S&P cuts Egypt's credit ratings Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has pushed Egypt's sovereign credit ratings deeper into junk status, citing "continued pressure" on foreign reserves. More
Guantanamo hunger strike renews debates over indefinite detention, ethics of force-feeding Twice a day at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, guards take a number of detainees from their cells, one at a time, to a camp clinic or a private room on their block. The detainees are offered a hot meal or a liquid nutritional supplement and, if they refuse, they are strapped into a chair. More
Ghana impounds 'faulty condoms' More than 110 million Chinese-made condoms are seized in Ghana after laboratory tests revealed they had holes and burst easily. More
Nigeria tycoon 'plans $8bn refinery' Africa's wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, says he aims to invest up to $8bn in a major new oil refinery that would double Nigeria's current oil output. More
‘Fat Leonard’ faces sentencing as epic Navy scandal nears end SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the rotund U.S. Navy contractor, con man and escape artist who repeatedly outwitted federal officials over two decades, could be freed from prison in as little as ... 11/1/2024 - 7:33 am | View Link
Billions of Dollars Wasted: The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Nightmare What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS ... I write “already” because the Littoral Combat Ship was designed to have a shelf life of twenty-five years. But the USS Freedom ... 10/27/2024 - 1:03 am | View Link
Talk show host and former Navy man Montel Williams co-writes history of USS Intrepid A new history of the USS Intrepid will be co-written by Montel Williams, a former Navy man otherwise known for his long career ... during World War II, when the ship and crew survived a Japanese ... 10/23/2024 - 3:08 am | View Link
A Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Literally Went Nowhere for Almost 6 Years The USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, underwent a Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) that lasted 2,117 days, almost as long as it took to build the ... 10/22/2024 - 2:01 am | View Link
1 Nimitz-Class Navy Aircraft Carrier 'Will Go Nowhere' for over 5 Years The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is undergoing a delayed Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH), now expected to be completed by October 2026, 14 months later than initially planned. The project ... 10/21/2024 - 9:36 am | View Link