South America: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 18, 2025.
MIL-OSI Canada: Chair’s Summary
Source: Government of Canada – Prime Minister The Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) gathered in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15-17, 2025, with the objective of building stronger economies by making communities safer and the world more secure, promoting energy security and accelerating the digital transition, as well as fostering partnerships of the future. Five decades after […]
MIL-OSI: Silvaco to Host a Tech Talk on the Diffusion of Innovation
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Silvaco Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVCO, “Silvaco”), a provider of TCAD, EDA software, and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and digital twin modeling through AI software, today announced it will host a tech talk exploring “The Diffusion of Innovation: Investing in the Ecosystem […]
MIL-OSI USA: Senate Judiciary Democrats Call On Secretary Noem To Testify Before The Committee
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Dick Durbin June 17, 2025 Durbin, SJC Dems cite alarming conduct such as the unnecessary use of force by masked ICE agents, family separations, targeting of workers, unjustified invocation of wartime powers, defiance of court orders, ignoring congressional oversight, and deployment of National Guard to California […]
MIL-OSI USA: ICE Laredo investigation results in the guilty plea of a Mexican illegal alien admitting to transporting child sexual abuse material across state lines to Mexico
Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement LAREDO, Texas – A illegal alien from Mexico pleaded guilty Tuesday to transportation of child pornography following an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Raul Velasco-Leon, 39, plead guilty to transporting child sexual abuse material on June 17. “This […]
MIL-OSI USA: ICE San Diego case results in indictment of alleged members of major Guatemalan drug trafficking organization
Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement SAN DIEGO – A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed June 13 in San Diego alleging that 13 Guatemalan nationals are part of a Guatemala-based cocaine trafficking organization operating out of La Mesilla and Democracia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, which is on the Guatemala-Mexico border. This case was investigated by U.S. […]
MIL-OSI Africa: Statement of the Co-Chairs of the United Nations High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution
Source: Government of Qatar Riyadh – 18 June 2025 Statement of the Co-Chairs of the United Nations High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution — France and Saudi Arabia — and of the Co-Chairs of its Working Groups – Qatar, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, […]
MIL-OSI USA: Luján: Senate Republican Bill Will Strip Health Care From Millions of Americans, Force Rural Hospital Closures
US Senate News: Source: US Senator for New Mexico Ben Ray Luján Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on Senate Republicans’ reconciliation bill text: “Senate Republicans unveiled their reconciliation bill – and it’s even more extreme than the House version. […]
MIL-OSI Canada: Prime Minister Carney meets with President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Source: Government of Canada – Prime Minister Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. With a growing strategic partnership, Prime Minister Carney emphasized the immense potential for increased co-operation. The leaders discussed opportunities for Canada to deepen trade, commerce, […]
MIL-Evening Report: How high can US debt go before it triggers a financial crisis?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Hartigan, Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney rarrarorro/Shutterstock The tax cuts bill currently being debated by the US Senate will add another US$3 trillion (A$4.6 trillion) to US debt. President Donald Trump calls it the “big, beautiful bill”; his erstwhile policy adviser Elon Musk called it […]
MIL-OSI USA: Booker, Padilla, Reed, Huffman, Pallone, Castor Lead Charge to Block Trump’s Dangerous Offshore Drilling Plan
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Jersey Cory Booker WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Jack Reed (D-RI) along with U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-CA), U.S. House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) […]
MIL-OSI Canada: Kananaskis Wildfire Charter
Source: Government of Canada – Prime Minister We, the Leaders of the G7, are deeply concerned that the world has experienced record-breaking wildfires across every forested continent over the past decade, often overwhelming available national resources and requiring governments to request assistance from other countries. These increasingly extreme wildfires are endangering lives, affecting human health, […]
Canadian PM Mark Carney welcomes PM Narendra Modi for G7 summit
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday welcomed by his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney as the Indian leader arrived for the G7 Outreach Summit. Confirming the meeting between Carney and PM Modi at the G7 Summit, the Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on social […]
Heinrich, Luján, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to urge the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fifth […]
Heinrich, Luján, Senate Democrats Demand Trump Withdraw Military Forces from Los Angeles
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw all military forces from Los Angeles and cease threats to deploy the […]
MIL-OSI USA: Mexican national gets 110-month prison sentence for trafficking cocaine, illegally reentering the US following federal investigation
Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement CAMDEN, N.J. — A Mexican national was sentenced for trafficking cocaine into the United States following a federal investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Newark. Anastacio Santiago Chaparro, also known as Arnoldo Urquidez, 41, of Mexico, was recently sentenced to 110 months’ imprisonment for […]
MIL-OSI USA: Attorney General Bonta Joins Coalition in Submitting a Comment Letter Opposing Offshore Oil, Gas Drilling
Source: US State of California Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 10 attorneys general in filing a comment letter with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management opposing offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In the […]
MIL-OSI USA: Claims Office Reimbursement Available for Certain Risk-Reduction Projects: November 14, 2025, Deadline for Claimants
Source: US Federal Emergency Management Agency Headline: Claims Office Reimbursement Available for Certain Risk-Reduction Projects: November 14, 2025, Deadline for Claimants Claims Office Reimbursement Available for Certain Risk-Reduction Projects: November 14, 2025, Deadline for Claimants SANTA FE, NM — Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire claimants whose structures were left with increased risks of wildfires, flooding or other […]
MIL-OSI Europe: President Calviño in Börsen-Zeitung: “Europe is a very attractive safe asset”
Source: European Investment Bank ©Liam McEvoy/ EIB Interview with Kai Johannsen and Detlef Fechtner (published in Börsen-Zeitung) Europe is a very attractive safe asset for investors right now, said EIB President Nadia Calviño in an interview. Ms Calviño, many banks and asset managers are withdrawing from net zero alliances at the moment. Is this the […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the passing of former President of Nicaragua, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro [scroll down for Spanish]
Source: United Nations secretary general The Secretary-General laments the passing of former President of Nicaragua, and the first woman to be democratically elected as president in the Americas, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. Her presidency is remembered for bringing an end to the civil war and initiating a period of peace and democratization in Nicaragua. The […]
MIL-OSI Security: Illegal Immigrant Sentenced to 5 ½ Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking 70,000 Fentanyl Pills from Mexico into Evansville
Source: Office of United States Attorneys EVANSVILLE— Javier Moreno-Garibaldi, 38, of Mexico has been sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to distribution of over 400 grams of fentanyl. According to court documents, in May of 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration began […]