Ukraine News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 3, 2025.
MIL-OSI USA News: WEEK 15 WINS: President Trump’s 100th Day Marked by More Success
Source: The White House This week, President Donald J. Trump celebrated his 100th day in office — and set the course for the next 100 days of growth, prosperity, and success for the American people. Here is a non-comprehensive list of wins in week 15: The economy added 177,000 new jobs in April, according to […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Committee against Torture Concludes Eighty-Second Session
Source: United Nations – Geneva The Committee against Torture this morning closed its eighty-second session, after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Armenia, France, Mauritius, Monaco, Turkmenistan and Ukraine, which were reviewed during the session. The session was held from 7 April to 2 May. Claude Heller, Committee Chairperson, read out a summary of […]
MIL-OSI Video: Press Freedom, Peacekeeping, Syria & other topics – Daily Press Briefing | United Nations
Source: United Nations (Video News) Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: – World Press Freedom Day – International Days – Secretary-General/Peacekeeping – Syria – Occupied Palestinian Territory – UNIFIL – Ukraine – Haiti – Myanmar – Somalia WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY Tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day. It is a constant […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Press release – World Press Freedom Day 3 May: defending media freedom to safeguard democracy
Source: European Parliament European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Vice-President Sabine Verheyen and Culture and Education Committee Chair Nela Riehl stress the vital role of independent journalism. President Roberta Metsola said: “A free press is the best shield for democracy. Journalists must be free to report without fear of censorship, intimidation, or retaliation. The European Parliament […]
MIL-OSI Europe: MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market – B10-0246/2025
Source: European Parliament Anna Cavazzinion behalf of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection B10‑0246/2025 European Parliament resolution on the old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market (2025/2542(RSP)) The European Parliament, – having regard to its resolution of 18 January 2023 on the 30th anniversary of the single market: celebrating achievements and looking […]
MIL-OSI Global: Perfect storm of tech bros, foreign interference and disinformation is an urgent threat to press freedom
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tom Felle, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Galway Media freedom has long been essential to healthy democracy. It is the oxygen that fuels informed debate, exposes corruption and holds power to account. But around the world, that freedom is under sustained attack. The actions of populist political […]
MIL-OSI USA: Welch Statement for World Press Freedom Day
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, released the following statement ahead of World Press Freedom Day, which is celebrated annually on May 3: “A free press is essential, both here in America and internationally. It […]
MIL-OSI Video: U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund
Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements) The U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund will drive economic growth, providing a solid foundation for Ukraine’s recovery from the war. This economic partnership marks a significant milestone in U.S.-Ukraine relations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiYKzMOD0r4 MIL OSI Video –
MIL-OSI Europe: The Atlantic Council hosted French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot on Europe and the new world order.
Source: France-Diplomatie – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development Frederick Kempe: Good afternoon to those joining us in our headquarters, our relatively new global headquarters here in Washington today. Good evening to those watching online from Europe and the globe, to everyone joining us from throughout the world. My name is Frederick Kempe. I’m […]
MIL-OSI Global: When presidents try to make peace: What Trump could learn from Teddy Roosevelt, Carter, Clinton and his own first term
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Andrew E. Busch, Professor and Associate Director, Institute of American Civics, University of Tennessee U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, center, introduces Russian and Japanese delegates during negotiations at the Portsmouth Peace Conference in Kittery, Maine, in August 1905. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Throughout his 2024 campaign for the presidency, Donald […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Building Climate Resilience: OSCE Chairpersonship Event in Vienna
Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe – OSCE Headline: Building Climate Resilience: OSCE Chairpersonship Event in Vienna VIENNA, 2 May 2025 – Over 140 participants from OSCE Participating States, Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Institutions, civil society, and international organizations gathered in Vienna for the “Resilient Together in a Changing Climate” Chairpersonship Event, organized […]
MIL-OSI Europe: World Press Freedom Day: European Parliament reaffirms commitment to defend media freedom
Source: European Union 2 European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Vice-President Sabine Verheyen and Culture and Education Committee Chair Nela Riehl stress the vital role of independent journalism. President Roberta Metsola said: “A free press is the best shield for democracy. Journalists must be free to report without fear of censorship, intimidation, or retaliation. The European […]
MIL-OSI: Marex Group plc Announces Pricing of U.S.$500 Million Senior Notes Offering
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) NEW YORK, May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marex Group plc (Nasdaq: MRX) (“Marex”), the diversified global financial services platform, announced the pricing on May 1, 2025 of a public offering (the “Offering”) of U.S.$500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.829% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be […]
MIL-OSI Global: Donald Trump has cast a long shadow over the Australian election. Will it prove decisive?
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Donald Trump is everywhere, inescapable. His return to power in the United States was always going to have some impact on the Australian federal election. The question was how disruptive he would be. […]
MIL-OSI Security: International operation uncovers large scale scheme laundering hundreds of millions of euros
Source: Eurojust The suspect is the son of a prominent entrepreneur in Ukraine, who owned a defence company. Following the Russian invasion, profits began to decline, and the owners are suspected of having illegally sold their majority stake to representatives of a foreign state. To hide the illegal profits gained from the sale, the owner’s […]
MIL-OSI: Radware Launches New Cloud Security Service Centers in India and Kenya
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) MAHWAH, N.J., May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a global leader in application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments, announced the launch of new cloud security service centers in Chennai and Mumbai, India, and Nairobi, Kenya. Today, Radware supports a network of more than 50 cloud security service […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Prime Minister hails game changing UK-made RAF drones
Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Press release Prime Minister hails game changing UK-made RAF drones Hundreds of highly skilled jobs are being supported by the RAF’s new cutting-edge UK made drones. New British-made ‘StormShroud’ drones are at the cutting edge of defence combat air, taking advantage of learnings from countering Putin’s illegal war in […]
MIL-OSI: Shell announces commencement of a share buyback programme
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Shell plc Shell announces commencement of a share buyback programme May 2, 2025 Shell plc (the ‘Company’) today announces the commencement of a $3.5 billion share buyback programme covering an aggregate contract term of approximately three months (the ‘programme’). The purpose of the programme is to reduce the issued share capital of […]
MIL-OSI: Shell plc First Quarter 2025 Interim Dividend
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) London, May 2, 2025 − The Board of Shell plc (the “Company”) (XLON: SHEL, XNYS: SHEL, XAMS: SHELL) today announced an interim dividend in respect of the first quarter of 2025 of US$ 0.358 per ordinary share. Details relating to the first quarter 2025 interim dividend Per ordinary share(GB00BP6MXD84) Q1 2025 Shell […]
MIL-Evening Report: Keith Rankin Analysis – The Great World War 1914-1945: Germany, Russia, Ukraine
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Keith Rankin, trained as an economic historian, is a retired lecturer in Economics and Statistics. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. On Anzac Day we remembered World War One and World War Two, or at least the peripheral little bits of those imperial wars that New Zealand was involved in. There […]