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    Amidst Climate Multilateralism and COPs’ Credibility Weakening, Countries’ Political Morals Will Face a Defining Test

    Many observers view climate multilateralism as being at its lowest point. The return of US President Donald Trump has further shaken global cooperation, injecting policy reversals and uncertainty at a time when nations should be moving in a collective direction. Currently, the geopolitical climate is becoming more volatile, with tensions between major powers also sharpening.… Continue reading Amidst Climate Multilateralism and COPs’ Credibility Weakening, Countries’ Political Morals Will Face a Defining Test
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    Trust: The Missing Currency of Corporate Life

    Since the pandemic, the US workforce has experienced a profound reshaping of expectations, norms and relationships. The nation has witnessed moments of resilience and ingenuity, but also unprecedented levels of stress, fragmentation and uncertainty. The numbers reveal a reality that is no longer anecdotal but systemic — a deterioration in trust, engagement, collaboration and belief… Continue reading Trust: The Missing Currency of Corporate Life
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    FO° Exclusive: Is the Ukraine War Ending on Putin’s Terms? Decoding Trump’s 28-Point Plan

    Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopolitical risk, dissect US President Donald Trump’s proposed peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war. They weigh whether this framework, presented as a ceasefire of perhaps long duration, is a genuine American-led proposal or… Continue reading FO° Exclusive: Is the Ukraine War Ending on Putin’s Terms? Decoding Trump’s 28-Point Plan
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    Trump hints support for fringe theory that Venezuela rigged 2020 election

    President’s comment implies hostility to Venezuela may be based on unfounded election-rigging conspiracy theoryDonald Trump on Sunday appeared to endorse the discredited conspiracy theory that Venezuela’s leadership controls electronic voting software worldwide and caused his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden.White House officials have previously said that Trump’s increasingly bellicose policy toward Venezuela is driven by concerns about migration and the drug trade. But the president’s new comment, made on Truth Social, hints that his hostility to Venezuela may also be based on an outlandish, implausible theory ruled to be false by a judge in 2023. Continue reading… More

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    Trump’s DoJ investigating unfounded claims Venezuela helped steal 2020 election

    Exclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against MaduroFederal investigators have been interviewing multiple people who are pushing unfounded claims that Venezuela helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump, the Guardian has learned.Two promoters of the conspiracy theory have repeatedly briefed the US attorney for the district of Puerto Rico, W Stephen Muldrow, and have shared witnesses and documents with officials, according to four sources. Muldrow declined to comment. Continue reading… More

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    Trump justice department seeks 2020 election records from Georgia county

    Request to Fulton county underscores determination to revive president’s falsehoods about election he lostThe justice department on Thursday asked election officials in Fulton county, Georgia, to turn over records related to the 2020 election, a request that underscores how the administration is trying to revive one of the president’s biggest falsehoods about the election he lost five years ago.Investigators have cleared Fulton county of malfeasance in 2020. Nonetheless, a Republican majority on the board voted to reopen the investigation last year. On the night of the 2024 presidential election, the board voted to subpoena a slew of documents. This summer, the board passed a resolution asking the justice department to intervene and help them get the documents. The subpoenas issued last year seek records related to voter lists, chain of custody forms, ballot images, security seals and ballot scanner paperwork. Continue reading… More

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    Dominion, voting firm targeted by false 2020 election claims, sold to new owner

    Company, which reached $787.5m defamation settlement with Fox News, becomes new entity called Liberty VoteDominion Voting Systems, the company that makes widely used voting equipment in the United States that became synonymous with election conspiracies and Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, has been sold.The company was purchased by Scott Leiendecker, a former Republican Missouri election official who founded KnowInk, which makes electronic pollbooks used at voting sites across the country. Leiendecker purchased Dominion under a new company called Liberty Vote. Leiendecker served as the elections director in St Louis from 2005 until 2012, according to his LinkedIn, a period during which he would have overlapped with Ed Martin, a staunch Trump ally at the justice department who served as chairman of the St Louis board of elections from 2005 to 2006. Continue reading… More