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  • MIL-OSI: Driving Dogecoin Growth: Ethransaction Offers Secure and Accessible Cloud Mining Solutions

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LONDON, UK, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ETHRANSACTION, a leading cloud mining platform established in 2017, today announced its continued commitment to providing secure and stable passive income opportunities, particularly for Dogecoin (DOGE) enthusiasts. In a dynamic cryptocurrency market, ETHRANSACTION offers a reliable avenue for users worldwide to participate in digital asset accumulation.

    As global interest in Dogecoin’s ecosystem expands, driven by its growing utility and community, ETHRANSACTION positions itself as a robust solution for those seeking consistent returns. The platform’s strategic approach allows users to navigate market fluctuations by focusing on predictable daily income streams from cloud mining.

    “In today’s fast-paced digital economy, the demand for stable and accessible ways to earn cryptocurrency is higher than ever,” said a spokesperson for ETHRANSACTION. “Our platform is meticulously designed to offer just that, providing a secure and straightforward path for individuals to generate passive income from Dogecoin, regardless of daily market movements.”

    ETHRANSACTION’s core advantages are built upon a foundation of security, high returns, and extreme simplicity. The platform implements Triple Security Protection to safeguard user capital. Each contract is underwritten by the British century-old insurance giant Legal & General, providing comprehensive asset insurance. Furthermore, the system employs military-grade EV SSL encryption, McAfee® anti-hacking systems, and cold wallet isolated storage, ensuring a zero-security incident record since its inception. As a fully compliant entity, ETHRANSACTION holds all necessary licenses issued by the British government and is actively preparing for a potential stock listing.

    The platform streamlines the user experience, enabling individuals to “turn on DOGE automatic money printing mode” through a few simple steps. Users can register an account with their email to receive an immediate $19 bonus, allowing them to experience mining instantly. A variety of profitable mining plans are available to meet diverse financial needs, from short-term gains to long-term returns, with daily DOGE income easily viewable and collectible without any active management.

    “We believe in empowering our users with transparent and reliable tools,” the spokesperson added. “Our focus on green mining, coupled with our robust security and user-friendly interface, ensures that ETHRANSACTION remains a trusted pioneer in the digital asset space, enabling our community to confidently build their wealth.”

    ETHRANSACTION is also a Green Mining Pioneer, with its mining operations driven by 100% renewable energy. This commitment means that every DOGE mined through the platform contributes to reducing carbon emissions, aligning profitability with environmental responsibility. Additionally, a lucrative invitation rewards program allows users to earn a lifetime 6% commission reward by inviting friends, fostering a strong and engaged community.

    About ETHRANSACTION: Established in 2017, ETHRANSACTION is a world-renowned cloud mining company dedicated to providing secure, stable, and accessible cryptocurrency earning opportunities. With a focus on Dogecoin and a commitment to triple-layered security, green mining practices, and a user-friendly platform, ETHRANSACTION empowers millions of users globally to generate passive income from digital assets.

    For more information, please visit the official website: https://ethransaction.vip & connect via Email: info@ethransaction.vip

    Media Contact:
    Name: Renee E Long
    City/Country: 45 Bishopthorpe Road, York, United Kingdom, YO23 1NX
    Email: info@ethransaction.vip
    Website: https://ethransaction.vip

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  • MIL-OSI: Half-yearly report on Exosens’ liquidity contract with Kepler Cheuvreux

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    PRESS RELEASE
    MÉRIGNAC, FRANCE – 7 JULY 2025

    HALF-YEARLY REPORT ON EXOSENS’ LIQUIDITY CONTRACT
    WITH KEPLER CHEUVREUX

    In accordance with the provisions of the French Financial Markets Authority’s decision
    n°2021-01 of 22 June 2021 renewing the implementation of liquidity contracts
    for shares as an accepted market practice

    Under the liquidity contract entered into between Exosens (Ticker: EXENS; ISIN: FR001400Q9V2) and Kepler Cheuvreux, the following resources appeared on the liquidity account on 30 June 2025:

    • 20,264 shares; and
    • 1,526,636.31 euros in cash.

    During the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025, the following transactions were executed:

    • On the buy side, 281,811 shares for 8,719,529.24 euros (2,187 transactions); and
    • On the sell side, 279,711 shares for 8,542,164.51 euros (2,661 transactions).

    As a reminder, the following resources appeared on the liquidity account on 31 December 2024:

    • 18,164 shares; and
    • 1,689,362.72 euros in cash.

    The following resources appeared on the liquidity account at the date of entry into force of the contract:

    • 0 share; and
    • 2,000,000 euros in cash.

    Contact

    Investor Relations
    Laurent Sfaxi – l.sfaxi@exosens.com

      Buy Side Sell Side
      Number of executions Number of shares Traded volume in EUR Number of executions Number of shares Traded volume in EUR
    Total 2,187 281,811 8,719,529.24 2,661 279,711 8,542,164.51
    01/02/2025 17 4,483 86,073.60 1 500 9,750.00
    01/03/2025 24 2,000 38,220.00 41 7,079 137,969.71
    01/06/2025 14 2,500 50,300.00 34 5,000 101,900.00
    01/07/2025 20 2,000 40,140.00 15 2,378 48,653.88
    01/08/2025 – – – 54 9,122 199,498.14
    01/13/2025 5 1,250 28,125.00 20 1,250 28,775.00
    01/14/2025 34 8,329 169,495.15 – – –
    01/15/2025 26 3,250 64,967.50 21 2,003 40,440.57
    01/16/2025 44 5,500 107,250.00 18 2,250 44,460.00
    01/17/2025 4 250 5,020.00 36 3,071 61,819.23
    01/20/2025 12 500 10,000.00 32 3,676 75,358.00
    01/21/2025 2 250 5,200.00 19 3,250 67,600.00
    01/22/2025 12 1,500 31,200.00 12 1,500 31,380.00
    01/23/2025 – – – 20 2,750 58,437.50
    01/24/2025 2 250 5,350.00 21 3,250 71,532.50
    01/27/2025 18 4,500 98,955.00 4 250 5,500.00
    01/28/2025 – – – 28 3,000 68,460.00
    01/29/2025 19 2,000 45,240.00 14 1,000 22,800.00
    01/30/2025 18 2,500 56,625.00 13 1,500 34,530.00
    01/31/2025 – – – 8 750 17,025.00
    02/03/2025 5 523 11,777.96 7 500 11,475.00
    02/04/2025 – – – 5 500 11,575.00
    02/05/2025 15 2,000 45,620.00 18 1,750 40,127.50
    02/06/2025 30 2,524 57,824.84 13 1,000 23,150.00
    02/07/2025 69 5,203 116,755.32 6 500 11,290.00
    02/10/2025 11 1,250 27,787.50 21 1,000 22,280.00
    02/11/2025 23 2,447 53,931.88 7 765 16,960.05
    02/12/2025 8 1,325 29,136.75 4 750 16,612.50
    02/13/2025 18 2,675 58,127.75 11 1,499 32,813.11
    02/14/2025 8 1,500 32,535.00 15 2,750 60,142.50
    02/17/2025 9 1,250 27,287.50 28 4,168 92,904.72
    02/18/2025 – – – 32 4,500 104,445.00
    02/19/2025 – – – 16 1,750 41,807.50
    02/20/2025 27 7,500 179,550.00 34 3,912 94,318.32
    02/21/2025 15 2,136 50,964.96 15 2,000 47,920.00
    02/24/2025 8 2,000 48,080.00 37 3,338 81,647.48
    02/25/2025 – – – 16 2,000 50,120.00
    02/26/2025 65 10,000 244,500.00 10 782 19,432.70
    02/27/2025 – – – 39 3,431 84,985.87
    02/28/2025 – – – 35 3,250 82,582.50
    03/03/2025 – – – 70 5,250 162,487.50
    03/04/2025 5 500 15,425.00 2 500 16,650.00
    03/05/2025 – – – 6 500 16,700.00
    03/07/2025 33 4,500 149,445.00 – – –
    03/10/2025 50 4,250 137,785.00 24 2,385 80,374.50
    03/11/2025 31 6,250 197,562.50 18 1,316 42,664.72
    03/12/2025 1 200 6,300.00 14 1,000 31,780.00
    03/13/2025 21 2,000 63,020.00 6 414 13,260.42
    03/14/2025 – – – 19 2,750 87,725.00
    03/17/2025 – – – 74 6,423 215,877.03
    03/18/2025 38 8,526 279,738.06 18 2,500 84,250.00
    03/19/2025 12 1,259 41,823.98 54 7,250 251,792.50
    03/20/2025 65 10,254 337,356.60 17 2,070 70,773.30
    03/21/2025 10 1,750 56,280.00 50 3,636 119,842.56
    03/24/2025 25 3,750 122,887.50 47 4,614 153,230.94
    03/25/2025 4 1,000 33,050.00 39 3,818 129,926.54
    03/26/2025 24 3,500 117,250.00 22 3,250 109,817.50
    03/27/2025 29 3,000 100,860.00 14 2,000 67,700.00
    03/28/2025 32 4,250 142,332.50 9 1,500 51,180.00
    03/31/2025 45 5,729 189,687.19 56 7,000 232,820.00
    04/01/2025 8 1,250 42,712.50 16 2,012 69,253.04
    04/02/2025 62 6,250 211,562.50 28 4,216 143,807.76
    04/03/2025 43 4,500 149,355.00 18 2,670 89,178.00
    04/04/2025 75 9,250 298,405.00 17 2,056 67,128.40
    04/07/2025 96 8,750 260,575.00 31 3,750 116,925.00
    04/08/2025 14 2,063 63,849.85 65 5,066 159,173.72
    04/09/2025 53 7,437 226,679.76 19 2,500 76,875.00
    04/10/2025 7 1,500 45,750.00 112 6,750 222,480.00
    04/11/2025 22 3,250 98,475.00 42 3,121 95,377.76
    04/14/2025 5 500 15,600.00 54 5,382 169,586.82
    04/15/2025 – – – 40 4,500 147,060.00
    04/16/2025 10 1,565 52,208.40 22 2,000 67,520.00
    04/17/2025 12 2,250 75,330.00 13 1,500 50,520.00
    04/22/2025 28 4,000 135,640.00 40 5,311 181,158.21
    04/23/2025 27 3,500 118,720.00 32 3,689 126,422.03
    04/24/2025 32 4,250 144,882.50 41 5,750 197,685.00
    04/25/2025 28 4,000 139,880.00 32 4,000 140,840.00
    04/28/2025 48 5,500 189,035.00 23 2,750 99,550.00
    04/29/2025 21 2,500 83,200.00 8 1,000 33,480.00
    04/30/2025 14 1,033 34,564.18 27 3,750 127,462.50
    05/02/2025 3 573 19,728.39 29 3,000 105,840.00
    05/05/2025 8 1,500 53,445.00 20 2,250 80,730.00
    05/06/2025 13 2,250 80,280.00 24 2,250 80,955.00
    05/07/2025 40 3,500 124,810.00 30 3,500 125,930.00
    05/08/2025 8 1,154 41,163.18 29 2,750 99,137.50
    05/09/2025 37 4,096 145,203.20 22 1,559 56,077.23
    05/12/2025 58 4,217 144,390.08 28 3,000 104,190.00
    05/13/2025 22 2,750 93,362.50 21 2,023 69,227.06
    05/14/2025 12 2,500 84,775.00 29 2,566 87,628.90
    05/15/2025 2 250 8,500.00 45 5,000 176,550.00
    05/16/2025 – – – 9 1,000 38,200.00
    05/19/2025 8 1,250 47,400.00 5 750 28,897.50
    05/20/2025 23 3,776 142,279.68 26 3,754 142,013.82
    05/21/2025 – – – 37 3,500 136,325.00
    05/22/2025 – – – 8 800 32,080.00
    05/23/2025 13 1,500 58,740.00 19 1,300 52,013.00
    05/26/2025 – – – 14 600 24,720.00
    05/27/2025 – – – 8 150 6,363.00
    05/28/2025 – – – 14 350 15,281.00
    05/29/2025 – – – 7 150 6,490.50
    05/30/2025 – – – 7 110 4,874.10
    06/02/2025 3 500 21,450.00 8 200 8,870.00
    06/03/2025 – – – 7 150 6,697.50
    06/04/2025 6 750 33,150.00 6 230 10,577.70
    06/05/2025 6 750 33,300.00 10 350 15,900.50
    06/06/2025 18 1,750 77,052.50 3 150 6,750.00
    06/09/2025 16 1,500 65,535.00 1 250 11,100.00
    06/10/2025 24 2,250 96,142.50 – – –
    06/11/2025 31 2,500 103,150.00 – – –
    06/12/2025 3 750 31,590.00 19 1,250 53,412.50
    06/13/2025 6 750 32,377.50 13 1,250 54,162.50
    06/16/2025 15 1,700 72,488.00 21 1,250 55,500.00
    06/17/2025 13 1,950 81,627.00 5 500 21,150.00
    06/18/2025 3 500 20,850.00 11 1,250 53,300.00
    06/19/2025 4 250 10,600.00 25 1,500 64,950.00
    06/20/2025 2 500 22,250.00 19 2,175 97,092.00
    06/23/2025 30 3,250 141,700.00 5 458 20,719.92
    06/24/2025 22 3,384 143,718.48 13 700 30,240.00
    06/25/2025 15 1,750 74,025.00 23 763 32,618.25
    06/26/2025 60 5,500 220,000.00 14 2,000 82,060.00
    06/27/2025 34 3,250 130,877.50 – – –
    06/30/2025 17 1,500 60,300.00 8 1,250 50,725.00

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  • MIL-OSI Analysis: Why are we so obsessed with bringing back the woolly mammoth?

    Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Rebecca Woods, Associate Professor, Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology, University of Toronto

    A photograph of a steppe mammoth on display at the Australian Museum in Sydney. (Unsplash/April Pethybridge), CC BY

    In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them — has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal Biosciences — an American for-profit de-extinction startup headed by geneticists George Church and Beth Shapiro — announced two major achievements almost back-to-back.

    In the first, scientists spliced part of the woolly mammoth’s genome into mice to create “woolly mice,” incredibly cute pom-pom like rodents sporting coats that express the genes of long-extinct woolly mammoths.

    Reuters reports on the woolly mice developed by Colossal Biosciences.

    Just a few weeks later, Colossal announced an even bigger achievement, claiming to have brought back the dire wolf, a contemporary of the woolly mammoth who, like their Ice Age proboscidean co-travellers, last roamed the Earth roughly 10,000 years ago.



    Read more:
    Colossal Bioscience’s attempt to de-extinct the dire wolf is a dangerously deceptive publicity stunt

    Mammoth popularity

    Woolly mammoths are at the forefront of these controversial de-extinction efforts. Despite a deep bench of more recently extinct species — the dodo, the moa, passenger pigeons, the bucardo, quagga, thylacine, aurochs and a whole host of others — readily available to take centre stage in de-extinction efforts, woolly mammoths figure prominently in de-extinction stories, both scientific and popular.

    Woolly mammoths featured prominently in the imagery of Revive & Restore, a “genetic rescue” conglomerate of scientists and futurists headed by tech-guru Steward Brand; in 2021, Colossal “established ownership” over woolly mammoth revival. Colossal’s own logo visualizes CRISP-R, the gene-splicing technology that facilitates de-extinction, and the signature spiralled tusks of Mammuthus primigenius.

    In popular culture, woolly mammoths have been a source of fascination for the last several centuries. Thomas Jefferson famously held out hope that live mammoths would be found beyond the frontier of American colonialism in the late-1700s, while early excavations of American mastodons were major events in the early 1800s. American painter Charles Willson Peale captured the first such excavation in oils, and later capitalized on that mastadon’s skeleton in his Philadelphia museum.

    More recently, Manny the mammoth featured in the ongoing Ice Age animated film franchise, first launched in 2002.

    Climate icons

    At the same time, woolly mammoths have also become an emblem of the contemporary climate crisis. During the recent wave of defacing famous artwork in order to draw attention to the climate crisis, environmental activists painted the (fortunately artificial) tusks of the Royal B.C. Museum’s woolly mammoth model bright pink.

    In a 2023 publicity stunt, the Australian cultured-meat startup, Vow, unveiled a mammoth meatball produced out of the woolly mammoth’s genome with sheep DNA as filler. Not for sale, the mammoth meatball was scorched before an audience at the Dutch science museum, Nemo.

    The stunt was intended to call attention, again, to the plight of the Earth’s climate, the unsustainability of industrialized food systems and the potential for lab-grown meat to square this particular circle.

    Model animals

    For a creature that no human being has ever seen live and in the flesh, woolly mammoths certainly get a lot of media exposure. How did this long-extinct species become the emblem of contemporary extinction and de-extinction?

    People have been interacting with the remains of woolly mammoths for hundreds of years. Dig a hole deep enough almost anywhere in the northern hemisphere, and you are apt to come across the bones or maybe the tusks of extinct mammoths or mastodons.

    In early modern Europe, mammoth fossils were famously interpreted as the bones of unicorns and giants before being recognized as belonging to elephant-like creatures around 1700. Only around 1800 were mammoths recognized as a distinct and extinct species of proboscidea.

    Elsewhere in Arctic regions, especially Siberia, Indigenous Peoples were familiar with mammoth remains preserved by permafrost. As rivers and their tributaries surged during annual thaws, whole carcasses of mammoths (and woolly rhinos) were sometimes exposed.

    Local peoples who came across these remains, apparently recently dead but belonging to creatures they never saw walking the Earth’s surface, surmised that they were great burrowing rodent-like animals that tunnelled through the ground and perished if they accidentally came into contact with atmosphere.



    Read more:
    Ancient DNA suggests woolly mammoths roamed the Earth more recently than previously thought

    Around the Arctic, including in Alaska, permafrost prevented the fossilization of mammoth tusks as well as bodies, and this ice ivory was — and remains — an important element of Arctic economies, carved locally and exchanged into historically regional, and now global, markets.

    Continued relevance

    Despite their association with the distant past, woolly mammoths have long resonated with modern human cultures as their fossilized or preserved body parts entered economic practices and knowledge systems alike. But as the extinction of once numerous species like the passenger pigeon, the American bison and African elephant began to loom over the late 19th century, woolly mammoths took on new meanings in the context of modern extinction and emergent understandings of human evolution.

