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Finance

ENRC seeks £21mn in legal costs from SFO and Dechert in dispute

Kazakh mining group ENRC asked a judge in London on Monday to award it more than £21mn to cover legal costs it incurred just prior to the UK’s Serious Fraud Office launching an ongoing probe a decade ago into claims of fraud and corruption. The court was asked to find the SFO, law firm… Read […]

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Finance

Germany seeks to buy Leopard tanks from Switzerland

Germany has asked Switzerland to sell some of its decommissioned Leopard 2 tanks as it struggles to cobble together two battalions of the fighting vehicles to send to Ukraine. Berlin has requested that its neighbour sell some of its 96 mothballed Leopard 2 tanks to the German arms… Read Full Article Here FT

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Finance

Energy group Wintershall seeks to sue Kremlin over seized Russian

Wintershall Dea is looking for a way to sue Moscow after the Kremlin expropriated the German company’s business in Russia and wiped €2bn off its accounts. The energy group last month became one of the last western oil and gas producers to announce its exit from Russia following the country’s assault on Ukraine, admitting it […]

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World

Biden Seeks to Strengthen International Support as Ukraine Conflict Intensifies

President Joe Biden is set to consult with allies from NATO’s eastern flank in Poland on Tuesday as the Russian invasion of Ukraine edges toward an even more complicated stage.After paying an unannounced visit to Kyiv, Biden made his way to Warsaw on Monday on a mission to solidify Western unity as both Ukraine and […]

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UK

Royal Family seeks archivist to guard Queen’s secrets

The Royal Family is looking to employ three people who will be entrusted with the secrets of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The family is seeking a new archives curator, someone who will be recruited to archive all the late Queen’s and Duke of Edinburgh’s official and personal papers. The main purpose of the job […]

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Canada

Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal seeks dismissal of breach of trust

A former Liberal MP is seeking the dismissal of two criminal charges connected to his time in office. Raj Grewal’s lawyer argues that prosecutors have not presented enough evidence to find him guilty of the two breach of trust charges, and the Crown has failed to establish essential elements required for such a finding. The […]

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Science

Legal Petition Seeks Environmental Review Improvements Promised

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Council on Environmental Quality today to strengthen the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act to better tackle the climate crisis, meaningfully address environmental justice and push agencies to make better, more environmentally protective decisions. Despite promises made during the presidential campaign and at the beginning of […]

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Pets

Rep seeks to ban pets from driver’s laps

Rep seeks to ban pets from driver’s laps Conway Daily Sun Source link

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Business

DOJ files second antitrust suit against Google, seeks to break up

CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai meets Polish Prime Minister at the Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022. Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed its second antitrust lawsuit against Google in just over two years. It’s the latest sign that the U.S. government is […]

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Science

UK and Thailand Partnership Seeks to Improve Trading Environment

The UK Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (C4DTI) has partnered with the Electronic Transaction Development Agency (ETDA). The organisations aim to improve the trading environment between UK and Thailand. The C4DTI and ETDA’s new partnership project aims to provide a cheaper, faster, simpler and more sustainable trading environment between UK and Thailand. The project […]