Justice department urged to investigate deletion of January

The US attorney general, Merrick Garland, has been asked to investigate yet another deletion of text messages and other communications by senior officials on 6 January 2021, this time by the Pentagon.

American Oversight, a non-partisan watchdog group, revealed the shock deletion on Tuesday, having discovered it through freedom of information requests to the Department of Defense.

The DoD and

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McGowan government says it cannot find builders for social

Efforts to address homelessness in Western Australia are being hampered by a construction market so heated that even the government is struggling to find contractors.

John Carey, the state’s housing minister, has told a forum organised by Shelter WA “massive cost escalations” are forcing a rethink of how best to provide social housing.

WA’s social housing waitlist has grown to

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Why Exercise Doesn’t Help People With Long COVID

Aug. 3, 2022 – When Joel Fram woke up on the morning of March 12, 2020, he had a pretty good idea why he felt so lousy.

He lives in New York, where the first wave of the coronavirus was tearing through the city. “I instantly knew,” says the 55-year-old Broadway music director. It was COVID-19.

What started with a

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From green finance to transition finance

Good morning and thank you for joining us today at the launch of MAS’ sustainability report 2022.

High quality sustainability disclosure is critical to managing environmental risks and allocating capital to climate risk mitigation.

This second sustainability report by MAS is aligned with the TCFD recommendations – one of the few central bank reports in the world to do soRead More

Public education is part of the Central Bank of Barbados’

Good morning, and welcome to the 2022 Annual Review Seminar.

This year’s seminar forms part of the events to mark the Bank’s 50th anniversary, and I am delighted to welcome Phillip Middleton of OMFIF and Gerardo Reyes-Tagle of the IDB, who have graciously joined us for this morning’s special session on emerging central banking issues.

Our 50th anniversary

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6 Ways to Choose Safe and Quality Food Storage

Food storage or lunch box serves to store food to keep it fresh and not mixed with other aromas. However, how to choose food storage is one of the important factors to maintain food quality. Moreover, currently the materials and models of food storage are quite diverse. Of course, each food storage material has its own advantages and disadvantages.

In … Read More