Asia Pacific: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 7, 2025.
MIL-OSI Submissions: Solomon Islands – East Makira Constituency delivers livelihood assistance to empower rural communities
Source: Solomon Islands Government The East Makira Constituency (EMC) office has successfully delivered the remaining Constituency Development Fund (CDF)-funded livelihood assistance and projects to recipients across EMC. This initiative underscores the government’s ongoing commitment to uplifting rural communities and fostering sustainable development, especially in EMC under the leadership of the Member of Parliament and Minister […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Advocacy News – Auckland Business Chamber ‘tone deaf’ in seeking profit from genocidal Israel – PSNA
Source: Palestinian Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) An Evening for Exploring Israeli-Kiwi Synergies and Partnership Calendar Icon Event hosted by New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub June 25, 2025 – June 25, 2025 Auckland Central, Auckland, New Zealand Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa says it’s astounded that an Israeli-NZ collaboration event is planned in Auckland later this […]
MIL-OSI: BitMart Community Partner Program: Rewiring Crypto Influence Through Decentralized Collaboration
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Singapore , June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In the hyper-fragmented, always-on world of crypto, attention is currency—and community is capital. But despite the rise of decentralized technology, the way platforms grow their user base or share their stories often remains surprisingly centralized. BitMart’s new Community Partner Program challenges that norm by introducing a […]
MIL-OSI USA: Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144
US Senate News: Source: US Whitehouse By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of […]
MIL-OSI Canada: Joint donor statement condemning attacks against civilians and humanitarian workers in Sudan by 30 donors
Source: Government of Canada News June 6, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada Joint donor statement condemning attacks against civilians and humanitarian workers in Sudan by the European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Democratic Republic of Congo Implements the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
Source: IMF – News in Russian June 6, 2025 With the successful launch of the new data portal—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) — the Democratic Republic of Congo has implemented a key recommendation of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) to publish essential macroeconomic and financial data. The e-GDDS is the first tier of […]
MIL-OSI Africa: SA, Finland launch youth mediators programme
Source: South Africa News Agency An initiative aimed at empowering a new generation of peacebuilders has been launched by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola. The Minister launched the South African segment of the South Africa–Finland Youth Peace Mediators Mentoring Programme on Friday. This innovative initiative, jointly implemented by the Department of […]
MIL-OSI USA: Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick and Congresswoman Hinson Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand PACT Act Benefits for Vietnam Veterans with Glioblastoma
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Florida 20th district)) Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA) introduced the Specialist Fourth Class Keith Smith Glioblastoma Parity Act, bipartisan legislation that would amend the Honoring our PACT Act to include glioblastoma as a presumptive condition for Agent […]
MIL-OSI: Globalink Investment Inc. Announces Extension of the Deadline to Complete a Business Combination to July 9, 2025
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) New York, NY , June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Globalink Investment Inc. (OTC Pink: GLLI, GLLIW, GLLIR, GLLIU) (“Globalink” or the “Company”), a special purpose acquisition company, announced today that on June 5, 2025, it caused to be deposited $0.15 per public share, totaling $10,890.15 (the “Extension Payment”) into its trust […]
MIL-OSI Russia: NDB signs 1.2 bln yuan loan agreement to finance environmental projects in China
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 SHANGHAI, June 6 (Xinhua) — The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) on Friday announced the signing of a 1.2 billion yuan (about 167 million U.S. dollars) syndicated […]
MIL-OSI USA: Heinrich, Luján Fight Trump Administration’s Cuts to the Job Corps Program
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) Washington, D.C. – After the Trump administration attempted to shutter the nation’s largest jobs training program for low-income and at-risk young people, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, […]
MIL-OSI USA: Heinrich, Luján Slam Trump’s Plan to Illegally Rescind Funding for New Mexico’s Local Public Radio & TV Stations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) Losing this funding would force many public stations to reduce much of their programming or, in some cases, close their doors to the rural communities they serve WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee […]
Heinrich, Luján Slam Trump’s Plan to Illegally Rescind Funding for New Mexico’s Local Public Radio & TV Stations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich Losing this funding would force many public stations to reduce much of their programming or, in some cases, close their doors to the rural communities they serve WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee […]
Heinrich Slams DOGE Attacks on USGS Scientists and Budget Cuts in Letter to Interior Department Secretary
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Ranking Member on the Senate Committee of Energy and Natural Resources sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum expressing his grave concern surrounding the Trump Administration’s assault on the Department’s science agency, […]
MIL-OSI USA: Murkowski, King Reintroduce Legislation to Help Coastal Workforce, Fisheries, and Infrastructure
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Alaska Lisa Murkowski 06.06.25 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Angus King (I-ME), reintroduced the Working Waterfronts Act, legislation which includes more than a dozen provisions aimed at boosting the workforce, energy and shoreside infrastructure, food security, and economies of coastal communities in Alaska […]
MIL-OSI Economics: WTO Fish Fund launches Call for Proposals for implementing Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
Source: WTO Headline: WTO Fish Fund launches Call for Proposals for implementing Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies Developing and LDC members that have ratified the Agreement are eligible to submit proposals for technical assistance and capacity-building activities to support their implementation of the Agreement. These fall into two categories: project preparation grants of up to USD […]
MIL-OSI Economics: WTO members focus on TFA implementation, transit issues and capacity-building
Source: WTO Headline: WTO members focus on TFA implementation, transit issues and capacity-building The TFA — which contains provisions for expediting the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit — is the first WTO agreement in which developing and LDC members can determine their own implementation schedules, in accordance with their national […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Hong Kong: New charges against Joshua Wong designed to prolong his stay behind bars
Source: Amnesty International – Responding to jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong being newly charged with “conspiring to collude with foreign forces” under the city’s National Security Law, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “Hong Kong’s National Security Law is turning five years old at the end of the month, and these new charges […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Suspected use of fraudulent life-saving attendants certificates at swimming pool of San Francisco Towers, Happy Valley
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region Suspected use of fraudulent life-saving attendants certificates at swimming pool of San Francisco Towers, Happy ValleyIssued at HKT 22:40 The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said today (June 6) that a life-saving attendant at the swimming pool of San Francisco Towers, located at 29-35 Ventris Road, Happy […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Chinese Foreign Minister Holds Phone Talk with French Foreign Minister
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 BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Friday. Wang Yi, also a member […]