Source: Government of Sweden
National Statement delivered by H.E. Ms. Paulina Brandberg, Minister for Gender Equality and Deputy Minister of Employment of Sweden at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, New York, 8 March 2023.
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Source: Government of Sweden
From 30 November to 12 December, the world is gathering in Dubai for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28). The Swedish Government is being be represented there by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch, Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari and Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Johan Forssell.
Source: ASEAN
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received a farewell call from Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to ASEAN, Ina Ruth Luise Lepel, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. SG Dr. Kao thanked Ambassador Lepel for her dedication in advancing the ASEAN-Germany cooperation throughout her tenure in Jakarta. He also conveyed his readiness to work closely with her successor to continue the momentum and to further strengthen ASEAN-Germany Development Partnership.
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Source: New Zealand Government
The Government has agreed to increase the probate threshold from $15,000 to $40,000 to save families time and money when accessing assets of deceased loved ones, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.
“The threshold was last set in 2009 before the implementation of KiwiSaver. Most estates now include KiwiSaver balances well over $15,000, but still have to go through the High Court process. This results in a significant proportion of smaller estates being eaten up in court costs and legal fees.
“Executors need to be able to distribute lower-value assets, ensuring more of an estate goes to the beneficiaries, helping grieving families. The last thing they need is a costly legal process with extra paperwork to deal with.
“I’m assured $40,000 is still sufficiently low enough to ensure there are still appropriate safeguards through the oversight of the High Court for higher value assets, to ensure against potential dishonesty, fraud, or the deceased person’s wishes not being followed.
“The Ministry undertook targeted consultation with key stakeholders, including the law profession and financial services industry to gain feedback on an appropriate threshold level.
These changes will come into force on 24 September 2025.
Source: Government of Sweden
The action programmes intend to complement the National plan to combat racism, similar forms of hostility and hate crime, and include both measures aimed at bringing to light and combating each form of racism, and measures aimed at combating racism at large.
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)
Press release Paris, July 31, 2025
Record activity with highest net inflows
H1 2025 KEY FIGURES:
“The results of this first half of the year confirm the positive momentum observed over the past few months across all our business lines, both in France and abroad. This revenues growth, which follows a trend that is similar to the one observed last year, is driven by our clients’ needs in both savings and protection. This first half of the year was also marked by investment operations aligned with our commitment to serving the common good, such as our support for the development of Eutelsat and ADIT. More than ever, these results strengthen our commitment and reinforce our strategy at the service of our clients, our partner banks, and more broadly, of society”.
Nicolas Denis, Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Assurances
DOUBLE-DIGIT ACTIVITY GROWTH, DRIVEN BY SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT BUSINESS
In the first half of 2025, Crédit Agricole Assurances generated record total premium income1 of €27.5 billion, up +19.4% compared to the end of June 2024. Life insurance business was particularly dynamic in France (+27.8%) driven by the inflow collection of partner banks.
In savings and retirement, premium income1 reached €20.8 billion at the end of June 2025, up +24.6% year-on-year. The first half year of 2025 benefited from the full effect of the preferential profit sharing (PAB) offers on euro payments, launched at the end of the first half of 2024; these boosted gross inflows2 on the General Account to €13.9 billion (+29.5%). Unit-Linked gross inflows2 totalled €6.9 billion, up +15.9% compared to the first half of 2024. As a result, the share of Unit-Linked within gross inflows2 stood at 33.2% (-2.5 points year on-year).
Net inflows2 set a half year record of +€8.2 billion, up +€5.7 billion compared to the first half of 2024. By product, net inflows2 amounted to +€4.4 billion on the General Account and +€3.8 billion on Unit-linked.
Life insurance outstandings4 reached €359.4 billion at the end of June 2025 thanks to very strong net inflows and a positive market effect. They included €251.0 billion on the General Account (+3.2% over six months) and €108.4 billion on Unit-Linked (+4.1% over six months). Unit-Linked reserves represented 30.2% of total life insurance outstandings at the end of June 2025, up +0.2 point compared to December 31, 2024.
In property and casualty, the business continued to grow with gross written premiums1 up +8.5% compared to the end of June 2024, reaching €4.0 billion. The portfolio exceeded 16.9 million contracts and grew by +2.8%, representing a net contribution of nearly 470,000 contracts over one year; in addition to the price increases induced by climate change and the inflation of repair costs, the average premium benefited from changes in the product mix.
Equipment rates within the Crédit Agricole Group’s banks kept growing year-on-year, at the Regional Banks (44.2%5, up +0,7 point), LCL (28.4%5, up +0.6 point) and CA Italia (20.6%6, up +0.9 point).
In personal protection (death and disability / creditor / group insurance7), gross written premiums1 increased by +1.8% compared to the end of June 2024, to €2.7 billion. Group insurance (+12.0%) and individual death and disability (+4.8%) recorded good performances. Creditor insurance was down slightly (-1.4%), notably due to international consumer credit.
