Business: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on April 26, 2025.
MIL-OSI China: Nation to step up IP protection efforts
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News China will continue stepping up protection of intellectual property rights, particularly in cutting-edge digital fields such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, as the country aims to fuel sustainable innovation in emerging industries amid its rising technological strength, said experts. The remarks followed a news conference held by the State Council Information Office early on Friday, during which the Annual Report on China’s Combating of IPR Infringement and Counterfeiting (2024) was released. The report outlines the new measures and achievements China made in 2024 to combat intellectual property infringement and counterfeiting, with […]
MIL-OSI USA: SENATOR: TRUMP TARIFFS ARE COSTING LI-ERS $5,000 MORE A YEAR; SENATOR REVEALS ICONIC LONG ISLAND FASHION BUSINESS COSTS HAVE JUMPED 30%—WITH NO END IN SIGHT; SENATOR STANDS WITH OWNER—WHO VOTED FOR…
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New York Charles E Schumer Schumer Stands With Long Island Trump Voters Who Love “MAGA” – But Hate Tariffs & Want White House To Get The Message That They Are Killing LI Economy, Consumers & Small Biz Senator Says If Trump Tariff War Continues Nassau Could Lose 10,900 Jobs & Suffolk Could Lose 24,400; LI Fashion Staple, TandyWear, Just Expanded Last Year But All This Success Could Be Snuffed Out & LI Could Suffer Schumer: Trump Tariffs Are Unraveling LI Fashion Company – And Things Could Get Worse If GOP Refuses To […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Deep sea mining ‘piracy in policy’: Greenpeace condemns Trump, The Metals Company for mining support
Source: Greenpeace Statement – Washington/Sydney, Saturday 26 April 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed Donald Trump’s support of deep sea mining as a ‘gross betrayal of the Pacific’ after the Trump administration signed an executive order advancing U.S. ambitions to launch deep sea mining in U.S. and international waters. This rogue action is highly politically controversial for appearing to bypass the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the regulatory body set up by the United Nations to protect the deep sea as the common heritage of humankind and decide whether deep sea mining can start in the international seabed. The Metals […]
MIL-OSI Africa: SARS ready to accommodate 0.5% VAT increase withdrawal
Source: South Africa News Agency Friday, April 25, 2025 The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has assured the public that it will ensure it will make adjustments to accommodate the withdrawal of the 0.5% increase in the Value-Added Tax (VAT). On Thursday, the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, indicated that he would withdraw the increase after introducing the Rates and Monetary Amounts and the Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill (Rates Bill) to Parliament. “As the administrator of all national government tax measures, SARS will ensure that the necessary adjustments are made to accommodate this change. “[The] Commissioner acknowledges that vendors […]
MIL-OSI Africa: G20 supports plans to address barriers to Africa’s development
Source: South Africa News Agency Members of the Group of Twenty (G20) have endorsed a work programme that identifies policy solutions that will address the barriers that limit Africa’s development and growth. “During the discussion on the impediments to growth and development in Africa, members welcomed the work on strengthening institutions, addressing macroeconomic vulnerabilities, infrastructure development and the cost of capital,” a joint statement by National Treasury and South African Reserve Bank said on Thursday. Members endorsed a work programme proposed by South Africa’s Presidency to identify and submit tailored policy solutions to the impediments to help address the individual […]
MIL-OSI USA: Senator Scott, Secretary Kennedy Lead Healthcare Roundtable
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for South Carolina Tim Scott CHARLESTON, S.C. — U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), member of the Senate Committee on Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, led a healthcare roundtable in Charleston, South Carolina. The roundtable centered on addressing critical challenges facing the American healthcare system, most notably sickle cell gene therapies in Medicaid. Attendees included Lt. Governor Pamela Evette, elected state legislators from across the country, healthcare professionals, community leaders, and policy experts. The conversation focused on the recent approval of groundbreaking gene therapies […]
MIL-OSI: U.S. Rep. Young Kim Joins Orange County Business Council and FHLBank San Francisco for Affordable Housing Roundtable
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SAN FRANCISCO and IRVINE, Calif., April 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a continued effort to address the growing affordable housing crisis in Southern California, U.S. Rep. Young Kim (CA-40) convened a roundtable discussion today with the Orange County Business Council and the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) in Irvine, California. Kim co-chairs the bi-partisan Congressional Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation Caucus and serves on the House Committee on Financial Services. The roundtable convened housing advocates, financial institutions, community organizations, and other key stakeholders that hold a vested interest in creating generational […]
