News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
Issued Jan. 13, 2022, by the Agricultural Statistics Board of the U.S.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
Ambassador Lucy Tamlyn, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister Counselor, will serve as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at our Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan following Brian Shukan’s nomination as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Benin.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
Travel to Riyadh, Khartoum, and Addis Ababa
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit offense against the United States, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Good to see you all, and especially good to see Foreign Minister Cafiero. Santiago, welcome to the State Department, welcome to Washington. So good to have you here. Argentina is a friend and partner in our hemisphere and beyond. We have a lot to talk about today, from events and challenges in our own hemisphere to points that fall far beyond that.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
More information about Angola is available on the Angola Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: Passengers bringing guns to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints reached record levels across Louisiana in 2021 with Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) coming in ninth in the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Soroush Hamedi, 27, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 180 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The new U.S. Embassy in Niamey, Niger has been certified LEED Platinum by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: U.S. Citizen Charged with Conspiring to Provide Electronic Equipment and Technology to the Government of Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cynthia Miller, of Newburg, West Virginia, has admitted to wire fraud, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
The following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Japan on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman spoke today with Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
In a January 17 trilateral call, U.S. Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Funakoshi Takehiro, and ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Noh Kyu-duk discussed the DPRK’s January 17 ballistic missile launches.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
We offer our condolences following the passing of Zhang Qing, wife of Chinese human rights activist and defender Guo Feixiong (also known as Yang Maodong).
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - On Jan. 13, 2022, a jury found Mustafa Deville Reynolds, 23, of Grand Rapids, guilty of distributing heroin and fentanyl that caused the deaths of two men in Grand Rapids, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge. The two victims were 25 and 27 years old at the time of their deaths.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct three prescribed fire projects within the Cody and Worland field office areas this winter and spring as part of the BLM’s commitment to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive.
By Tom Lawrence | Jan 18, 2022
A small business group is cheering the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to block a Biden administration attempt to mandate vaccine and testing rules for large companies. It would have meant up to 22 million more people would have been required to get a vaccine against COVID-19, or wear masks at work and be tested every week.
