Tag: Contracts and orders
Largest firefighting plane may be sold for COVID-19 response
DENVER — As Western states prepare for this year’s wildfire season, the world’s largest firefighting plane has been grounded and could be converted to...
The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved
BOSTON — A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a...
Chesapeake Energy terminates naming rights deal with Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder said Tuesday that Chesapeake Energy Corp. has terminated its arena naming rights agreement.
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UK cronyism watchdog queries civil servant’s dual job
LONDON — The chairman of Britain's cronyism watchdog says the public should be given a “full and frank” explanation as to how a senior...
Opposition accuses UK govt of sleaze amid lobbying scandal
LONDON — A lobbying scandal swirling around former British Prime Minister David Cameron has deepened with claims that a senior civil servant held down...
Australia rules out adding J&J vaccine to inoculation plan
CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian government said Tuesday it had decided against buying the single-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and identified a second...
Canary Islands hotel offers shelter to migrants in need
PUERTO RICO DE GRAN CANARIA, Spain — When hotel director Calvin Lucock and restaurant owner Unn Tove Saetran said goodbye to one of the...
Defense Secretary Austin: US adding 500 troops in Germany
BERLIN — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday that he is expanding the U.S. military presence in Germany by 500 troops, suggesting he...
US to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space
Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a growing number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities...
AP Sources: El Salvador president snubs visiting Biden envoy
MIAMI — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele refused to meet with a visiting senior U.S. diplomat this week over what he sees as a...