RESILIENT RESULTS REFLECTING BUSINESS GROWTH
Crédit Agricole Assurances’ net income Group share reached €1,016 million for the first half of 2025, down -1.7% over one year. Adjusted for the exceptional tax contribution on the profits of large companies, Crédit Agricole Assurances’ net income Group share rose by +5.8%, reflecting the change in revenues.
The combined ratio8 was stable year-on-year at 94.7% (+0.1 point compared to June 2024).
With a neutral impact of discount, the net undiscounted combined ratio increased by +0.1 point over one year to stand at 97.4%.
The Contractual Service Margin9 amounted to €26.8 billion at the end of the first half of 2025, up +6.3% since December 31, 2024. It included a strong contribution from new business of €1.7 billion, driven by revenues growth higher than the release through P&L (-€1.1 billion). Stock revaluation effect stood at +€1.0 billion due to positive market effect.
SOLVENCY
At the end of June 2025, Crédit Agricole Assurances once again demonstrated its strength, with a Solvency II prudential ratio estimated at 202%.
RATINGS
| Rating agency | Date of last decision | Main operating subsidiaries | Crédit Agricole Assurances S.A. | Outlook | Subordinated debt | |
| Tier 2 | Restricted Tier 1 | |||||
| S&P Global Ratings | October 3, 2024 | A+ | A | Stable | BBB+ | BBB |
HIGHLIGHTS SINCE THE LAST PUBLICATION
About Crédit Agricole Assurances
Crédit Agricole Assurances, France’s leading insurer, is Crédit Agricole group’s subsidiary, which brings together all the insurance businesses of Crédit Agricole S.A. Crédit Agricole Assurances offers a range of products and services in savings, retirement, health, personal protection and property insurance. They are distributed by Crédit Agricole’s banks in France and in 9 countries worldwide, and are aimed at individual, professional, agricultural and business customers. At the end of 2024, Crédit Agricole Assurances had more than 6,700 employees. Its 2024 premium income (non-GAAP) amounted to 43.6 billion euros.
www.ca-assurances.com
| Press contacts Géraldine Bailacq +33 (0)6 81 75 87 59 Nicolas Leviaux +33 (0)6 19 60 48 53 Julien Badé +33 (0)7 85 18 68 05 service.presse@ca-assurances.fr |
Investor relations contacts Yael Beer-Gabel +33 (0)1 57 72 66 84 Gaël Hoyer +33 (0)1 57 72 62 22 Sophie Santourian +33 (0)1 57 72 43 42 Cécile Roy +33 (0)1 57 72 61 86 relations.investisseurs@ca-assurances.fr |
Appendix – Activity analysis by geographic area
| Geographic area | H1 2025 revenues1 In billion euros |
H1 2024 revenues1 In billion euros |
Change over 1 year At constant scope |
| France | 23.5 | 18.9 | +24.1% |
| Italy | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.5% |
| Other countries | 1.1 | 1.2 | -9.0% |
1« Non-GAAP » revenues
2In local GAAP
3The contribution to the net income Group share of Crédit Agricole S.A. amounted to €997 million. The difference with Crédit Agricole Assurances’ net income Group share was mainly due to analytical restatements amounting to €16 million
4Savings, Retirement and Protection (funeral)
5Percentage of Regional banks and LCL customers with at least one motor, home, health, legal, mobile/portable or personal accident insurance policy marketed by Pacifica, French Crédit Agricole Assurances’ non-life insurance subsidiary
6Percentage of CA Italia network customers with at least one policy marketed by CA Assicurazioni, Italian Crédit Agricole Assurances’ non-life insurance subsidiary
7Excluding savings and retirement
8P&C combined ratio in France (Pacifica scope) including discounting and excluding undiscounting, net of reinsurance: (claims + operating expenses + commissions) to gross earned premiums
9CSM or Contractual Service Margin: corresponds to the expected profits by the insurer on the insurance activity, over the duration of the contract, for profitable contracts, for Savings, Retirement, Death and Disability and Creditor products
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Quadient Maintains Momentum in UK Smart Locker Reach with Shell Service Stations Alliance
Quadient (Euronext Paris: QDT), a global automation platform powering secure and sustainable business connections, announces a new partnership with Shell Service Stations, which has over 540 petrol forecourt locations throughout the UK. Known for its commitment to “making life’s journeys better,” Shell offers a premium retail experience focused on convenience, choice, and quality services.
As part of the new collaboration, Parcel Pending by Quadient smart lockers are being deployed across the UK, with the first 200 installations already rolling out, marking another successful step in Quadient’s mission to scale up to 5,000 open-access units nationwide by 2027. Accessible to all carriers and service providers, the smart lockers offer a flexible, secure platform for 24/7 delivery, returns, and exchanges. They also serve as versatile service points, accommodating temporary storage and services such as prescription pickup, click-and-collect retail orders, spare part distribution, and key collection.
