead of Marathon Season 2's kickoff next week, Bungie has given us an extensive look at all the seasonal content planned, and announced a F2P week.
Cape Cod's new entertainment hub shows summer films, delays live shows
Bill Hanney's Entertainment Experience in Hyannis will open its live theater a year later than planned, aiming for a Las Vegas feel.
Cape Cod's new entertainment hub shows summer films, delays live shows
Bill Hanney's Entertainment Experience in Hyannis will open its live theater a year later than planned, aiming for a Las Vegas feel.
35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS
In a May 27 court filing, the ex-judges contend Trump and co-plaintiffs failed to mention a planned settlement in their motion to withdraw the lawsuit against the IRS.
Appalachian Power Co. delays planned outage, disrupts local business operations
APCo had to initially delay this planned outage, citing concerns of inclement weather.
Health care, housing and retail planned at site of closed Dorchester hospital
Carney Hospital closed in 2024, and advocates in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood have called for a new medical facility to use the space.
Final Design Approved For JSU Freestanding ER And Health Center
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — A long-planned freestanding emergency room and university health center is one step closer to becoming reality in Jacksonville.Trustees at
Brooklyn business owners urge MTA to shift G train weekend shutdowns to weeknights
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Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Feliks Topolski, 1907-1989 8th Army’s Front, Italy 1944 Semiconductor decoupling Source: FT One thing that Jerome Powell deeply understood is that chairing the Fed under current conditions is a deeply political job. “Powell has successes and mistakes to his name. But he stands out as having thought more carefully about the Fed’s democratic legitimacy than any chair since Paul Volcker,” said Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor at the Bank of England, referring to the Fed chair who successfully fought the great inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. … While Powell was at the Treasury in the early 1990s, he watched Alan Greenspan build relationships within the government. That convinced Powell he needed to follow the former Fed chair’s lead and spend more time in Congress than his predecessors Yellen and Bernanke. “The accountability for the Fed runs through Congress,” said Claudia Sahm, a former Fed official who is now chief economist at New Century Advisors. “That’s not just about having people on speed dial — it’s answering questions, explaining policy and getting feedback.” Source: FT Ethiopia’s PM Abiy and Nigerian business tycoon, with Chinese engineering, are driving industrialization in Ogaden/Somali region of Ethiopia. - Michael Masri’s reporting for Africa Report if fascinating. Ethiopia has launched a cluster of large industrial schemes in the Somali region, laying foundation stones for a urea plant and an oil refinery in Gode while opening the first two phases of the Ogaden LNG project. Abiy Ahmed framed the push as part of a broader strategy to link energy, agriculture and industry. “These projects embody more than industrial growth,” he said. “They represent our shared responsibility to harness opportunities, strengthen co-operation and promote peace.” The Gode urea plant, backed by Dangote Group and Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), is designed for 3m tonnes a year. Dangote owns 60%, while EIH holds 40%. Officials say Dangote’s equity totals about $2.5bn, while the state provides land and implementation oversight. Gas from the Calub fields will be piped 108km to the site. Construction is slated for 40 months, with operations targeted for 2028. Ethiopia imports most of its fertiliser, spending more than $1.2bn a year for 1.5m–2m tonnes. Usage was roughly 1.7m tonnes in 2023, almost half of it urea, and demand for 2024–25 is put above 2.4m tonnes. If delivered on time, the Gode plant could cover domestic needs and allow exports to neighbours. Brook Taye, chief executive of EIH, called the venture “a significant milestone in the journey toward industrial self-sufficiency”. Dangote told the groundbreaking crowd that the complex would be integrated with gas supply and a polypropylene unit to support local inputs. He pointed to Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with a capacity of more than 5,000MW, and noted his group’s cement operations and expansion plans. The Gode refinery is being developed by Golden Concord Group of China. It is designed to process 3.5m tonnes a year of crude and condensate from the Hilala field, with associated storage. Backers say it will ease foreign-exchange pressure from fuel imports and anchor further industrial activity, including a proposed steel smelting site in Dire Dawa. GCL’s chair, Zhu Gongshan, cast the project as “a key step in Ethiopia’s path to energy sovereignty”, underscoring the Beijing–Addis ties. Financing details are still being finalised, but the refinery is