    A mural by by paleoartist Charles R. Knight depicting wooly mammoths, displayed at the American Museum of Natural History.
    (United States Geological Survey)

    Revolutions in geology, archeology, paleontology and related disciplines were changing long-held assumptions about the origin of humankind.

    Narratives of the rise of “man the hunter” arose in natural history institutions such as the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum in Chicago. These origin stories were explicitly connected to the presumed extinction of woolly mammoths and their evolutionary relatives, the mastodons.

    These led to some of the most powerful expressions of mammoths in visual form, like the frescoes and paintings produced by renowned paleoartist Charles R. Knight.

    At the same time, cave paintings in France, Spain and elsewhere came to light in the early 20th century. For example, the 40,000-year-old frescoes at Rouffignac, France clearly depicting woolly mammoths were interpreted as further evidence of this deep and powerful historical connection.

    It is this connection — the association of the rise of modern humankind with the decline and extinction of the woolly mammoth — that feeds today’s continued fascination. Notions of human complicity in extinction stories have long been embedded in modern scientific understandings of woolly mammoths. It is no accident that woolly mammoths are so central to de-extinction projects and climate activism alike.

    Rebecca Woods received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

    – ref. Why are we so obsessed with bringing back the woolly mammoth? – https://theconversation.com/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-bringing-back-the-woolly-mammoth-253432

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Completion of Renovations for NYCHA Residents

    Source: US State of New York

    overnor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt today announced the completion of 125 elevator replacements, 17 heating system upgrades, and 36 building facade renovations, benefitting 38,974 NYCHA residents at 24 developments across the five boroughs, made possible by $1.2 billion in funding that has been provided by the State of New York through the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY). Additionally, State capital funding is also supporting an additional 126 elevator replacements, 105 heating systems upgrades, and 29 building facade renovations all currently under construction, and an additional 172 elevator replacements and 59 building facade renovations in design and procurement. In total, these capital investments are expected to benefit nearly 123,000 residents across 75 developments. As part of the FY25 and FY26 budgets, Governor Hochul allocated an additional $365 million to NYCHA, bringing the total state capital funding allocation to $1.6 billion since 2019.

    “With this important milestone, NYCHA has completed major building improvements, leveraging $1.2 billion in state investment to improve the homes and lives of tens of thousands of NYCHA residents,” Governor Hochul said. “NYCHA residents deserve access to a safe, affordable, and quality place to live — and these improvements are critical to making that reality. I am proud to partner with NYCHA, its residents, and local and state officials to support NYCHA communities.”

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams said, “We are proud to call ourselves the most pro-housing administration in New York City history and that includes public housing. From unlocking over $4.7 billion for capital repairs through the PACT program to delivering free internet to over 150,000 NYCHA households through our Big Apple Connect initiative, we are putting public housing first every day. These renovations will help tens of thousands of NYCHA residents stay safe, stay warm, and stay healthy. Thank you to the state for funding these critical upgrades and to all our NYCHA leaders for their tireless advocacy on behalf of our public housing tenants.”

    NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt said, “Since 2019, NYCHA has worked diligently to address the pillar areas of the HUD Agreement and make tangible quality of life improvements for NYCHA residents. The Authority has made tremendous progress in the face of decades of federal disinvestment, and the support of our partners at the State has been integral as we continue working to improve building infrastructure and make much needed capital improvements across the portfolio. We deeply appreciate the State’s ongoing dedication to all the New Yorkers that call NYCHA home.”

    Dormitory Authority of the State of New York President and CEO Robert J. Rodriguez said, “Governor Hochul’s commitment to public housing is making a real difference for NYCHA residents. DASNY is proud to support this work by disbursing critical resources that help advance essential upgrades — from modern elevators to reliable heating systems. These improvements reflect the quality of life all New Yorkers deserve, and we’re honored to partner with the State and NYCHA on this transformative effort.”

    New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas said, “This $1.2 billion investment of state funds has helped make significant improvements to NYCHA properties that will improve the quality of life for nearly 39,000 residents throughout the five boroughs. This investment reflects Governor Hochul’s continued commitment to ensure NYCHA residents have a safe and affordable place to call home.”

    Nearly 39,000 residents will benefit from 125 elevator replacements, 17 heating system upgrades, and 36 building facade renovations at 24 developments. Since Governor Hochul has taken office, NYCHA has received a total capital funding allocation of $1.2 billion from the State through three funding agreements: $450 million for boiler and elevator upgrades in November 2021; $300 million for additional elevator upgrades in April 2022; and $485 million for facade restoration and additional heating system upgrades in December 2023.

    As part of the FY25 and FY26 budgets, Governor Hochul secured $140 million to fund additional facade and heating system upgrades and $225 million to fund additional capital improvements, including $25 million for vacant NYCHA units and $200 million other capital work, providing vital support to this essential housing stock and critical quality of life improvements for the residents who call it home. This builds on the Governor’s ongoing commitment to public and subsidized housing, including her dedication of $391 million in additional state Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) and other funding in her FY24 budget to help ensure public housing residents who fell behind on their rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic received payments. An estimated 58,000 households have been assisted as a result to date. In June 2022, Governor Hochul previously signed legislation creating the New York Public Housing Preservation Trust, aimed at addressing overdue repairs, rehabilitation, and modernization of up to 25,000 NYCHA apartments.

    State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal said, “I’m thrilled that thanks to $1.2 billion in funding from New York State, NYCHA has completed much needed upgrades to 24 developments throughout the five boroughs. Once the remainder of the work is finished, over 120,000 New Yorkers across 75 NYCHA developments will be able to benefit from more reliable elevator service, new and improved heating systems, and crucial facade repairs that will improve both the aesthetics and the safety of their buildings. All New Yorkers deserve to live in homes that are safe, accessible, and comfortable. I’m grateful to my colleagues in the State Legislature, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Governor Hochul for allocating this funding, which will go a long way towards making that a reality.”

    State Senator Roxanne J. Persaud said, “I am pleased to learn of the much-needed improvements made to NYCHA housing, especially in Senate District 19. The recent investments in Unity Plaza and Pink Houses are a long-overdue step toward improving the quality of life for NYCHA residents in our community. With new elevators at Unity Plaza and heating system upgrades at Pink Houses, families in East New York are seeing progress. I will continue to advocate for sustained and expanded support to ensure all NYCHA residents live in safe, modern, and healthy homes.”

    State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey said, “This milestone reflects our unwavering commitment to providing safe, healthy, and modern homes for NYCHA residents across the five boroughs. With the support of $1.2 billion in essential State funding, vital improvements to elevators, heating systems, and building facades have been made, directly impacting the quality of life for nearly 39,000 New Yorkers. These investments not only address critical infrastructure needs but also reaffirm our mission to preserve housing for generations to come.”

    State Senator Luis R. Sepúlveda said, “Every New Yorker deserves to live with dignity, and that begins with safe, warm homes and reliable infrastructure. I’m proud to have helped deliver funding for NYCHA developments in my district, ensuring that residents can rely on modern systems that meet their needs. These improvements are more than brick and mortar — they are a lifeline for our families, our seniors, and our future. This progress is a great start, but it is just the beginning. I stand proudly alongside NYCHA and my colleagues as we continue to fight for the investment our communities have long deserved.”

    State Senator John C. Liu said, “Too many NYCHA residents have had to forgo their health, security and dignity due to crumbling infrastructure and delayed repairs. With this state funding, NYCHA residents across the city will finally see long-overdue improvements to heating, elevators and building facades. While there is always more to be done to keep our NYCHA buildings in a state of good repair, this funding will address many urgent needs and help improve the long-term viability of our NYCHA developments.”

    State Senator Julia Salazar said, “I applaud the recent progress and upgrades made by NYCHA, which benefit nearly 39,000 residents and was made possible by a state funding initiative. I look forward to continuing our work toward addressing the pressing needs of our NYCHA developments.”

    State Senator Kristen Gonzalez said, “As a State Senator, I am proud to have helped secure state funding for these projects. Seniors, children, and residents with mobility impairments deserve modern, working, and safe elevators, and I’m so happy that Queensbridge North residents are receiving these replacements. I look forward to continuing to fight for more NYCHA funding to repair and maintain these essential developments in NYC.”

    State Senator Gustavo Rivera said, “I’m thrilled to see state funding finally put to good use for critical infrastructure upgrades at Pelham Parkway Houses and across the City. I’m glad to see this funding prioritized for major capital projects rather than tinkering around the edges of deep-rooted issues.”

    Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie said, “The completion of these projects to make NYCHA properties more accessible and efficient will be an incredible benefit to residents across the city. The Assembly Majority understands the critical need for affordable and reliable housing and will continue to support NYCHA’s efforts to improve facilities so that all residents can thrive.”

    Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz said, “I am very excited that we were able to provide 1.2 billion dollars in funding to help with capital upgrades for dozens of NYCHA developments throughout the city, including Marble Hill Housing in my district. Tens of thousands of residents live in these developments and these capital improvements will have a significantly positive impact on all of them. I will continue to work with my colleagues in the future so that we can continue to make the necessary improvements in our public housing.”

    Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal said, “Investing in public housing is critical to ensuring that New Yorkers have stable and affordable places to call home. Our state budgets have delivered $1.2 billion in capital funding to NYCHA since 2021, and I am pleased that residents are seeing the benefits of elevator replacements, heating system upgrades, facade renovations and more across the city. With looming threats to our federal funding, we must continue to protect and preserve public housing. As Housing Chair, I will continue my work to ensure NYCHA has the necessary support to succeed.”

    Assemblymember Chantel Jackson said, “There is not enough the state of New York can do to fix the years of disinvestment done by the federal government but I’m glad to say that every year I advocate for NYCHA funding. This year was no different. These funds will help the over 20 developments in my district and across the city. Cheers to us!”

    Assemblymember Manny De Los Santos said, “These upgrades are a long-overdue investment in the dignity and well-being of NYCHA residents. I’m proud to see State funding delivering real results, safer elevators, better heating, and improved living conditions for thousands of families. This is what housing justice looks like.”

    Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny said, “Improvements to the housing situation of the city’s most vulnerable were long overdue and I’m happy to have been able to direct our public funds to where they were so sorely needed. With the newly completed elevator projects in Coney Island, residents’ quality of life will change for the better, which will add to their well-being in multiple ways. It’s about time we showed NYCHA residents the respect they deserve.”

    Assemblymember Micah C. Lasher said, “The capital challenges facing NYCHA are vast, and all of us in government have much more to do for NYCHA residents. But it’s good to be able to celebrate small wins, particularly right here in our community. The heating system improvements at 830 Amsterdam Avenue, and building facade renovations at Douglass I, Douglass II, and Thomas Apartments will hopefully improve the quality of life for thousands of NYCHA residents in the 69th assembly district.”

    Assemblymember Amanda Septimo said, “As a representative of the South Bronx, I’m proud to see our state’s investment delivering real results for NYCHA residents. These critical upgrades — new elevators, reliable heating, and safer buildings — are long overdue and deeply deserved. This is about dignity, safety, and making sure our public housing residents are not forgotten. We must continue to prioritize funding that improves the quality of life for the families who call NYCHA home.”

    MIL OSI USA News –

  • MIL-OSI: Locafy Launches AI-Driven SEO Product Suite for FY26

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Locafy’s AI Search Platform Powers Visibility Across Organic and AI Search

    New Product Lineup Tailored to Local, National, and e-Commerce Businesses

    AI-Powered Tools Designed to Automate Engagement and Accelerate Online Presence

    PERTH, Australia, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Locafy Limited (NASDAQ: LCFY, “Locafy”), a globally recognized leader in location-based digital marketing, today unveiled its FY26 suite of AI-powered SEO products. These solutions, now commercially available following successful market testing, are designed to deliver measurable improvements across organic, AI, and marketplace search results.

    Locafy initially outlined its AI-powered publishing roadmap in December 2024, promising to streamline content production and improve cost-effective online visibility for businesses.

    “We are excited to announce that we’ve delivered on that promise,” said Gavin Burnett, CEO of Locafy.

    All of Locafy’s publishing and SEO products are designed to drive visibility in search engines and, increasingly, AI-driven search tools and marketplaces. Recent research shows these optimizations extend across both traditional and emerging search platforms.

    “We’ve evolved our technology to influence not only search engine rankings but also AI search results,” said Burnett. “Our platform helps position our clients’ websites as authoritative sources for high-value keywords, across local, national, and e-commerce campaigns.”

    Burnett added, “We’ve also automated the creation of AI-search-ready landing pages, opening up a greenfield opportunity for scaled monetization. Our U.S. directory includes more than 9.68 million direct business listings, and our citation management partners publish more than 28 million business listings across our directories. Each of these represents either a direct sales opportunity or a chance to collaborate with partners using the data we already publish on their behalf.”

    Locafy is focused on three primary solution categories:

    1. Online Business Listings
    2. Local SEO
    3. AI-powered engagement tools

    Online Business Listings
    Locafy continues to assert that online business listings form the cornerstone of successful Local SEO. These listings supply structured data that fuels automated SEO product generation. Locafy currently publishes more than 9.5 million listings in the U.S. and remains focused on partnerships with citation management firms and multi-location businesses. It is also exploring acquisitions of databases, directories, and citation management assets.

    The Total Addressable Market (TAM) for the Local SEO solution in their key target markets of USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK is more than 40 million businesses.

    “We currently host more than 63 million business listings worldwide, of which more than 40 million are in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the UK,” said Burnett. “However, our direct sales opportunity is more than 11.4 million, plus we have more than 28 million listings that we publish on behalf of partners, who can now connect to our Platform to automate the production of our Local SEO products for their clients.”

    Country Partner Added* Claimed*
    Australia 2,145,707 652,351
    Canada 1,533,479 289,274
    United Kingdom 3,458,205 802,003
    United States of America 33,076,154 9,684,329
    TOTAL 40,213,545 11,427,957

    Local SEO
    The flagship solution, Localizer, integrates listing syndication, AI-search optimization, review management, and Google Map Pack enhancement.

    “We haven’t seen another product that combines these capabilities—at a price point starting around $690/month,” said Burnett. “Our customers get centralized control of reviews, consistent online presence, and high rankings in local map results, often within a short timeframe. Recent automation upgrades have made this level of value possible.”

    AI-powered Engagement Tools
    In addition to improving search visibility, Locafy has developed a scalable, cost-effective AI Voice Concierge that can serve as a virtual receptionist, product expert, or customer service agent.

    “This is our first step into AI-enabled customer engagement,” said Burnett. “Our Voice Concierge acts like a digital team member—it can take bookings, provide answers, and interact 24/7. Just feed it your business documents and it learns. We record and transcribe every interaction, giving clients full transparency.

    “This kind of capability once felt like science fiction, but it’s here now—and Locafy is helping businesses adapt and thrive in an AI-powered world.”

    Over the past six months, Locafy has streamlined its product suite, automated key production processes, and validated product performance through live testing. With this foundation in place, the Company is poised for commercial growth in FY2026.

    While the company still offers solutions for National SEO and e-Commerce, it believes the immediate opportunity afforded by its breakthroughs in AI Search represents a larger and more scalable revenue opportunity with far greater automation already in place.

    About Locafy
    Locafy (Nasdaq: LCFY, LCFYW) is a globally recognized software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company specializing in local search engine marketing. Founded in 2009, Locafy’s mission is to revolutionize the US$700 billion SEO sector. The company helps businesses and brands improve search engine relevance and visibility in proximity-based search through a fast, easy, and automated platform. For more information, please visit www.locafy.com.

    Investor Relations Contact:
    Matt Glover
    Gateway Group, Inc.
    (949) 574-3860
    LCFY@gateway-grp.com

    The MIL Network –

  • MIL-OSI China: Naval fleet led by aircraft carrier Shandong concludes Hong Kong visit 2025-07-07 20:16:59 A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – Ministry of National Defense

    The Yuncheng missile frigate leaves the dock of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison’s naval base in Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Jia Xiaopeng/Xinhua)

    HONG KONG, July 7 (Xinhua) — A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base.

    Early that morning, locals and student representatives gathered at the dock of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison’s naval base in Stonecutters Island, where the Zhanjiang missile destroyer and the Yuncheng missile frigate were prepared for departure. In the vibrant waters of Victoria Harbor, the aircraft carrier Shandong and the Yan’an missile destroyer displayed signal flags stating “Thanks for your support” and “Serving the people.”

    Around 10 a.m., the farewell ceremony began, during which the fleet’s commander expressed sincere gratitude to the HKSAR government and the public for their warm welcome. Guests of honor took part in a memorable photo session, capturing the moment.

    After the ceremony, the Zhanjiang and Yuncheng sounded their naval whistles, and the crew lined the sides to wave goodbye to the crowd on the dock. The two vessels then departed to join the Shandong and Yan’an in a designated sea area, escorted by HKSAR helicopters and vessels.

    Throughout their visit, the naval fleet engaged in a variety of activities, including a deck reception, ship tours, training demonstrations, national defense lectures, and cultural exchanges. These events ignited enthusiasm and patriotism among Hong Kong residents.

    Young students proudly unfurled a large national flag on the deck of Shandong, while the elderly moved to tears stood aboard the ships. Residents joined the officers in singing songs, and the dock’s message wall was filled with blessings for the nation and expressions of gratitude for the PLA.

    Statistics indicate that over 30,000 people visited the naval vessels during the fleet’s stay, creating cherished memories for both the naval personnel and their Hong Kong compatriots.

    The aircraft carrier Shandong departs from Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Li Gang/Xinhua)

    Local people take ferries to see off the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

    Citizens taking a ferry see off the aircraft carrier Shandong in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

    The Yuncheng missile frigate leaves Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)

    The Zhanjiang missile destroyer leaves Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)

    Local people in Hong Kong watch the departure of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

    The Zhanjiang missile destroyer leaves Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Li Tang/Xinhua)

    The aircraft carrier Shandong departs from Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Cheng Zijian/Xinhua)

    The Zhanjiang missile destroyer leaves Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)

    The Zhanjiang missile destroyer leaves Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)

    Local people in Hong Kong watch the departure of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

    The aircraft carrier Shandong departs from Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Cheng Zijian/Xinhua)

    Local people in Hong Kong watch the departure of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

    The aircraft carrier Shandong departs from Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Cheng Zijian/Xinhua)

    The aircraft carrier Shandong departs from Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Cheng Zijian/Xinhua)

    The aircraft carrier Shandong departs from Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Cheng Zijian/Xinhua)

    The Yuncheng missile frigate leaves the dock of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison’s naval base in Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Feng Li/Xinhua)

    A Hong Kong citizen holding the Chinese national flag sees off the aircraft carrier Shandong under a light tower in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Li Gang/Xinhua)

    Local people taking ferries see off the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

    The aircraft carrier Shandong departs from Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Li Yun)

    The Zhanjiang missile destroyer leaves Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Photo by Li Tang/Xinhua)

    Citizens aboard a boat see off the aircraft carrier Shandong in Hong Kong, south China, July 7, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

    MIL OSI China News –

  • Wiaan Mulder hits fifth highest test score but turns down chance to go for Brian Lara’s record

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    South Africa’s stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder scored the fifth highest test score of 367 not out against Zimbabwe on Monday but then declared his side’s innings despite being only 34 runs away from the record for the most runs in a test innings.