“Partnering with Shell Service Stations brings Parcel Pending by Quadient smart lockers even closer to everyday life for communities across the UK,” said Katia Bourgeais Crémel, EVP Parcel Locker Solutions Europe, Quadient. “Shell’s highly accessible locations are open long hours and seamlessly embedded into people’s daily routines, making them prime locations for expanding our open locker network. Together, we’re simplifying last-mile logistics by offering people a convenient, secure way to send, return, or collect parcels on their terms. This collaboration not only strengthens our UK footprint but also supports Shell’s ambition to deliver more sustainable, customer-centric services.”
“We’re pleased to be working with Quadient to bring their smart locker services to our service stations” said Sarah Reid, Business Development Manager for Convenience Retail Services at Shell UK. “This collaboration enhances the convenience we offer our customers by integrating a trusted, open-access parcel service that elevates the retail experience we offer. It’s another step in expanding our services to meet evolving customer needs while supporting more sustainable, flexible delivery options for communities nationwide.”
To learn more about Quadient’s open locker network, visit parcelpending.com.
About Quadient®
Quadient is a global automation platform powering secure and sustainable business connections through digital and physical channels. Quadient supports businesses of all sizes in their digital transformation and growth journey, unlocking operational efficiency and creating meaningful customer experiences. Listed in compartment B of Euronext Paris (QDT) and part of the CAC® Mid & Small and EnterNext® Tech 40 indices, Quadient shares are eligible for PEA-PME investing. For more information about Quadient, visit www.quadient.com.
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PRESS RELEASE
MÉRIGNAC, FRANCE – 31 JULY 2025
EXOSENS LAUNCHES A SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAMME
Exosens (the “Company”) announces the launch of a share buyback programme and has today entered into an agreement with an investment services provider to repurchase a maximum of 240,000 shares. The buyback period will commence on 31 July 2025 and end on 31 October 2025.
The shares repurchased under this mandate are intended to be used to cover performance share plans for employees of the Group.
This programme is implemented pursuant to the authorisation granted by the Company’s General Meeting of Shareholders held on 23 May 2025, under the terms of the 10th resolution. The purchase price shall not exceed the maximum price authorised by the shareholders at that meeting.
Further details on the programme can be found in section 7.3.4 of the 2024 Universal Registration Document of Exosens.
All information regarding share repurchases carried out under this programme will be made available on the Company’s website: www.exosens.com (under: Home > Investors > Regulated Information > Share Buyback Programme).
About Exosens
Exosens is a high‐tech company, with more than 85 years of experience in the innovation, development, manufacturing and sale of high‐end electro‐optical technologies in the field of amplification, detection and imaging. Today, it offers its customers detection components and solutions such as travelling wave tubes, advanced cameras, neutron & gamma detectors, instrument detectors and light intensifier tubes. This allows Exosens to respond to complex issues in extremely demanding environments by offering tailor‐made solutions to its customers. Thanks to its sustained investments, Exosens is internationally recognized as a major innovator in optoelectronics, with production and R&D carried out on 11 sites in Europe and North America, and employs over 1,900 employees. Exosens is listed on the compartment A of the Euronext Paris regulated market (ticker: EXENS; ISIN: FR001400Q9V2). Exosens is a member of Euronext Tech Leaders segment and is also included in several indices, including the SBF 120, CAC All-Tradable, CAC Mid 60, FTSE Total Cap and MSCI France Small Cap. For more information: www.exosens.com.
Investor relations
Laurent Sfaxi, l.sfaxi@exosens.com
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Source: Government of India
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In a major verdict, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, including BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit.
The court dropped all charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Arms Act, and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), citing lack of sufficient evidence.
The blast occurred on September 29, 2008, when a bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded near the Bhikku Chowk mosque in Malegaon, Nashik district, Maharashtra. The explosion took place during the holy month of Ramzan and just ahead of the Hindu festival of Navratri. It claimed six lives and injured over 100 people in the communally sensitive town.
The verdict, delivered after nearly 17 years of legal proceedings, came in a packed courtroom where all accused were present as per the court’s direction. The court also ordered compensation of ₹2 lakh to the families of each of the six deceased and ₹50,000 to each injured victim.
The trial involved a massive case file exceeding one lakh pages. Hearings concluded in April this year, and the court had reserved its judgment on April 19. Due to the scale and complexity of the case, the court took additional time to scrutinise the material thoroughly before pronouncing the verdict.
During the trial, the prosecution examined 323 witnesses. However, 34 of them turned hostile, significantly weakening the prosecution’s case.
The case was initially investigated by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which arrested the accused and filed the first charge sheet. In 2011, the probe was transferred to the NIA, which filed a supplementary charge sheet in 2016, dropping charges against several accused, including Sadhvi Pragya, citing insufficient evidence under stringent anti-terror laws.
All accused were out on bail during the trial. They had been facing serious charges including conspiracy, murder, and use of explosives under the UAPA and IPC.
