Ukraine – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 21, 2025

Ukraine News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 21, 2025.

MIL-OSI Global: Falling back into the shadows? How to keep internal displacement on the humanitarian agenda
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Megan Bradley, Full Professor, Political Science and International Development Studies, McGill University The international humanitarian system is in freefall. Following the dramatic funding cuts initiated by Donald Trump’s administration in the United States, deliveries of essential food, medicines and clean water to those in need have halted and […]

MIL-OSI Global: Recent spy scandals reveal how western allies are increasingly unreliable friends
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Robert Dover, Professor of Intelligence and National Security & Dean of Faculty, University of Hull Denmark’s foreign affairs minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen sounded surprised and emotional as he addressed a press conference on May 7. He announced he would call in the acting head of the US embassy […]

MIL-OSI Security: Secretary General calls for stronger NATO-EU cooperation to strengthen deterrence and defence
Source: NATO On Tuesday (20 May 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attended the Foreign Affairs Council with EU Defence Ministers. He highlighted the importance of closer NATO-EU relations, in light of the threats from Russia, China’s military build-up, and terrorism. Mr Rutte underlined the need to ramp up defence spending and production, and “to […]

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Global action is needed to tackle the growing threats that face our seas, people and shared prosperity: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Speech Global action is needed to tackle the growing threats that face our seas, people and shared prosperity: UK statement at the UN Security Council Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on maritime security. The United Kingdom, […]

MIL-OSI Global: Is Donald Trump doing the world a favour by isolating the United States?
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Shaun Narine, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, St. Thomas University (Canada) United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs against most of the world tanked stock markets, disrupted the U.S. bond market and destabilized the global economy. Trump has economically and politically threatened American allies, shattering the unity […]

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Hospitals need to be prepared for war – report
Source: Anglia Ruskin University Ambulances parked near a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine Hospitals need to learn lessons from Ukraine and Syria as they increasingly become targets for military activity during times of conflict, according to research carried out by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and published by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The 96-page guidance document […]

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Starmer: Year One conference to take place at ARU
Source: Anglia Ruskin University A street sign at Downing Street The Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is hosting the first ever conference to focus on the record to date of Sir Keir Starmer’s government. The public event, called Starmer: Year One, is taking place at Anglia Ruskin’s Cambridge campus on Saturday, […]

MIL-OSI: Currency Exchange International Corp. Commences Trading on the OTCQX Market Under the Symbol CURN
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) TORONTO, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Currency Exchange International Corp. (TSX: CXI; OTCQX: CURN) (the “Company” or the “Group”), a leader in comprehensive foreign exchange technology and processing services is pleased to announce that, effective today, the Company’s common shares will commence trading on the OTCQX® Best Market (“OTCQX”) under the […]

MIL-OSI: DT Midstream Achieves Investment Grade Credit Rating
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) DETROIT, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DT Midstream, Inc. (NYSE: DTM) announced that it has achieved an investment grade rating with two agencies: Moody’s Ratings upgraded DTM’s credit rating to Baa3 with a stable outlook on May 16, 2025; and Fitch Ratings upgraded DTM’s credit rating to BBB- with a stable […]

MIL-OSI: Radware and MAIRE Team Up to Deliver Managed Security Services
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) MAHWAH, N.J. and MILAN, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a global leader in application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments, and MAIRE, a leading technology and engineering group focused on advancing the Energy Transition, have further expanded their relationship. MAIRE is adding Radware’s AI-powered Cloud Application Protection […]

MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: President Lai interviewed by Nippon Television and Yomiuri TV
Source: Republic of China Taiwan Details2025-05-20President Lai delivers address on first anniversary of taking office  On the morning of May 20, President Lai Ching-te delivered an address on the first anniversary of his taking office. In his address, the president stated that the Taiwan of today is a Taiwan of the world, and whether it […]

MIL-OSI: Progress on share buyback programme
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Progress on share buyback programme ING announced today that, as part of our €2.0 billion share buyback programme announced on 2 May 2025, in total 6,040,889 shares were repurchased during the week of 12 May 2025 up to and including 16 May 2025. The shares were repurchased at an average price of […]

MIL-OSI Russia: Moscow is ready to work with Kyiv on a memorandum on a future peace treaty – V. Putin
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Moscow, May 20 /Xinhua/ — Russia is ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum on a future peace treaty, which may also include issues of a […]

MIL-Evening Report: There’s no country more important to Australia than Indonesia. Trouble is, the feeling isn’t mutual
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Making Jakarta their first overseas visit has become a set piece for newly elected Australian prime ministers dating back to John Howard in 1996. […]

MIL-Evening Report: Labor’s second-term defence priorities – could they include a pact with Europe?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University 1000 Words/Shutterstock An apt metaphor for the Department of Defence in Labor’s second term might be the Titanic. The good ship “defence” has hit an iceberg: the senior officers are reassuring all is fine, the band is playing and […]

MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: President Lai delivers address on first anniversary of taking office  
Source: Republic of China Taiwan Details2025-05-13President Lai interviewed by Japan’s Nikkei  In a recent interview with Japan’s Nikkei, President Lai Ching-te responded to questions regarding Taiwan-Japan and Taiwan-United States relations, cross-strait relations, the semiconductor industry, and the international economic and trade landscape. The interview was published by Nikkei on May 13. President Lai indicated that […]

MIL-OSI Russia: Telephone conversation with V. Putin “went very well” — D. Trump
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News LOS ANGELES, May 19 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that his two-hour phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday […]

MIL-Evening Report: ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 20, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 20, 2025. Can you treat headaches with physiotherapy? Here’s what the research saysSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhiqi Liang, Lecturer in Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland BaanTaksinStudio/Shutterstock You might’ve noticed some physiotherapists advertise they offer treatments for headaches […]

MIL-OSI Russia: Ukrainian President orders creation of permanent peace negotiating group
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News KYIV, May 20 (Xinhua) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered the formation of a permanent expanded national group to conduct peace talks, he said on his […]

MIL-OSI China: Trump says phone call with Putin ‘went very well’
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive for a bill signing ceremony of the Take It Down Act at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 19, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] U.S. President Donald Trump said his telephone conversation Monday morning […]