    Mulder, leading the side for the first time as a depleted team take on their neighbours in a two-test series at Bulawayo’s Queens Sports Club, hit 53 boundaries (49 fours and four sixes) in his knock to see South Africa to 626-5 at lunch on the second day of the second test.

    With plenty of time still left in the test, it was expected he would bat into the second session to chase down Brian Lara’s 21-year-old record of 400 not out for the West Indies against England in Antigua but Mulder turned down the chance and declared at lunch, to put Zimbabwe into bat.

    The 27-year-old all-rounder had come in at No. 3 with South Africa on 24-2 after being put into bat on the opening day on Sunday and was 264 not out at the close as he rallied his side to finish the day on 465-4.

    He had a fortunate break when on 247 he was bowled, only for a no ball to be called as Tanaka Chivanga had overstepped.

    But the rest of Mulder’s impressive innings was chanceless as he brought up his 300 in Monday’s morning session, off 297 balls for the second fastest triple century in test cricket.

    He then passed Hashim Amla’s record test score for a South African of 311 not out against England at the Oval in 2012 and got to 350 in 324 balls before going to lunch 367 not out.

    It put him fifth in the all-time list, ahead of the likes of fellow triple centurions Gary Sobers and Donald Bradman, and behind Lara (400 not out and 375), Australian Matthew Hayden (380) and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene, who hit 374 against South Africa in Colombo in 2006.

    -Reuters

  • Sanjog Gupta replaces Australia’s Geoff Allardice as ICC chief executive

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Indian Sanjog Gupta has succeeded Australia’s Geoff Allardice as chief executive officer of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body said on Monday.

    Gupta previously served as CEO of JioStar Sports, taking up the job after Reliance Industries and Walt Disney’s $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets in November last year.

    His ICC predecessor Allardice, who was appointed CEO in November 2021 after an interim period of eight months following the suspension of Manu Sawhney, stepped down earlier this year.

    “These are exciting times for the sport as marquee events grow in stature, commercial avenues widen and opportunities such as the women’s game scale in popularity,” Gupta, who took charge on Monday, said in a statement.

    “Cricket’s inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games and the rapid acceleration of technology deployment/adoption could act as force-multipliers for the cricket movement around the world.”

    ICC chair Jay Shah said Gupta’s experience in sports broadcasting and digital strategy would be invaluable for the governing body.

    “His deep understanding of the global sports as well as M&E landscape combined with his continued curiosity about the cricket fan’s perspective and passion for technology will prove essential in our ambition to grow the game in the coming years,” he added.

    “Our goal is to move beyond traditional boundaries and establish cricket as a regular sport in the Olympics, growing its expanse across the world and deepening its roots in its core markets.”

    (Reuters)

  • MIL-OSI: Bluewave Nexor: This Bluewave Nexor App Sets New Standard in AI-Driven Trading with Unmatched Security and User Approval

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    New York City, NY, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As digital transformation continues to redefine global markets, Bluewave Nexor has emerged as one of the most talked-about innovations in AI-driven trading. At a time when market unpredictability and data overload challenge even seasoned investors, this next-gen platform offers something different: clarity through automation. With AI at its core, Bluewave Nexor is attracting attention for its ability to turn complex trading decisions into efficient, user-driven actions.

    What sets the platform apart is not just its performance—it’s the growing user base that spans both retail traders and financial strategists. As reports of increased accessibility, fast execution, and advanced analytics continue to surface, industry watchers are calling Bluewave Nexor a “breakthrough in intelligent finance.” From Australia to Europe, and across the Americas, the buzz isn’t slowing down.

    With security, usability, and automation baked into its infrastructure, Bluewave Nexor is now widely seen as a symbol of where trading is headed. In a landscape filled with uncertainty, this platform offers a rare sense of stability and insight—precisely what traders have been looking for.

    AI-Powered Trading at Its Core: The Technology Behind Bluewave Nexor

    Behind the scenes of Bluewave Nexor is a sophisticated AI engine built to monitor markets, detect shifts in momentum, and deliver predictive trade suggestions in real time. This isn’t simple automation—it’s adaptive intelligence. The system learns from historical data and evolving price patterns, helping users act faster and more strategically.

    At the heart of the platform is a proprietary algorithm that processes thousands of data points per second. From crypto volatility to traditional stock signals, Bluewave Nexor’s AI doesn’t just react to trends—it anticipates them. Users gain access to dynamic trading recommendations based on technical analysis, sentiment mapping, and behavioral forecasting.

    Unlike many trading tools that require manual oversight or steep learning curves, Bluewave Nexor streamlines the experience. AI handles the analytics, while the user maintains control over trade execution, parameters, and risk preferences. The result is a hybrid model—advanced enough for professionals, yet intuitive enough for newcomers.

    In 2025, where AI is rapidly becoming the backbone of finance, Bluewave Nexor stands out as a pioneer. It’s not just about speed; it’s about smarter, safer, and more personalized trading backed by real-time intelligence.

    What Is Bluewave Nexor and How Does It Work?

    Bluewave Nexor is an AI-enhanced trading platform designed to simplify and optimize how users participate in financial markets. It operates as both a web-based interface and a mobile-friendly app, offering 24/7 access to major assets like cryptocurrencies, stocks, and forex pairs.

    Once a user signs up and deposits funds, the platform’s AI engine begins its role—analyzing live market feeds and delivering actionable insights. These can include potential buy/sell points, momentum surges, and risk indicators. The user then decides whether to trade manually or activate automated strategies using preset rules. This system is free for all customers to use, and the minimum capital you have to invest is only $250. 

    What makes Bluewave Nexor unique is its real-time adaptability. The system doesn’t follow a rigid pattern—it evolves. As market conditions change, so do the AI’s recommendations. It considers a broad set of factors, including market depth, historical trends, and even sentiment shifts drawn from digital media.

    Bluewave Nexor also integrates essential risk controls such as stop-loss and take-profit thresholds, allowing users to maintain discipline during volatile periods. Whether users choose short-term scalping or long-term positioning, the platform offers the flexibility and insight needed to make data-backed moves with confidence.

    Visit the Official Website Here

    Security First: How Bluewave Nexor Protects Its Users

    In a time when cyberattacks and data breaches are on the rise, Bluewave Nexor has made security one of its top priorities. From the moment a user registers, every interaction is encrypted using advanced protocols that meet global standards for financial technology.

    The platform employs end-to-end SSL encryption, two-factor authentication (2FA), and continuous threat monitoring to ensure a safe environment for both user data and transaction activity. Login access is device-restricted by default, adding an additional barrier against unauthorized entry.

    Bluewave Nexor also maintains strict data segregation policies—meaning your personal details, trading history, and financial activity are never stored in a single vulnerable location. This multi-tiered protection model helps minimize the risk of identity theft or unauthorized fund withdrawals.

    Beyond tech safeguards, Bluewave Nexor’s internal compliance standards are aligned with industry best practices, ensuring that users operate within a secure and transparent ecosystem. For traders, this means peace of mind—knowing their accounts are protected while they focus on performance.

    More Information on Bluewave Nexor Can Be Found On The Official Website Here

    User-Centric Design: What Makes Bluewave Nexor App So Widely Adopted

    One of the core reasons Bluewave Nexor is seeing rapid adoption in 2025 is its emphasis on user experience. While some trading platforms overwhelm with complexity, Bluewave Nexor focuses on accessibility without sacrificing depth.

    The dashboard is clean, responsive, and logically organized. New users can navigate key features—like portfolio summaries, trade setups, and AI recommendations—within minutes. Everything is designed with a “click-to-act” philosophy, reducing the friction that often discourages new traders.

    For seasoned investors, the platform offers customization tools including configurable charts, technical overlays, and multi-asset watchlists. There’s even a demo mode for practice sessions, allowing users to test strategies in a risk-free environment.

    Accessibility is also a major draw. Whether using a desktop, tablet, or smartphone, the Bluewave Nexor interface adjusts smoothly for real-time monitoring and control. Notifications can be configured to alert users of potential trade opportunities, account changes, or market volatility—ensuring they’re always in the loop.

    In short, the platform is built around the needs of its users—not the other way around. That’s why Bluewave Nexor continues to outperform expectations in global adoption metrics.

    How To Create An Account On Bluewave Nexor?

    Getting started with Bluewave Nexor is a straightforward, secure process designed to get users trading as quickly—and safely—as possible.

    1. Visit the Official Platform: Users begin by accessing the official Bluewave Nexor website, where a registration form is prominently displayed.
    2. Complete Registration: You’ll enter your basic information—name, email, and phone number—then choose a password. The process takes under two minutes.
    3. Verify Your Identity: To ensure compliance and user safety, a verification step is required. Users typically upload a government-issued ID and complete basic identity checks.
    4. Fund Your Account: Once verified, users can make their first deposit using accepted payment methods, which may include credit cards, bank transfers, or crypto wallets. Minimum deposits is $250 but it may vary by region.
    5. Access the Dashboard: With funds available, users gain full access to the platform. From here, they can begin trading manually or enable automated tools based on AI guidance.

    Throughout the process, Bluewave Nexor provides support via live chat and helpdesk functions, ensuring that users are never left navigating alone.

    Automated Strategy Execution: How Bluewave Nexor Streamlines Market Timing

    In fast-moving financial markets, milliseconds can make the difference between profit and loss. Bluewave Nexor understands this urgency—and meets it with a trading automation system designed for precision and adaptability. At the core of the platform lies an AI-driven strategy engine that executes trades in real time based on live data, pre-set user preferences, and evolving market indicators.
    Users can choose from a variety of trading modes—such as conservative, moderate, or high-frequency—tailored to their individual risk profiles. Once configured, the system actively scans global markets, triggers trade orders at optimal points, and manages risk using built-in stop-loss and take-profit mechanisms.
    What sets Bluewave Nexor apart is its real-time reactivity. The AI doesn’t rely on static rules; it adjusts strategy execution dynamically as conditions shift. Whether there’s a price breakout, momentum reversal, or macroeconomic trigger, the platform recalibrates without requiring constant manual intervention.
    This automation doesn’t mean users lose control. All automated settings can be toggled, paused, or fine-tuned from a simple interface, giving traders full command over how and when the AI acts. For many, it’s the perfect balance—hands-off when markets move fast, hands-on when nuance is required.
    Bluewave Nexor’s automated strategy tools are helping traders respond to volatility not with fear—but with speed, structure, and intelligence.

    Why Choose Bluewave Nexor? Australia and Canada Consumer Report Released Here

    Bluewave Nexor’s Global Reach: Why Traders in 100+ Countries Are Signing Up

    As digital finance becomes increasingly borderless, Bluewave Nexor is proving that intelligent trading technology knows no boundaries. With users across more than 100 countries, the platform’s growing global footprint is a testament to its accessibility, adaptability, and trustworthiness.
    From urban trading hubs in Sydney and Toronto to emerging markets in Southeast Asia and Latin America, Bluewave Nexor is finding resonance with users seeking intuitive tools and real-time analytics. Its interface supports multiple languages and currencies, and its infrastructure is designed to deliver consistent performance regardless of geography or time zone.
    Localized onboarding, compliance adherence, and customer support ensure users in different regions experience the same level of service. Bluewave Nexor’s ability to operate smoothly within diverse regulatory frameworks has made it especially popular in markets with rising demand for crypto access but limited tools that combine automation and oversight.
    Importantly, the platform’s low barrier to entry makes it accessible even in areas where capital flow restrictions might limit traditional investing. With flexible payment options, secure withdrawals, and responsive support, Bluewave Nexor offers a truly inclusive approach to AI-powered trading.
    As traders across continents adopt digital-first strategies, Bluewave Nexor’s global presence signals more than expansion—it reflects a new standard in smart, scalable trading solutions for everyone, everywhere.

    How to Get Started with Bluewave Nexor Safely in 2025

    In 2025, safe onboarding is more than convenience—it’s a necessity. Bluewave Nexor makes this easy by integrating layered protection into every step of account creation and use.

    The first step is choosing the correct access point—using only the official website to avoid phishing or third-party lookalikes. From there, users register and complete KYC verification, helping ensure a secure and regulated environment.

    It’s also recommended that users enable two-factor authentication (2FA) immediately after registration. This adds an extra layer of defense against unauthorized access.

    For users new to trading or AI platforms, the demo mode is a smart way to explore features before committing capital. And even once live, Bluewave Nexor’s stop-loss tools and account alerts help maintain control.

    Deposits and withdrawals are encrypted and managed via secure gateways, adding peace of mind to every transaction. Live support is available throughout the process, ensuring no user is left navigating alone.

    By following these safety-first steps, users can experience all the benefits of Bluewave Nexor’s trading technology—without unnecessary risk.

    Final Word: Why Bluewave Nexor Is Shaping the Future of Smart Investing

    Bluewave Nexor isn’t just another trading app—it’s a milestone in the evolution of financial technology. With intelligent automation, strong user protection, and a clean user experience, it delivers a toolkit designed for today’s fast-paced markets.

    What makes it truly stand out, though, is accessibility. By making advanced trading tools available to non-experts while still satisfying the needs of professionals, Bluewave Nexor achieves something rare: simplicity without limitation.

    Analysts, users, and tech observers agree—the platform has laid a blueprint for how AI and financial access should coexist. Whether you’re trading crypto, exploring new markets, or seeking more control over your investment journey, Bluewave Nexor offers a streamlined, secure, and intelligent way forward.

    In 2025, where automation and trust are essential, Bluewave Nexor is one name that continues to rise with purpose.

    Visit Here to Register on the Bluewave Nexor – Select Your Country Here!!!

    Contact:-
    Bluewave Nexor
    (713) 231-4768
    50 W 4th St, New York, NY 10012, USA
    Email: info@bluewavenexor.org
    Website: https://bluewavenexor.org/

    General Disclaimer:
    The content provided in this article is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial, legal, or professional advice. Readers are advised to consult a certified financial advisor, licensed loan officer, or legal professional before making any financial decisions. The information presented may not apply to every individual circumstance and is not intended to substitute professional judgment or regulatory guidance. The information provided on this website does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website’s content as such. We does not recommend that any cryptocurrency should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.
    Trading Disclaimer:
    Trading cryptocurrencies carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for all investors. Before deciding to trade cryptocurrency you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. The possibility exists that you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. You should be aware of all the risks associated with cryptocurrency trading, and seek advice from an independent financial advisor. ICO’s, IEO’s, STO’s and any other form of offering will not guarantee a return on your investment.
    HIGH RISK WARNING: Dealing or Trading FX, CFDs and Cryptocurrencies is highly speculative, carries a level of non-negligible risk and may not be suitable for all investors. You may lose some or all of your invested capital, therefore you should not speculate with capital that you cannot afford to lose. Please refer to the risk disclosure below. Bluewave Nexor does not gain or lose profits based on your activity and operates as a services company. Bluewave Nexor is not a financial services firm and is not eligible of providing financial advice. Therefore, Bluewave Nexor shall not be liable for any losses occurred via or in relation to this informational website.
    SITE RISK DISCLOSURE: Bluewave Nexor does not accept any liability for loss or damage as a result of reliance on the information contained within this website; this includes education material, price quotes and charts, and analysis. Please be aware of and seek professional advice for the risks associated with trading the financial markets; never invest more money than you can risk losing. The risks involved in FX, CFDs and Cryptocurrencies may not be suitable for all investors. Bluewave Nexor doesn”t retain responsibility for any trading losses you might face as a result of using or inferring from the data hosted on this site.
    LEGAL RESTRICTIONS: Without limiting the above mentioned provisions, you understand that laws regarding financial activities vary throughout the world, and it is your responsibility to make sure you properly comply with any law, regulation or guideline in your country of residence regarding the use of the Site. To avoid any doubt, the ability to access our Site does not necessarily mean that our Services and/or your activities through the Site are legal under the laws, regulations or directives relevant to your country of residence. It is against the law to solicit US individuals to buy and sell commodity options, even if they are called “prediction” contracts, unless they are listed for trading and traded on a CFTC-registered exchange unless legally exempt. The UK Financial Conduct Authority has issued a policy statement PS20/10, which prohibits the sale, promotion, and distribution of CFD on Crypto assets. It prohibits the dissemination of marketing materials relating to distribution of CFDs and other financial products based on
    Cryptocurrencies that addressed to UK residents. The provision of trading services involving any MiFID II financial instruments is prohibited in the EU, unless when authorized/licensed by the applicable authorities and/or regulator(s). Please note that we may receive advertising fees for users opted to open an account with our partner advertisers via advertisers websites. We have placed cookies on your computer to help improve your experience when visiting this website. You can change cookie settings on your computer at any time. Use of this website indicates your acceptance of this website. Please be advised that the names depicted on our website, including but not limited to Bluewave Nexor, are strictly for marketing and illustrative purposes. These names do not represent or imply the existence of specific entities, service providers, or any real-life individuals. Furthermore, the pictures and/or videos presented on our website are purely promotional in nature and feature professional actors. These actors are not actual users, clients, or traders, and their depictions should not be interpreted as endorsements or representations of real-life experiences. All content is intended solely for illustrative purposes and should not be construed as factual or as forming any legally binding relationship
    RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURES TRADING
    Futures transactions involve high risk. The amount of the initial margin is low compared to the value of the futures contract, so that transactions are “leveraged” or “geared”. A relatively small market movement has a proportionately larger impact on the funds that you have deposited or have to pay: this can work both for you and against you. You may experience the total loss of the initial margin funds as well as any additional funds deposited in the system. If the market develops in a way that is contrary to your position or if margins are increased, you may be asked to pay significant additional funds at short notice to maintain your position. In this case it may also happen that your broker account is in the red and you thus have to make payments beyond the initial investment.
    RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC TRADING
    Before you begin carrying out transactions with an electronic system, you should carefully review the rules and provisions of the stock exchange offering the system, or of the financial instruments listed that you intend to trade, as well as your broker’s conditions. Online trading has inherent risks due to system responses/reaction times and access times that may vary due to market conditions, system performance and other factors, and on which you have no influence. You should be aware of these additional risks in electronic trading before you carry out investment transactions.
    Affiliate Disclosure:
    This article may contain affiliate links. If a reader clicks on a link and completes an application or purchase, the publisher may receive a commission at no additional cost to the user. These commissions help support the publication and do not influence the editorial content, which is created independently and with the goal of delivering accurate and useful information.
    Accuracy Disclaimer:
    All information included in this article is presented in good faith and believed to be accurate at the time of writing. However, no representations or warranties are made regarding the completeness, accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of any information presented. Any reliance placed on such information is strictly at the reader’s own risk. The publisher does not accept responsibility for typographical errors, outdated information, or changes to products, terms, or policies after publication.
    Regulatory and Jurisdictional Disclaimer:
    Lending laws vary by jurisdiction, and not all services described in this article may be available in every state or region. It is the responsibility of the reader to understand and comply with local laws and regulations. The platforms mentioned are independently operated and are not controlled or endorsed by the publisher.
    Third-Party Liability Waiver:
    The publisher, its writers, editors, affiliates, and syndication partners shall not be held liable for any direct or indirect loss, damages, or legal claims arising from the use of this content or from reliance on any third-party services, platforms, or products mentioned herein. All loan agreements, terms, and disputes are strictly between the borrower and the lender or service provider.
    Syndication Partner Use:
    This content may be republished or syndicated by authorized partners under existing licensing or distribution arrangements. All syndication partners are free from liability regarding the editorial stance, financial suggestions, or any user outcome resulting from the reading or application of this content.