— IANS
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
China has provided job placement to 250,000 demobilized officers and veterans during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), with improved quality and efficiency in the work, Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs Xu Yao said Thursday.
Xu told a press briefing that veterans are playing an increasingly important role in the country’s economic and social development.
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Brown University on Wednesday announced an agreement with the Donald Trump administration to restore federal funding and resolve three ongoing nondiscrimination reviews.
“The agreement will reinstate payments for active research grants and restore Brown’s ability to compete for new federal grants and contracts, while also meeting Brown’s core imperative of preserving the ability for its students and scholars to teach and learn without government intrusion,” the university said in a statement.
The agreement will restore Brown’s medical and health sciences research funding, including reimbursement of more than 50 million U.S. dollars in unpaid federal grant costs.
The agreement also includes Brown’s commitment to pay 50 million dollars in grants over 10 years to workforce development organizations in Rhode Island, where the university is located.
“The University’s foremost priority throughout discussions with the government was remaining true to our academic mission, our core values, and who we are as a community at Brown,” Brown President Christina H. Paxson said in a letter to the Brown community.
“We stand solidly behind commitments we repeatedly have affirmed to protect all members of our community from harassment and discrimination, (and) we protect the ability of our faculty and students to study and learn academic subjects of their choosing,” Paxson said.
The president noted that the agreement “does not include any payments or fines to the federal government.”
Explaining why Brown “voluntarily negotiated toward an agreement,” Paxson said that for the last few months, the university’s mission and its community have been under threat.
“Beyond the financial stresses of terminated and unpaid research grants and contracts, we have observed a growing push for government intrusion into the fundamental academic operations of colleges and universities, and with the stated purpose of compelling a commitment to comply with laws focused on prohibitions against antisemitism and discrimination,” she said.
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon reacted to the agreement on social media platform X, saying, “The Trump Administration is successfully reversing the decades-long woke-capture of our nation’s higher education institutions.”
“Because of the Trump Administration’s resolution agreement with Brown University, aspiring students will be judged solely on their merits, not their race or sex. Brown has committed to proactive measures to protect Jewish students and combat Antisemitism on campus. Women’s sports and intimate facilities will be protected for women,” McMahon said.
In April, the Trump administration announced that it would freeze 510 million dollars in federal contracts and funding to Brown University, citing its handling of campus antisemitism and diversity policies.
The Education Department had previously announced that approximately 60 American colleges and universities — including Harvard, Cornell, Yale, and Brown — were under federal investigation.
Brown University is one of the eight elite Ivy League universities, known for its academic excellence and historic legacy.
Last week, another Ivy League school, Columbia University, announced that it had reached a settlement with the federal government, agreeing to pay over 200 million dollars to restore access to 400 million dollars in federal funding.
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
This photo taken on July 12, 2025 shows a scene of the “Zhejiang Week” of China Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka in Osaka, Japan, on July 12, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
A welcome ceremony has been held at the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka as the arrival of a Japanese family pushed the number of visitors to the pavilion over one million.
On Wednesday afternoon, when Teruwa Asakawa and his family entered the China Pavilion, they were greeted with words of “Welcome the millionth visitor to the China Pavilion” displayed on a big screen and presented with a panda doll and other cultural and creative souvenirs as commemorative gifts.
The Asakawa family said they were honored to be the one millionth visitor to the China Pavilion and praised the pavilion’s beautiful exterior design and rich exhibits, saying it “allowed us to deeply experience China’s profound historical and cultural heritage.”
Director of the China Pavilion Zhang Shujing told Xinhua that since the opening of the Osaka Expo, the China Pavilion has consistently been one of the most popular pavilions, noting that welcoming its one millionth visitor is a significant moment worth celebrating.
“The arrival of these one million visitors demonstrates the love and recognition that expo visitors worldwide have for the China Pavilion,” he added.
As the expo enters its second half, the China Pavilion will continue to host a series of themed events featuring over a dozen provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, Zhang said, adding that “the China Pavilion will continue to attract more visitors with its rich exhibits, exciting activities, immersive experiences, and especially warm and thoughtful services, in a bid to showcase a true, beautiful, credible, lovable, and respectable image of China.”
Osaka Expo 2025 will run from April 13 to Oct. 13, 2025. The China Pavilion, one of the largest foreign self-built pavilions at the event, covers approximately 3,500 square meters.
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk-yeol attends the second hearing of his criminal trial over insurrection charges in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
A South Korean court issued a warrant to arrest former President Yoon Suk-yeol to forcibly bring him in for questioning over allegations of election meddling, a special counsel team said Thursday.
The warrant, which was issued by the Seoul Central District Court, had been requested by a team of independent counsel Min Joong-ki leading an investigation into corruption allegations that involve Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon-hee.
Yoon, who has been detained on insurrection charges following his short-lived martial law imposition last December, defied twice the special counsel’s summons to appear for questioning.
