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  • MIL-OSI Economics: How startups are using AI to support healthcare providers and patients

    Source: Microsoft

    Headline: How startups are using AI to support healthcare providers and patients

    Healthcare is constantly evolving, driven by the need to improve patient outcomes and in so doing the delivery of healthcare itself. With the power of AI, the potential to leverage health data in a meaningful way grows exponentially, both in terms of our ability to understand health-related data as well as the potential impact that deeper understanding holds for the delivery of patient care.

    “If all of this data is being captured already, then why is it that still up to 90% of the patients are being left untreated or undertreated?” said Vibhor Gupta, PhD, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pangaea Data. “For me, it was important to do something about it.”

    Pangaea Data is at the forefront of using AI at the point of care, leveraging cutting-edge technology to address some of the most pressing challenges. Harnessing the power of Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA, the startup ensures that healthcare providers are empowered to diagnose and treat their patients more effectively—and more personally.

    “An AI-powered clinician will only be a better clinician,” said Monica Mok, Biomedical Analyst at Pangaea Data. “It’ll be a clinician that has more brain capacity to actually talk to you, to understand you, to be more empathetic, to actually think, and be supported in the decision making and personalize their treatments for you.”

    Combining the practice of medicine with the power of AI

    Pangaea Data’s flagship AI platform, PALLUX, is designed to mimic the decision-making process of physicians, integrating vast amounts of medical knowledge and patient data to provide real-time insights. This technology empowers clinicians to make informed decisions, helping patients receive the best care possible.

    By leveraging technology to help surface insights—in real time—at the point of care, Pangaea Data enables clinicians to focus on building human connections with their patients.

    “As we think about how healthcare needs to evolve, this will be a critical component,” said David Rhew, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Microsoft. “We know that technology can help. We know that Pangaea Data solutions work. But we also have to find ways to make this workflow compatible. And that means we have to think about how all these different systems work together.”

    Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA GPUs play a crucial role in enabling PALLUX to perform complex reasoning and deliver real-time responses to clinicians. The combination of Azure’s compliance across different countries and territories and NVIDIA’s powerful GPUs ensures that the platform is both trusted and efficient. 

    Learn more about how Pangaea Data, supported by Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), is revolutionizing healthcare by providing innovative solutions that improve patient care and streamline processes. Their work exemplifies the power of technology in transforming industries and making a positive impact on people’s lives.

    Interested in hearing from other Catalysts?

    True innovation happens when startups are able to harness the power of Microsoft Azure Infrastructure coupled with NVIDIA AI solutions to spark industry-disrupting breakthroughs. Watch the Catalyst series to see how today’s boldest innovators are building the future, unlocking what is possible—and to provide inspiration for your startup to catalyze change.

    Get started with Microsoft for Startups today 

    MIL OSI Economics –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Xi Jinping inspects manufacturing plant in Shanxi province

    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

    YANGQUAN, SHANXI PROVINCE, July 7 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected a valve manufacturing enterprise in Yangquan, north China’s Shanxi Province, on Monday afternoon, where he learned about the province’s efforts to accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading and promote high-quality development.

    While visiting Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd., Xi Jinping inspected the production workshop and product exhibition of the company, and had a warm conversation with workers. –0–

    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 OSI Russia News –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Xi Jinping honors fallen heroes of resistance against Japanese aggression /more details/

    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

    YANGQUAN, SHANXI PROVINCE, July 7 (Xinhua) — General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping paid tribute to the heroes who died in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments during the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression during an inspection tour of Yangquan City, north China’s Shanxi Province, on Monday.

    Xi Jinping arrived at the square near the monument to the heroes of the “Battle of the Hundred Regiments,” laid a basket of flowers in memory of the fallen soldiers and visited the memorial museum of this major military operation.

    The general secretary of the CPC Central Committee once again recalled the glorious history of the Chinese Communist Party uniting the people and the army in a fierce struggle against Japanese aggression. Xi Jinping also learned how revolutionary history education is being carried out at local levels and the spirit of the great Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is being preserved and passed on. –0–

    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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    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Submissions: West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising – and four ways to respond

    Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Olayinka Ajala, Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University

    More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country’s military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi.

    The same group launched an attack on the historic city of Timbuktu. The Malian army claimed it repelled the Timbuktu attack and killed 14 terrorists.

    Terrorist groups have attacked Boulikessi in large numbers before. In October 2019, 25 Malian soldiers were killed. The target was a G5 Sahel force military camp.

    Timbuktu has been in the sights of terrorist groups since 2012. JNIM laid siege to the city for several months in 2023. Timbuktu has a major airport and a key military base.

    In neighbouring Burkina Faso, there have been running battles in recent months between the military and terrorist groups. About 40% of the country is under the control of groups linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State. Military bases in the country have also been targeted.

    Mali and Burkina Faso are under military rule. Insecurity, especially increasing terrorist attacks, were key reasons the military juntas gave for seizing power in both countries.

    I have been researching terrorism and the formation of insurgent groups in west Africa and the Sahel for over a decade. What I am observing is that the terrorist groups are becoming more daring and constantly changing tactics, with increased attacks on military camps across the region.

    Military camps are attacked to lower the morale of the soldiers and steal ammunition. It also sends a message to locals that military forces are incapable of protecting civilians.

    I believe there are four main reasons for an increase in large scale attacks on military bases in the region:

    • the loss of the US drone base in Niger, which has made surveillance difficult

    • an increase in human rights abuses carried out in the name of counter terrorism

    • a lack of a coordinated approach to counter terrorism

    • constant changes of tactics by the terrorists.

    Identifying and addressing these issues are important to counter the trend.

    Why are the attacks increasing?

    First is the loss of the US drone base in Agadez, Republic of Niger, in 2024 after the military seized power in the country.

    I was initially sceptical when the drone base was commissioned in 2019. But it has in fact acted as a deterrent to terrorist groups.

    Terrorist organisations operating in the Sahel knew they were being watched by drones operating from the base. They were aware surveillance information was shared with member states. The loss of the base has reduced reconnaissance and surveillance activities in the region.

    Second, an increase in human rights abuse in the fight against terrorism in the region is dividing communities and increasing recruitment into terrorist groups. A report by Human Rights Watch in May 2025 accused the Burkina Faso military and allied militias of killing more than 130 civilians during counter-terrorism operations.

    The report argued that members of the Fulani ethnic group were targeted in the operations because they were perceived to have relationships with terrorist groups. Terrorist groups are known to use such incidents to win the hearts and minds of local populations.

    Third, the lack of a coordinated approach to counter terrorism in the region is reversing the gains made in the last decade. Major developments have included the dissolving of the G5 Sahel. This grouping was created in 2014 to enhance security coordination between members. The members were Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad and Niger. The organisation launched joint counter-terrorism missions across member states but was dissolved in December 2023 after Niger and Burkina Faso withdrew.

    The weakening of the Multinational Joint Task Force due to the military coup in Niger and the countries’ strategic repositioning is undermining counter-terrorism initiatives. Task force members were Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Benin.