central to the government’s energy-security narrative. Source: The Africa Report Dangote’s Ethiopian vision: Dangote began with cement. His crown jewel, Dangote Cement, dominates Nigeria’s market and has 10 operations in other nations in Africa. The formula has been consistent: identify sectors with chronic shortages – cement, fertiliser, sugar – commit massive local investments, and scale up to serve regional demand. Ethiopia was a natural extension of that model. In 2015, Dangote launched the Mugher Cement Plant outside Addis Ababa at a cost of $600m, with an annual capacity of 2.5 million tonnes. The investment gave him a firm foothold in one of Africa’s fastest-growing construction markets. But success came with risks. In May 2018, violent unrest led to the killing of Dangote’s country manager and temporary shutdowns at Mugher. While other investors might have retreated, Dangote doubled down. Today, he is preparing to spend $400m to expand Mugher’s capacity to 5 million tonnes, alongside a new grinding unit near Addis Ababa. Cement is just one market Dangote is targeting. Ethiopia’s enormous state-controlled sugar industry, long plagued by inefficiency and debt, has struggled for years to reform. Its Omo Kuraz Sugar Development Project, touted as one of the continent’s largest initiatives, continues to face delays and mismanagement. … The most ambitious venture of all is the planned fertiliser production complex in Gode, Somali region. Publicised on 28 August 2025, the Dangote Group and Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) deal plans one of the world’s largest single-site urea manufacturing plants. The project costs an estimated $2.5bn and has an estimated capacity of 3 million metric tonnes annually, a rate that would not only render Ethiopia independent, but even a net exporter of fertiliser. EIH, the state wealth fund of Ethiopia, will hold 40%, while 60% is held by Dangote Group. … For Dangote, Ethiopia is a trifecta: Cement demand is projected to grow by 10% annually, its sugar consumption is growing with rapid urbanisation, and fertiliser demand is all but insatiable, given that farming supports the livelihood of 70% of Ethiopians. Source: The Africa Report The stakes for Abiy are high: For Addis Ababa, the $4bn fertiliser project in Ethiopia’s Somali region is no longer simply a manufacturing investment. It is increasingly being framed as a strategic state project tied to food sovereignty, import substitution and the government’s broader attempt to build economic resilience under mounting fiscal pressure. “Becoming self-sufficient in food is our main agenda,” Abiy says during the visit. “Land is needed; we have it. Water is needed; we have it. Human resources are needed; we have it.” The scale is enormous even by African industrial standards. Once operational, the plant is expected to produce three million metric tonnes of urea annually, potentially making it one of the continent’s largest fertiliser complexes. Ethiopian officials say the project now includes a 110km gas pipeline, a 120MW power plant, a polypropylene packaging facility and a two-million-tonne NPK blending plant. For a government grappling with chronic foreign exchange shortages, ballooning import bills and pressure on agricultural productivity, the numbers matter politically as much as they do economically. The decision to anchor the project in Gode is deliberate. Long viewed as peripheral to Ethiopia’s industrial economy, the Somali region is now being repositioned by the federal government as a future irrigation and agro-industrial corridor. Officials argue that the area’s vast land reserves and access to water could eventually support large-scale commercial farming capable of reshaping Ethiopia’s food economy. The government is simultaneously building housing infrastructure for about 5,000 residents near the plant, while officials project broader industrial expansion along the corridor. Abiy goes further, comparing the long-term revenue potential of the Gode development zone with Ethiopia’s flagship state enterprise. “The investments we are making in this Gode area, combined, will generate high revenue for Ethiopia, at par with Ethiopian Airlines,” he says. Source: The Africa Report Feliks Topolski 1907-1982 Topolski’s Chronicle, ‘Nazi Revival’, Vol. 8, Is. 1-2, 1960 HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. Photo by Jakub Dziubak on Unsplash If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $50. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Grim vision of drone warfare by Sylvie Kaufmann For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe The state of the art in Colbert-studies. Jean-Baptiste Colbert was Louis XIV chief minister from 1661 to 1683 and traditionally seen as an architect of absolutism and mercantilism. Alexander Hamilton later cited him as an inspiration in 1782. Now his legacy is disputed. Daniel Dessert, the chief critic, sees Colbert as the orchestrator not so much of an absolutist state as of an elite cabal. Would be great to have a good English-language review of this important debate. 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