Want to know about new FTC head’s conflicts of interest? Too bad, that’s redacted

Corporate lawyer Andrew Smith’s appointment to head the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer protection raised some eyebrows earlier this summer. Now, a heavily redacted set of documents have done little to allay this concern. According to his financial disclosure form, Smith provided legal services to a host of companies, including Uber, Amazon, JP Morgan, and the […]

Trump says discussed Middle East with Putin, made progress on conflicts

US President Donald Trump has said that he discussed the Middle East conflicts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and said he hoped that at some point Iran would call him and say “let’s make a deal”. Read more Speaking from the White House a day after meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in […]

Conflict Management: How to Turn Any Conflicts into Opportunities

There’s a lot out there written on conflict from how to ask what you really want and how to understand what the other side really wants. But what I have seen from those materials is that most of them have been written in bubbles using armchair philosophy with almost zero empirical evidence and applicability in […]

Lucifer 'Prankster' Lauren German Previews Chloe's Upcoming Conflicts

This week on Fox’s Lucifer (Mondays, 8/7c), Chloe’s relationship with one of the men in her life heats up — but to what possibly “shady” end? The detective will also confront her partner in crimesolving about his meddling behavior, and in what exactly it’s rooted. VIDEOSLucifer Casts House Alum as Ella’s Invisible (?!) Friend TVLINE […]

‘Rebuild the trust’: Germany needs Russia to solve conflicts & promote multilateral world – FM

Germany needs to rebuild trust with Russia to tackle regional crises and promote multilateralism, a newly-appointed Foreign Minister said in a surprise addition to his statement praising the West’s unity over the Skripal case. Speaking to Bild’s Sunday edition, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Berlin is ready to revive dialogues with Moscow, despite supporting the […]

Mueller probe has ‘massive conflicts of interest’ – Trump

US President Donald Trump has again used Twitter to take aim at special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia. Trump tweeted Monday morning that the Mueller probe is a “total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest!”  A total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest! — Donald […]

Trump: Manafort was let go because of conflicts with ‘certain nations’

REUTERS/Joshua Roberts President Donald Trump said in an interview that he hopes special counsel Robert Mueller is “treating everything fairly” as part of his Russia investigation. Trump also sought to distance himself from Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman who was indicted on 12 counts on Monday. The president continued to say he’s not under investigation, […]

‘Troops don’t solve conflicts’: German opposition slams govt report on $25bn army deployments

Germany spent roughly €21 billion ($ 25 billion) for 52 overseas deployments in the past decades, losing 108 soldiers, the defense ministry said, amid calls from top German officials to not engage in an arms race pushed by US President Donald Trump. Responding to a request for information from Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke), the […]