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  • MIL-OSI: Bluewave Nexor: This Bluewave Nexor App Sets New Standard in AI-Driven Trading with Unmatched Security and User Approval

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    New York City, NY, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As digital transformation continues to redefine global markets, Bluewave Nexor has emerged as one of the most talked-about innovations in AI-driven trading. At a time when market unpredictability and data overload challenge even seasoned investors, this next-gen platform offers something different: clarity through automation. With AI at its core, Bluewave Nexor is attracting attention for its ability to turn complex trading decisions into efficient, user-driven actions.

    What sets the platform apart is not just its performance—it’s the growing user base that spans both retail traders and financial strategists. As reports of increased accessibility, fast execution, and advanced analytics continue to surface, industry watchers are calling Bluewave Nexor a “breakthrough in intelligent finance.” From Australia to Europe, and across the Americas, the buzz isn’t slowing down.

    With security, usability, and automation baked into its infrastructure, Bluewave Nexor is now widely seen as a symbol of where trading is headed. In a landscape filled with uncertainty, this platform offers a rare sense of stability and insight—precisely what traders have been looking for.

    AI-Powered Trading at Its Core: The Technology Behind Bluewave Nexor

    Behind the scenes of Bluewave Nexor is a sophisticated AI engine built to monitor markets, detect shifts in momentum, and deliver predictive trade suggestions in real time. This isn’t simple automation—it’s adaptive intelligence. The system learns from historical data and evolving price patterns, helping users act faster and more strategically.

    At the heart of the platform is a proprietary algorithm that processes thousands of data points per second. From crypto volatility to traditional stock signals, Bluewave Nexor’s AI doesn’t just react to trends—it anticipates them. Users gain access to dynamic trading recommendations based on technical analysis, sentiment mapping, and behavioral forecasting.

    Unlike many trading tools that require manual oversight or steep learning curves, Bluewave Nexor streamlines the experience. AI handles the analytics, while the user maintains control over trade execution, parameters, and risk preferences. The result is a hybrid model—advanced enough for professionals, yet intuitive enough for newcomers.

    In 2025, where AI is rapidly becoming the backbone of finance, Bluewave Nexor stands out as a pioneer. It’s not just about speed; it’s about smarter, safer, and more personalized trading backed by real-time intelligence.

    What Is Bluewave Nexor and How Does It Work?

    Bluewave Nexor is an AI-enhanced trading platform designed to simplify and optimize how users participate in financial markets. It operates as both a web-based interface and a mobile-friendly app, offering 24/7 access to major assets like cryptocurrencies, stocks, and forex pairs.

    Once a user signs up and deposits funds, the platform’s AI engine begins its role—analyzing live market feeds and delivering actionable insights. These can include potential buy/sell points, momentum surges, and risk indicators. The user then decides whether to trade manually or activate automated strategies using preset rules. This system is free for all customers to use, and the minimum capital you have to invest is only $250. 

    What makes Bluewave Nexor unique is its real-time adaptability. The system doesn’t follow a rigid pattern—it evolves. As market conditions change, so do the AI’s recommendations. It considers a broad set of factors, including market depth, historical trends, and even sentiment shifts drawn from digital media.

    Bluewave Nexor also integrates essential risk controls such as stop-loss and take-profit thresholds, allowing users to maintain discipline during volatile periods. Whether users choose short-term scalping or long-term positioning, the platform offers the flexibility and insight needed to make data-backed moves with confidence.

    Visit the Official Website Here

    Security First: How Bluewave Nexor Protects Its Users

    In a time when cyberattacks and data breaches are on the rise, Bluewave Nexor has made security one of its top priorities. From the moment a user registers, every interaction is encrypted using advanced protocols that meet global standards for financial technology.

    The platform employs end-to-end SSL encryption, two-factor authentication (2FA), and continuous threat monitoring to ensure a safe environment for both user data and transaction activity. Login access is device-restricted by default, adding an additional barrier against unauthorized entry.

    Bluewave Nexor also maintains strict data segregation policies—meaning your personal details, trading history, and financial activity are never stored in a single vulnerable location. This multi-tiered protection model helps minimize the risk of identity theft or unauthorized fund withdrawals.

    Beyond tech safeguards, Bluewave Nexor’s internal compliance standards are aligned with industry best practices, ensuring that users operate within a secure and transparent ecosystem. For traders, this means peace of mind—knowing their accounts are protected while they focus on performance.

    More Information on Bluewave Nexor Can Be Found On The Official Website Here

    User-Centric Design: What Makes Bluewave Nexor App So Widely Adopted

    One of the core reasons Bluewave Nexor is seeing rapid adoption in 2025 is its emphasis on user experience. While some trading platforms overwhelm with complexity, Bluewave Nexor focuses on accessibility without sacrificing depth.

    The dashboard is clean, responsive, and logically organized. New users can navigate key features—like portfolio summaries, trade setups, and AI recommendations—within minutes. Everything is designed with a “click-to-act” philosophy, reducing the friction that often discourages new traders.

    For seasoned investors, the platform offers customization tools including configurable charts, technical overlays, and multi-asset watchlists. There’s even a demo mode for practice sessions, allowing users to test strategies in a risk-free environment.

    Accessibility is also a major draw. Whether using a desktop, tablet, or smartphone, the Bluewave Nexor interface adjusts smoothly for real-time monitoring and control. Notifications can be configured to alert users of potential trade opportunities, account changes, or market volatility—ensuring they’re always in the loop.

    In short, the platform is built around the needs of its users—not the other way around. That’s why Bluewave Nexor continues to outperform expectations in global adoption metrics.

    How To Create An Account On Bluewave Nexor?

    Getting started with Bluewave Nexor is a straightforward, secure process designed to get users trading as quickly—and safely—as possible.

    1. Visit the Official Platform: Users begin by accessing the official Bluewave Nexor website, where a registration form is prominently displayed.
    2. Complete Registration: You’ll enter your basic information—name, email, and phone number—then choose a password. The process takes under two minutes.
    3. Verify Your Identity: To ensure compliance and user safety, a verification step is required. Users typically upload a government-issued ID and complete basic identity checks.
    4. Fund Your Account: Once verified, users can make their first deposit using accepted payment methods, which may include credit cards, bank transfers, or crypto wallets. Minimum deposits is $250 but it may vary by region.
    5. Access the Dashboard: With funds available, users gain full access to the platform. From here, they can begin trading manually or enable automated tools based on AI guidance.

    Throughout the process, Bluewave Nexor provides support via live chat and helpdesk functions, ensuring that users are never left navigating alone.

    Automated Strategy Execution: How Bluewave Nexor Streamlines Market Timing

    In fast-moving financial markets, milliseconds can make the difference between profit and loss. Bluewave Nexor understands this urgency—and meets it with a trading automation system designed for precision and adaptability. At the core of the platform lies an AI-driven strategy engine that executes trades in real time based on live data, pre-set user preferences, and evolving market indicators.
    Users can choose from a variety of trading modes—such as conservative, moderate, or high-frequency—tailored to their individual risk profiles. Once configured, the system actively scans global markets, triggers trade orders at optimal points, and manages risk using built-in stop-loss and take-profit mechanisms.
    What sets Bluewave Nexor apart is its real-time reactivity. The AI doesn’t rely on static rules; it adjusts strategy execution dynamically as conditions shift. Whether there’s a price breakout, momentum reversal, or macroeconomic trigger, the platform recalibrates without requiring constant manual intervention.
    This automation doesn’t mean users lose control. All automated settings can be toggled, paused, or fine-tuned from a simple interface, giving traders full command over how and when the AI acts. For many, it’s the perfect balance—hands-off when markets move fast, hands-on when nuance is required.
    Bluewave Nexor’s automated strategy tools are helping traders respond to volatility not with fear—but with speed, structure, and intelligence.

    Why Choose Bluewave Nexor? Australia and Canada Consumer Report Released Here

    Bluewave Nexor’s Global Reach: Why Traders in 100+ Countries Are Signing Up

    As digital finance becomes increasingly borderless, Bluewave Nexor is proving that intelligent trading technology knows no boundaries. With users across more than 100 countries, the platform’s growing global footprint is a testament to its accessibility, adaptability, and trustworthiness.
    From urban trading hubs in Sydney and Toronto to emerging markets in Southeast Asia and Latin America, Bluewave Nexor is finding resonance with users seeking intuitive tools and real-time analytics. Its interface supports multiple languages and currencies, and its infrastructure is designed to deliver consistent performance regardless of geography or time zone.
    Localized onboarding, compliance adherence, and customer support ensure users in different regions experience the same level of service. Bluewave Nexor’s ability to operate smoothly within diverse regulatory frameworks has made it especially popular in markets with rising demand for crypto access but limited tools that combine automation and oversight.
    Importantly, the platform’s low barrier to entry makes it accessible even in areas where capital flow restrictions might limit traditional investing. With flexible payment options, secure withdrawals, and responsive support, Bluewave Nexor offers a truly inclusive approach to AI-powered trading.
    As traders across continents adopt digital-first strategies, Bluewave Nexor’s global presence signals more than expansion—it reflects a new standard in smart, scalable trading solutions for everyone, everywhere.

    How to Get Started with Bluewave Nexor Safely in 2025

    In 2025, safe onboarding is more than convenience—it’s a necessity. Bluewave Nexor makes this easy by integrating layered protection into every step of account creation and use.

    The first step is choosing the correct access point—using only the official website to avoid phishing or third-party lookalikes. From there, users register and complete KYC verification, helping ensure a secure and regulated environment.

    It’s also recommended that users enable two-factor authentication (2FA) immediately after registration. This adds an extra layer of defense against unauthorized access.

    For users new to trading or AI platforms, the demo mode is a smart way to explore features before committing capital. And even once live, Bluewave Nexor’s stop-loss tools and account alerts help maintain control.

    Deposits and withdrawals are encrypted and managed via secure gateways, adding peace of mind to every transaction. Live support is available throughout the process, ensuring no user is left navigating alone.

    By following these safety-first steps, users can experience all the benefits of Bluewave Nexor’s trading technology—without unnecessary risk.

    Final Word: Why Bluewave Nexor Is Shaping the Future of Smart Investing

    Bluewave Nexor isn’t just another trading app—it’s a milestone in the evolution of financial technology. With intelligent automation, strong user protection, and a clean user experience, it delivers a toolkit designed for today’s fast-paced markets.

    What makes it truly stand out, though, is accessibility. By making advanced trading tools available to non-experts while still satisfying the needs of professionals, Bluewave Nexor achieves something rare: simplicity without limitation.

    Analysts, users, and tech observers agree—the platform has laid a blueprint for how AI and financial access should coexist. Whether you’re trading crypto, exploring new markets, or seeking more control over your investment journey, Bluewave Nexor offers a streamlined, secure, and intelligent way forward.

    In 2025, where automation and trust are essential, Bluewave Nexor is one name that continues to rise with purpose.

    Visit Here to Register on the Bluewave Nexor – Select Your Country Here!!!

    Contact:-
    Bluewave Nexor
    (713) 231-4768
    50 W 4th St, New York, NY 10012, USA
    Email: info@bluewavenexor.org
    Website: https://bluewavenexor.org/

    General Disclaimer:
    The content provided in this article is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial, legal, or professional advice. Readers are advised to consult a certified financial advisor, licensed loan officer, or legal professional before making any financial decisions. The information presented may not apply to every individual circumstance and is not intended to substitute professional judgment or regulatory guidance. The information provided on this website does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website’s content as such. We does not recommend that any cryptocurrency should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.
    Trading Disclaimer:
    Trading cryptocurrencies carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for all investors. Before deciding to trade cryptocurrency you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. The possibility exists that you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. You should be aware of all the risks associated with cryptocurrency trading, and seek advice from an independent financial advisor. ICO’s, IEO’s, STO’s and any other form of offering will not guarantee a return on your investment.
    HIGH RISK WARNING: Dealing or Trading FX, CFDs and Cryptocurrencies is highly speculative, carries a level of non-negligible risk and may not be suitable for all investors. You may lose some or all of your invested capital, therefore you should not speculate with capital that you cannot afford to lose. Please refer to the risk disclosure below. Bluewave Nexor does not gain or lose profits based on your activity and operates as a services company. Bluewave Nexor is not a financial services firm and is not eligible of providing financial advice. Therefore, Bluewave Nexor shall not be liable for any losses occurred via or in relation to this informational website.
    SITE RISK DISCLOSURE: Bluewave Nexor does not accept any liability for loss or damage as a result of reliance on the information contained within this website; this includes education material, price quotes and charts, and analysis. Please be aware of and seek professional advice for the risks associated with trading the financial markets; never invest more money than you can risk losing. The risks involved in FX, CFDs and Cryptocurrencies may not be suitable for all investors. Bluewave Nexor doesn”t retain responsibility for any trading losses you might face as a result of using or inferring from the data hosted on this site.
    LEGAL RESTRICTIONS: Without limiting the above mentioned provisions, you understand that laws regarding financial activities vary throughout the world, and it is your responsibility to make sure you properly comply with any law, regulation or guideline in your country of residence regarding the use of the Site. To avoid any doubt, the ability to access our Site does not necessarily mean that our Services and/or your activities through the Site are legal under the laws, regulations or directives relevant to your country of residence. It is against the law to solicit US individuals to buy and sell commodity options, even if they are called “prediction” contracts, unless they are listed for trading and traded on a CFTC-registered exchange unless legally exempt. The UK Financial Conduct Authority has issued a policy statement PS20/10, which prohibits the sale, promotion, and distribution of CFD on Crypto assets. It prohibits the dissemination of marketing materials relating to distribution of CFDs and other financial products based on
    Cryptocurrencies that addressed to UK residents. The provision of trading services involving any MiFID II financial instruments is prohibited in the EU, unless when authorized/licensed by the applicable authorities and/or regulator(s). Please note that we may receive advertising fees for users opted to open an account with our partner advertisers via advertisers websites. We have placed cookies on your computer to help improve your experience when visiting this website. You can change cookie settings on your computer at any time. Use of this website indicates your acceptance of this website. Please be advised that the names depicted on our website, including but not limited to Bluewave Nexor, are strictly for marketing and illustrative purposes. These names do not represent or imply the existence of specific entities, service providers, or any real-life individuals. Furthermore, the pictures and/or videos presented on our website are purely promotional in nature and feature professional actors. These actors are not actual users, clients, or traders, and their depictions should not be interpreted as endorsements or representations of real-life experiences. All content is intended solely for illustrative purposes and should not be construed as factual or as forming any legally binding relationship
    RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURES TRADING
    Futures transactions involve high risk. The amount of the initial margin is low compared to the value of the futures contract, so that transactions are “leveraged” or “geared”. A relatively small market movement has a proportionately larger impact on the funds that you have deposited or have to pay: this can work both for you and against you. You may experience the total loss of the initial margin funds as well as any additional funds deposited in the system. If the market develops in a way that is contrary to your position or if margins are increased, you may be asked to pay significant additional funds at short notice to maintain your position. In this case it may also happen that your broker account is in the red and you thus have to make payments beyond the initial investment.
    RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC TRADING
    Before you begin carrying out transactions with an electronic system, you should carefully review the rules and provisions of the stock exchange offering the system, or of the financial instruments listed that you intend to trade, as well as your broker’s conditions. Online trading has inherent risks due to system responses/reaction times and access times that may vary due to market conditions, system performance and other factors, and on which you have no influence. You should be aware of these additional risks in electronic trading before you carry out investment transactions.
    Affiliate Disclosure:
    This article may contain affiliate links. If a reader clicks on a link and completes an application or purchase, the publisher may receive a commission at no additional cost to the user. These commissions help support the publication and do not influence the editorial content, which is created independently and with the goal of delivering accurate and useful information.
    Accuracy Disclaimer:
    All information included in this article is presented in good faith and believed to be accurate at the time of writing. However, no representations or warranties are made regarding the completeness, accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of any information presented. Any reliance placed on such information is strictly at the reader’s own risk. The publisher does not accept responsibility for typographical errors, outdated information, or changes to products, terms, or policies after publication.
    Regulatory and Jurisdictional Disclaimer:
    Lending laws vary by jurisdiction, and not all services described in this article may be available in every state or region. It is the responsibility of the reader to understand and comply with local laws and regulations. The platforms mentioned are independently operated and are not controlled or endorsed by the publisher.
    Third-Party Liability Waiver:
    The publisher, its writers, editors, affiliates, and syndication partners shall not be held liable for any direct or indirect loss, damages, or legal claims arising from the use of this content or from reliance on any third-party services, platforms, or products mentioned herein. All loan agreements, terms, and disputes are strictly between the borrower and the lender or service provider.
    Syndication Partner Use:
    This content may be republished or syndicated by authorized partners under existing licensing or distribution arrangements. All syndication partners are free from liability regarding the editorial stance, financial suggestions, or any user outcome resulting from the reading or application of this content.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Psychologist from St. Petersburg State University in the podcast “Heinrich Terahertz”: “Digital addiction – a new reality or a threat to thinking?” | St. Petersburg State University

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Saint Petersburg State University –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Smartphones and social media create the illusion of productivity, but in reality they drain the psyche. Constant notifications, endless scrolling, and the fear of missing out lead to chronic anxiety and a decrease in intellectual abilities. Children, whose cognitive functions are formed in conditions of hyperconnectivity, are especially vulnerable – their thinking may never reach full maturity.

