International treaties and agreements govern the use and proliferation of the inputs used to create biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.
—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Oct. 2026
Most governments agreed to deal with them through a patchwork of treaties and multilateral bodies that sought to guarantee freedom of navigation in international waters and assign coastal seabeds to adjacent littoral states.
Attempts to coordinate the different agencies under a central authority to fight organized crime have failed in Congress, where professional associations representing those agencies have resisted anything that would reduce their power.
—
MATIAS SPEKTOR,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Oct. 2026
The model then forms statistical associations between the person’s name, profession, companies and areas of activity.
But an incentive is not a guardrail, and voluntary output pledges have a spotty track record.
—
Andrew McGowan,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2026
Capital financial services giant project includes a $60 million investment by 2031, and pledges to hire hundreds of workers with minimum average pay of $194,000.
—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2026
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