    The mandate of the task force is to combat Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating around the Lake Chad basin. After its establishment in 2015 the task force achieved significant progress. In January 2025, Niger suspended its membership, putting the fight against terrorism in the region in jeopardy.

    Fourth, terrorist groups in the region are becoming more sophisticated in their approach. In April 2025, JNIM terrorists were suspected of launching a suicide drone attack on Togolese military positions.

    For its part, the military in the Sahelian countries are struggling to adapt to the terrorists’ new tactics. In the last few years, there has been a proliferation of drones in Africa by states and non-state actors.

    Halting the trend

    To combat the increasing attacks by terrorist groups, especially large-scale attacks on military positions, four immediate steps are necessary.

    First, nation states need to invest in surveillance capabilities. The loss of the drone base in Niger means Sahelian states must urgently find new ways of gathering and sharing intelligence. The topography of the region, which is mainly flat, with scattered vegetation, is an advantage as reconnaissance drones can easily detect suspicious movements, terrorist camps and travel routes.

    There is also a need to regulate the use of drones in the region to prevent use by non-state actors.

    In addition, countries fighting terrorism must find a way to improve the relationship between the military (and allied militias) and people affected by terrorism. My latest publication on the issue shows that vigilante groups engaged by the military forces are sometimes complicit in human rights abuse.

    Training on human rights is essential for military forces and allied militias.

    Terrorism funding avenues must be identified and blocked. Large scale terrorist attacks involve planning, training and resources. Funding from illegal mining, trafficking and kidnapping must be identified and eradicated. This will also include intelligence sharing between nation states.

    Finally, the Sahelian countries must find a mechanism to work with the Economic Community of West African States.

    As the numbers and intensity of terrorist activities are increasing across the Sahel, immediate action is necessary to combat this trend.

    Olayinka Ajala 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. West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising – and four ways to respond – https://theconversation.com/west-africa-terror-why-attacks-on-military-bases-are-rising-and-four-ways-to-respond-258622

    MIL OSI –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Submissions: Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place?

    Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Luca Bussotti, Professor at the PhD Course in Peace, Democracy, Social Movements and Human Development, Universidade Técnica de Moçambique (UDM)

    Samora Moisés Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born in 1933 in Gaza province, in the south of the country. He died in an unexplained plane crash on 19 October 1986, in Mbuzini, South Africa.

    Authoritarian and popular, humble and arrogant, visionary and tactical. All these words have been used to describe Machel. Despite these contradictions, there was one quality that everyone recognised in him: his charisma. At the time this gift wasn’t lacking in many political leaders of emerging countries, especially those of Marxist-Leninist inspiration. Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro above all.

    Their common faith went beyond any personal or family interest. It was a faith for the progress of humanity, for the liberation of oppressed peoples from the colonial yoke, from the chains of capitalism and from traditional values and practices considered regressive.

    Machel’s enlightenment programme was as fascinating as it was difficult to achieve in Mozambique in the mid-1970s. Small farmers, with all their “traditional” beliefs, made up the majority of the population. It was a political battle for social justice as well as a cultural crusade.

    Machel’s speech on 25 June 1975, at the Machava Stadium in Maputo, proclaiming Mozambique’s independence from Portugal, highlighted the contradictions. The new head of state addressed the “workers”, who represented a small minority of the Mozambican people. At the same time, he called for freedom from colonial-capitalist oppression and the effective, total independence of the new country, already identifying its possible enemies: the unproductive and exploitative bourgeoisie.

    The task of nation-building

    Machel’s charisma recalled that of the proto-nationalist hero Gungunhana, who had tried to resist the Portuguese occupation at the end of the 19th century. Machel’s grandfather, Maguivelani, was related to the “terrible” Gungunhana, the last emperor of Gaza, who was defeated in 1895 by Mouzinho de Albuquerque after years of struggle. He was deported to Portugal, where he died in 1906.

    Paradoxically, the anti-traditionalist Machel was the descendant of a great traditional chief. This heritage played a role in shaping his personality and political action.

    Machel’s main task was to build a nation that only existed because of political unification under the Portuguese. The initial choices, embedded in the Cold War atmosphere, forced the nationalist Machel to opt for a rapprochement with the Soviet Union. Mozambique formally adopted a Marxist-Leninist doctrine at its Third Congress in 1977.

    That approach meant political intolerance and the repression of “dissidents”, as well as the marginalisation of certain ethnic groups, above all the Amakhuwa people, who did not sympathise with Machel’s party, Frelimo.

    The forces opposed to the Marxist-Leninist solution expected democratic elections to be held after the proclamation of independence from Portugal. But this opportunity never came. Portugal handed over power to Frelimo (Lusaka Accords, 1974), ignoring the existence of other political groups.

    The treatment of leaders who opposed Frelimo’s vision was harsh. On their return from abroad, many were imprisoned in concentration camps in the north of the country.

    They included the resistance leader Joana Simeão, along with others such as Uria Simango, former vice-president of Frelimo, his wife, Celina Simango, and Lázaro Kavandame, the former Makonde leader who left Frelimo because he didn’t agree with its political line.

    They were put on arbitrary trial and executed. The dates and the method of execution are still officially unknown, despite the former president Joaquim Chissano’s public apology, in 2014, for these deaths.

    About a year after independence, an armed opposition, Renamo, was formed. It was financed first by Ian Smith’s Southern Rhodesian government, and then by the South African apartheid regime.

    Renamo, contrary to Machel’s expectations, had a solid popular base in central and northern Mozambique, especially among peasant populations who had expressed opposition to the policies of collectivisation and cooperation imposed by the Marxist-Leninist government.

    And it was war which led Machel to a controversial agreement with the South African apartheid enemy. The Nkomati Accords, signed in 1984, provided for the end of Mozambique’s logistical support to the exiled African National Congress in Mozambique and South Africa’s military and financial support to Renamo.

    This agreement did not bring peace. On the contrary, the war intensified, as the South African regime continued to finance Renamo.

    Machel died in 1986, with the war still raging, unable to see the end of a conflict that had devastated Mozambique and which defeated the socialist principles.

    The General Peace Accords between the Mozambican government, represented by the president, Chissano, and Renamo, represented by its leader, Afonso Dhlakama, were only signed in Rome in 1992.

    End of an era

    Machel took the first, important steps towards a rapprochement with the west, as demonstrated by his visit to Ronald Reagan in Washington in September 1985.

    It can be said that with his death the First Mozambican Republic ended, with all its positive and negative elements. The dream of building a fair Mozambique with an equitable distribution of national wealth came to an end.

    Machel had worked hard to ensure that health, education, transport, water and energy were distributed equally among Mozambicans. A poor but fair welfare state was born. But it was quickly dismantled in the years following his death. The Mozambican state had very few resources to devote to the welfare state. The rest was done by the rapid abandonment of an ideology, the socialist ideology, which by then the Frelimo elite no longer believed in.

    In addition, international financial institutions entered the country, with the notorious structural adjustment policies, as early as 1987.

    Corruption, which Machel sought to combat with various measures, and which he addressed at many of his rallies, spread across the country and all its institutions. The Frelimo political elite soon became the richest slice of the nation.