MIL-OSI Africa: AI policies in Africa: lessons from Ghana and Rwanda
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Thompson Gyedu Kwarkye, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing productivity and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. It powers self-driving cars, social media feeds, fraud detection and medical diagnoses. Touted as a game changer, it is projected to add nearly US$15.7 trillion to the global economy by the end of the decade. Africa is positioned to use this technology in several sectors. In Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, AI-led digital tools in use include drones for farm management, X-ray screening for tuberculosis diagnosis, and real-time tracking systems for packages […]
MIL-OSI Video: The U.S. Army’s Senior Enlisted leaders sit down to talk business | Army Behind the Scenes
Source: US Army (video statements) We sat down with members of the U.S. Army Senior Enlisted Council, with a combined 325 years of Army experience. Here’s what they had to say. About the U.S. Army: The Army Mission – our purpose – remains constant: To deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt & sustained land dominance by Army forces across the full spectrum of conflict as part of the joint force. Interested in joining the U.S. Army? Visit: spr.ly/6001igl5L Connect with the U.S. Army online: Web: https://www.army.mil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USarmy/ X: https://www.twitter.com/USArmy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usarmy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-army #USArmy […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: US government confirms their support for deep sea mining plans that bypass United Nations, Greenpeace response
Source: Greenpeace Statement – Greenpeace USA activists unfurl a banner calling on the US government to Stop Deep Sea Mining in front of Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York City. Washington DC, USA, (April 24, 2025) – President Trump today signed a sweeping executive order advancing U.S. ambitions to launch deep sea mining in U.S. and international waters. This rogue action is highly politically controversial for appearing to bypass the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the regulatory body set up by the United Nations to protect the deep sea as the common heritage of humankind and decide whether deep […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Stakes high as G20 ministers miss opportunity to pursue solidarity, wealth tax
Source: Greenpeace Statement – Washington, D.C. – A meeting of G20 Finance Ministers has failed to deliver a key signal of solidarity as ongoing economic turmoil led to difficult talks in Washington D.C. and slowed progress on critical reforms to tax the world’s super-rich. In a disappointing outcome at the 2nd Finance and Central Bank Ministerial Meeting, no reference was made to earlier agreements focused on cooperative efforts to effectively tax the ultra-rich as momentum around the initiative appeared to stall. Fred Njehu, Global Political Lead, Greenpeace Africa, said: “Turbulent economic times like these demand a unified, multilateral response and […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Non-means-tested Subsidy Scheme for Self-financing Undergraduate Studies in Hong Kong
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region 3 From the 2017/18 academic year, the Government provides a non-means-tested annual subsidy for eligible students pursuing full-time locally accredited local and non-local self-financing undergraduate (including top-up degree) programmes in Hong Kong (save for those enrolling in places already supported under the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors) offered by eligible institutions. The non-means-tested annual subsidy is up to $35,120 in the 2025/26 academic year. The subsidy will apply to both new and continuing eligible students, and is tenable for the normal duration of the programmes concerned. Eligible students enrolling in the relevant […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Press Briefing Transcript: European Department, Spring Meetings 2025
Source: IMF – News in Russian April 25, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: MR. HELGE BERGER, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF MS. OYA CELASUN, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF MR. ALFRED KAMMER, Director, European Department, IMF MODERATOR: MS. CAMILA PEREZ, Senior Communications Officer, IMF * * * * * P R O C E E D I N G S (10:00 a.m.) MS. PEREZ: Hi everyone. Thank you so much for joining today’s press conference on the European Economic Outlook. I’m Camila Perez. I’m a Communications Officer with the IMF. We’re pleased to be joined today by Alfred Kammer, sitting next to me, Director […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Should parents let their children go to school under inclement weather conditions?; Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors – Sub-degree programmes
