South America: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 4, 2025.
MIL-OSI Video: Cuban Labor Export Program
Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements) Spokesperson Tammy Bruce discusses new visa restrictions on several Central American government officials who are responsible for deals with the corrupt Cuban regime to import medical personnel in their forced labor scheme. ———- Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the […]
MIL-OSI USA: WA leads multistate fight to protect youth from conversion ‘therapy’
Source: Washington State News SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today led a multistate coalition in an amicus brief defending a Michigan law that prohibits licensed health professionals from practicing conversion “therapy” on minors. Conversion “therapy,” also called sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts, are harmful and ineffective practices that attempt to change a person’s […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Grigorenko awarded the winners of the international IT Olympiad
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Dmitry Grigorenko awarded the winners of the international IT Olympiad. With the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin and the Chairman of the Board of Sberbank German Gref. The results of the […]
MIL-OSI Security: FBI’s Fugitive Task Force Returns Man Who Was Extradited From Mexico for 2013 Murder
Source: US FBI A Mexican man wanted for a 2013 murder in Los Angeles was returned to the United States from Mexico over the weekend by members of the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force. The man, Luis Alberto Gutierrez Tejeda, 33, a Mexican national whose most recent U.S. address was in Sylmar, was arrested last year […]
Heinrich, Rounds Urge Agriculture Secretary to Prepare for HPAI Outbreaks in Cattle
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Brooke Rollins urging her to develop an emergency plan to vaccinate cattle against highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Since the […]
Heinrich, Luján Statement on President Trump’s 2026 Budget
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich Heinrich and Luján: “Trump’s budget is an attack on New Mexicans” WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, released the following […]
MIL-Evening Report: In the trade wars, there are lessons for the US from Brexit. Australia and our trading partners should take note
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide General_4530/Getty While the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again trade wars wreak havoc on the business plans of the world’s exporters, the risks to the […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Historic Forest Congress ends with pressing demands from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Source: Greenpeace Statement – Brazzaville, Republic of Congo – In a show of unity, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) from the world’s largest tropical forest basins, the Amazon, Congo, Borneo-Mekong-Papua and Mesoamerica, have concluded their first-ever global congress with an urgent call for protection, recognition and respect for the forests as well as the provision […]
MIL-OSI: Epsilon Energy Ltd. Announces Quarterly Dividend
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) HOUSTON, June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Epsilon Energy Ltd. (“Epsilon” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: EPSN) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.0625 per share of common stock (annualized $0.25/sh) to the stock holders of record at the close of business on June 13, 2025, payable […]
MIL-OSI USA: VIDEO: Rep. Stansbury Slams GOP Scheme to Kick Millions off Medicaid, Food Assistance
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) Republicans raid healthcare, SNAP, environmental programs to make billionaires richer WASHINGTON D.C. – Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) slammed House Republicans’ efforts to advance the devastating reconciliation bill this week that would increase taxes for our lowest-income working Americans, and gut healthcare and food assistance programs […]
MIL-OSI USA: VIDEO: Rep. Stansbury Votes No on GOP Tax Bill after 29-hour Fight
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) GOP bill guts healthcare, food assistance for millions to fund permanent tax breaks for billionaires WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after House Republicans narrowly passed their H.R. 1 tax bill by one vote after 29 straight hours of debate. Watch Rep. Stansbury […]
MIL-OSI USA: Interview with Dave Des Marais
Source: NASA Let’s start with your childhood, where you’re from, your family at the time, if you have siblings, your early years, and when it was that you became interested in what has developed into your career as an astrophysicist or research scientist? I was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1948, the youngest of four […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: As Hurricane season begins WFP raises the alarm on Haiti
Source: World Food Programme This is a summary of what was said by WFP Regional Coordinator in Latin America and the Caribbean, Lola Castro, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the UN Noon Briefing in New York today NEW YORK/ PANAMA CITY: As the United Nations World Food Programme Regional Coordinator in […]
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Jun 3, 2025 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration For best viewing experience, please enable browser JavaScript support. Jun 3, 2025 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook Updated: Tue Jun 3 17:13:18 UTC 2025 (Print Version | | ) Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table Forecast Discussion SPC AC 031713 Day 2 Convective OutlookNWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK1213 PM […]
MIL-OSI Security: DACA recipient and another sentenced for scheme involving firearms destined for Mexico
Source: Office of United States Attorneys McALLEN, Texas – Two men residing in Edinburg have been sentenced for their roles in the straw purchasing of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Mario Elier Leal, 22, and Rodolfo Benitez-Garza, 24, pleaded guilty in 2024. Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane has now ordered Leal to […]
MIL-OSI USA: South Texas stash house discovered by ICE Rio Grande Valley leads to the arrest of 16 illegal aliens
Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement HARLINGEN, Texas — A suspected stash house in Mercedes, Texas, was uncovered June 2 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resulting in the apprehension of 16 illegal aliens. On June 1, ICE received a tip from an anonymous caller reporting that multiple illegal aliens were being harbored at a […]
MIL-OSI Security: Man Sentenced to Seven and One Half Years in Federal Prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of Victim in Marin Headlands
Source: US FBI SAN FRANCISCO – Esbin Ramirez-Garcia was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison for committing aggravated sexual abuse while on federal land. Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup handed down the sentence. Ramirez-Garcia, 28, a national of Mexico, pleaded guilty on Feb. 25, 2025, to one count of aggravated sexual abuse […]
MIL-OSI USA: Stansbury on Trump’s “Skinny” Budget to Congress: The Great Betrayal Continues
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) 22.6% reduction in critical programs threatens millions of American lives, including critical programs for schools, healthcare, the opioid epidemic, clean water, and tribal programs WASHINGTON D.C. — Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after President Trump delivered a “skinny” version of his […]
MIL-OSI USA: 15,000 Attend Congresswoman Stansbury Town Halls Across New Mexico
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) ALBUQUERQUE — This week, Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)wrapped up a Town Hall Tour across New Mexico, reaching more than 15,000 New Mexicans across 10 counties and 12 cities and towns with 15 events. The Congresswoman traveled across New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, covering a […]
MIL-OSI Economics: Xbox Games Showcase 2025 kicks off June 8
Source: Microsoft Headline: Xbox Games Showcase 2025 kicks off June 8 This Sunday, June 8, it’s time for another huge double feature. The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 kicks off at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK, immediately followed by The Outer Worlds 2 Direct – a deep-dive into the upcoming sequel to Obsidian […]