    Several observers began to speak of a kleptocracy. The country suffered from continuous corruption scandals. One of the biggest became known as “hidden debt,” in which the political elite, including one of ex-president Armando Guebuza’s sons and former intelligence chief, Gregório Leão, were convicted of a scheme that cost the public treasury more than US$2 billion.

    However, the main defeat was the fall of an inapplicable socialism.

    The adoption of a capitalist, liberal and democratic model, at least formally, put an end to the arbitrary violations of human rights as in the age of the socialist state, such as “Operation Production” of 1983. The programme aimed to move “unproductive” people living in cities to the countryside to promote agricultural production.

    In reality, it turned into arbitrary detentions and displacement of entire families, increasing the systematic violation of human rights by the state.

    At the same time, the end of socialism meant democratic openness. Since the 1990 constitution, Mozambique has had as its fundamental principles respect for civil and political freedoms based on the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. Still, socio-economic rights have been denied as a result of the dismantling of the welfare state.

    How he’s remembered

    Today, many people miss Machel’s rule. Those who were close to him, such as José Óscar Monteiro, the former interior minister, recall him as an ethical statesman, intolerant of corruption and abuses against “his” people. So do some of the international media.

    Others, since the 1980s, such as Amnesty International, have denounced the serious violations of the most basic human rights by the Mozambican government and its leader.

    What remains of Machel today is above all his ethical teaching. He died poor, committed to the cause of his nation, leaving his heirs moral prestige.

    It is curious that his figure is associated, even in musical compositions by contemporary rappers from Mozambique, with his historical enemy, Dhlakama, who died in 2018.

    This popular tribute is proof of the distance between the country’s current ruling class and a “people” who are looking to the charismatic figure of Venâncio Mondlane, the so-called “people’s president”. But that’s another story that won’t fit here.

    Luca Bussotti 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. Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place? – https://theconversation.com/samora-machels-vision-for-mozambique-didnt-survive-what-has-taken-its-place-260110

    MIL OSI –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Submissions: Alcohol and colonialism: the curious story of the Bulawayo beer gardens

    Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Maurice Hutton, Research Associate, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester

    Kontuthu Ziyathunqa – Smoke Rising – was what they used to call Bulawayo when the city was the industrial powerhouse of Zimbabwe. Now, many of its factories lie dormant or derelict. The daily torrent of workers flowing eastward at dawn, and back out to the high-density western suburbs at dusk, has diminished to a trickle.

    But there is an intriguing industrial-era institution that lives on in most of the older western suburbs (formerly called townships). It is the municipal beer hall or beer garden, built in the colonial days for the racially segregated African worker communities. There are dozens of these halls and garden complexes, still serving customers and emitting muffled sounds of merriment to this day.



    Read more:
    Mbare Art Space: a colonial beer hall in Zimbabwe has become a vibrant arts centre

    Like other urban areas in Rhodesia (colonial Zimbabwe), Bulawayo was informally segregated from its inception, and more formally segregated after the second world war. Under British rule (1893-1965) and then independent white minority rule (1965-1980), municipal drinking amenities were built in the townships to maintain control of African drinking and sociality. At the same time, they raised much-needed revenue for township welfare and recreational services.



    Read more:
    Zimbabwe’s economy crashed – so how do citizens still cling to myths of urban and economic success?

    I researched the history of these beer halls and gardens as part of my PhD project on the development of the segregated African townships in late colonial Bulawayo. As my historical account shows, they played a key role in the contested township development process.

    From beer halls to beer gardens

    Bulawayo’s oldest and most famous beer hall, MaKhumalo, also known as Big Bhawa, was built more than a century ago. It still stands at the heart of the historic Makokoba neighbourhood. It’s enormous, but austere, and in the early days it was oppressively managed. Drinkers would describe feeling like prisoners there.

    The more picturesque beer gardens began to emerge in the 1950s, reflecting the developmental idealism of Hugh Ashton. The Lesotho-born anthropologist was educated at the Universities of Oxford, London and Cape Town, and took up the new directorship of African administration in Bulawayo in 1949.

    He was tuned into new anthropological ideas about social change, as well as developmental ideas spreading through postwar colonial administrations – about “stabilising” and “detribalising” African workers to create a more passive and productive urban working class. He saw a reformed municipal beer system as a key tool for achieving these goals.

    Ashton wanted to make the beer system more legitimate and the venues more community-building. He proposed constructing beer garden complexes with trees, rocks, games facilities, food stalls and events like “traditional dancing”. So the atmosphere would be convivial and respectable, but also controllable, enticing all classes and boosting profits to fund better social services. As we shall see, this strategy was full of contradictions…

    Industrial beer brewing

    MaKhumalo, MaMkhwananzi, MaNdlovu, MaSilela. These beer garden names, emblazoned on the beer dispensaries that stick up above the ramparts of each garden complex, referenced the role that women traditionally played in beer brewing in southern Africa. This helped authenticate the council’s “home brew”.

    But the reality was that the beer was now produced in a massive industrial brewery managed by a Polish man. It was piped down from steel tanks at the tops of the dispensary buildings into the plastic mugs of thirsty punters at small bar windows below. (It was also sold in plastic calabashes and cardboard cartons.)

    And the beer garden bureaucracy, which offered a rare opportunity for African men to attain higher-grade public sector jobs, became increasingly complex and strictly audited.

    As the townships rapidly expanded, with beer gardens dotted about them, sales of the council’s “traditional” beer – the quality of which Ashton and his staff obsessed over – went up and up.

    Extensive beer advertising in the council’s free magazine mixed symbols of tradition (beer as food) with symbols of modern middle-classness.

    Beer monopoly system

    The system’s success relied on the Bulawayo council having a monopoly on the sale of so-called “native beer”. This traditional brew is typically made by malting, mashing, boiling and then fermenting sorghum, millet or maize grains. Racialised Rhodesian liquor laws restricted African access to “European” beers, wines and spirits.

    So, the beer hall or garden was the only public venue where Africans could legally drink (apart from a tiny elite, for whom a few exclusive “cocktail lounges” were built). The council cracked down harshly on “liquor offences” like home brewing.

    This beer monopoly system was quite prevalent in southern and eastern Africa, though rarely at the scale to which it grew in Bulawayo. Nearly everywhere, the system caused resentment among African townspeople, and so it became politically charged.

    In several colonies, beer halls became sites of protest, or were boycotted (most famously in South Africa). And they usually faced stiff competition from illicit drinking dens known as shebeens.

    In Bulawayo, the more the city council “improved” its beer system after the Second World War, the more contradictory the system became. It actively encouraged mass consumption of “traditional” beer, so that funds could be raised for “modern” health, housing and welfare services in the townships. Ashton himself was painfully aware of the contradictions.

    In his guest introduction to a 1974 ethnographic monograph on Bulawayo’s beer gardens, he wrote:

    The ambivalence of my position is obvious. How can one maintain a healthy community and a healthy profit at one and the same time? I can almost hear the critical reader questioning my morality and even my sanity. And why not? I have often done so myself.

