June 2022

As China’s COVID-containment lockdowns stall goods en route to price-conscious U.S. consumers, New Jersey manufacturer Mitch Cahn is finding traces of gold in the snapped links of the global supply chain. Eleven miles from Manhattan, business is surging at Cahn’s textile company, which boasts a 100% local supply chain. “We manufacture everything from scratch right here in north Newark. We have been in business for 30 years, we now have about 155 workers, and we are hoping to hire another 25 immediately,” said Cahn, founder and president of Unionwear. Established in 1992, Unionwear manufactures customized baseball hats, scarves and backpacks

Harini Logan was eliminated from the Scripps National Spelling Bee once, then reinstated. She missed four words in a grueling standoff against Vikram Raju, including one that would have given her the title. In the first-ever lightning-round tiebreaker, Harini finally claimed the trophy. The 14-year-old eighth grade student from San Antonio, Texas, who competed in the last fully in-person bee three years ago and endured the pandemic to make it back, spelled 21 words correctly during a 90-second spell-off, beating Vikram by six. Harini, one of the best-known spellers entering the bee and a crowd favorite for her poise and

Minister for the Economy, European Funds and Lands today PressEnter Group’s new state-of-the-art head office in Sliema. The minister explained that last year, this company had announced that it will be expanding its footprint in Malta by moving to new offices. “Today we are inaugurating 1500sq.m. of office space spread over six floors and a business expansion of a company that forms part of the list of 300+ iGaming companies operating in and from Malta – a sector that plays host to thousands of quality gaming-related jobs”, stated Minister Schembri. PressEnter is an operator behind some of the world’s most

Auditor General Charles Deguara presented the study highlighted in caption to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Anġlu Farrugia. This study evaluated performance audit findings elicited through a review of 19 performance audit reports which were published by the NAO between 2017 and 2020. Performance audits assess if a government is making economic and efficient use of resources to effectively deliver its policy goals and achieve its intended impact. To varying degrees the findings in the performance audits undertaken impacted good public governance. These findings included issues related to Procurement Procedures, Monitoring and Enforcement, Risk Management, Compliance, Administration, Human Resources,

Queen Elizabeth II will make two appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony on Thursday, kicking off four days of public events to mark her historic Platinum Jubilee. The extent of the 96-year-old monarch’s involvement in the celebrations for her record-breaking 70 years on the throne has been a source of speculation for months. She has cut back drastically on her public appearances since last year because of difficulties standing and walking — and a bout of COVID-19. But royal officials confirmed that she would take the salute of mounted troops from the balcony after a military parade called Trooping the

A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is “getting worse, not better,” despite the secretive country’s recent claims that COVID-19 is slowing there. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO’s emergencies chief, Dr. Mike Ryan, appealed to North Korean authorities for more information about the COVID-19 outbreak there, saying, “We have real issues in getting access to the raw data and to the actual situation on the ground.” He said WHO has not received any privileged information about the epidemic — unlike in typical outbreaks, when countries