    Olga Shcherbakova explained why banning gadgets in schools (as in China, Australia and the EU) improves academic performance and socialization. Modern children, who are called “digital natives”, lose their deep thinking skills because their brains get used to working in conjunction with external devices. Even educational content is not always useful – it is important to be able to distinguish educational materials from “digital fast food”. A separate problem is “cognitive reserve”: if thinking is not trained in youth, this can lead to early cognitive impairments in the future.

    The world is not divided into those who are “dependent” and those who “control.” Most people simply do not realize how much their psyche has already merged with gadgets.

    Leading researcher of the Faculty of Psychology of St. Petersburg State University Olga Shcherbakova

    There is a way out: consciously limiting screen time, returning to analog forms of learning, and creating an environment where the brain is forced to work independently. But this requires efforts not only at the family level, but also at the level of the entire education system.

    She explained how to regain your attention and help children avoid digital degradation, and whether it is worth waiting for government regulation or starting with yourself. And why even adults who consider themselves “confident users” are actually susceptible to digital addiction.

    Listen to the podcast

    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism and violence, but findings too little and too late

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney

    First Nations people please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.

    The inquest findings into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker are among the most anticipated in the history of deaths in custody.

    It is almost six years since Walker was shot point blank three times by former Northern Territory (NT) Police constable Zachary Rolfe. These events occurred on the evening of November 9 2019 in a family home of Walker, as Warlpiri people of the remote Central Australian community of Yuendumu listened in fear.

    In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Chief Minister Michael Gunner promised “consequences would flow”.

    In 2022, Rolfe was tried for murder and the alternate charges of manslaughter and violent act causing death. The first, non-lethal, shot was conceded by the prosecution to be in self-defence. The fatal second and third shots were the basis for the prosecution.

    The jury, with no Aboriginal representation, decided in March 2022 that self-defence also applied to the subsequent shots, and Rolfe was found not guilty.

    Legal experts have since contended that the first shot was not an act of self-defence, given Rolfe unlawfully ambushed Walker without permission to enter the home. They also maintain Rolfe’s history of racial violence and slurs against Aboriginal people should have been admissible evidence given their relevance to Rolfe’s conduct on the night of November 9.

    Following the trial, in September 2022 the inquest into Kumanjayi Walker’s death commenced. The coroner’s role is to determine the causes of Walker’s death.

    The issue of police racism, generally in the NT Police and specifically on the part of Rolfe, came within the scope of the inquest, along with Rolfe’s allegedly violent practices towards Aboriginal people, police relations with Aboriginal people in remote communities, and the use of police weapons, especially firearms.

    The inquest has been a litmus test for racism in police forces. The Yuendumu community has sought findings of racism and recommendations to redress this wicked problem, including disciplinary action for racist and violent police officers.

    Walker’s family has called for

    • funding from prisons and police to be reinvested in Aboriginal community-led supports
    • the disarming of police in remote communities
    • the banning of police force and discriminatory practices
    • respect for self-determination in Yuendumu.

    The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) also argued for independent and robust police accountability mechanisms.

    The inquest was originally due to conclude in December 2022, but was substantially delayed based on a number of applications and appeals from Rolfe.

    Rolfe requested for Coroner Armitage to remove herself from the inquest based on perceived bias against him. He also refused to give evidence to the inquest, on the basis that his evidence would implicate him. Multiple appeals to higher courts were unsuccessful but time-consuming.

    Walker’s family expressed concerns that the significant delays in the inquest have been detrimental to their plight.

    A fortnight before the inquest findings were due to be delivered, another young Warlpiri man, 24-year-old Kumanjayi White from Yuendumu, was killed by police in May 2024. This set back the findings and reopened wounds endured by the Yuendumu community. Once again, the community has had to remobilise to campaign for justice. It has added to the sentiment of the community, which was expressed by Kumanjayi White’s grandfather Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves: “we do not trust police”.

    What did the inquest reveal?

    This inquest, more than any other in recent history, has put into sharp relief the violence of the police force. It received evidence of text messages in which Rolfe described Aboriginal people as “neanderthals who drink too much alcohol” and referred to Aboriginal people as “coon”.

    Footage was shown of Rolfe’s use of violence towards Aboriginal people. Forty-six incidents of violence, including punching Aboriginal people and rendering them unconscious, had been recorded between 2016 and 2019. Some of these attacks were the subject of professional standards and legal complaints. The inquest heard of the failure of police and prosecutors to investigate.

    However, the racism was not confined to Rolfe. Evidence of a culture of racism disclosed that it was endemic up to the highest levels. There was “normalised” and widespread use of racist language towards Aboriginal people, including use of the “n-word”.

    Rolfe provided evidence of the police annual racist awards (“Coon of the Year”) and officers who would describe a pub that Aboriginal people attended as the “animal bar”.

    The fact a white police officer, Rolfe, disclosed the racism gave it a legitimacy and widespread coverage that the Yuendumu community was unable to garner.

    The inquest identified issues with the substantial recruitment of former Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to the NT Police. Rolfe, who served in Afghanistan, gave evidence he was trained by the ADF to dehumanise the “enemy”.

    The inquest also heard that NT police officers who had served in the ADF were twice as likely to draw a firearm than non-ADF police officers. This use of force raised important questions around police recruitment.

    Leanne Liddle, who at the time was director of the NT government’s Aboriginal Justice Unit and conducted consultations across remote communities on criminal justice, gave evidence to the inquest that racism in the police was “systemic”.

    Findings and recommendations

    The findings of the coroner have identified acts of racism but have not delivered a crushing blow to racial violence in the NT Police. The recommendations do not seek to transform the force’s practices or dilute its powers.

    The coroner’s starting point in her findings delivered at Yuendumu was that police should be able to “defend themselves” against “serious attacks”. Coroner Armitage acknowledged the “stress” endured by Rolfe and his family along with the trauma of Walker’s family.

    While evidence before the inquest identified Rolfe’s days of planning around Walker’s forceful arrest, the coroner first considered Walker’s conduct, upbringing and circumstances that led to his death. The coroner did not give attention to the privilege of Rolfe’s background and how this may have contributed to his treatment of Aboriginal people in central Australia, including Walker.

    The coroner made some key findings:

    • Racism was “normalised” in the Alice Springs police station, including on the part of Rolfe. Racism “could have” contributed to Rolfe’s shooting of Walker. The coroner stopped short of finding systemic racism in NT Police due to the “modest amount of evidence on racism” across the police force. Arguably this inquest heard the most substantial evidence of institutional police racism in the history of inquests into deaths in custody. She determined that a separate inquiry into systemic racism was required given that the NT Police force had “significant hallmarks of institutional racism”.

    • The coroner also noted Alice Springs police officers are on the “receiving end” of racist comments from Aboriginal people.

    • Police racism, according to the coroner, existed because the officers are overwhelmingly dealing with Aboriginal people on a “negative” basis.

    • Rolfe used excessive force in his career as a police officer, and due to his dehumanisation of Aboriginal arrestees, had created a dangerous situation on November 9.

    • Ultimately, Walker’s death in custody arose from Rolfe’s “flawed decisions”.

    • Since Walker’s death in custody, NT Police have undertaken “significant changes”.

    The coroner’s recommendations are:

    • NT Police should strengthen its anti-racism strategy and publicly report on compliance
    • Mutual respect agreements should be developed between NT Police and Yuendumu
    • The NT government should enhance support for the Yuendumu community night patrol, youth services, mediators, and diversion and rehabilitation programs
    • NT Police should engage directly with Yuendumu leadership groups to discuss concerns, including when it would be appropriate for police not to carry firearms.

    Where to from here?

    The almost six years since the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker have not delivered on Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s promise that “consequences would flow”.

    The inquest findings do not bring the community any closer to consequences. There was no disciplinary action recommended for any officer involved in Walker’s death. The coroner also did not recommend consequences for police with a history of using force against Aboriginal people, or those who have expressed racist attitudes or behaved in racist ways.

    To date, Rolfe, or Adam Erbel who was restraining Walker at the time of the shooting, have not apologised for Walker’s death.

    The coroner also did not set down recommendations that had consequence for NT Police. These might have included reconstituting the force to make it community-oriented, relying less on force and not carrying firearms in remote communities, or redirecting funds to NT Aboriginal remote community-controlled law and justice groups.

    Even the modest recommendations that were made may not see the light of day in government policy or police practice. There is no legally enforceable obligation for governments and agencies to implement coronial recommendations, despite the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recommending governments routinely adopt inquest recommendations and report on their implementation.

    The NT government has stipulated that it decides which coronial recommendations to accept. The implementation of coronial recommendations in the NT has a sordid history.

    In a climate of expanding police numbers and powers in the NT, with an additional 200 police being recruited to add to the already highest police ratio in the country, Aboriginal deaths in custody will continue to happen. This was the clarion call of the royal commission: more police and police powers will result in more deaths in custody.

    Walker’s is one of the 598 deaths since the royal commission, and the brutal circumstances of his death show little has changed. The coronial recommendations fall short of calling for the structural overhaul demanded by Aboriginal families and advocates, to eradicate police racial violence from the lives of Aboriginal people in the NT.

    Thalia Anthony receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

    Eddie Cubillo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism and violence, but findings too little and too late – https://theconversation.com/kumanjayi-walker-inquest-racism-and-violence-but-findings-too-little-and-too-late-257636

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  • MIL-OSI China: Naval fleet led by Shandong aircraft carrier visit wins praise in Hong Kong 2025-07-06 17:43:03 A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy led by the aircraft carrier Shandong made its first visit to Hong Kong, a move widely seen as not only a demonstration of military strength but also a step toward deepening ties between Hong Kong and the mainland.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – Ministry of National Defense

    People visit the Yuncheng missile frigate in Hong Kong, south China, July 5, 2025. A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy led by the aircraft carrier Shandong arrived in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Thursday morning, kicking off a five-day visit. The aircraft carrier and the Yan’an missile destroyer were anchored near the west end of the Victoria Harbor, while the Zhanjiang missile destroyer and the Yuncheng missile frigate docked at the PLA Hong Kong Garrison’s naval base in Stonecutters Island. This is the Shandong’s first visit to Hong Kong. From Friday to Sunday, the Shandong, the Zhanjiang and the Yuncheng will host open tours, lectures, drill demonstrations and other exchange activities. (Photo by Huang Qiantian/Xinhua)

    HONG KONG, July 5 (Xinhua) — A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy led by the aircraft carrier Shandong made its first visit to Hong Kong, a move widely seen as not only a demonstration of military strength but also a step toward deepening ties between Hong Kong and the mainland.

    The naval fleet, comprising the aircraft carrier Shandong, the Yan’an missile destroyer, the Zhanjiang missile destroyer, and the Yuncheng missile frigate, arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday to begin a five-day visit.

    On the day the naval fleet arrived, hundreds — if not thousands — of Hong Kong residents gathered along the shore to watch. Local media rushed to cover the story.

    Chief executive of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee said that both the steadfast presence of the PLA garrison in Hong Kong and the cordial visit by the modernized naval fleet have made the “Pearl of the Orient” shine brighter, reflecting the country’s ability and determination in safeguarding peace, while allowing Hong Kong, under “one country, two systems,” to continue to play its part in the nation’s development.

    Chief Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR government Chan Kwok-ki attended the deck reception on the Shandong aircraft carrier. He believed the visit by the naval fleet allowed the wider public in Hong Kong to witness the strength of the country’s military and would help enhance students’ sense of national identity and pride.

    Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR government Cheuk Wing-hing shared on social media that he toured the ski-jump flight deck, arresting cables, carrier-based fighter jets, and helicopters aboard the Shandong.

    “The rapid progress of our country’s national defense is truly remarkable,” Cheuk said. “I am deeply moved and feel proud of our nation.”

    The Shandong aircraft carrier was open to the public for visits. Starry Lee, a member of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, said that this allowed people to experience firsthand the remarkable achievements of the country’s naval modernization, and held significant meaning in fostering a stronger sense of patriotism in Hong Kong society.

    Friday was the first open day of the fleet’s visit to Hong Kong, with a focus on student visitors. More than 10,000 visits were made aboard the Shandong, Zhanjiang, and Yuncheng ships.

    “My ancestral home is Shandong. When I first stepped onto the deck, I couldn’t help but cry. Our country has truly become strong!” a lecturer at Hong Kong Metropolitan University surnamed Wong said.

    Some secondary school students from Macao were organized by their schools to travel to Hong Kong for the visit. They happily toured the ships while taking photos with their smartphones to share with classmates who missed the visit. They said that boarding the warships was more than just a visit; it allowed them to witness the long history of China and the country’s remarkable progress.

    Seeing the modern carrier-based fighter jets and the spirited, high-morale crew aboard the vessels left a deep impression on Paul Chan, financial secretary of the HKSAR government.

    Chan said that the visit by the naval fleet fully reflected the country’s deep affection for Hong Kong. “A strong nation must have a strong military, and our country’s navy will only grow stronger,” he remarked.

    “Stepping aboard the domestically built aircraft carrier Shandong and standing on the deck of this steel giant filled me with excitement,” Jeffrey Lam, a member of the Executive Council of the HKSAR, said.

    Just as the Shandong sailed forward with strength and determination, Hong Kong, with the support of the country, will surely overcome all challenges and continue to enjoy prosperity and stability, Lam added.

    People visit the Zhanjiang missile destroyer in Hong Kong, south China, July 5, 2025.

    A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy led by the aircraft carrier Shandong arrived in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Thursday morning, kicking off a five-day visit.

    The aircraft carrier and the Yan’an missile destroyer were anchored near the west end of the Victoria Harbor, while the Zhanjiang missile destroyer and the Yuncheng missile frigate docked at the PLA Hong Kong Garrison’s naval base in Stonecutters Island.

    This is the Shandong’s first visit to Hong Kong. From Friday to Sunday, the Shandong, the Zhanjiang and the Yuncheng will host open tours, lectures, drill demonstrations and other exchange activities. (Photo by Huang Qiantian/Xinhua)

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Experts from China and Russia discussed cooperation in the field of wetland biodiversity protection

    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

    BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) — A China-Russia conference on the protection and research of biodiversity in transboundary wetlands of the Heilongjiang (Amur) River basin was held in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province recently, where experts from the two countries discussed a range of issues related to the protection of ecosystems and sustainable development of international wetlands, the Zhongxinshe News Agency reported.

    The event was held at the Honghe Nature Reserve, which covers an area of over 21,000 hectares. In 2022, it was listed as a “wetland of international importance” by the Ramsar Convention. It protects unique ecosystems and rare and endangered species of wildlife, such as the Oriental stork and the Japanese crane.

    During the event, experts presented reports on the protected natural reserves of the two countries. In addition, they familiarized themselves with the work of the wetland monitoring platform and visited the ecological museum located on the territory of the Honghe Nature Reserve.

    Zhu Baoguang, a representative of the Honghe Nature Reserve, noted that the event became a platform for combining the experience of Chinese and Russian experts in order to promote sustainable development focused on the protection and study of the biodiversity of wetland ecosystems.

    The conference aims to strengthen cooperation between China and Russia in the field of wetland biodiversity protection and further enhance joint protection of endangered birds in the Heilongjiang River Basin and along the East Asia-Australia flyway.

    It also aims to promote the sustainable development of global wetland biodiversity and the transboundary cooperative conservation of rare and endangered bird species. -0-

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  • MIL-Evening Report: A Shakespearean, small-town murder: why Australia became so obsessed with the Erin Patterson mushroom case

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xanthe Mallett, Criminologist, CQUniversity Australia

    The “mushroom murder trial”, as it has popularly become known, has gripped Australia over the past 11 weeks. More than that, it’s prompted worldwide headlines, multiple daily podcasts, and even YouTube videos of self-proclaimed “body language experts” assessing defendant Erin Patterson’s every move.

    There’s an ABC drama series in the works. Acclaimed Australian author Helen Garner has been in the courtroom.

    But why did this tragedy, in which three people died and a fourth was lucky to survive, grip the public consciousness in way no other contemporary Australian case has?



    Read more:
    Erin Patterson has been found guilty in the mushroom murder trial. Legal experts explain why

    A not-so-wholesome family lunch

    On July 29 2023, in a sleepy town called Leongatha in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges in Victoria, a very normal woman called Erin Patterson made an ostensibly very normal lunch of beef wellington.

    She was cooking for her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, and Heather’s husband Ian. Erin’s estranged husband, Simon Patterson, was also invited, but chose not to attend.

    Simon and Erin had two children, a boy and a girl, who did not attend the lunch either.

    Shortly after the lunch, all four guests were admitted to hospital with suspected gastroenteritis. Erin Patterson also presented to hospital, but refused to be admitted.

    Within a few days, Gail, Don, and Heather all died as a result of what was later confirmed as poisoning with Amanita phalloides, better known as death cap mushrooms.

    Ian survived, but he was lucky. He spent seven weeks in hospital and needed a liver transplant.

    The questions became, how did the mushrooms get into the beef wellington? Was this an awful accident or something more sinister?

    Public obsession

    These questions became the focus of very significant public and media attention.

    Erin Patterson spoke to the media in the days after the incident. She presented as your typical, average woman of 50.

    That is, in my opinion, where the obsession with this case began.

    This case had the feel of a Shakespearean drama: multiple deaths within one family, death by poison, and a female protagonist.

    The juxtaposition between the normality of a family lunch (and the sheer vanilla-ness of the accused) and the seriousness of the situation sent the media into overdrive.

