First an IPO has to get SEC approval. A confidential filing means they send the information to the SEC without it being generally available. The public prospectus follows after approvals are given.
UNICEF labels anyone enlisted under 18 as a child soldier, and lobbies those governments who follow the practice to stop. Most countries now have changed to 18+, but there are some holdouts as low as 16 (Britain).
By “extreme distortion” don’t you mean “following the supplied manual”? Isn’t the peace and love hippy shit the actual distortion? Yahweh is a spiteful, vengeful, mean god after all.
The constituency voted heavily Reform in the local election, and Reform are the No 2 party in parliamentary elections. It’s been a historically safe seat for Labour, but that means less these days, and less for by-elections in general.
Depends what the foreign ship was up to. Could be drug interdiction, sanctions enforcement, warfare etc.