ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug. 25 -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa posted the following news: * * * ECA, Egypt train officials to streamline taxation in the shipping sector * Cairo, 24 August 2025 (ECA) - The ECA Office for North Africa and the Egyptian Tax Authority launched on Sunday 24 August in Cairo (Egypt) a capacity building workshop on taxing the shipping sector in Egypt. The five-day training workshop aims to increase the capacity of senior tax officials, supervis  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following written testimony by Peter R. Huntsman, chairman, president and CEO of Huntsman Corp., from a July 23, 2025, hearing entitled "Challenges to Meeting Electricity Demand": * * * Why I Am Here Today Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to appear before the Committee to testify on how policymakers at the Federal, state and local level can work   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency issued the following news: * * * Poland - F-35 Sustainment The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Poland of F-35 Sustainment and related elements of logistics and program support for an estimated cost of $1.85 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sa  more

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 25 (TNSjou) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: * * * Reducing textile landfill begins with curbing overconsumption of clothing Any attempt to reduce the 200,000 tonnes of textile waste Australia sends to landfill hills every year must begin with a campaign to curb overproduction and overconsumption of clothing, say QUT researchers. * Australians are world's most avid clothes buyers: we have textile landfill hills to match * We buy  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2025, at 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Member Statements * Mike Crapo (R - ID) * Ron Wyden (D - OR) Nominees * Bryan Switzer, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Asia, Textiles, Investment, Services, and Intellectual Property), with the rank of Ambassador * Gustav Chiarello III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 29 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Three N.C. A&T Alumni Honored as HBCU Living Legends By Devon Smith North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Catherine Edmonds, Ed.D., '92, was one of three distinguished alumni honored during the 2025 HBCU (Historically Black College and University) Living Legends Scholarship Ga  more