    Many citizen groups – both African and European – questioned the system too. They called it illogical, if not immoral; even some government ministers said it had gone too far. And when some beer gardens were constructed close to European residential areas, to cater for African domestic workers, many Europeans reacted with fear and fury.

    As Zimbabweans’ struggle for independence took off in the 1960s, African residents increasingly associated the beer halls and gardens with state neglect, repression, or pacification. They periodically boycotted or vandalised them. Nevertheless, with few alternative options, attendance rates remained high: MaKhumalo recorded 50,000 visitors on one Sunday in 1970.

    After independence

    After Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980, the township beer gardens remained in municipal hands. They continued to be popular, even though racial desegregation had finally given township residents access to other social spaces across the city.

    The colonial-era municipal beers continued to be produced, with Ngwebu (“The Royal Brew”) becoming a patriotic beverage for the Ndebele – the city’s majority ethnic group.

    But with the deindustrialisation of Bulawayo since the late 1990s, tens of thousands of blue collar workers have moved to greener pastures, mostly South Africa. The old drinking rhythm of the city’s workforce has changed, and for the young, the beer gardens hold little allure. Increasingly, they have been leased out to private individuals to run.



    Read more:
    Beer, politics and identity – the chequered history behind Namibian brewing success

    Nevertheless, there is always a daily trickle of regulars to the beer gardens, where mugs and calabashes are passed around among friends or burial society members. Some punters play darts or pool. And there are always some who sit alone, ruminating – perhaps in the company of ghosts from the past.

    The beer gardens of Bulawayo embody the moral and practical contradictions of late colonial development – and the ways in which such systems and infrastructures may live on, but change meaning, in the post-colony.

    Maurice Hutton received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the University of Edinburgh’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences to conduct the research on which this article is based.

    – ref. Alcohol and colonialism: the curious story of the Bulawayo beer gardens – https://theconversation.com/alcohol-and-colonialism-the-curious-story-of-the-bulawayo-beer-gardens-256511

    MIL OSI –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI USA: 2025 Great New York State Fair Tickets on Sale, July 7

    Source: US State of New York

    overnor Kathy Hochul announced that admission and parking for The 2025 Great New York State Fair went on sale today. Packed with value, a single admission ticket costs $8 and includes access to all grounds entertainment and the Chevrolet Music Series, while parking costs $12. In addition, a Frequent Fairgoer ticket option is available for $25. Admission remains free for those aged 65 and older along with children 12 years old and under, continuing to ensure that The Fair is one of the most affordable fairs in the nation, providing an accessible space for the whole family to get offline and get outside.

    For those superfans who are planning to be at The Fair at least four days over its 13-day stretch, the Frequent Fairgoer option again allows the ticket holder to enter The Fair once a day, every day during The Fair. A Frequent Fairgoer ticket is non-transferable and is available exclusively online.

    “The Great New York State Fair is a time-honored tradition and a cornerstone of our summers here in New York State,” Governor Hochul said. “People shouldn’t have to break the bank to have fun. As of today, tickets for this affordable, family-friendly event are now on sale. New Yorkers – get your tickets today and I’ll see you at The Fair this summer!”

    New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball said, “Summer means one thing – it’s time for The Great New York State Fair! I encourage everyone to get their tickets now and start planning their trip to learn about New York agriculture, sample some delicious foods, check out some fantastic entertainment, and so much more.”

    New York State Fair Director Julie LaFave said, “The 2025 Great New York State Fair is just 43 days away, so now’s the time for fairgoers to start planning a day (or 13!) of unforgettable summer fun. From animals, to hundreds of commercial attractions, scores of exciting midway rides, and dozens of big-name entertainers, The Fair has something in store for the whole family and so many great memories waiting to be made. We strongly encourage fairgoers to make their ticket and parking arrangements before arriving at the grounds. With close to 100,000 people in the vicinity of the Fairgrounds daily, purchasing in advance helps to keep lines to a minimum and ensure fairgoers move through the gates as quickly as possible to experience all the fun that The Fair has to offer! From our Fair family to yours – we can’t wait to see you soon!”

    Fair admission includes the ability to watch dozens of national recording acts in the Chevrolet Music Series, including Grammy winners, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performers, and so many more. There will be a daily 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. concert at Chevy Court (located near Gate 1) with an extra show at 9:00 p.m. on Friday nights, as well as a daily 8:00 p.m. concert at Suburban Park (located on the western end of the Fairgrounds, beyond the Midway).

    Updated concert schedules are available on The Fair’s website at pages dedicated to Chevy Court and Suburban Park.

    HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS AND PARKING TO THE GREAT NEW YORK STATE FAIR

    There are three ways to buy admission tickets and/or parking: online, over the phone, and in-person from August 20 through September 1.

    • Online: The link to purchase admission tickets and parking will go live at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, July 7, at The Great New York State Fair’s website.
    • Over the Phone: Starting July 7, tickets and parking may also be purchased over the phone by calling Etix toll-free at 1-800-514-3849 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday.
    • At the Gate: Beginning Wednesday, August 20, kiosks positioned at all gates will be available for electronic ticket purchases. To minimize waiting time for the kiosks, large signs featuring QR codes will also be available at all entrances and in parking lots so fairgoers can use their smartphone to purchase tickets.

    Including fees, the total cost for fairgoers will be:

    • Admission: $8.32 per ticket ($8 admission, ticket fee of 14 cents, credit card processing fee of 18 cents)
    • Frequent Fairgoer: $25.70 ($25 Frequent Fairgoer pass, ticket fee of 14 cents, credit card processing fee of 56 cents; note that the Frequent Fairgoer passes are available exclusively online)
    • Parking: $12.41 per vehicle ($12 parking, ticket fee of 14 cents, credit card processing fee of 27 cents)

    Upon arrival to The Fair, drivers must show their parking ticket to lot attendants electronically on their phones or through a printed copy. Please note that again this year, EZPass Plus is not an option for parking. Parking passes may be purchased with a credit card at the lots. Please note that cash is not accepted.

    There will be no cash sales at The Fair’s entrance gates or in parking lots. Machines that can convert cash into a usable card will be positioned at The Fair’s Main Gate for those fairgoers bringing cash to the grounds.

    HOURS OF OPERATION

    The Great New York State Fair begins on Wednesday, August 20 and continues through Labor Day, September 1. The Fair’s hours of operation are from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. every day, except for Labor Day, when The Fair closes at 9:00 p.m. Gates open to the public at 9:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m. every day except for Labor Day, Monday, September 4, when no entry will be permitted after 8:00 p.m.

    Parking Hours: The Orange parking lot opens at 9:00 a.m. daily, with the Brown and Pink lots opening daily at 6:00 a.m., and the Gray lots opening daily at 8:30 a.m. The Willis Ave parking lot opens at 10:00 a.m., but will only be accessible only on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Labor Day.

    Trams: For the convenience of fairgoers, trams will run continuously on the Fairgrounds, stopping at 10 stops from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.* every day. Plus, a dedicated ADA shuttle runs between the Gray Accessible Parking lot, located outside Gate 10, to Tram Stop #3 at the rear entrance of the Horticulture Building from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.* each day.

    *Note, on Monday, September 1, the trams stop running one hour earlier.

