Government contracts

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 file photo, Dominic Cummings Chief Adviser to Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives in Downing Street in London. Britain’s High Court has ruled that the U.K. government acted unlawfully in awarding a contract to a company run by friends of the former top adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A judge ruled Wednesday, June 9, 2021 that a June 2020 decision by Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove to pay more than 500,000 pounds ($700,000) to market research firm Public First “gave rise to apparent bias and was unlawful.”(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)

UK court rules government acted unlawfully in contract award

By Pan Pylas Jun. 09, 2021 07:36 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020 file photo, South African Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, takes delivery of emergency medical equipment for COVID-19 from China, at OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mkhize was placed on special leave Tuesday, June 8, 2021 over a corruption scandal involving an irregular government contract where $11 million was paid to a company connected to two people who used to work for him. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South Africa's health minister put on leave over contract

By Mogomotsi Magome Jun. 08, 2021 02:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah arrives to attend the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Meeting, hosted by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Kuwait's justice system is testing government pledges to hold ministers accountable for $790 million gone missing from the Defense Ministry fund years ago. The ministerial court ordered two former ministers and royal family members, Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak Al Sabah and his ally, former Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah Al Sabah, detained April 2021 in Kuwait's Central Prison over their suspected misuse of the ministry's funds. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Ex-premier's graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait

By Isabel Debre May. 29, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

In this May 12, 2021 photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Biden administration will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of abuse allegations. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday announced that federal authorities will no longer use the jail facilities in Bristol County, Massachusetts and the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. (Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment

By Ben Fox And Kate Brumback May. 20, 2021 11:49 AM EDT

Defense contractor's Senate campaign donations investigated

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher May. 19, 2021 05:31 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S authorities are investigating allegations that a Hawaii-based defense contractor illegally donated $150,000 to the reelection fund of a...

A delivery worker rides his bike in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Spain has approved a pioneering law that gives delivery platforms a mid-August deadline to hire the workers currently freelancing for them and that requires transparency of artificial intelligence to manage workforces. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain adopts landmark law to protect 'gig' delivery workers

By Aritz Parra And Renata Brito May. 11, 2021 11:24 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 28, 2021, file photo, a child's knitted cap lies on the ground near the banks of the Rio Grande river in Roma, Texas. Confronted with a stream of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico, the U.S. government has awarded shelter-construction and management contracts to private companies that critics say may not be equipped to adequately care for the minors. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

US awards huge shelter contracts amid child migrant increase

By Adriana Gomez Licon May. 05, 2021 10:40 AM EDT

Former Jacksonville Jaguar Kevin Hardy raises his arms as an image of Georgia cornerback Tyson Campbell is displayed during the second round of the NFL football draft, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Cleveland. The Jaguars selected Campbel(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Jags line up potential replacements for Henderson, Robinson

By Mark Long Apr. 30, 2021 08:48 PM EDT

FILE - This Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, shows a full-scale model of the Ingenuity helicopter displayed for the media at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Space engineer Loay Elbasyouni was part of the NASA team that made history this month by launching an experimental helicopter from the surface of Mars. But he says an expedition to his hometown in the Gaza Strip, where posters celebrate his achievement, feels even farther off because of Israeli and Egyptian restrictions. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Gazan behind Mars drone says visiting home is no small step

By Fares Akram Apr. 29, 2021 01:13 PM EDT

A line of Boeing 777X jets are parked nose to tail on an unused runway at Paine Field, near Boeing's massive production facility, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash. Boeing Co. on Wednesday, April 28, reported a loss of $537 million in its first quarter. The Chicago-based company said it had a loss of 92 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.53 per share. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Boeing posts 1Q loss, takes a hit on Air Force One work

By David Koenig Apr. 28, 2021 08:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2016, file photo, a Boeing 747-400 Global SuperTanker drops half a load of its 19,400-gallon capacity during a ceremony at Colorado Springs, Colo. The world’s largest firefighting plane has been shut down just as Western states prepare for a wildfire season that fire officials fear could be worse than the average year. Tara Lee, a spokeswoman for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, said via email Friday, April 23, 2021, that the state’s Department of Natural Resources was alerted to the shutdown of the worlds’ largest firefighting plane called the Global SuperTanker.(Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File)

Largest firefighting plane may be sold for COVID-19 response

By Patty Nieberg Apr. 27, 2021 04:49 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks in Penrith, Australia. Australia has on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, cancelled two Chinese "Belt and Road" infrastructure building initiative deals with a state government, provoking an angry response from Beijing. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Australia ends China deals on national interest grounds

By Rod Mcguirk Apr. 22, 2021 04:40 AM EDT

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Opposition accuses UK govt of sleaze amid lobbying scandal

By Jill Lawless Apr. 14, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

Migrants from Senegal, including alleged minors, who were sleeping in the streets of Las Palmas arrive with their belongings to Holiday Club Puerto Calma hotel in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria, Spain, March 31, 2021. With hundreds of empty rooms, hotel director Calvin Lucock and restaurant owner Unn Tove Saetran decided to reopen their doors at their own expense to provide food, shelter and care to young migrant men who fell out of the official reception and integration system. (AP Photo/Renata Brito)

Canary Islands hotel offers shelter to migrants in need

By Renata Brito Apr. 13, 2021 02:34 AM EDT

Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt discusses the COVID-19 vaccination program at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, April 9, 2021. The Australian government has decided, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, against buying the single-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine as a way to accelerate its immunization program. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia rules out adding J&J vaccine to inoculation plan

By Rod Mcguirk Apr. 13, 2021 02:28 AM EDT

Senators give initial OK to $9.7B Nebraska budget package

By Grant Schulte Apr. 08, 2021 07:45 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers gave initial approval Thursday to a $9.7 billion state budget that includes more money for property tax credits and...

Novavax trials highlight Maryland’s COVID-fighting complex

By Rachel Logan, Julia Arbutus And Pierce Panagakos Of Capital News Service Mar. 23, 2021 02:02 PM EDT
When Novavax Inc. received $1.6 billion last year from the federal government to speed up testing and production of a coronavirus vaccine, some observers were...