News from April 2022
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic. In 2018 the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the most National Assembly seats in the general elections, and the party’s leader, Imran Khan, became prime minister. While independent observers noted technical improvements in the Election Commission of Pakistan’s...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Introduction. Thank you, Roy. It is a pleasure to join you today. You know you’ve finally made it as a U.S. diplomat when you are invited to speak at the Meridian House. This truly is one of Washington’s, and perhaps this country’s, finest architectural treasures. I am also humbled to be in the company...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Crimea. Note: Except where otherwise noted, references in this report do not include areas controlled by Russia-led forces in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine or Russia-occupied Crimea. At the end of this report is a section listing abuses in Russia-occupied Crimea. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Ukraine is ...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Cameroon is a republic dominated by a strong presidency. The president retains power over the legislative and judicial branches of government. The ruling political party, the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, has remained in power since its creation in 1985. The country held legislative elections...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: AMARGOSA VALLEY, NV - Fish biologists are excited to report increased numbers of one of the world’s rarest fishes. Scientists counted 175 Devils Hole pupfish, which is the most they’ve observed in a spring count in 22 years. This momentous count also marked the 50th anniversary of counting pupfish using SCUBA, dating back to April 6th, 1972.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: Queens-Based Criminal Enterprise Orchestrated Violent Assaults of Women Across the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former corrections officer at the Jackson County Detention Center was sentenced in federal court today for taking bribes to smuggle illegal drugs to inmates of the facility.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver on-camera remarks on the release of the 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at 1:30 p.m. on April 12, 2022, in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - As temperatures warm, many Midwesterners face a heightened risk of severe storms, heavy rains, localized flooding and even the potential for tornadoes tomorrow. Monitor local forecasts, and take steps now to prepare for the possibility of a dangerous situation.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - Senior Advisor William “Ike" White and other EM officials recently visited the Portsmouth Site to observe demolition and disposal activities associated with the cleanup program’s mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury convicted Brandon Bethune, 37, of Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday, April 7, 2022, of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Bethune was found guilty after a three-day trial before Judge J. Philip Calabrese.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Whitney Baird is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State has publicly designated former Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Nikola Gruevski and former Director of the Department for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) Sasho Mijalkov as well as Gordana Tadić of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the chief prosecutor’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VIRGIL GRIFFITH, a U.S. citizen who conspired to provide services to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK" or “North Korea"), including technical advice on using cryptocurrency and blockchain...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Iceland is a constitutional parliamentary republic. The president is the head of state, and a prime minister, usually the leader of the largest party, is head of government. There is a unicameral parliament (Althingi). Parliamentary elections held on September 25 were considered free and fair, but procedural...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. In September residents elected 14 representatives from an approved candidate pool to its Legislative Assembly. Limited franchise functional constituencies elected 12 representatives, and the chief executive nominated the remaining seven representatives in the 33-seat legislature. In August 2019 a 400-member election committee selected Ho Iat-seng to serve a five-year term as chief executive.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced on Friday, April 8, 2022, in federal court in Boston for his role in a money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: FARGO - Interim United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that on April 12, 2022, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Abbot William Aho, a/k/a Boogie, age 26, Fergus Falls, MN, to 25 years in federal prison for the charges of Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Conspiracy to...