An assistant special counsel and a prosecutor were forecast to be sent to the Seoul Detention Center, where Yoon has been kept in custody, according to multiple media outlets.
The ousted leader and his wife were suspected of receiving free opinion polls from self-proclaimed political broker Myung Tae-kyun ahead of the 2022 presidential election in exchange for the illegal nomination of a former People Power Party lawmaker in a parliamentary by-election later that year.
Yoon was also suspected of making false statements during the 2021 presidential primaries about his wife’s alleged involvement in a stock price manipulation that constitutes an election law violation.
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Rio Ngumoha (2nd L) of Liverpool shoots to score during the Meiji Yasuda J. League World Challenge 2025 match between Liverpool and Yokohama F. Marinos, in Yokohama, Japan, July 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Appointments to Betting and Lotteries Commission
The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak, welcomed the appointments. She said, “The Government will continue to work closely with the Betting and Lotteries Commission, and we would like to express our gratitude to the outgoing members for their efforts and contributions to the work of the Commission during their term of service.”
The membership list of the Commission, with effect from August 1, 2025, is as follows:
Chairman
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Mr Adrian Yip Chun-to
Members
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Mr Henry Chan Chi-chiu
Ms Cheung Lai-chu
Reverend Canon Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming
Ms Nixie Lam Lam
Ms Anthea Lee Shuk-wai
Ms Vivian Tsui Sau-yin
Dr Rizwan Ullah
Ms Iris Wan Lai-sze
Miss Kay Wong Kam-yan
Ms Annie Wong Pak-yan
The Commission is a statutory body established in accordance with the provisions of the Betting Duty Ordinance. Its function is to advise the Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs on the regulation of the conduct of horse race betting, football betting and lotteries.
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Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 31) released the test results of a targeted food surveillance project on the nutrition labelling of prepackaged sauce. Among 40 samples tested, including food items purchased online, one sample was found with protein content inconsistent with the declared value on its nutrition label, while the remaining 39 samples passed the test.
“The CFS collected samples from different retail outlets for the targeted food surveillance project. Tests were conducted to check if the energy content and specified nutrient content (total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, sugars, sodium, protein, carbohydrates, and more) are consistent with the declared values on their nutrition labels. The food labels were also checked to see if they comply with relevant requirements under the laws,” a spokesman for the CFS said.
The CFS has announced the irregularity in the actual nutrient content earlier. The vendor concerned has also stopped selling the relevant batches of the affected product. Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
The Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations (Cap. 132W) require all applicable prepackaged foods to list the ingredients and the content of energy plus seven core nutrients, namely carbohydrates, protein, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, sodium and sugars, and regulate any associated nutrition claims.
Nutrition labelling can assist consumers in making informed food choices, encourage food manufacturers to apply sound nutrition principles in the formulation of foods, and regulate misleading or deceptive labels and claims. According to Section 61 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132), if any person falsely describes food or misleads as to the nature, substance or quality of the food on a label of the food sold by him or her, he or she shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months’ imprisonment upon conviction.
The CFS will continue to conduct surveillance on other food samples to check if their energy content and specified nutrient content are consistent with the declared values on their nutrition labels, and the results will be released in due course. The spokesman reminded the food trade to comply with the law, and urged members of the public to pay attention to the information on nutrition labels when purchasing food to make informed food choices to achieve a balanced diet and stay healthy.
Source: Government of Sweden
The action programmes intend to complement the National plan to combat racism, similar forms of hostility and hate crime, and include both measures aimed at bringing to light and combating each form of racism, and measures aimed at combating racism at large.
Source: Government of Sweden
In response to requests – mainly from Türkiye and Syria – for support to foreign disaster-affected or war-torn areas, the Government has tasked the National Board of Health and Welfare with assessing the possibilities of providing assistance. The agency should examine what medical equipment or materials, or other supplies, may be needed to provide care, and can be donated from available stock or Sweden’s regions after all domestic needs have been met. The Government is allocating SEK 45 million for this purpose.
Source: United States Navy (Logistics Group Western Pacific)
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LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 30, 2025) Pacific Partnership 2025 multinational band members pose with students from the Papua New Guinea University of Technology elementary school in Lae, Papua New Guinea, July 30, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Mario E. Reyes Villatoro)
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LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 30, 2025) Pacific Partnership 2025 multinational team member U.S. Navy Lt. Reginald Anderson-Exul speaks during a chaplains combined prayer service aboard the Il Chul Bong, July 30, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Bussman)
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Source: Office of United States Attorneys
Hagåtña – SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announces that, Raymond T. Tammed, age 30, from Piti, Guam, was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment in the U.S. District Court of Guam for Attempted Enticement of a Minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). The Court also ordered five years of supervised release and a $100 mandatory assessment fee. Under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Tammed must register in every jurisdiction he resides, works, and goes to school.
