(ZHE) Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has confirmed that it hired the consultancy of Tony Podesta, the elder brother of John Podesta who chaired Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, for lobbying its interests in the United States and proactively seeking the removal of various Obama-era sanctions, the press service of the Russian institution told TASS on Thursday.
Two Walrus surface in front of the Arctic Sunrise, outside of a Walrus colony/ haul out which is on the west side of Kvitøya, Svalbard archipelago.
Norwegian officials are lobbying to kill an EU resolution calling for an end to offshore oil drilling in Arctic waters, according to documents obtained by Energydesk.
A letter from Norwegian MP Eirik Siversten – who leads the delegation for Arctic parliamentary cooperation – urges members of the European Parliament “to delete in the plenary vote” the passages in support of an Arctic oil drilling ban.
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Financial Services Committee investigating Wells Fargo’s opening of unauthorized customer accounts.
Banks and other financial companies expecting to make more than US$200 billion from anticipated deregulation laws spent record amounts on lobbying in the last election cycle, according to an advocacy group report released Wednesday.
Vault 7 leaks, doomsday scenarios and smart condoms + this day in history w/Stanley Kubrick's death and our song of the day by Alt J on your Morning Monarchy for March 7, 2017.
President Donald Trump smiles while speaking to a meeting of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
(REPORT) — The Trump administration appears to be either ignoring or exempting top staffers from its own watered-down ethics rules.
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: America's Next Top President makes his first few moves; pushing back against our new tech overlords; and making music again at an historic vinyl pressing plant.
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: America's Next Top President makes his first few moves; pushing back against our new tech overlords; and making music again at an historic vinyl pressing plant.
A screenshot from an undercover video which caught Israeli diplomat Shai Masot discussing taking down Pro-Palestinian British MPs. (screengrab)
(REPORT) — An Israeli embassy official in London who was caught on camera talking about “taking down” a British government minister has resigned from Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a government spokesperson on Thursday.