    Then there were the lies. Patterson lied about foraging for mushrooms, and about having cancer to encourage the guests to attend.

    The location also played a huge part. Leongatha is known for its staggering natural beauty and thriving food and wine scene. It’s hardly a place where the world expected a mass murderer to live.

    However, the perception that rural areas are utopias of safety and social cohesion, and cities are dark and dangerous places, is a myth.

    One study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare paints a different picture.

    For serious assault cases that resulted in hospitalisation, for major cities the rates were 65 per 100,000 people. In rural areas, this rose to 1,244 people per 100,000. And for murder, in very remote areas the rate was five per 100,000 population, but fewer than one per 100,000 in urban areas.

    Then there was Erin Patterson’s unusual behaviour. She disposed of the desiccator in which the mushrooms she had foraged were dehydrated. She used multiple phones, one of which underwent multiple factory resets on in the days following the lunch. One of these resets was done remotely after police seized her phone.

    There are also the much-discussed plates. The court heard she prepared her meal on a different-coloured plate to those of her other guests so they were easily identifiable.

    The public latched onto these details, each providing a new talking point around water coolers or spurring new Reddit threads dedicated to unpacking their significance.

    The courtroom as a stage

    Ultimately, after three months, Erin Patterson was charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. She pleaded not guilty.

    The trial lasted 40 days. The prosecution alleged Patterson intentionally poisoned her guests, whereas the defence suggested it was all an awful, tragic accident.

    The jury took six and a half days to deliberate. During that time, various media outlets did everything they could to keep the story on the front page.

    Bizarre pieces began appearing online from credible sources such as the ABC, profiling people who had attended court. They included stories of people turning down work to attend the court daily, cases of friendships blossoming during the trial between regular attendees, and the outfit choices of locals turning up every day to watch the drama unfold.

    There were also articles profiling local cafe owners and how they felt about being at the centre of the legal theatrics. The daily podcasts continued even when news from the courtroom didn’t.

    The vibe felt more appropriate for a royal visit than a triple murder trial.

    It seemed everyone in Australia was gripped by one event, united in a way few other things could manage. We all waited with bated breath to see what the 12 men and women of the jury would decide.



    Read more:
    Justice on demand? The true crime podcasts serving up Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial

    Humanity behind the spectacle

    The end to this strange and unique criminal case came on Monday July 7.

    The result? Guilty on all four counts. Erin Patterson is formally a mass murderer, though many in the court of public opinion had reached the same conviction months earlier.

    Leongatha will always be known for being the setting of (arguably) the most infamous multiple murder case in Australian history. It will join Snowtown in South Australia (home of the “bodies in the barrell” murder case), Kendall in New South Wales (where William Tyrrell disappeared), and Claremont in Western Australia (the murder or disappearance of three women) as places forever linked to tragic crimes.

    While the trial is over, there’s much more content still to come, the public’s appetite yet to be satiated.

    But the final word should be saved for the Patterson and Wilkinson families. This is an awful tragedy, and there are no winners. Ian and Simon have lost loved ones. The Patterson children have lost grandparents and now have to come to terms with the fact their mother caused those deaths intentionally.

    Amid the spectacle, it’s easy to lose sight of the humanity at the centre. As the media spotlight dims, may the families get the privacy and respect they deserve.

    Xanthe Mallett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. A Shakespearean, small-town murder: why Australia became so obsessed with the Erin Patterson mushroom case – https://theconversation.com/a-shakespearean-small-town-murder-why-australia-became-so-obsessed-with-the-erin-patterson-mushroom-case-259982

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  • MIL-Evening Report: A Shakespearean, small-town murder: why Australia became so obsessed with the Erin Patterson mushroom case

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xanthe Mallett, Criminologist, CQUniversity Australia

    The “mushroom murder trial”, as it has popularly become known, has gripped Australia over the past 11 weeks. More than that, it’s prompted worldwide headlines, multiple daily podcasts, and even YouTube videos of self-proclaimed “body language experts” assessing defendant Erin Patterson’s every move.

    There’s an ABC drama series in the works. Acclaimed Australian author Helen Garner has been in the courtroom.

    But why did this tragedy, in which three people died and a fourth was lucky to survive, grip the public consciousness in way no other contemporary Australian case has?



    Read more:
    Erin Patterson has been found guilty in the mushroom murder trial. Legal experts explain why

    A not-so-wholesome family lunch

    On July 29 2023, in a sleepy town called Leongatha in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges in Victoria, a very normal woman called Erin Patterson made an ostensibly very normal lunch of beef wellington.

    She was cooking for her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, and Heather’s husband Ian. Erin’s estranged husband, Simon Patterson, was also invited, but chose not to attend.

    Simon and Erin had two children, a boy and a girl, who did not attend the lunch either.

    Shortly after the lunch, all four guests were admitted to hospital with suspected gastroenteritis. Erin Patterson also presented to hospital, but refused to be admitted.

    Within a few days, Gail, Don, and Heather all died as a result of what was later confirmed as poisoning with Amanita phalloides, better known as death cap mushrooms.

    Ian survived, but he was lucky. He spent seven weeks in hospital and needed a liver transplant.

    The questions became, how did the mushrooms get into the beef wellington? Was this an awful accident or something more sinister?

    Public obsession

    These questions became the focus of very significant public and media attention.

    Erin Patterson spoke to the media in the days after the incident. She presented as your typical, average woman of 50.

    That is, in my opinion, where the obsession with this case began.

    This case had the feel of a Shakespearean drama: multiple deaths within one family, death by poison, and a female protagonist.

    The juxtaposition between the normality of a family lunch (and the sheer vanilla-ness of the accused) and the seriousness of the situation sent the media into overdrive.

    Then there were the lies. Patterson lied about foraging for mushrooms, and about having cancer to encourage the guests to attend.

    The location also played a huge part. Leongatha is known for its staggering natural beauty and thriving food and wine scene. It’s hardly a place where the world expected a mass murderer to live.

    However, the perception that rural areas are utopias of safety and social cohesion, and cities are dark and dangerous places, is a myth.

    One study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare paints a different picture.

    For serious assault cases that resulted in hospitalisation, for major cities the rates were 65 per 100,000 people. In rural areas, this rose to 1,244 people per 100,000. And for murder, in very remote areas the rate was five per 100,000 population, but fewer than one per 100,000 in urban areas.

    Then there was Erin Patterson’s unusual behaviour. She disposed of the desiccator in which the mushrooms she had foraged were dehydrated. She used multiple phones, one of which underwent multiple factory resets on in the days following the lunch. One of these resets was done remotely after police seized her phone.

    There are also the much-discussed plates. The court heard she prepared her meal on a different-coloured plate to those of her other guests so they were easily identifiable.

    The public latched onto these details, each providing a new talking point around water coolers or spurring new Reddit threads dedicated to unpacking their significance.

    The courtroom as a stage

    Ultimately, after three months, Erin Patterson was charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. She pleaded not guilty.

    The trial lasted 40 days. The prosecution alleged Patterson intentionally poisoned her guests, whereas the defence suggested it was all an awful, tragic accident.

    The jury took six and a half days to deliberate. During that time, various media outlets did everything they could to keep the story on the front page.

    Bizarre pieces began appearing online from credible sources such as the ABC, profiling people who had attended court. They included stories of people turning down work to attend the court daily, cases of friendships blossoming during the trial between regular attendees, and the outfit choices of locals turning up every day to watch the drama unfold.

    There were also articles profiling local cafe owners and how they felt about being at the centre of the legal theatrics. The daily podcasts continued even when news from the courtroom didn’t.

    The vibe felt more appropriate for a royal visit than a triple murder trial.

    It seemed everyone in Australia was gripped by one event, united in a way few other things could manage. We all waited with bated breath to see what the 12 men and women of the jury would decide.



    Read more:
    Justice on demand? The true crime podcasts serving up Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial

    Humanity behind the spectacle

    The end to this strange and unique criminal case came on Monday July 7.

    The result? Guilty on all four counts. Erin Patterson is formally a mass murderer, though many in the court of public opinion had reached the same conviction months earlier.

    Leongatha will always be known for being the setting of (arguably) the most infamous multiple murder case in Australian history. It will join Snowtown in South Australia (home of the “bodies in the barrell” murder case), Kendall in New South Wales (where William Tyrrell disappeared), and Claremont in Western Australia (the murder or disappearance of three women) as places forever linked to tragic crimes.

    While the trial is over, there’s much more content still to come, the public’s appetite yet to be satiated.

    But the final word should be saved for the Patterson and Wilkinson families. This is an awful tragedy, and there are no winners. Ian and Simon have lost loved ones. The Patterson children have lost grandparents and now have to come to terms with the fact their mother caused those deaths intentionally.

    Amid the spectacle, it’s easy to lose sight of the humanity at the centre. As the media spotlight dims, may the families get the privacy and respect they deserve.

    Xanthe Mallett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. A Shakespearean, small-town murder: why Australia became so obsessed with the Erin Patterson mushroom case – https://theconversation.com/a-shakespearean-small-town-murder-why-australia-became-so-obsessed-with-the-erin-patterson-mushroom-case-259982

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  • MIL-Evening Report: View from The Hill: Albanese’s Curtin speech becomes latest political football in debate over US relationship

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

    Anthony Albanese seems to find himself on eggshells whenever the Australian-American relationship comes up.

    After the G7 debacle, he’s persistently pursued – to his obvious irritation – by journalists asking when he’ll have his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump. It’s a question he has so far been unable to answer, as he prepares for his fourth meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

    There is no Washington meeting lined up, so Albanese just talks about the various occasions when their paths are due to cross. The next time is the Quad in India later this year (there is no fixed date).

    Trump’s deadline for deals on his tariffs has now been moved from this week to August 1. Despite the months of negotiation, the government (as of now) is not expecting to receive a concession on the hefty 50% steel and aluminium tariffs, nor on the general 10% tariff. That will invite a fresh round of criticism that the government has not been able to leverage Australia’s advantages on critical minerals with the Trump administration.

    And now the PM has stirred controversy with his John Curtin Oration, delivered on Saturday night.

    Curtin is at the top of Labor’s pantheon of heroes, and generally regarded as one of Australia’s greatest prime ministers, by many as the greatest. Labor PMs regularly pay homage. (Bob Hawke and Paul Keating once had a spectacular falling out after Hawke considered Keating had slighted Curtin’s memory.)

    In the second world war Curtin famously stood up to United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill to insist Australian troops be returned home, rather than diverted to Burma as Churchill wanted. And in those dark wartime days, Curtin dramatically “looked to America” for Australia’s security.

    In delivering Saturday’s oration, Albanese painted the Curtin course as an example of Labor forging an independent foreign policy, and identified with it.

    He said Curtin was the “founder” of the Australia-US alliance (contested by those who date the alliance from the Menzies years, when ANZUS was signed).

    Albanese said “Curtin’s famous statement that Australia ‘looked to America’ was much more than the idea of trading one strategic guarantor for another”.

    “It was a recognition that Australia’s fate would be decided in our region.

    “It followed the decision Curtin had made in 1941 that Australia would issue its own declaration of war with Japan.

    “Speaking for ourselves, as a sovereign nation.”

    “We needed an Australian foreign policy anchored in strategic reality, not bound by tradition.”

    “So we remember Curtin not just because he looked to America. We honour him because he spoke for Australia.

    “For Australia and for Labor, that independence has never meant isolationism, Choosing our own way, doesn’t mean going it alone,” Albanese said.

    Curtin’s biographer John Edwards, writing in the Lowy Institute’s The Interpreter, says Albanese’s oration “adroitly positions Australia for a testing time on foreign policy.

    “Albanese’s speech affirms that in the competition between the United States and China, Australia will act in its own interests.”

    Edwards puts the December 1941 appeal to the US against a particular background. The context of the article was a meeting then taking place in Washington between Churchill and US President Roosevelt, he writes.

    Churchill was anxious the US not be distracted from the European conflict by the Pacific war. “Curtin’s article was a demand for Australia – not the United Kingdom – to be America’s principal partner in the war against Japan,” Edwards writes.

    Others, notably the Australian’s foreign editor Greg Sheridan, have accused Albanese of misrepresenting the history.

    But apart from details of the historical argument, the timing, emphasis and context of Albanese’s remarks are what’s relevant.

    Sheridan writes, “Who on earth is Albanese messaging in this speech? Because it implies greater Australian strategic distance from the US, it will be welcomed in Beijing.”

    Former ambassador to the United States Arthur Sinodinos (a Liberal government appointee but usually objective in his observations) said the speech made clear the bipartisan support for the alliance.

    But “given the context of Australia-US relations at present, the speech will need careful explanation to our American friends to avoid a misconception that was hyped that the speech would be a declaration of independence from the US,” Sinodinos said.

    An interpretive job that will presumably fall, in part, to ambassador Kevin Rudd.

    If the oration will require “careful explanation”, how much more carefully will the prime minister have to be in what he says in China next week and the messages he sends indirectly to Washington?

    It all serves to reinforce the importance of Albanese meeting the president as soon as feasible. The more time elapses, the more the fog needs to be cleared from the relationship.

    Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. View from The Hill: Albanese’s Curtin speech becomes latest political football in debate over US relationship – https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-albaneses-curtin-speech-becomes-latest-political-football-in-debate-over-us-relationship-259684

    MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

  • MIL-Evening Report: View from The Hill: Albanese’s Curtin speech becomes latest political football in debate over US relationship

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

    Anthony Albanese seems to find himself on eggshells whenever the Australian-American relationship comes up.

    After the G7 debacle, he’s persistently pursued – to his obvious irritation – by journalists asking when he’ll have his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump. It’s a question he has so far been unable to answer, as he prepares for his fourth meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

    There is no Washington meeting lined up, so Albanese just talks about the various occasions when their paths are due to cross. The next time is the Quad in India later this year (there is no fixed date).

    Trump’s deadline for deals on his tariffs has now been moved from this week to August 1. Despite the months of negotiation, the government (as of now) is not expecting to receive a concession on the hefty 50% steel and aluminium tariffs, nor on the general 10% tariff. That will invite a fresh round of criticism that the government has not been able to leverage Australia’s advantages on critical minerals with the Trump administration.

    And now the PM has stirred controversy with his John Curtin Oration, delivered on Saturday night.

    Curtin is at the top of Labor’s pantheon of heroes, and generally regarded as one of Australia’s greatest prime ministers, by many as the greatest. Labor PMs regularly pay homage. (Bob Hawke and Paul Keating once had a spectacular falling out after Hawke considered Keating had slighted Curtin’s memory.)

    In the second world war Curtin famously stood up to United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill to insist Australian troops be returned home, rather than diverted to Burma as Churchill wanted. And in those dark wartime days, Curtin dramatically “looked to America” for Australia’s security.

    In delivering Saturday’s oration, Albanese painted the Curtin course as an example of Labor forging an independent foreign policy, and identified with it.

    He said Curtin was the “founder” of the Australia-US alliance (contested by those who date the alliance from the Menzies years, when ANZUS was signed).

    Albanese said “Curtin’s famous statement that Australia ‘looked to America’ was much more than the idea of trading one strategic guarantor for another”.

    “It was a recognition that Australia’s fate would be decided in our region.

    “It followed the decision Curtin had made in 1941 that Australia would issue its own declaration of war with Japan.

    “Speaking for ourselves, as a sovereign nation.”

    “We needed an Australian foreign policy anchored in strategic reality, not bound by tradition.”

    “So we remember Curtin not just because he looked to America. We honour him because he spoke for Australia.

    “For Australia and for Labor, that independence has never meant isolationism, Choosing our own way, doesn’t mean going it alone,” Albanese said.

    Curtin’s biographer John Edwards, writing in the Lowy Institute’s The Interpreter, says Albanese’s oration “adroitly positions Australia for a testing time on foreign policy.

    “Albanese’s speech affirms that in the competition between the United States and China, Australia will act in its own interests.”

    Edwards puts the December 1941 appeal to the US against a particular background. The context of the article was a meeting then taking place in Washington between Churchill and US President Roosevelt, he writes.

    Churchill was anxious the US not be distracted from the European conflict by the Pacific war. “Curtin’s article was a demand for Australia – not the United Kingdom – to be America’s principal partner in the war against Japan,” Edwards writes.

    Others, notably the Australian’s foreign editor Greg Sheridan, have accused Albanese of misrepresenting the history.

    But apart from details of the historical argument, the timing, emphasis and context of Albanese’s remarks are what’s relevant.

    Sheridan writes, “Who on earth is Albanese messaging in this speech? Because it implies greater Australian strategic distance from the US, it will be welcomed in Beijing.”

    Former ambassador to the United States Arthur Sinodinos (a Liberal government appointee but usually objective in his observations) said the speech made clear the bipartisan support for the alliance.

    But “given the context of Australia-US relations at present, the speech will need careful explanation to our American friends to avoid a misconception that was hyped that the speech would be a declaration of independence from the US,” Sinodinos said.

    An interpretive job that will presumably fall, in part, to ambassador Kevin Rudd.

    If the oration will require “careful explanation”, how much more carefully will the prime minister have to be in what he says in China next week and the messages he sends indirectly to Washington?

    It all serves to reinforce the importance of Albanese meeting the president as soon as feasible. The more time elapses, the more the fog needs to be cleared from the relationship.

    Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. View from The Hill: Albanese’s Curtin speech becomes latest political football in debate over US relationship – https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-albaneses-curtin-speech-becomes-latest-political-football-in-debate-over-us-relationship-259684

    MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

  • MIL-OSI NGOs: Job Opening: Campaigner

    Source: Greenpeace Statement –

    This is a full-time permanent position based in Manila Office. Candidates who have the legal right to work and live in the Philippines are encouraged to apply.

    © Daniel Müller / Greenpeace

    About the Role

    The Campaigner is a key role in Greenpeace. This role leads the development and implementation of high impact campaign strategies and plans with the goal of achieving big and lasting wins in the policy and public perception spheres, towards systemic changes.

    This role works together with a cross-functional team to co-create and drive proactive and responsive initiatives that will influence policy, change mindsets and mobilize communities, groups and networks.

    The incumbent is expected to be knowledgeable in climate, energy and environmental issues, as well as cross-cutting social justice issues. They must be well-versed in local and international climate and energy policy and developments. In certain situations, as determined by internal and external events and upon the consideration and advice from the Country Director, the campaigner is expected to support other initiatives under the Greenpeace Philippines Program.

    Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Develop and implement smart, innovative and people-powered campaign strategies and projects in line with both the short and long term goals of the Climate Campaign, and the GPPH program in general, consistent with national, regional and international objectives and including detailed strategy, activities, timelines and budgets.
    • Maintain a working knowledge of technical information and be able to present the information to a variety of audiences within and outside the Philippines.
    • Maintain a working knowledge of mindset sciences, and political, legislative, regulatory and economic frameworks relevant to climate, energy, and the environment.
    • Lead the development and implementation of campaign plans and tactics
    • Initiate cross-issue campaign discussions for integrated project development, planning and implementation
    • Work with engagement focal points to strengthen the campaign’s people participation and audience journey components. Organize and oversee the work of campaign/project volunteers, interns and short-term contractors as required
    • Work with the communications focal points in preparing a variety of communications materials and provide assistance in the formulation of regional and international materials when necessary, and assist in planning communications and engagement strategies for the campaign
    • Respond to and engage in internal as well as external regional challenges beyond his/her normal issue/campaign area as circumstances require
    • Participate in campaign discussions and planning regarding strategic issues within Greenpeace Philippines, GPSEA, with other Greenpeace offices and with GP International (GPI) staff. This will include both written and verbal discussion as well as attendance at specific meetings
    • Keep the Philippine Country Director, Regional and other Campaigners, unit leads and project team members well-informed of activities in the campaign interventions (including the preparation of monthly reports and work plans) and recommend changes in tactics, or strategies as necessary
    • Represent Greenpeace and the campaign at relevant public events, movement events and at meetings with political decision makers, local citizens and affected communities; act as spokesperson for the campaign, and develop pro-active relationships with relevant media to increase campaign outreach
    • Build alliances and/or support relationships with partner organizations, relevant affected groups, grassroots organizations, academic and professional groups, labor unions and others as identified in strategic planning
    • Build, connect and/or catalyze relevant climate movements by creating, building and/or supporting networks, coalitions, and groups in support of campaign goals and in line with agreed campaign strategies
    • Direct, organize and participate in non-violent direct action to support and advance campaign goals and organization objectives
    • Reliably deliver on project engagement plans in line with the country strategy, campaign and engagement objectives and KPIs
    • Develop monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for the campaign and implement progress reviews and end-point evaluations

    Skills and Experience Requirements:

    • Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field
    • At least 6 years work experience on environmental campaigning or any related field
    • Extensive knowledge about climate, energy, biodiversity and environmental issues
    • Proven experience in campaigning and project management, open campaigning, mass mobilization, public speaking, activist training, strategic planning and organizing people around an issue
    • Proven experience in directing a project from conception to completion
    • Proven ability to work both independently and in close coordination with a team
    • Excellent networking skills and the ability to communicate with a wide range of organizations and communities

    Functional Skills:

    • Strong strategic thinking and planning skills; proven experience in analyzing and planning campaign strategies
    • Strong personal organizational skills including ability to participate in multiple projects with competing priorities and timelines, strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to handle constantly evolving work
    • Knowledge and/or experience in working with volunteers
    • Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English and Filipino

    Greenpeace’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

    Greenpeace values diversity as essential to its mission and success. The organisation fosters an inclusive environment that respects varied cultural experiences and perspectives, promoting solutions rooted in social and environmental justice.

    Deadline for applications: July 22, 2025

    Jobs

    Do you have a passion for this planet and want to do more? Work with us!

    TAKE ACTION

    MIL OSI NGO –

  • Australia crush West Indies in Grenada Test to take unassailable 2-0 lead

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Australia overwhelmed the West Indies by 133 runs in the second test in Grenada on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series with one match remaining.

    The touring side dominated after a promising morning for the hosts during which Shamar Joseph gave West Indies hope with a superb four-wicket haul to dismiss Australia for 243.

    Set 277 for victory on a deteriorating track, however, the West Indies slumped to 143 all out.

    “We never really got those partnerships going,” skipper Roston Chase said. “The new ball was the biggest challenge – we lost too many wickets. If we could avoid a few wickets in the first 10-15 overs, we would have a better chance.

    “Two hundred and seventy was always a challenging task.”

    Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood struck with his fifth delivery, trapping John Campbell lbw for a duck and Mitchell Starc removed Keacy Carty for 10.

    Beau Webster dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite for seven in his 100th test, a milestone match he will not look back on fondly.

    Cummins then delivered the knockout punch, bowling Brandon King (14) with a delivery that straightened just enough to clip off stump.

    Shai Hope’s dismissal for 17, caught and bowled by Hazlewood attempting a pull, put West Indies in deeper trouble.

    Roston Chase made a spirited 34 that included a magnificent six off Starc, but his lbw dismissal on the stroke of lunch effectively ended any realistic hopes of a recovery.

    Justin Greaves fell lbw to Starc for two and although Alzarri Joseph struck back-to-back sixes off Nathan Lyon and Shamar Joseph hit three maximums in his 24 the end was inevitable.

    “We had to graft our way in both matches,” Cummins said. “I’m pretty proud. The new ball has been pretty tricky for both teams.

    “The pitch deteriorated a bit, so it got a bit simpler for our plans. We hit good areas ball after ball, and waited for the game to come to us.”

    (Reuters)

  • Australia crush West Indies in Grenada Test to take unassailable 2-0 lead

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Australia overwhelmed the West Indies by 133 runs in the second test in Grenada on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series with one match remaining.

    The touring side dominated after a promising morning for the hosts during which Shamar Joseph gave West Indies hope with a superb four-wicket haul to dismiss Australia for 243.

    Set 277 for victory on a deteriorating track, however, the West Indies slumped to 143 all out.

    “We never really got those partnerships going,” skipper Roston Chase said. “The new ball was the biggest challenge – we lost too many wickets. If we could avoid a few wickets in the first 10-15 overs, we would have a better chance.

    “Two hundred and seventy was always a challenging task.”

    Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood struck with his fifth delivery, trapping John Campbell lbw for a duck and Mitchell Starc removed Keacy Carty for 10.

    Beau Webster dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite for seven in his 100th test, a milestone match he will not look back on fondly.

    Cummins then delivered the knockout punch, bowling Brandon King (14) with a delivery that straightened just enough to clip off stump.

    Shai Hope’s dismissal for 17, caught and bowled by Hazlewood attempting a pull, put West Indies in deeper trouble.

    Roston Chase made a spirited 34 that included a magnificent six off Starc, but his lbw dismissal on the stroke of lunch effectively ended any realistic hopes of a recovery.

    Justin Greaves fell lbw to Starc for two and although Alzarri Joseph struck back-to-back sixes off Nathan Lyon and Shamar Joseph hit three maximums in his 24 the end was inevitable.

    “We had to graft our way in both matches,” Cummins said. “I’m pretty proud. The new ball has been pretty tricky for both teams.

    “The pitch deteriorated a bit, so it got a bit simpler for our plans. We hit good areas ball after ball, and waited for the game to come to us.”

    (Reuters)

  • Australia crush West Indies in Grenada Test to take unassailable 2-0 lead

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Australia overwhelmed the West Indies by 133 runs in the second test in Grenada on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series with one match remaining.

    The touring side dominated after a promising morning for the hosts during which Shamar Joseph gave West Indies hope with a superb four-wicket haul to dismiss Australia for 243.

    Set 277 for victory on a deteriorating track, however, the West Indies slumped to 143 all out.

    “We never really got those partnerships going,” skipper Roston Chase said. “The new ball was the biggest challenge – we lost too many wickets. If we could avoid a few wickets in the first 10-15 overs, we would have a better chance.

    “Two hundred and seventy was always a challenging task.”

    Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood struck with his fifth delivery, trapping John Campbell lbw for a duck and Mitchell Starc removed Keacy Carty for 10.

    Beau Webster dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite for seven in his 100th test, a milestone match he will not look back on fondly.

    Cummins then delivered the knockout punch, bowling Brandon King (14) with a delivery that straightened just enough to clip off stump.

    Shai Hope’s dismissal for 17, caught and bowled by Hazlewood attempting a pull, put West Indies in deeper trouble.

    Roston Chase made a spirited 34 that included a magnificent six off Starc, but his lbw dismissal on the stroke of lunch effectively ended any realistic hopes of a recovery.

    Justin Greaves fell lbw to Starc for two and although Alzarri Joseph struck back-to-back sixes off Nathan Lyon and Shamar Joseph hit three maximums in his 24 the end was inevitable.

    “We had to graft our way in both matches,” Cummins said. “I’m pretty proud. The new ball has been pretty tricky for both teams.

    “The pitch deteriorated a bit, so it got a bit simpler for our plans. We hit good areas ball after ball, and waited for the game to come to us.”

    (Reuters)

  • MIL-Evening Report: Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hunt, Senior Lecturer, Academic Chair, Food Science and Nutrition, Murdoch University

    Impressions/Getty Images

    Throughout my teenage years, our lounge room sang “Come and get it, come and get it” and all in earshot would carol back, “with Peter. Russell. Clarke!”

    The chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and illustrator, artist, cartoonist, TV presenter and media personality Peter Russell-Clarke has died after a stroke, aged 89. As Australia’s first television chef, he changed the way we thought about how to prepare food from local ingredients, championing food that was both healthy and tasty.

    Having always been fascinated by food, how it is produced and prepared, Russell-Clarke’s five minute program Come and Get It, which ran for 900 episodes over nine years from 1983 to 1992, had everything I was passionate about. He provided a lens into our food as it journeyed from farm to fork, a focus on healthy food – and, of course, a charismatic Aussie bloke at the helm.

    New flavours and new health messaging

    Television chefs and cooking show celebrities were not a thing in the 1980s.

    Reality TV had followed the adventures of naturalist Harry Butler and travel documentarians the Leyland Brothers from the mid-1970s, but we had not seen anything like Peter Russell-Clarke.

    On Come and Get It, Russell-Clarke shared his love of food with a smattering of classic Aussie idioms, a smile and a laugh.

    He was perhaps Australia’s first celebrity chef – and we couldn’t get enough.

    Come and Get It was launched at a time where our Australian diets were changing. Immigration in the 1970s and ‘80s saw a rise in Italian, Greek, Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese foods.

    Come and Get It included recipes with ingredients such as oxtail, tongue and lamb’s fry, but there was also chicken curry, bolognese pie, ravioli salad, dressed olives and vegetable fondue. Russell-Clarke even authored his own Italian cookbook.

    Not only were new and exotic foods available and new recipes passed about from treasured cookbooks, but we were becoming more aware of the impact of diet on our health. Iconic public health promotion campaigns were launched.

    In 1977, cartoon character Norm featured in the “Life be in it” campaign. He lay in his recliner, resting his TV remote on his “big stomach bones” and said, “I wouldn’t want to catch obesity.”

    In the 1980s we received our first version of the Healthy Eating Pyramid from the Australian Nutrition Foundation; the Heart Foundation Tick started to appear on food products; and a range of low-fat foods hit our shelves.

    Against this backdrop, Russell-Clarke was teaching kids and families where their food came from, the grass roots of it (literally), and how to prepare delicious and healthy meals.

    Russell-Clarke’s recipes tended towards fresh farm produce, and he avoided food waste. He strongly featured vegetables and would frequently talk about the health benefits of food.

    One of the family

    Russell-Clarke was the ambassador for many different agricultural products over the span of his career, including honey, trout and eggs.

    In my mind, he was inseparable from Philadelphia and Coon cheeses with his legendary “where’s the cheese?” catchphrase and promotion of the Australian dairy industry.

    I still have his Family Cook Book and use his recipes today. They actually work!

    The index, however, is terrible, largely because of his recipes start with “My” or “Peter’s”. For example, My Mum’s Muffins, My Weekend Soup, My Mate’s Bacon and Egg Muffins, My Dad’s Bubble and Squeak Fritters, Peter’s Salmon Patties and Peter’s Ripper Barbecue Sauce.

    To be honest, I don’t need that index anyway. I know where to find my go-to recipes; the pages naturally open there.

    First stop, his creamy chicken and broccoli casserole, which is still one of my feelgood favourites today.

    Possibly Russell-Clarke’s biggest gift to aspiring foodies was just that, the feelgood factor. Wholesome, delicious, feelgood food, prepared and presented in a way that made you feel like you were one of the family.

    Wendy Hunt receives funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Council and the Grains Research and Development Council.

    – ref. Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family – https://theconversation.com/peter-russell-clarkes-greatest-gift-was-how-he-made-you-feel-like-one-of-the-family-260587

    MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

  • MIL-Evening Report: Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hunt, Senior Lecturer, Academic Chair, Food Science and Nutrition, Murdoch University

    Impressions/Getty Images

    Throughout my teenage years, our lounge room sang “Come and get it, come and get it” and all in earshot would carol back, “with Peter. Russell. Clarke!”

    The chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and illustrator, artist, cartoonist, TV presenter and media personality Peter Russell-Clarke has died after a stroke, aged 89. As Australia’s first television chef, he changed the way we thought about how to prepare food from local ingredients, championing food that was both healthy and tasty.

    Having always been fascinated by food, how it is produced and prepared, Russell-Clarke’s five minute program Come and Get It, which ran for 900 episodes over nine years from 1983 to 1992, had everything I was passionate about. He provided a lens into our food as it journeyed from farm to fork, a focus on healthy food – and, of course, a charismatic Aussie bloke at the helm.

    New flavours and new health messaging

    Television chefs and cooking show celebrities were not a thing in the 1980s.

    Reality TV had followed the adventures of naturalist Harry Butler and travel documentarians the Leyland Brothers from the mid-1970s, but we had not seen anything like Peter Russell-Clarke.

    On Come and Get It, Russell-Clarke shared his love of food with a smattering of classic Aussie idioms, a smile and a laugh.

    He was perhaps Australia’s first celebrity chef – and we couldn’t get enough.

    Come and Get It was launched at a time where our Australian diets were changing. Immigration in the 1970s and ‘80s saw a rise in Italian, Greek, Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese foods.

    Come and Get It included recipes with ingredients such as oxtail, tongue and lamb’s fry, but there was also chicken curry, bolognese pie, ravioli salad, dressed olives and vegetable fondue. Russell-Clarke even authored his own Italian cookbook.

    Not only were new and exotic foods available and new recipes passed about from treasured cookbooks, but we were becoming more aware of the impact of diet on our health. Iconic public health promotion campaigns were launched.

    In 1977, cartoon character Norm featured in the “Life be in it” campaign. He lay in his recliner, resting his TV remote on his “big stomach bones” and said, “I wouldn’t want to catch obesity.”

    In the 1980s we received our first version of the Healthy Eating Pyramid from the Australian Nutrition Foundation; the Heart Foundation Tick started to appear on food products; and a range of low-fat foods hit our shelves.

    Against this backdrop, Russell-Clarke was teaching kids and families where their food came from, the grass roots of it (literally), and how to prepare delicious and healthy meals.

    Russell-Clarke’s recipes tended towards fresh farm produce, and he avoided food waste. He strongly featured vegetables and would frequently talk about the health benefits of food.

    One of the family

    Russell-Clarke was the ambassador for many different agricultural products over the span of his career, including honey, trout and eggs.

    In my mind, he was inseparable from Philadelphia and Coon cheeses with his legendary “where’s the cheese?” catchphrase and promotion of the Australian dairy industry.

    I still have his Family Cook Book and use his recipes today. They actually work!

    The index, however, is terrible, largely because of his recipes start with “My” or “Peter’s”. For example, My Mum’s Muffins, My Weekend Soup, My Mate’s Bacon and Egg Muffins, My Dad’s Bubble and Squeak Fritters, Peter’s Salmon Patties and Peter’s Ripper Barbecue Sauce.

    To be honest, I don’t need that index anyway. I know where to find my go-to recipes; the pages naturally open there.

    First stop, his creamy chicken and broccoli casserole, which is still one of my feelgood favourites today.

    Possibly Russell-Clarke’s biggest gift to aspiring foodies was just that, the feelgood factor. Wholesome, delicious, feelgood food, prepared and presented in a way that made you feel like you were one of the family.

    Wendy Hunt receives funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Council and the Grains Research and Development Council.

    – ref. Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family – https://theconversation.com/peter-russell-clarkes-greatest-gift-was-how-he-made-you-feel-like-one-of-the-family-260587

    MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

  • MIL-Evening Report: Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hunt, Senior Lecturer, Academic Chair, Food Science and Nutrition, Murdoch University

    Impressions/Getty Images

    Throughout my teenage years, our lounge room sang “Come and get it, come and get it” and all in earshot would carol back, “with Peter. Russell. Clarke!”

    The chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and illustrator, artist, cartoonist, TV presenter and media personality Peter Russell-Clarke has died after a stroke, aged 89. As Australia’s first television chef, he changed the way we thought about how to prepare food from local ingredients, championing food that was both healthy and tasty.

    Having always been fascinated by food, how it is produced and prepared, Russell-Clarke’s five minute program Come and Get It, which ran for 900 episodes over nine years from 1983 to 1992, had everything I was passionate about. He provided a lens into our food as it journeyed from farm to fork, a focus on healthy food – and, of course, a charismatic Aussie bloke at the helm.

    New flavours and new health messaging

    Television chefs and cooking show celebrities were not a thing in the 1980s.

    Reality TV had followed the adventures of naturalist Harry Butler and travel documentarians the Leyland Brothers from the mid-1970s, but we had not seen anything like Peter Russell-Clarke.

    On Come and Get It, Russell-Clarke shared his love of food with a smattering of classic Aussie idioms, a smile and a laugh.

    He was perhaps Australia’s first celebrity chef – and we couldn’t get enough.

    Come and Get It was launched at a time where our Australian diets were changing. Immigration in the 1970s and ‘80s saw a rise in Italian, Greek, Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese foods.

    Come and Get It included recipes with ingredients such as oxtail, tongue and lamb’s fry, but there was also chicken curry, bolognese pie, ravioli salad, dressed olives and vegetable fondue. Russell-Clarke even authored his own Italian cookbook.

    Not only were new and exotic foods available and new recipes passed about from treasured cookbooks, but we were becoming more aware of the impact of diet on our health. Iconic public health promotion campaigns were launched.

    In 1977, cartoon character Norm featured in the “Life be in it” campaign. He lay in his recliner, resting his TV remote on his “big stomach bones” and said, “I wouldn’t want to catch obesity.”