In May of 2024, federal investigators conducted an internet-based operation to identify and arrest individuals seeking to engage in sexual activity with minors on Guam. During that operation, Tammed contacted an undercover agent posing as a 13-year-old girl. Despite believing that he was conversing with an underage girl, Tammed sent sexually explicit messages, sought to arrange a sexual encounter, and sent the undercover agent a selfie and a picture of his genitals. Tammed later arranged to meet the undercover agent at the Andersen Air Force Base Visitors Center, where Tammed was arrested upon arrival.
“This case demonstrates the dangers faced by our children during online activity,” stated United States Attorney Anderson. “We will continue these undercover operations to protect our communities from sexual predators. I applaud the efforts of law enforcement in bringing Tammed to justice.”
“Keeping our children safe from exploitation and abuse is the highest priority. By taking predators like Tammed off the street, we are ensuring the safety of the most vulnerable members of our community,” said Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Lucy Cabral-DeArmas. “HSI will continue to seek justice to keep our children safe with zero tolerance for this heinous crime.”
Investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations and Air Force Office of Special Investigations Service, Detachment 602.
This case was prosecuted by Benjamin K. Petersburg, Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Guam.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.
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Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)
RESTON, Va., July 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ACTFORE, a leading provider of AI-powered breach response and data mining solutions, announced today the company has been granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its proprietary technology enabling targeted data extraction from unstructured document sets, a first-of-its kind patent in the data mining industry.
Unlike many industries, the data mining and breach response fields have historically lacked patentable innovations due to their reliance on human-driven workflows and off-the-shelf automation. ACTFORE’s achievement represents a major advancement in automated breach response workflows: the first recognized patent for precision data extraction designed specifically to efficiently and accurately extract sensitive data from massive, unstructured information environments following a breach.
“This patent isn’t just a milestone for ACTFORE, but for the entire industry,” said CEO Christian Geyer. “In a space where most work is still done manually or through tedious and inaccurate workflows, we’ve introduced a scalable, intelligent solution that truly learns and adapts and can work alongside our team of onshore experts to create an approach that merges manual precision with deep learning to create a hybrid workflow that is both fast and legally defensible.”
The patent, “Techniques for Targeted Data Extraction from Unstructured Sets of Documents”, refers to ACTFORE’S dynamic interface that allows operators to define “visual boxes” around regions of interest on a document page, then automatically propagate those selections across structurally similar files using deep learning and FAISS-based clustering. Paired with advanced optical character recognition (OCR), the system can extract high-fidelity text, even from scanned or non-machine-readable documents. This allows for targeted, scalable parsing with minimal redundancy and dramatically reduced review time.
“We’ve essentially built a facial recognition system, but for document layouts,” said Yumna Zaidi, Innovations Team Lead at ACTFORE and Lead Inventor on the patent. “Our tech creates unique embedding vectors for each document structure, letting us match and process them with unprecedented speed and accuracy.”
This combination of automation and expert-driven human review ensures that sensitive information such as names, account numbers, or health data can be extracted quickly, accurately, and consistently, even across large and messy data sets.
“Data breaches happen in chaotic, inconsistent environments and ACTFORE is built to handle the complexity,” added Dhiraj Sharma, Senior Data Scientist and Co-Inventor. “By integrating the latest automation and data mining tools with human judgment, we’re able to respond more efficiently and accurately than traditional methods. That’s where this patent truly delivers value.”
The platform supports a wide range of document types—including unstructured and semi-structured PDFs, images, and text files—and automatically preserves selected coordinates for batch processing at scale. This not only accelerates review but also ensures consistent, defensible results across complex, multi-jurisdictional engagements.
“We didn’t just apply automation for the sake of speed. We designed a product that understands the complexity of each task and empowers humans to make better decisions, faster,” said Sanskriti Shivhare, Team Lead and Co-Inventor.
This newly issued patent strengthens ACTFORE’s growing intellectual property portfolio and reflects its continued investment in transforming breach response through applied AI. As data breach volumes rise and regulatory timelines tighten, ACTFORE’s patented technology sets a new industry benchmark for intelligent, scalable remediation.
About ACTFORE
ACTFORE delivers advanced AI/ML-powered data mining solutions for legal counsel, insurance carriers, and corporations, specialising in swiftly detecting and uncovering compromised sensitive information in cyber breaches. Capable of processing over 1 million files per hour, ACTFORE’s on-premises, on-shore, technology-first approach offers the fastest and most accurate assessments, enabling clients to quickly understand the scope of exfiltration, mitigate risk, and make informed decisions about ransom payments. Clients maintain full control of their data through ACTFORE’s secure lab or local deployment options. Trusted by over 25 insurance carriers and 35 law firms, including premier Am Law 100 firms, ACTFORE sets the new standard in incident response and data forensics. For more information, please visit www.actfore.com.
Press Contact:
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Communications & Content Strategist
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Gilda.Safowaa@actfore.com
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Source: Australian National Party
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Released 31/07/2025
Sections of Northbourne Avenue near the light rail construction site will be closed from 8pm tomorrow night to allow for complex underground service upgrades and installation works.
