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Audits conducted by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense determine that between March and July, multiple Armed Forces of Ukraine units never received nearly US$4.2 million in military aid labeled as "humanitarian aid" to bypass customs fees, prompting embezzlement and illicit enrichment investigations.
2024-08-26

An investigation by the Associated Press and Israeli investigative organization Shomrim finds that the United States and Israel allowed tax-deductible donations totaling over US$200,000 to multiple Israeli far-right extremist groups involved in blocking and disrupting humanitarian aid delivery to the Gaza Strip.
2024-07-16

The United States Department of Justice announces that the Swedish-Swiss corporation ABB has acceded to a US$315-million fine for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by extorting the South African state-owned public utility Eskom to secure government contracts from 2014 to 2017.
2022-12-2

A U.S. federal jury finds the organizers of 2017's Unite the Right rally, which includes white supremacists Richard B. Spencer, Jason Kessler, and Christopher Cantwell, liable for the violence that occurred and are ordered to pay US$26 million to nine individuals that suffered "physical and emotional damages". However, the jury was deadlocked on whether to convict on two federal conspiracy charges.
2021-11-23

Hours after the coup d'état in Sudan, the United States Department of State suspends $700 million worth of aid to the country until the restoration of the civilian government. [https:--www.channelnewsasia.com-world-us-pauses-us700-million-aid-sudan-after-military-takeover-2268236 (AFP via CNA)]Sudan–United States relations
2021-10-25

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion relief package into law.
2021-03-11

Bayer AG announces it has agreed to pay US$10 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits regarding claims that the Monsanto herbicide Roundup causes cancer. Court-appointed mediator Kenneth Feinberg says the deal is a "constructive and reasonable" resolution.
2020-06-24

The government of Malaysia rejects a USD$3 billion settlement offered by Goldman Sachs in a lawsuit over the 1MDB scandal.
2020-06-6

A top level Somali al-Shabab militant with a $3m US bounty, Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, surrenders to police.
2014-12-27

Russian President Vladimir Putin unveils a new $50 billion drive for the country to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of the new Vostochny Cosmodrome to fly humans to space by the end of the decade.
2013-04-12