Watchdog finds $5.4 billion in potential Covid loan fraud

Nearly 70,000 nonexistent or questionable Social Security Numbers were used to secure the coveted handouts Fraudsters using fake social security numbers may have walked off with $5.4 billion in pandemic loans from two of the US’ Covid-19 relief programs, according to a report published on Monday by watchdog group the Pandemic Response Action Committee. The…

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EU state could let foreigners serve in armed forces – media

German efforts to boost the Bundeswehr have been hampered by sluggish recruitment rates German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is willing to consider enlisting non-nationals into the country’s armed forces in a bid to ease manpower shortages, according to the Rheinische Post newspaper.

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India explains record troop deployment near China border

The Indian Foreign Ministry says it is meant to put pressure on Beijing to de-escalate tensions in the region Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar has announced that his country has deployed a record number of troops on the border with China in an effort to “pressure” Beijing into de-escalating tensions in the region. He noted…

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