    CENTRO’S PARK-N-RIDE DIRECT SHUTTLE SERVICE TO AND FROM THE FAIR

    Centro’s Park-N-Ride direct shuttle service will provide passengers with transportation from the Centro Transit Hub Downtown, Long Branch Park, and Destiny USA to and from the Fairgrounds with drop-off and pick-up points to the left of the Main Gate. To ride the shuttle one way, the fee is $1 for adults, and 50 cents for senior citizens, children six to nine years old, and those who are living with disabilities. The last shuttle leaves the Fairgrounds each day at 11:15 p.m. Shuttles will run on a limited schedule after 9:00 p.m. on September 1 as The Fair closes earlier that day.

    WADE SHOWS MIDWAY: TICKETS ON SALE SOON

    Advance tickets for The Fair’s famous Midway, operated by Wade Shows, will go on sale in the coming weeks. Stay up-to-date with The Fair’s social media and website to be the first to hear when these tickets are available for purchase.

    ABOUT THE GREAT NEW YORK STATE FAIR

    Founded in 1841, The Great New York State Fair showcases the best of New York agriculture, provides top-quality entertainment, and is a key piece of the state’s CNY Rising strategy of growing the Central New York economy through tourism. It is the oldest fair in the United States and is consistently recognized as being among the top five state fairs in the nation.

    The New York State Fairgrounds is a 375-acre exhibit and entertainment complex that operates all year. Audiences are encouraged to learn more about The Great New York State Fair online, browse photos on Flickr, and follow the fun on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram.

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    July 8, 2025

  • 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.”

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    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Security: Man convicted of Hackney murder

    Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police

    A man has been convicted of murdering 53-year-old Derek Thomas, who was fatally stabbed outside his home in Hackney in July 2024.

    Today, Monday, 7 July, Kamar Williams, 34 (21.01.91) of West Ferry Road, E14, was found guilty of Derek’s murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.

    The court heard how, in the early evening of 30 July 2024, Williams sent threatening text messages to Derek’s daughter, who was William’s ex-partner, warning her to “watch this space”.

    Hours later, CCTV captured Williams driving a grey van along Benthal Road, N16. He stopped directly outside Derek’s home. Williams was wearing a pair of reflective trainers, which made him easily identifiable throughout the CCTV footage.

    Williams was seen pacing along Benthal Road, loitering near Derek’s home, before disappearing out of shot. Moments later, he returned to his van and drove away at 23:03hrs.

    At 23:04hrs, police received a 999 call from a member of the public reporting that a man had been stabbed with a ‘very big knife’. Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended, but despite their best efforts, Derek died at the scene.

    Detective Inspector John Marriott, who led the investigation, said: “This was a brutal and premeditated attack on a much-loved father. Kamar Williams showed clear intent that night, driving to Derek’s home, waiting for the right moment, and carrying out this senseless act of violence.

    “The swift response from our officers, combined with extensive CCTV, forensic work, and determination from our investigation team, led to his arrest and conviction.

    “Our thoughts remain with Derek’s family, who have shown immense strength throughout this ordeal.”

    Following the conviction, Derek’s family said: “Derek will be greatly missed by his family and friends, he was a dedicated family man and worked hard to provide for them. He was the life and soul of the family. Derek was always on hand to provide support, knowledge, advice and was a calming influence when it was required. His passing has left a massive hole in the lives of his wife, children, grandchildren, family and all that knew him. He was greatly loved by all and will never be forgotten.”

    The investigation progressed rapidly. On 1 August 2024, police were contacted about an abandoned grey van on Langford Close, E8. Inside, officers recovered a bank card belonging to Williams from the driver’s seat, directly linking him to the vehicle.

    Analysis of the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system showed that the van had travelled multiple times between the crime scene and Williams’ home address.

    Enquiries at a local hospital also revealed that Williams had sought treatment for a 5cm cut to his left knee on 31 July, the day after the murder—further evidence tying him to the violent incident.

    Williams repeatedly attempted to evade police. On 3 August, traffic officers tried to stop a silver BMW on Burnt Ash Hill, SE9, but the driver made off. It was later established that Williams was behind the wheel.

    In a further effort to avoid arrest, Williams left London temporarily. However, following a manhunt, officers identified and arrested him within the footprint of Notting Hill Carnival on 26 August 2024. He was charged with murder the following day.

    Kamar Williams was also found guilty of possession of an offensive weapon. He will be sentenced on Friday, 18 July at the same court.

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    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI: BexBack Announces That All Traders Can Use 100x Leverage for Crypto Futures Trading with Double Deposit Bonus and NO KYC Required

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SINGAPORE, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BexBack Exchange has launched an aggressive new promotion to empower both new and seasoned crypto traders: All eligible new users receive a $50 welcome bonus and a 100% deposit bouns match. As the crypto market braces for another period of high volatility, BexBack is making futures trading more accessible and profitable than ever. With up to 100x leverage, zero KYC requirements, and support for over 50 digital assets, the platform provides an ideal environment for those seeking to capitalize on market swings without large upfront capital.

    Advantages of 100x Leverage Crypto Futures

    1. Amplified Profits: Control large positions with a small amount of capital, capturing more profits from market fluctuations.
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    3. Increased Market Opportunities: Profit quickly from price fluctuations, especially in volatile markets.
    4. High Capital Efficiency: Leverage enables better use of your capital, expanding your investment potential.
    5. Profit from Both Up and Down Markets: Adapt to any market conditions, with opportunities to profit whether the market goes up or down.

    What Is 100x Leverage and How Does It Work?

    Simply put, 100x leverage allows you to open larger trading positions with less capital. For example:

    Suppose the Bitcoin price is $100,000 that day, and you open a long contract with 1 BTC. After using 100x leverage, the transaction amount is equivalent to 100 BTC.

    One day later, if the price rises to $105,000, your profit will be (105,000 – 100,000) * 100 BTC / 100,000 = 5 BTC, a yield of up to 500%.

    With BexBack’s deposit bonus

    BexBack offers a 100% deposit bonus. If the initial investment is 2 BTC, the profit will increase to 10 BTC, and the return on investment will double to 1000%.

    Note: Although leveraged trading can magnify profits, you also need to be wary of liquidation risks.

    How Does the 100% Deposit Bonus Work?
    The deposit bonus from BexBack cannot be directly withdrawn but can be used to open larger positions and increase potential profits. Additionally, during significant market fluctuations, the bonus can serve as extra margin, effectively reducing the risk of liquidation.

    About BexBack?

    BexBack is a leading cryptocurrency derivatives platform offering up to 100x leverage on futures contracts for BTC, ETH, ADA, SOL, XRP, and over 50 other digital assets. Headquartered in Singapore, the platform also operates offices in Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Argentina. Like many top-tier exchanges, BexBack holds a U.S. MSB (Money Services Business) license and is trusted by more than 500,000 traders worldwide. The platform accepts users from the United States, Canada, and Europe, with zero deposit fees and 24/7 multilingual customer support, delivering a secure, efficient, and user-friendly trading experience.

    Why recommend BexBack?

