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Venezuela’s Flawed November 21 Elections (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The Maduro regime deprived Venezuelans yet again of their right to participate in a free and fair electoral...

Taking Action Against ISIS-K (US Department of State)

The United States is committed to using its full set of counterterrorism tools to counter the threat posed by the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province,...

Dancing on the Precipice: Kurdish General in Syria Weighs Turkish Threats, Gulf Outreach to Assad (William Roebuck, Arab Gulf State Institute in Washington)

The war-ravaged status quo in Syria continues, even as the region shifts with surprising realignments and outreach. Emblematic of this shift in the regional...

The Optics of Women in the Workforce (Loujain Alhathloul, Arab Gulf State Institute in Washington)

There is a recent culture of promoting women’s workforce participation in the Middle East and North Africa, but looking solely at the data misses...

UK to Make Electric Car Charging Ports Compulsory in New Buildings (Agence France-Press, IndustryWeek)

Britain will make electric car chargers compulsory for new buildings in England from 2022, as it switches away from high-polluting vehicles, Prime Minister Boris...

Rivian, Ford Cancel Plans to Collaborate on Electric Vehicle (Agence France-Press, IndustryWeek)

Electric truck maker Rivian and Detroit auto giant Ford on Friday announced they have canceled plans to jointly develop an electric vehicle, a week...

Ericsson to acquire Vonage for $6.2 billion (Michael Gariffo, ZDNet)

Ericsson has agreed to acquire Voice over IP (VoIP) and B2B communications provider Vonage for $0.21 per share, or a total purchase price of...

Siemens’ new system helps companies track emissions across the supply chain (Stephanie Condon, ZDNet)

Siemens on Monday launched a set of tools to help businesses track their product carbon footprint (PCF), including emissions data from all of their...

Hackers used this software flaw to steal credit card details from thousands of online retailers (Danny Palmer, ZDNet)

Over 4,000 online retailers have been warned that their websites had been hacked by cybercriminals trying to steal customers' payment information and other personal...

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