Politics News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 1, 2025.
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Greenpeace – Government moves to further weaken freshwater protections as new report highlights poor state of New Zealand drinking water
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace says it is deeply disturbed by the findings of the latest Taumata Arowai report, which shows that seven registered water supplies exceeded levels of nitrate associated with an increased risk of preterm birth. The organisation says it is also concerning that this news comes while the Government is consulting on proposals that would further […]
MIL-OSI USA: Klobuchar Challenges SNAP Cost Shift to States in the Big Beautiful Betrayal
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, raised a Point of Order challenging the unprecedented unfunded mandate imposed by the SNAP cuts in the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Betrayal.” The bill requires states, for the […]
MIL-OSI USA: SBA Offers Relief to Kansas Small Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by June Storms and Flooding
Source: United States Small Business Administration SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to Kansas small businesses, private nonprofits and residents to offset physical and economic losses from severe storms, torrential rain and flooding occurring June 3-7. The SBA issued a disaster declaration in response to a […]
MIL-Evening Report: Aamir Khan’s big screen comeback, Sitaare Zameen Par, features an all-star neurodivergent cast – a Bollywood first
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yanyan Hong, PhD Candidate in Communication, Media and Film Studies, University of Adelaide Bharti Dubey/X Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s return to the big screen after a three-year hiatus has been far from ordinary. Sitaare Zameen Par (2025) which translates to “stars on Earth”, is the first major […]
MIL-OSI Russia: IMF Executive Board Completes the Second Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Togo
Source: IMF – News in Russian June 30, 2025 The IMF Executive Board today completed the second review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for Togo, allowing the authorities to draw about SDR 44.0 million (about US$ 60.5 million). The Executive Board approved the 42-month ECF arrangement in March 2024 and concluded the first […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why your holiday flight is still not being powered by sustainable aviation fuel
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Salman Ahmad, Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of the West of Scotland Fahroni/Shutterstock As you wait in the departure lounge for your flight this summer, you may notice your aeroplane being pumped full of fuel ahead of takeoff. And then you may start to wonder […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Labour is divided over disability cuts – here’s what the public thinks
Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Curtice, Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research Keir Starmer’s MPs are rebelling en masse against cuts to the benefits system. Flickr/UK Parliament, CC BY-NC-ND Keir Starmer has been dealing with his most serious parliamentary challenge since he became […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move
Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Roger Southall, Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand South Africans are wearily attuned to governments’ Orwellian misuse of language. After all, South Africa is a country where a one-time government passed a law (the Natives Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents Act of 1952) which […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Valentin-Yves Mudimbe: the philosopher who reshaped how the world thinks about Africa
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Christophe Premat, Associate Professor in French Studies (cultural studies), head of the Centre for Canadian Studies, Stockholm University Valentin-Yves Mudimbe. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Congolese thinker, philosopher and linguist Valentin-Yves Mudimbe died on 21 April 2025 at the age of 83. He was in the US, where he […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Pepfar funding to fight HIV/Aids has saved 26 million lives since 2003: how cutting it will hurt Africa
Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Eric Friedman, Researcher, Georgetown University The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has been a cornerstone of global HIV/Aids prevention, care and treatment for over two decades. Pepfar has enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the US, but its future is now uncertain. Public health scholars Eric […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University President Donald Trump holds up an executive order promoting coal production, with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, left, and the secretaries of Interior and Energy behind him. AP Photo/Evan Vucci […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: How your electric bill may be paying for big data centers’ energy use
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ari Peskoe, Lecturer on Law, Harvard University Your power bill may be hiding something. photoschmidt/iStock/Getty Images Plus In the race to develop artificial intelligence, large technology companies such as Google and Meta are trying to secure massive amounts of electricity to power new data centers. Electric utilities […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why corporations are backing away from supporting Pride this year
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Leah Hamilton, Professor in the Faculty of Business & Communication Studies, Mount Royal University Prime Minister Mark Carney recently raised the Pride flag on Parliament Hill and lamented the growing anti-2SLGBTQIA+ sentiment in Canada. He also committed $1.5 million to make Pride festivals across the country safer. This […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why Israel and the U.S. are sure to encounter the limits of air power in Iran
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University The United States has apparently answered Israel’s call to to become involved in the war between Israel and Iran. President Donald Trump had signalled a willingness for the U.S. to become involved […]
MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Valadao Works to Lower Central Valley Energy Costs
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman David G. Valadao (California) WASHINGTON – Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) sent a letter alongside Reps. Vince Fong (CA-20), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Tom McClintock (CA-05) to applaud the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to rescind the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the California Geologic Energy Management Division […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: 9 million Ethiopian children have been forced out of school: what the government must do
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Tebeje Molla, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Deakin University More than nine million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships. In 2023, Ethiopia had a total school-aged population of 35,444,482 children, about […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: How the UK became dependent on asylum hotels
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Darling, Professor in Human Geography, Durham University Hotels housing asylum seekers have become hotspots of protest. Jory Mundy/Shutterstock Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s pledge to “end the costly use of asylum hotels in this parliament” is a rare thing in British politics: a policy supported by all major political […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Class and masculinity are connected – when industry changes, so does what it means to ‘be a man’
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sophie Lively, PhD Candidate in Human Geography, Newcastle University Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock On July 3, I’ll be discussing Youth, Masculinity and the Political Divide at an event with The Conversation and Cumberland Lodge at Newcastle University (get your tickets here). Young people involved in the panel have brought up […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: New special tribunal for Ukraine will pave the way for holding Russian leaders to account for the invasion
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrew Forde, Assistant Professor – European Human Rights Law, Dublin City University A special tribunal has been established by the international human rights organisation the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Ukrainian government to try crimes of aggression against Ukraine which could be used to hold Vladimir Putin […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Fake online shops rely on tech skills: what drives Cameroon’s web developers to assist online fraudsters
Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Suleman Lazarus, Visiting Fellow, Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science When people discuss online fraud, the focus is often on those who directly deceive victims. Little attention is given to those who enable these crimes by providing the digital infrastructure necessary for […]