    No KYC Required: Start trading immediately without complex identity verification.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Congresswoman Laurel Lee’s Statement on the Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Laurel Lee – Florida (15th District)

    Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Laurel Lee joined her House Republican colleagues in passing the amended version of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, through the House of Representatives. This landmark legislation delivers the largest tax cut in decades for working- and middle-class American families. It eliminates the looming $3,650 tax hike threatening the average Florida household, protects nearly 400,000 jobs, and preserves critical benefits like the child tax credit and small business deductions that millions of Floridians rely on. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk.

    Congresswoman Lee issued the following statement:

    “This legislation gives Florida families real relief—protecting their paychecks, lowering their tax burden, and expanding opportunity. It makes the Trump tax cuts permanent, ends unfair taxes on tips and overtime, and preserves essential benefits like the child tax credit. It also strengthens critical programs like Medicaid and Social Security to ensure they work better and last longer. In addition, it empowers law enforcement to enforce our immigration laws and restore order at the southern border.

    At its core, the One Big Beautiful Bill stands with the hardworking people who make our country strong—American families, small businesses, and the workers who are the foundation of Florida’s economy and our nation’s future.”

    Key Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill for Florida:

    • Permanently codifies the 2017 Trump tax cuts, preventing a tax increase of up to 24% for families and 43.4% for small businesses in Florida.
    • Eliminates federal taxes on tips, overtime pay, and car loan interest, benefiting workers in Florida’s hospitality, tourism, and service sectors.
    • Provides relief to seniors by increasing their standard deduction and exempting more Social Security income from taxation. 
    • Implements Medicaid reforms to ensure program integrity and long-term sustainability by focusing resources on qualified individuals and preventing fraud.
    • Strengthens border security by expanding immigration enforcement capacity through the 287(g) program, allowing state and local law enforcement to assist in enforcing federal immigration laws and detaining individuals who enter the country illegally.
    • Enhances protections for unaccompanied minors by requiring the federal government to coordinate with states to ensure proper placement, track their whereabouts, and prevent trafficking or exploitation.

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    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Video: President Cyril Ramaphosa wrap interview at the XVII BRICS Summit in Rio deJaneiro.

    Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)

    President Cyril Ramaphosa wrap interview at the XVII BRICS Summit in Rio deJaneiro.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtU1J1I8OKI

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    July 8, 2025

  • Norwegian carbon storage model may shape India’s net-zero path: Hardeep Puri

    Source: Government of India

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    Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Monday that the government is exploring various projects in Norway to leverage its expertise to upgrade and expand India’s energy capabilities.

    “In our continued quest to provide momentum to India’s efforts to achieve energy security under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I visited the Northern Lights CO₂ Terminal in Bergen, Norway. It is the largest project for carbon storage funded by the Norwegian government and partnered by Equinor, Shell & Total Energies,” Puri said in a post on X.

    “We are reviewing this and similar projects to upgrade and expand India’s energy capabilities. Norway’s expertise in deepwater exploration, seismic oil surveys, offshore wind, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies aligns well with India’s ambitious energy transition agenda,” Puri added.

    He pointed out that Norway’s unique terminal in Bergen can store up to 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. It has an open and flexible infrastructure to transport CO₂ from capture sites by ship to a receiving terminal in western Norway for intermediate storage, before being transported by pipeline for safe and permanent storage in a reservoir 110 km offshore and 2,600 metres under the seabed.

    Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology involves capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from industrial sources like power plants and factories, transporting it, and then storing it underground to prevent its release into the atmosphere. This process is a key strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change.

    The process involves separating CO₂ from other gases at the source of emission, such as power plants or industrial facilities. Different capture methods exist, including post-combustion capture (separating CO₂ from flue gas), pre-combustion capture (separating CO₂ before fuel combustion), and oxy-fuel combustion (burning fuel with pure oxygen).

    The captured CO₂ is typically compressed into a supercritical state (liquid-like) to be transported via pipelines, ships, or other means. The CO₂ is then injected deep underground into geological formations like depleted oil and gas reservoirs, saline aquifers, or other suitable rock formations.

    These formations are chosen to ensure the CO₂ remains trapped and isolated from the atmosphere for long periods.

    CCS is a crucial technology for mitigating climate change by preventing CO₂ from entering the atmosphere. It can help decarbonise industries that produce significant CO₂ emissions, such as cement and steel production.

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    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Russia: Admissions Campaign 2025: Entrance Exams for Bachelor’s and Specialist Degrees at HSE

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  • MIL-OSI China: Museum of War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to reopen

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

    Museum of War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to reopen

    Updated: July 7, 2025 21:33 Xinhua
    Stone lions are pictured at Lugou Bridge in Beijing, capital of China, July 4, 2025. The Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will reopen on July 8, offering admission fee-free and reservation-free visits to the public. An exhibition themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” was launched here on Monday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, which will open to public from July 8. The museum is located near Lugou Bridge — also known as Marco Polo Bridge — where Japanese troops attacked Chinese forces on July 7, 1937. [Photo/Xinhua]
    This photo taken on July 7, 2025 shows a gate of Wanping Town in Beijing, capital of China. [Photo/Xinhua]
    People visit Lugou Bridge in Beijing, capital of China, July 4, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
    This photo taken on July 4, 2025 shows shell craters on the wall of Wanping Town in Beijing, capital of China. [Photo/Xinhua]
    A “wakened lion” sculpture is pictured in front of the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, July 7, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
    This photo taken on July 7, 2025 shows a view of the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China. [Photo/Xinhua]

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  • 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

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    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI: Toobit Futures Upgrades Trading with New BBO Feature for Faster, Optimized Execution

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toobit, the award-winning global cryptocurrency exchange, today launches its Best Bid Offer (BBO) feature for Futures traders, designed to combine the speed of market orders with the precision of limit orders, offering users faster and more effective trade execution.

    In volatile markets, manual price entry for limit orders can lead to costly delays, missed trades, and unfavorable slippage. In 2023, Bitcoin, the leading digital asset, experienced an annualized volatility rate of over 80%, with average daily price swings of around 4%. For instance, a mere 0.5% slippage on a $10,000 trade can result in an immediate $50 loss, a common frustration for active traders.

    Toobit Futures’ new BBO feature gives traders an edge by eliminating the need to manually enter prices. Instead, traders can place limit orders that automatically reference live market data, matching the most competitive bid or ask levels directly from the order book.

    Toobit Futures BBO feature in action, showing the Counterparty 1 option selected for a BTCUSDT limit order.

    “With BBO, traders don’t have to choose between speed and control,” said Mike Williams, Chief Communication Officer at Toobit. “This feature empowers users to act fast without compromising on price accuracy, especially during high volatility.”

    Here’s how BBO works:

    Toobit BBO orders allow traders to instantly place a limit order based on real-time market levels, using preset options such as:

    • Counterparty 1: Matches the top of the opposing order book.
    • Queue 1: Matches the top of the same side of the order book.
    • Counterparty 5 / Queue 5: Reference the fifth-best bid/ask to offer additional control and strategic positioning.

