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Federal Activities: On March 1, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria announced that he authorized the disbursement of $1.09 billion for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s affordable housing allocations for 2020. $711 million will go to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Housing Trust Fund, an increase from the $326.4 million disbursed for 2019. The sum of $383 million will go to the Department of the Treasury for the Capital Magnet Fund, an increase from t...

Former Vanuatu prime minister Charlot Salwai. Photo: Hilaire Bule Former Vanuatu PM avoids jail time A former Vanuatu prime minister has been given a suspended jail sentence for perjury. Justice Andre Wiltens said Salwai had no previous conviction and sentenced him to two years and three months but suspended the sentence. He said Salwai provided untrue information through his sworn statement to mislead the supreme court of Vanuatu. But he added that Salwai contributed a lot to the national dev...

Researchers discover 20 new species of frogs, snakes and more in the Bolivian Andes  Dec 17, 2020, 09:03 PM facebook email The Chironius scurrulus snake was among the species identified during a recent assessment of the Bolivian Andes. Courtesy of Trond Larsen of Conservation International/Handout via REUTERS A team of 17 researchers spent two weeks in the Bolivian Andes assessing the ecosystem. They found 20 new species never before identified in science. The ef...

Researchers discovered 20 new species of frogs, butterflies, snakes and more during an expedition in the Bolivian Andes horecchio@businessinsider.com (Haven Orecchio-Egresitz) © Courtesy of Trond Larsen of Conservation International/Handout via REUTERS The Chironius scurrulus snake was among the species identified during a recent assessment of the Bolivian Andes. Courtesy of Trond Larsen of Conservation International/Handout via REUTERS A team of 17 researchers spent two week...

Courtesy of Trond Larsen of Conservation International/Handout via REUTERS A team of 17 researchers spent two weeks in the Bolivian Andes assessing the ecosystem. They found 20 new species never before identified in science. The effort was part of Conservation Internationals Rapid Response Program to quickly research ecosystems in need of protection.  Scientists who explored an ecosystem high in the Bolivian Andes discovered 20 new species that had never been iden...