    In the 1980s we received our first version of the Healthy Eating Pyramid from the Australian Nutrition Foundation; the Heart Foundation Tick started to appear on food products; and a range of low-fat foods hit our shelves.

    Against this backdrop, Russell-Clarke was teaching kids and families where their food came from, the grass roots of it (literally), and how to prepare delicious and healthy meals.

    Russell-Clarke’s recipes tended towards fresh farm produce, and he avoided food waste. He strongly featured vegetables and would frequently talk about the health benefits of food.

    One of the family

    Russell-Clarke was the ambassador for many different agricultural products over the span of his career, including honey, trout and eggs.

    In my mind, he was inseparable from Philadelphia and Coon cheeses with his legendary “where’s the cheese?” catchphrase and promotion of the Australian dairy industry.

    I still have his Family Cook Book and use his recipes today. They actually work!

    The index, however, is terrible, largely because of his recipes start with “My” or “Peter’s”. For example, My Mum’s Muffins, My Weekend Soup, My Mate’s Bacon and Egg Muffins, My Dad’s Bubble and Squeak Fritters, Peter’s Salmon Patties and Peter’s Ripper Barbecue Sauce.

    To be honest, I don’t need that index anyway. I know where to find my go-to recipes; the pages naturally open there.

    First stop, his creamy chicken and broccoli casserole, which is still one of my feelgood favourites today.

    Possibly Russell-Clarke’s biggest gift to aspiring foodies was just that, the feelgood factor. Wholesome, delicious, feelgood food, prepared and presented in a way that made you feel like you were one of the family.

    Wendy Hunt receives funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Council and the Grains Research and Development Council.

    – ref. Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family – https://theconversation.com/peter-russell-clarkes-greatest-gift-was-how-he-made-you-feel-like-one-of-the-family-260587

    MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

  • MIL-Evening Report: Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hunt, Senior Lecturer, Academic Chair, Food Science and Nutrition, Murdoch University

    Impressions/Getty Images

    Throughout my teenage years, our lounge room sang “Come and get it, come and get it” and all in earshot would carol back, “with Peter. Russell. Clarke!”

    The chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and illustrator, artist, cartoonist, TV presenter and media personality Peter Russell-Clarke has died after a stroke, aged 89. As Australia’s first television chef, he changed the way we thought about how to prepare food from local ingredients, championing food that was both healthy and tasty.

    Having always been fascinated by food, how it is produced and prepared, Russell-Clarke’s five minute program Come and Get It, which ran for 900 episodes over nine years from 1983 to 1992, had everything I was passionate about. He provided a lens into our food as it journeyed from farm to fork, a focus on healthy food – and, of course, a charismatic Aussie bloke at the helm.

    New flavours and new health messaging

    Television chefs and cooking show celebrities were not a thing in the 1980s.

    Reality TV had followed the adventures of naturalist Harry Butler and travel documentarians the Leyland Brothers from the mid-1970s, but we had not seen anything like Peter Russell-Clarke.

    On Come and Get It, Russell-Clarke shared his love of food with a smattering of classic Aussie idioms, a smile and a laugh.

    He was perhaps Australia’s first celebrity chef – and we couldn’t get enough.

    Come and Get It was launched at a time where our Australian diets were changing. Immigration in the 1970s and ‘80s saw a rise in Italian, Greek, Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese foods.

    Come and Get It included recipes with ingredients such as oxtail, tongue and lamb’s fry, but there was also chicken curry, bolognese pie, ravioli salad, dressed olives and vegetable fondue. Russell-Clarke even authored his own Italian cookbook.

    Not only were new and exotic foods available and new recipes passed about from treasured cookbooks, but we were becoming more aware of the impact of diet on our health. Iconic public health promotion campaigns were launched.

    In 1977, cartoon character Norm featured in the “Life be in it” campaign. He lay in his recliner, resting his TV remote on his “big stomach bones” and said, “I wouldn’t want to catch obesity.”

    In the 1980s we received our first version of the Healthy Eating Pyramid from the Australian Nutrition Foundation; the Heart Foundation Tick started to appear on food products; and a range of low-fat foods hit our shelves.

    Against this backdrop, Russell-Clarke was teaching kids and families where their food came from, the grass roots of it (literally), and how to prepare delicious and healthy meals.

    Russell-Clarke’s recipes tended towards fresh farm produce, and he avoided food waste. He strongly featured vegetables and would frequently talk about the health benefits of food.

    One of the family

    Russell-Clarke was the ambassador for many different agricultural products over the span of his career, including honey, trout and eggs.

    In my mind, he was inseparable from Philadelphia and Coon cheeses with his legendary “where’s the cheese?” catchphrase and promotion of the Australian dairy industry.

    I still have his Family Cook Book and use his recipes today. They actually work!

    The index, however, is terrible, largely because of his recipes start with “My” or “Peter’s”. For example, My Mum’s Muffins, My Weekend Soup, My Mate’s Bacon and Egg Muffins, My Dad’s Bubble and Squeak Fritters, Peter’s Salmon Patties and Peter’s Ripper Barbecue Sauce.

    To be honest, I don’t need that index anyway. I know where to find my go-to recipes; the pages naturally open there.

    First stop, his creamy chicken and broccoli casserole, which is still one of my feelgood favourites today.

    Possibly Russell-Clarke’s biggest gift to aspiring foodies was just that, the feelgood factor. Wholesome, delicious, feelgood food, prepared and presented in a way that made you feel like you were one of the family.

    Wendy Hunt receives funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Council and the Grains Research and Development Council.

    – ref. Peter Russell-Clarke’s greatest gift was how he made you feel like one of the family – https://theconversation.com/peter-russell-clarkes-greatest-gift-was-how-he-made-you-feel-like-one-of-the-family-260587

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  • Switzerland beat Iceland 2-0 to keep alive Women’s Euro knockout hopes

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Geraldine Reuteler got the opening goal and Alayah Pilgrim scored a late second as hosts Switzerland beat Iceland 2-0 on Sunday to keep alive their hopes of a place in the knockout stage by registering their first win in Group A at the Women’s Euros.

    The result means Norway, who beat Finland 2-1 earlier on Sunday, will go through as group winners, while the Swiss will play Finland in their final group game in Geneva on Wednesday with second place and a spot in the last eight up for grabs.

    Iceland became the first team to be eliminated from the competition.

    “We wanted to win that game and we got carried by our fans. In the end we created the chances needed to win… I am so happy,” Swiss captain Lia Walti said.

    The tropical heat of the last week gave way to a cool evening and a light but persistent rain that made the pitch slick and slippery, raising the stakes for the two sides, neither of whom had much margin for error after losing their opening group games.

    There were ominous signs for the hosts in the first minute when Ingibjorg Sigurdarsdottir sent a thunderous shot off the crossbar, shocking the majority of the 29,658 fans in attendance.

    The Swiss had the ball in the net on the half-hour mark after Svenja Foelmli’s header was helped into her own goal by Glodis Viggosdottir, but the strike was ruled out after a VAR review found that Foelmli had committed a foul in the build-up.

    It took until the 76th minute for Reuteler to break the deadlock in a tough, tense encounter as Iceland lost the ball in midfield and Sydney Schertenlieb slid it into her path to fire home confidently, capping off another superb individual display.

    Substitute Pilgrim then wrapped up the three points with a deflected shot that flew into the net to send the crowd into a frenzy, with the promise of another big night of football for the hosts on the immediate horizon.

    “When we scored the first goal, the 1-0, it was a fantastic feeling — now there are 30,000 in the stands who are celebrating for us. It’s a good feeling, it was overwhelming in a way. It just exploded in here,” Swiss midfielder Smilla Valotto told reporters.

    “That was up and down and back and forth. It was a fight and, at the end of the day, I think we did well,” Swiss coach Pia Sundhage said with a mixture of elation and relief.

    “It’s difficult to play against Iceland because of all the duels, they’re good in the air. But we met that and we managed to do so with a clean sheet and score two goals, we are very happy about that.”

    Sundhage said she would have no problem getting her squad to focus on the next task against Finland.

    “I feel that the team is getting tighter and tighter. And that’s very important in order to win anything, believing each other, and believe that you can win,” she told reporters.

    (Reuters)

  • Wimbledon expansion plan goes into legal tie-break

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Wimbledon fans will have eyes only for the tennis this week but for those who run the world’s oldest and most prestigious Grand Slam, the real high-stakes contest will unfold not on their grass, but in London’s Royal Courts of Justice.

    On one side of the legal net is the campaign group Save Wimbledon Park, while facing them in a judicial review of their ambitious expansion plan on Tuesday and Wednesday will be the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC).

    It is the latest stage of a long-running fight that has split the south-west London “village”, which has been home to the Championships since 1877.

    Last September the AELTC secured planning permission from the Greater London Authority (GLA) to treble the size of the main site to include 39 new courts including an 8,000-seat show court by redeveloping a former golf course on parkland land it already owns.

    The 200-million-pound ($272.92-million) expansion aims to increase daily capacity to 50,000 people from the current 42,000, upgrade facilities and move the qualifying rounds on site to mirror the Australian, French, and U.S. Opens.

    The plans have the backing of several leading players, including Novak Djokovic, and 62% of 10,000 residents in Merton and Wandsworth, the London boroughs that share the new site, also support the scheme, according to the AELTC.

    “Our confidence in the development and the proposals that we’ve been working on for many years is as strong as it ever has been,” Wimbledon tournament director Jamie Baker told Reuters.

    “For the championships to continue to be in the position that it is and to deliver all the benefits to stakeholders including the local community it is vital that we are able to stage the tournament on one site and bring all the grounds together.”

    However, this week’s judicial review will decide whether the GLA’s decision to grant planning permission was unlawful.

    Opponents of the development, including Thelma Ruby, a 100-year-old former actress who lives in a flat overlooking the park, and West Hill Ward Councillor Malcolm Grimston, say the club’s plans will cause environmental damage and major disruption to the area.

    “It’s terribly important that it does not go ahead not just for myself but for the whole planet and future generations,” Ruby told Reuters.

    “I overlook this beautiful landscape and there are all sorts of covenants that say you mustn’t build on it, and yet the tennis people have this unnecessary plan they admit will cut down all these glorious trees, which will harm wildlife.

    “They’re using concrete, building roads, they’re going to have lorries polluting and passing my window every 10 minutes. The whole area will be in chaos as they’re closing off roads,” she said.

    Save Wimbledon Park says the GLA failed to consider covenants that were agreed by the AELTC, including restrictions on redeveloping the land, when it bought the Wimbledon Park golf course freehold from Merton council in 1993 for 5.2 million pounds.

    The AELTC paid a reported 63.5 million pounds to buy the Golf Club’s lease, which was due to run until 2041.

    The campaign group also believes the GLA failed to consider the land’s statutory Public Recreation Trust status which means it should be held as “public walks or pleasure grounds”.

    “It is not antipathy towards the AELTC that’s driving this, as some of the benefits are real, such as the extension of lake,” councillor Grimston told Reuters.

    “The problem is that it will treble the footprint of the current Championship and turn what currently has very much a feel of being rural England and a gentle pace of life into an industrial complex that would dominate the views of the lake.

    “That’s why it’s classified as Metropolitan Open Land, which is the urban equivalent of the green belt that has been protected for many decades in planning law in the UK and rightly so,” he said.

    The AELTC say the plans will improve the biodiversity of the park, as well as bringing parts of it back into public use.

    “The London Wildlife trust have endorsed the plans, they’ve spent many hours scrutinising our analysis and our expert views,” the AELTC’s head of corporate affairs Dominic Foster said.

    “We know that this expansion will deliver a very significant benefit to biodiversity, whereas golf courses are not good for biodiversity.”

    (Reuters)

  • MIL-OSI China: Naval fleet led by aircraft carrier Shandong concludes Hong Kong visit

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    An aerial drone photo taken on July 4, 2025 shows visitors on-board the aircraft carrier Shandong anchored in Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China. [Photo/Xinhua]

    A fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, departed south China’s Hong Kong on Monday morning, wrapping up a five-day visit.

    The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government organized a farewell ceremony at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base.

    Early that morning, locals and student representatives gathered at the dock of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison’s naval base in Stonecutters Island, where the Zhanjiang missile destroyer and the Yuncheng missile frigate were prepared for departure. In the vibrant waters of Victoria Harbor, the aircraft carrier Shandong and the Yan’an missile destroyer displayed signal flags stating “Thanks for your support” and “Serving the people.”

    Around 10 a.m., the farewell ceremony began, during which the fleet’s commander expressed sincere gratitude to the HKSAR government and the public for their warm welcome. Guests of honor took part in a memorable photo session, capturing the moment.

    After the ceremony, the Zhanjiang and Yuncheng sounded their naval whistles, and the crew lined the sides to wave goodbye to the crowd on the dock. The two vessels then departed to join the Shandong and Yan’an in a designated sea area, escorted by HKSAR helicopters and vessels.

    Throughout their visit, the naval fleet engaged in a variety of activities, including a deck reception, ship tours, training demonstrations, national defense lectures, and cultural exchanges. These events ignited enthusiasm and patriotism among Hong Kong residents.

    Young students proudly unfurled a large national flag on the deck of Shandong, while the elderly moved to tears stood aboard the ships. Residents joined the officers in singing songs, and the dock’s message wall was filled with blessings for the nation and expressions of gratitude for the PLA.

    Statistics indicate that over 30,000 people visited the naval vessels during the fleet’s stay, creating cherished memories for both the naval personnel and their Hong Kong compatriots.

    MIL OSI China News –

  • Sabalenka stands tall, Norrie survives to reach Wimbledon quarter-finals

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka and men’s defending champion Carlos Alcaraz both survived tough tests to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals and Cameron Norrie kept alive British singles hopes after surviving a five-set thriller on Sunday.

    Sabalenka ruined home favourite Emma Raducanu’s dream in the previous round but had the Centre Court crowd cheering her on as she beat Elise Mertens 6-4 7-6(4) in a high-quality duel.

    Wimbledon’s new automated line-calling technology came under fire after an embarrassing malfunction robbed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of a point during her last-16 victory over Britain’s Sonay Kartal on Centre Court.

    Spaniard Alcaraz came through a ferocious firefight against Russian 14th seed Andrey Rublev 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 6-4 to stay on course for a third successive title.

    “Andrey is one of the most powerful players we have on Tour and is so aggressive with the ball. He forces you to the limit on each point,” Alcaraz, bidding to become only the fourth man to win back-to-back French Open and Wimbledon titles multiple times, said on court.

    The 22-year-old second seed extended his current winning streak to 22 matches and will take on Norrie for a place in the semi-finals after the unseeded Briton soaked up 46 aces from towering Chilean Nicolas Jarry to win a feisty Court One battle 6-3 7-6(4) 6-7(7) 6-7(5) 6-3.

    While Alcaraz seeks a Wimbledon hat-trick, Sabalenka is eyeing her first title on the London lawns after missing last year’s tournament with injury and the 2022 edition due to the ban on Russian and Belarusian players, and the 27-year-old made a fast start against Mertens.

    Sabalenka, who claimed doubles titles at the U.S. Open and Australian Open partnering Mertens, was then put through the wringer before raising her level to prevail.

    The victory improved her win-loss record against Belgian Mertens to 11-2 and she said the growing adoration of the crowd made a big difference after fans were on the other side of the fence when she met Raducanu on Friday.

    “I definitely felt the support. It was so amazing playing and feeling the support. I didn’t have to pretend that they were cheering for me because they were really cheering for me,” said Sabalenka, who will face the 37-year-old German Laura Siegemund in the quarter-finals.

    “What can be better than that? I really enjoyed it. I hope it can stay the same all the way, and they help me energy-wise to stay strong and to face all of the challenges.”

    HEAVY SHOWERS

    Siegemund, the second-oldest player to start in the women’s draw this year, swatted aside plucky Argentine lucky loser Solana Sierra with a 6-3 6-2 victory in a Court Two match interrupted by the heavy showers that prompted organisers to shut the roofs for the day’s play on Centre Court and Court One.

    While Sierra was the first lucky loser to reach the last 16 in the professional era, Siegemund created her own slice of history by becoming the oldest woman to reach her first Wimbledon quarter-final.

    Explaining her run, Siegemund said it was simple.

    “It’s like you have an opponent. Either you find good solutions and you execute well, you go forward, or you don’t, and you don’t go forward. So it’s very simple,” she said.

    Sierra’s fellow South American, Jarry, fought back brilliantly against Norrie after saving a match point in the third-set tiebreak but fell short in a needle match.

    Jarry seemed irritated at times during the heat of battle and the players exchanged words at the end.

    “Cameron played unbelievable. Not unbelievable, played great. He did his job. He plays like that,” said qualifier Jarry, whose total ace count reached a tournament-leading 111.

    Asked what happened, Norrie said there had been no problem.

    “I think he just said I was being a little bit too vocal,” he said. “Honestly, nothing but credit to Nico for his performance. I guess we both really wanted to win.”

    Norrie, a 2022 semi-finalist, is the last British hope after the unseeded Kartal’s run ended with a 7-6(3) 6-4 defeat by experienced Russian Pavlyuchenkova.

    The big talking point in that match was the malfunction of the Electronic Line Calling system, which left the Russian former French Open runner-up seething after being robbed of a game point at 4-4 in the opening set when there was no ‘out’ call despite a Kartal shot landing over the baseline.

    Umpire Nico Helwerth sought advice from tournament organisers via telephone and then ruled that the point should be replayed, with Pavlyuchenkova going on to have her serve broken.

    “We were waiting for a decision as the system was down, but I was expecting to hear if they said the ball was in or out,” she said. “I expected a different decision. I just thought also the chair umpire could take the initiative.

    “That’s why he’s there sitting on the chair. He also saw it (was) out, he told me after the match. I thought he would do that, but he didn’t. I think it’s also difficult for him. He probably was scared to take such a big decision.”

    Organisers said it had been caused by the system being ‘deactivated in error’.

    American fifth seed Taylor Fritz marched on after his Australian opponent Jordan Thompson retired with a thigh injury at 6-1 3-0 down in their fourth-round meeting.

    Up next for Fritz is a meeting with Russian 17th seed Karen Khachanov who thumped Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak 6-4 6-2 6-3.

    Fritz is not the only American to reach the quarter-finals, after 13th seed Amanda Anisimova beat Linda Noskova 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the day’s final action.

    (Reuters)