    To place a BBO order, users simply select their desired price level (e.g., Counterparty 1, Queue 5) and click “Open Long” or “Open Short.” This smart order placement greatly increases the chance of immediate execution, making it ideal for traders who need to move quickly in fast markets.

    The BBO feature is now available for all Futures limit orders on the Toobit platform.

    About Toobit

    Toobit is where the future of crypto trading unfolds—an award-winning cryptocurrency derivatives exchange built for those who thrive exploring new frontiers. With deep liquidity and cutting-edge technology, Toobit empowers traders worldwide to navigate the digital asset markets with confidence. We offer a fair, secure, seamless, and transparent trading experience, ensuring every trade is an opportunity to discover what’s next.

    For more information about Toobit, visit: Website | X | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord | Instagram

    Contact: Davin C.
    Email: market@toobit.com
    Website: www.toobit.com

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  • MIL-OSI: Vimeo Announces Winners of First Ever Short Film Grant Program in Partnership with Nikon and RED

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vimeo, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMEO), one of the largest and most trusted private video networks in the world, today unveiled the winners of the Vimeo Short Film Grant, presented by Nikon | RED. Designed to support the next generation of filmmakers, this program offers budding creators production funds, expert mentorship, access to the latest professional video equipment from Nikon and RED, as well as distribution support on Vimeo.

    “Vimeo has long been a home for the world’s most original storytellers, and supporting the next wave of bold, creative talent remains core to our mission,” said Philip Moyer, CEO of Vimeo. “In a time where algorithms shape so much of the content we’re exposed to, human-curated, intentional stories have never mattered more. We believe in the enduring power of human storytelling and are committed to guiding this new era as technology revolutionizes our relationship with video.”

    The grant winners were selected based on originality, artistic merit, project execution, and overall impact by a prestigious jury of filmmakers including Vimeo Staff Picks alumni David Lowery, Charlotte Wells, Sean Wang, Savanah Leaf, and cinematographer Adam Bricker, ASC.

    “What they don’t tell you about being on a jury like this one is that getting to watch the incredible work of so many filmmakers is a reward in and of itself. The completed shorts we viewed were bold, complex and formally daring; the projects we considered for the grant were rich, conscientious and so full of promise that they left us feeling inspired and invigorated,” said the jury in a statement. “Selecting just a handful for the award was a daunting task, and there wasn’t a single filmmaker whose work didn’t invoke a passionate discussion. While five filmmakers will receive the Vimeo Short Film Grant, presented by Nikon | RED, we hope that every director whose work we reviewed – indeed, every filmmaker whose work was submitted – will make their films regardless. We can’t wait to see them!”

    Five talented filmmakers have each been awarded $30,000 to bring their original short film projects to life, along with one-on-one mentorship from the selection jury and Vimeo’s Curation Team. Winners will gain access to state-of-the-art equipment powered by Nikon and RED for the highest possible production quality. This includes the new Z mount V-RAPTOR [X] and KOMODO-X cinema cameras, as well as Nikon’s collection of award-winning mirrorless cameras, including the Z9, Z8 and Z6III. Additionally, recipients will receive dedicated distribution support on Vimeo.com, with their films showcased at exclusive in-person screenings in New York City and Los Angeles.

    Winning submissions from the inaugural 2025 program include:

    • Andrew J Rodriguez, Spaceboi: Convinced his father was taken by aliens, a Bronx boy interviews other kids with absent parents—until their stories reveal a deeper, more unsettling truth.
    • Annie Ning, The Only Man to Ever Exist: Arnie goes to the hospital seeking forgiveness after an accident. He will not leave until he gets it.
    • Carmen Pedrero, I remember the house was red: Paula is 28. Bruno is 55. When she was much younger, they had an affair on Facebook that led to his divorce. Now, after running into him years later, Paula sits at a barbecue with him and his new wife.
    • John C Kelley, The Ineffable Hum: Five drifting vignettes spanning a lifetime—snapshots of love, loss, addiction, and memory. Each unfolds in and around cars, which—as both vessel and witness—hold motion and memory.
    • Sofía Camargo, La Selva: When a stray dog follows them home, an overprotective immigrant mother and her daughters discover that healing begins with letting something in, not keeping everything out.

    “The winners selected represent fresh ideas and brave storytelling,” said Naoki Onozato, President and CEO of Nikon Inc. “We are honored to play a part in helping them to deliver their creative vision to a broader audience and tell their unique stories.”

    About Vimeo
    Vimeo (NASDAQ: VMEO) is the world’s most innovative video experience platform. We enable anyone to create high-quality video experiences to better connect and bring ideas to life. We proudly serve our community of millions of users – from creative storytellers to globally distributed teams at the world’s largest companies – whose videos receive billions of views each month. Learn more at www.vimeo.com.

    About Nikon
    Nikon Inc. is a world leader in digital imaging, precision optics and technologies for photo and video capture; globally recognized for setting new standards in product design and performance for an award-winning array of equipment that enables visual storytelling and content creation. Nikon Inc. distributes consumer and professional Z series mirrorless cameras, digital SLR cameras, a vast array of NIKKOR and NIKKOR Z lenses, Speedlights and system accessories, Nikon COOLPIX® compact digital cameras and Nikon software products. For more information, dial (800) NIKON-US or visit www.nikonusa.com, which links all levels of photographers and visual storytellers to the Web’s most comprehensive learning and sharing communities. Connect with Nikon on Facebook, X, YouTube, Instagram, Threads, and TikTok.

    About RED
    RED Digital Cinema, Inc., a Nikon Group company, is a leading manufacturer of professional digital cinema cameras and accessories. In 2006, RED began a revolution with the 4K RED ONE digital cinema camera. By 2008, RED had released the DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera) system that allowed the same camera to be used on award winning features, television, commercials, music videos and magazine covers like “Vogue” and “Harper’s Bazaar.” Today, RED cameras are being used on some of the most lauded movies and episodics, including award winners “Conclave,” “Mank,” “Squid Game,” “Hacks,” “Navalny,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” and “The Deepest Breath.” RED’s latest technology includes the highly advanced V-RAPTOR [X] and V-RAPTOR XL [X] systems, the flagship DSMC3 generation systems and the first available large format global shutter cinema cameras. The RED lineup also includes KOMODO-X and KOMODO, which features a global shutter sensor in a shockingly small and versatile form factor. Also available are RED Cine-Broadcast solutions and RED Connect, unlocking up to 8K 120FPS for live cinematic streaming from the V-RAPTOR line of cameras. Find additional information at RED.com.

    Contact: Frank Filiatrault / frank.filiatrault@vimeo.com

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  • MIL-OSI: ALL4 Mining helps cryptocurrency enthusiasts change their investment strategies: easily achieve stable daily returns

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Los Angeles, California, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With the development of blockchain technology, the problems of high cost and high energy consumption of traditional mining methods have become increasingly prominent. As the world’s top cloud mining platform, ALL4 Mining system uses clean energy and cloud computing to lower the threshold for mining. Users can easily participate in mining and earn profits by simply renting computing power contracts. The system has the advantages of flexibility, real-time monitoring, security, etc., and is suitable for individual users, small enterprises and large mining pools. Users only need to register an account to experience low-cost, high-efficiency mining services and start their journey to wealth, which will create value for more users in the future.

