Politics News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 17, 2025.
MIL-OSI China: Israel strikes Syrian presidential palace area, army HQ in Damascus
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Israeli warplanes intensified their air campaign across southern Syria on Wednesday, striking the Syrian Army General Command headquarters and the presidential palace area in central Damascus. The Syrian health authorities said one civilian was killed, and 18 others injured in the strikes on the capital, which […]
MIL-OSI China: Eyeing China opportunities, multinational giants seek closer supply chain collaboration with Chinese partners
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Eyeing China opportunities, multinational giants seek closer supply chain collaboration with Chinese partners BEIJING, July 16 — As the third China International Supply Chain Expo opened Wednesday in Beijing, multinational companies are looking to strengthen supply chain collaborations in a move that will inject more certainty […]
MIL-OSI USA: SBA Offers Relief to Wyoming Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought
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 small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Wyoming to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning May 1. The declaration covers the Wyoming counties of Campbell, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Lincoln, Niobrara, […]
MIL-OSI USA: SBA Offers Relief to Montana Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought
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 small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Montana to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning May 1. The declaration covers the Montana counties of Beaverhead, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, […]
MIL-OSI Australia: ATO app puts protection in your pocket
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin As millions of Australians are preparing to lodge their tax returns, scammers are actively seeking new ways to exploit personal information. If successful, they can use stolen details not only to commit fraud against the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), but also carry out broader identity theft and financial […]
MIL-OSI: OceanFirst Financial Corp. Announces 2025 Stock Repurchase Program
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) RED BANK, N.J., July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:“OCFC”), (the “Company”), the holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. (the “Bank”), today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a 2025 Stock Repurchase Program, under which the Company may repurchase up to 3 million shares, or approximately 5% […]
MIL-OSI USA: Ernst Stops Secret Pentagon Spending
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) secured a major win for taxpayers in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 with the inclusion of an amendment to end Pentagon bureaucrats’ game of hide and seek with tax […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: expert reaction to two papers on the use of mitochondrial donation and preimplantation genetic testing for mitochondrial disease, as published in NEJM
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments July 16, 2025 Two papers published in NEJM look at the use of mitochondrial donation an preimplantation genetic testing for mitochondrial disease. Dr David J Clancy, Lecturer in Biogerontology, Lancaster University, said: “This comment is to discuss Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT) in terms of costs and benefits in light […]
MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Austin Scott on HASC Passage of FY26 NDAA
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Representative Austin Scott (GA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), released the below statement upon the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passing out of committee last night by a vote of 55-2. The NDAA sets […]
MIL-OSI USA: Miller-Meeks Backed HALT Fentanyl Act Signed Into Law by President Trump
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ (IA-02) Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump has officially signed the HALT Fentanyl Act into law, delivering a major win in the fight to stop fentanyl from devastating American communities. Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), an original cosponsor of the bill in the House, praised the […]
MIL-OSI USA: Padilla, Chu, Colleagues Join Union Workers to Announce Legislation to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Padilla, Chu, Colleagues Join Union Workers to Announce Legislation to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat WATCH: Padilla pushes for enforceable workplace heat stress protections after hottest year on record WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, on the heels of another harsh heat wave across California, U.S. Senator […]
MIL-OSI Security: Vance Boelter Indicted for the Murders of Melissa and Mark Hortman, the Shootings of John and Yvette Hoffman, and the Attempted Shooting of Hope Hoffman
Source: US FBI MINNEAPOLIS – Vance Boelter, 57, has been indicted on six federal charges in connection with the stalking and murders of Minnesota House of Representatives Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, the stalking and shooting of Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, and the attempted shooting […]
MIL-OSI USA: Gov . Lujan Grisham blasts GOP passage of budget that will hurt millions – Gov. says special session may be necessary
Source: US State of New Mexico SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement after final passage of the Republican budget bill in Congress: The Republican budget bill is an abomination that abandons working families and threatens the health and well-being of New Mexicans. Their vote to slash funding for health care […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Syria’s interim government has announced a new ceasefire agreement with the Druze community in As-Suwayda province.
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News DAMASCUS, July 16 (Xinhua) — A new ceasefire agreement was reached between Syria’s interim government and the […]
MIL-OSI USA: Booker, Murray Reintroduce Access to Birth Control Act
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Jersey Cory Booker WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Patty Murray (D-WA) led the reintroduction of the Access to Birth Control Act. The legislation would guarantee patients’ timely access to birth control at pharmacies nationwide—including by addressing pharmacies’ refusals of contraception that […]
MIL-OSI Canada: Tribunal Continues Order—Structural Tubing from South Korea and Türkiye
Source: Government of Canada News (2) Ottawa, Ontario, July 16, 2025—The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today continued its order made on October 16, 2019, in expiry review RR‑2018‑006, concerning the dumping of structural tubing from South Korea and Türkiye. The Tribunal found that the expiry of the order was likely to result in injury. As such, the […]
MIL-Evening Report: Tasmania is limping towards an election nobody wants. Here’s the state of play
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania In the darkest and coldest months of the year, Tasmanians have been slogging through an election campaign no one wanted. It’s been a curious mix of humdrum plodding laced with cyanide levels of bitterness, with the most […]
MIL-OSI USA: Statement from Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson on the Trump Administration’s Destruction of Emergency Food Aid
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Jonathan Jackson – Illinois (1st District) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “As a father, a son, and as someone who has seen hunger’s impact up close, I am appalled and heartbroken by the Trump administration’s decision to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of life-saving emergency food rather than deliver […]
MIL-OSI USA: WATCH: Rep. Sherrill Defends Picatinny Workers, Slams Trump’s Civil Service Cuts as a Threat to National Security
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) is pushing back against the Trump administration’s latest plan to gut the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce, warning that proposed civil service cuts would undermine national security and devastate North Jersey’s economy surrounding Picatinny Arsenal. At today’s […]
MIL-OSI USA: WATCH: Rep. Sherrill Introduces NDAA Amendment to Ensure Reproductive Rights for Servicewomen in the Military
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) Washington, D.C. — Tonight, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) introduced an amendment to the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would repeal the longstanding federal ban on abortion care in the military health system. The amendment strikes Section 1093 of Title X, which prohibits the […]