Author: Charlie Buckley

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser criticized President Trumps decision to assume control of the citys police and deploy the National Guard, calling it political theater. Highlighting falling crime rates, used the occasion to push for D.C. statehood, arguing that only full autonomy can protect residents rights. The federal oversight can last 30 days unless extended by Congress.Read More

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Acquisition of Majority Equity Interest in LayerBio and its OcuRing™-K Technology Targets Growing Demand for ‘Dropless’ Solutions in Ophthalmic SurgeryTEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PainReform Ltd. (Nasdaq: PRFX), today announced, through its pharmaceutical division, the closing of its previously announced investment in LayerBio, Inc., a privately held Boston-based biotechnology company advancing sustained-release drug delivery technologies in ophthalmology. With this transaRead More

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With tensions rising in East Asia, the likelihood of a dual contingency—both in the Taiwan Strait and on the Korean Peninsula—is far from a hypothetical scenario. A simultaneous contingency—where war breaks out concurrently in the Taiwan Strait and on the Korean Peninsula—would generate deeply complex strategic challenges for the United States and its allies in the region. Under such grave conditions, South Korea would undoubtedly face strategic, operational, and legal constraints in assisting Taiwan. Nevertheless, despite such constraints, South Korea could still take concrete steps to meaningfully deter the aggressors and help a US-led coalition mount an effective response.Read More

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Fail-safe reviews aim to strengthen safeguards to prevent the unauthorised, inadvertent, or mistaken use of a nuclear weapon. In collaboration with NTI, EASLG, and APLN, the ELN has been working to highlight the benefits of independent, internal “fail-safe” reviews in nuclear-armed states. These summaries are from ELN and APLN nuclear fail-safe workshops with non-governmental partners in China, India, Pakistan, France, and the UK.Read More

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The UN Global Compact Network USA (Network USA) welcomes two new members to its Board of Directors: Katherine Pickus, Chief Sustainability Officer of ADM, and Josh Parker, Head of Sustainability at NVIDIA. In addition, the Board of Directors has elected Shobha Meera, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at Capgemini, as Board Treasurer. She succeeds former Board Member Michael Okoroafor of McCormick & Company, who recently retired.Read More

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