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region The Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) will subsidise a total of 2 276 places under 32 sub-degree programmes offered by seven post-secondary institutions, including Caritas Bianchi College of Careers, HKCT Institute of Higher Education, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College, Hong Kong College of Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (including Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education), Saint Francis University and Tung Wah College, for the cohort to be admitted in the 2025/26 academic year. The programmes and number of subsidised places, which fall under seven […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: “Smart Parent Net” Recommendation: (Video)Let’s get a good night’s sleep! ─ Tips to sleep healthy(Chinese version only)
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region The Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) will subsidise a total of 2 276 places under 32 sub-degree programmes offered by seven post-secondary institutions, including Caritas Bianchi College of Careers, HKCT Institute of Higher Education, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College, Hong Kong College of Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (including Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education), Saint Francis University and Tung Wah College, for the cohort to be admitted in the 2025/26 academic year. The programmes and number of subsidised places, which fall under seven […]
MIL-OSI Economics: Press Briefing Transcript: European Department, Spring Meetings 2025
Source: International Monetary Fund April 25, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: MR. HELGE BERGER, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF MS. OYA CELASUN, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF MR. ALFRED KAMMER, Director, European Department, IMF MODERATOR: MS. CAMILA PEREZ, Senior Communications Officer, IMF * * * * * P R O C E E D I N G S (10:00 a.m.) MS. PEREZ: Hi everyone. Thank you so much for joining today’s press conference on the European Economic Outlook. I’m Camila Perez. I’m a Communications Officer with the IMF. We’re pleased to be joined today by Alfred Kammer, sitting next to me, Director of the […]
MIL-OSI USA: Rosen Joins Colleagues in Calling Out Trump Admin’s Attacks on Head Start & Demanding It Release Funding and Reverse Firings
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate colleagues in a letter calling out the Trump Administration’s direct attacks on Head Start, reminding Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his legal obligation to administer the program, and demanding the Department of Health and Human Services immediately release Head Start funding and reverse the mass firing of Head Start staff and gutting of its offices. Head Start is a federally funded early education program that provides no-cost educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to more than half a […]
MIL-OSI: Credicorp Ltd.: “Credicorp Announces Filing Form 20-F 2024”
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Lima, April 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lima, PERU, April 25th, 2025 – Credicorp Ltd. (“Credicorp”) (NYSE: BAP | BVL: BAP) has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31st, 2024, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 2024 Form 20-F includes audited consolidated financial statements of Credicorp and its subsidiaries as of December 31st, 2023 and 2024 and for the years ended December 31st, 2022, 2023 and 2024 under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The 2024 Form 20-F can be downloaded from Credicorp’s website (Annual Materials). Holders of Credicorp’s securities and […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Press Briefing Transcript: IMFC, Spring Meetings 2025
Source: IMF – News in Russian April 25, 2025 Speaker: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF Mohammed Aljadaan, IMFC Chair, Minister of Finance, Saudi Arabia Moderator: Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department, IMF Ms. Kozack: I am delighted to have with me the Chair of the IMFC, His Excellency Mohammed Aljadaan. He is also the Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia. And of course, our Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. Minister Aljadaan and the Managing Director will first share some takeaways with you and then when that is concludes we will turn to you for your questions. Your Excellency, the […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Press Briefing Transcript: African Department, Spring Meetings 2025
Source: IMF – News in Russian April 25, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: Speaker: ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE, Director, African Department, IMF Moderator: KWABENA AKUAMOAH-BOATENG, Communications Officer, IMF * * * * * MR. AKUAMOAH-BOATENG: Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening to all of you here in the room and those joining us online. My name is Kwabena Akuamoah-Boateng. I am with the Communications Department of the IMF, and I will be your moderator for today. Welcome to today’s press briefing on the Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. I am pleased to introduce Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the IMF’s African Department. […]