The works under Northbourne Avenue are needed to prepare utilities for light rail and to improve the stormwater drainage in the city.
The schedule for changes to the road environment includes:
From 8pm Friday 1 August until 6am Monday 4 August 2025: Northbourne Avenue will be closed southbound between Cooyong Street intersection and Vernon Circle.
From 8pm Friday 8 August until 6am Monday 11 August 2025: Northbourne Avenue will be closed northbound between Rudd Street intersection and Vernon Circle.
Over these weekends, works will occur at the intersection of London Circuit and Northbourne Avenue and at the intersection of Alinga Street and Northbourne Avenue.
Alternative detour routes during the southbound closures are via Wakefield and Limestone Avenues to Parkes Way and Kings Avenue, Cooyong and Coranderrk Streets to Commonwealth Avenue, and Barry Drive and Clunies Ross Street to Parkes Way.
During the northbound closures, alternative detour routes are via Commonwealth Avenue via Edinburgh Avenue to Barry Drive, Commonwealth Avenue to Constitution Avenue, and Kings Avenue via Parkes Way to Cooyong Street.
We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate the community’s patience while these vital works take place.
Other intermittent weekend closures will be required until mid-2026. One carriageway of Northbourne Avenue will remain open at all times to reduce the impact to the traffic network. The community will be notified in advance about further closures and traffic changes as the works progress.
This is a significant step forward as we begin connecting the newly laid services from London Circuit East, under Northbourne Avenue through to London Circuit West.
Once utilities and stormwater are in place, civil and services works on the track and light rail stops will start later this year. Works will take place on weekends to minimise the impact to commuters.
There’s anticipated to be no impacts to bus services or the city bus interchange in August 2025.
Visit act.gov.au/builtforcbr/travel-impacts for more detailed information. GPS navigation applications will also be updated to reflect the changed network and detours.
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Source: Government of Sweden
How many people work at the Government Offices? What was the central government budget like last year? How many acts and ordinances were issued last year? The answer to these and other questions can be found in the Swedish Government Offices Yearbook 2021.
Source: Government of Sweden
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs has four ministers with responsibility for issues concerning social welfare, including public health, health care, social insurance, care of older people, social services, civil society and sport. Responsibilities are divided among the ministers as follows.
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Vienna, Austria – 31th July 2025 – involve.me, a leading funnel builder platform, proudly announces the beta release of its AI Agent, the first conversational AI for funnel creation. Designed to transform how businesses build and optimize sales and marketing funnels, the AI Agent allows users to generate, customize, and refine high-converting funnels using simple English prompts. Users can create interactive landing pages & website embeds with quizzes, forms, surveys and calculators simply by chatting with AI. This marks a new era of user-friendly, intelligent funnel design.
“Over the past year, ‘vibe-coding’ platforms like Lovable and Bolt have gained traction by letting users describe apps in natural language and generate prototypes using AI. While visually impressive, these apps often mask underlying issues (bugs, unhandled edge cases, and security vulnerabilities) that make them unfit for live, business-critical use. What works in a demo rarely works in the real world,” said Vlad Gozman, CEO at involve.me.”
The involve.me AI Agent acts as a virtual funnel expert, capable of generating multi-step funnels, landing pages, and website embeds based on natural language input. Users can then chat with the AI to refine elements in real-time and use the traditional drag-and-drop editor alongside it. This dual approach ensures the user stays in complete control of the creative process every step of the way, while using the stress-tested infrastructure of the platform already used by over 4500 customers.
“We handle our customers’ customer data, so it was crucial to blend the magic of conversational AI funnel generation with the robustness and reliability of business-grade software” Gozman said when talking about deploying the AI Agent at scale in real-world business use-cases.
Key Highlights of the AI Agent:
“Unlike tools that generate code from scratch, involve.me’s AI Agent builds with production-tested components native to our funnel platform, ensuring security, stability, and reliability from the start”, says Gozman.
The current beta release of the AI Agent focuses on funnel creation and editing, but this is only the initial phase of its development. The AI Agent will expand to support full design & logic customization, end-to-end workflow creation, automation, and more. As part of the beta launch, users have the opportunity to shape the future of the AI Agent by providing feedback, suggesting new use cases, and helping prioritize upcoming features in collaboration with the involve.me team.
About involve.me
involve.me is an AI-enhanced funnel platform designed to help businesses convert website visitors into qualified leads through interactive, conversion-optimized experiences. Featuring a powerful drag-and-drop editor, over 300 templates, and a suite of personalization features, involve.me enables users to create everything from product finders and quote calculators to lead magnets and appointment forms.
With the launch of the chat-native AI Agent, involve.me extends its commitment to innovation, combining ease-of-use with deep customization and intelligent automation. The platform integrates with over 60 tools, supports advanced analytics, and is fully GDPR-compliant, making it a trusted solution for companies across sectors and sizes.
