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Ethics group urged probe into Nikki Haley travel, games perks one day ahead of announced exit
An anti-corruption group had urged an investigation into Nikki Haley's acceptance of private airplanes and free basketball tickets a day before she resigned Tuesday as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington had urged the State Department's inspector general ...
Qatar-linked firm poised to purchase distressed Kushner NYC skyscraper: NYT
The company owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is close to receiving a bailout of its flagship New York building from a company with ties to Qatar, The New York Times reported Thursday. Kushner Companies is in advanced talks with ...
Trump discloses 'expenses' payment to attorney who paid off porn star
President Donald Trump revealed in his financial disclosure Wednesday that he reimbursed personal attorney Michael Cohen as much as $250,000 for unspecified "expenses," with no mention of a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about a sexual tryst she said ...
U.S.-based researchers have successfully kept the brain cells of decapitated pigs alive for 36 hours, sparking concerns over the ethics involved in such advanced research. The MIT Technology Review said a Yale University team, led by neuroscientist Nenad Sestan, carried out experiments on between 100 ...
17 Japanese research bodies screen for military-linked studies amid science council push: survey
The decisions follow the Science Council of Japan’s renewal last year of a commitment to avoid becoming engaged in research for war purposes.
Kyoto University says no to military-related research despite spike in Defense Ministry funding
In fiscal 2017, the Defense Ministry allotted ¥11 billion for military technology-related research, an 18-fold increase over the previous fiscal year.
White House investigating loans to Jared Kushner's business: official
The White House is investigating whether two loans totaling more than $500 million to the family real estate business of U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner violated any criminal laws or regulations, according to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Democratic ...
While ethical issues remain, creating human organs in animals could help address the shortage of organs for transplants.
The role of rules in a 'moral education'
Human beings are born amoral. Infants know no rules, and obey none. They learn a few at home, then go to school and learn more. Everyone agrees rules are necessary. On what the rules should be there is less agreement; less still on ...
Story of Fukushima evacuee rice balls saving snow-stranded driver to appear in ethics textbook
A heartwarming story about Fukushima evacuees giving out rice balls to drivers stranded by heavy snow three years ago and helping one who fell ill will appear in an ethics textbook for elementary school pupils, according to a Tokyo publisher. The evacuees from the village ...
Wealthy White House staffers' finances detailed in new disclosures
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday released details of the personal finances of his many wealthy staffers. Senior adviser Steve Bannon disclosed assets of between $13 million and $56 million, including his influential political consultancy, Bannon Strategic Advisors Inc., worth as much as $25 million. Bannon ...
There's a Trump toilet, a Trump condom, a Trump pacemaker and even a Trump International Hotel among hundreds of trademarks in China that don't belong to Donald Trump. But after a decade of grinding battle in China's courts, the president was expected to get ...