For more information on involve.me’s AI Agent, please visit: involve.me/ai-agent
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Jonathan Davies
Content Marketer
involve.me
jonathan@involve.me
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to freedom fighter Udham Singh on his “Shaheedi Diwas,” calling his bravery a lasting inspiration for the people of India.
In a post on X, PM Modi said, “My humble tribute to the immortal son of Mother India, martyr Udham Singh, on his martyrdom day. His saga of patriotism and bravery will always remain a source of inspiration for the people of the nation.”
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also honoured the revolutionary, saying Udham Singh’s supreme sacrifice continues to inspire generations.
“My heartfelt tribute to the great freedom fighter and revolutionary Sardar Udham Singh on his ‘Shaheedi Diwas’ today. His unparalleled courage and supreme sacrifice remain a source of inspiration for generations. India will always remember his unwavering spirit and deep love for the nation,” he posted on X.
Home Minister Amit Shah shared a detailed tribute, highlighting Udham Singh’s fierce resistance to colonial atrocities and his role in the freedom struggle.
“Udham Singh dedicated his life to self-respect and freedom. He launched an armed rebellion against British atrocities. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre deeply disturbed him, prompting him to travel to England to avenge the killings. Through the Ghadar Party, he inspired patriotism among Indians living abroad. His courage, bravery, and sacrifice gave greater strength to India’s freedom movement. He will forever inspire the youth to put the nation above all.
My respectful tribute to the embodiment of bravery and sacrifice, martyr Sardar Udham Singh, on his martyrdom day,” he said on X.
Born in 1899 in Sangrur, Punjab, Udham Singh lost his parents at an early age. He was hanged on July 31, 1940, for assassinating Michael O’Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab, in London — an act of revenge for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on April 13, 1919, when British Indian Army troops under Colonel Reginald Dyer opened fire on a peaceful gathering of unarmed protesters and pilgrims in Amritsar, Punjab, on the occasion of Baisakhi.
The crowd had assembled to protest the arrest of nationalist leaders Satya Pal and Saifuddin Kitchlew. The indiscriminate firing led to massive casualties.
According to official British records, 379 people were killed and around 1,200 injured. However, other estimates put the death toll at over 1,000.
— ANI
Source: Government of India
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Cambodia accused Thailand on Thursday of detaining 20 of its soldiers and killing another in post-ceasefire incidents, as a fragile peace held for a third day along their disputed border.
Five days of intense clashes between the Southeast Asian neighbours that began last week killed at least 43 people, many of them civilians, and displaced more than 300,000, until a truce brokered in Malaysia on Monday halted the fighting.
Thailand has since accused Cambodian troops of violating the ceasefire multiple times, a charge denied by authorities in Phnom Penh, who instead allege that the Thai military has wrongfully detained a number of its soldiers.
“We appeal to the Thai side to promptly return all 20 of our forces, including other forces if any are under Thai control,” Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Thursday.
In a statement, senior Cambodian defence official Lieutenant General Rath Dararoth said one Cambodian soldier had died in Thai custody since the ceasefire and his body had been returned. He did not provide further details.
Thailand currently has custody of 20 Cambodian soldiers who had surrendered, including two who are under medical treatment, Thai Rear Admiral Surasant Kongsiri told reporters.
“We are investigating them to verify the facts. After this is finished, they will be released,” Thailand’s Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said, stressing the Thai military had not violated the ceasefire agreement.
As per talks between military commanders held after Monday’s truce announcement, Thailand and Cambodia agreed to facilitate the return of wounded soldiers and bodies of those deceased, besides refraining from reinforcing troops along the border.
Cambodia took military attaches and diplomats to a border checkpoint on Wednesday to verify the ceasefire as both sides exchanged accusations of violating the truce.
For decades, Thailand and Cambodia have wrangled over undemarcated points along their 817-km (508-mile) land border, with ownership of the ancient Hindu temples Ta Moan Thom and the 11th century Preah Vihear central to the disputes.
The recent truce followed a push by Malaysia and calls by U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone calls to leaders of Thailand and Cambodia, warning them that trade deals would not be concluded if the fighting continued.
Both countries face a tariff of 36% on goods sent to the U.S., their biggest export market.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, said early on Thursday that trade deals had been made with both countries ahead of the August 1 tariff deadline.
(Reuters)
Source: ASEAN
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food of Canada, H.E. Mr. Heath MacDonald, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. They discussed potential areas of cooperation between ASEAN and Canada, particularly in sustainable agriculture, the reduction of harmful agrochemicals, and the promotion of regenerative agriculture. On ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, SG Dr. Kao encouraged Canada to adopt a constructive approach, especially in areas such as equivalence and risk assessment, which could help expedite the conclusion of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Chapter.
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Source: Government of Sweden
The action programmes intend to complement the National plan to combat racism, similar forms of hostility and hate crime, and include both measures aimed at bringing to light and combating each form of racism, and measures aimed at combating racism at large.