    As an emerging mining method, the ALL4 Mining system has changed the investment rules of traditional mining by applying cloud computing technology, providing miners with a flexible and economical solution, and its daily income is also favored by the market. This article will explore in depth the working principle, advantages, application scenarios of the ALL4 Mining system and how to lead cryptocurrency investors to easily earn stable profits.

    ALL4 Mining Cloud Mining System Overview
    The ALL4 Mining system is a cloud computing-based mining platform that uses clean energy. Users can mine remotely through the online platform cloud computing power without having to purchase and maintain expensive mining equipment. This mode enables users to easily participate in one-click mining activities. Through ALL4 Mining remote mining, users only need to purchase the corresponding computing power contract to enjoy powerful computing power and easily mine Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies with one click.

    How ALL4 Mining works
    The core of the ALL4 Mining system lies in its distributed computing power. The system distributes mining tasks to multiple high-performance data centers, and users connect to the system through the ALL4 Mining network and conduct remote mining.

    Computing power leasing: Users can choose the appropriate computing power contract according to their needs and only need to pay the contract fee, which is extremely flexible.

    Real-time monitoring: The system provides real-time monitoring tools, and users can check the mining progress and income at any time to ensure transparent operation.

    Income distribution: Mining income will be distributed according to the proportion of the user’s computing power contract price to protect the legitimate interests of each user.

    ALL4 Mining platform advantages
    Low threshold: The ALL4 Mining system does not require a high initial investment. Users only need to pay rent to participate, which lowers the entry threshold.

    Flexibility: Users can flexibly adjust computing power leasing according to market conditions and personal needs, and it is highly adaptable.

    Power advantage: The use of new energy to generate electricity comes from the gift of nature. Mining equipment is centralized in the data center, and users do not need to worry about power consumption and heat dissipation issues, thereby greatly reducing operating costs.

    Security: The ALL4 Mining system uses advanced SSL security technology to ensure the security of user accounts and assets and reduce the risk of being attacked.

    Professional service: Our professional customer service team provides 7×24 hours online service to answer any of your questions

    ALL4 Mining application scenarios
    The ALL4 Mining system is suitable for different types of users:

    Individual miners: Individual users without expertise and hardware can get a simple and easy-to-use mining solution through ALL4 Mining.

    Small businesses: Small businesses can use ALL4 Mining to rent computing power and diversify their income without a large capital investment.

    Large mining pools: Large mining pools can quickly expand computing power and improve overall mining efficiency through ALL4 Mining.

    How to start your wealth journey with ALL4 Mining

    First, register an account and receive a $15 welcome bonus from the platform. Click to invest in the daily check-in contract and easily earn $0.6 per day.

    Choose the trial contract, recharge $100 according to the platform process, and earn $8 in 2 days with the trial contract.

    Choose the advanced contract and easily earn up to $$7050 per day according to your personal financial situation.

    Contract package choice
    BTC basic computing power: investment amount: $100, contract period: 2 days, daily income of $4.0, expiration income: $100 + $8
    LTC [classic computing power contract]: investment amount: $600, contract period: 6 days, daily income of $7.26, expiration income: $600 + $43.56
    BTC [classic computing power contract]: investment amount: $3,000, contract period: 20 days, daily income of $42.9, expiration income: $3,000 + $858
    DOGE [classic computing power contract]: investment amount: $5,000, contract period: 30 days, daily income of $75, expiration income: $5,000 + $2,250
    BTC [advanced computing power contract]: investment amount: $10,000, contract period: 40 days, daily income of $166, expiration income: $10,000 + $6,640
    BTC [advanced computing power contract]: investment amount: 50,000 USD, contract period: 48 days, daily income: USD 910, maturity income: USD 50,000 + USD 43,680
    BTC [Super Computing Power Contract]: Investment amount: USD 150,000, contract period: 50 days, daily income: USD 2,925, maturity income: USD 150,000 + USD 146,250

    How to earn $7050 a day by participating in ALL4 mining
    Example: Someone invests $300,000 and can purchase $300,000 worth of BTC [Super Computing Power Contract], with a contract period of 40 days and a contract daily interest rate of 2.35%.

    Passive income after purchase = $300,000*2.35%=$7,050.

    Principal and income after 40 days = $300,000 + $7,050*40 = $300,000 + $282,000 = $582,000

    In summary
    The ALL4 Mining system has set a new benchmark for the mining method in the new era with its flexibility, low threshold and high efficiency. With the continuous development of blockchain technology, the ALL4 Mining system will play a greater role in the future and create more value and opportunities for users.

    For more details, please visit the ALL4 Mining official website: https://all4mining.top/ or (click to download the app)

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  • MIL-OSI: NanoGraf Names Thomas Redd as Chief Executive Officer

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CHICAGO, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NanoGraf, the largest silicon oxide anode material producer in the United States, today announced Thomas Redd as Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Francis Wang, who has led the company since 2015, will remain at NanoGraf as a technical advisor.

    Redd’s appointment marks NanoGraf’s transition from R&D-driven growth to full commercial execution. He will direct the company’s expansion into new civilian markets, deepen existing defense partnerships, and oversee the ramp-up to large-scale domestic production at NanoGraf’s Chicago manufacturing facilities.

    “NanoGraf combines three attributes that make scaling compelling: a defensible technology platform, an execution-tested team, and clear market momentum,” said Redd. “With a fraction of the capital raised by some peers, Francis and the team have already validated next-generation battery performance in the toughest field conditions. The task now is to manufacture at scale and meet demand.”

    Redd brings more than 25 years of leadership in clean technology, advanced manufacturing, and resource-recovery businesses. As CEO of Continuus Materials, he commercialized a process that converts mixed plastic and fiber waste into composite roof-board products. 

    “Building and leading this team of accomplished and committed researchers and operators as CEO has been the great honor of my career,” said Wang. “We’ve made great progress getting next-gen battery technology into the hands that need it, and I’m excited to support Tom as he takes the reins. With the NanoGraf Board, I looked long and hard for the right person to lead NanoGraf in this new era of commercialization and manufacturing, and we found Tom to be the perfect fit. I’m proud of how far NanoGraf has come since I joined in 2015, and I am even more excited about where we’re going next.”

    Redd joins NanoGraf following a number of recent milestones for the company. Since 2024, NanoGraf:

    Wang, who joined as CEO in 2015, led the company through a period of intense technical advancement, commercialization, and recognition.

    About Thomas Redd

    Thomas Redd is NanoGraf’s newly appointed CEO. A seasoned executive with expertise in clean technology and advanced manufacturing, Redd previously served as CEO of Continuus Materials, where he led the scaled production of recycled plastic and fiber into composite roof cover boards. Prior, he held CEO roles in clean tech where he led commercialization and fundraising efforts. Redd holds engineering degrees from the University of Virginia and Utah State University and an MBA from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.

    About NanoGraf

    NanoGraf is the largest silicon oxide anode material producer in the United States. Its patented silicon anode technology, Onyx™, improves energy density by 30% compared to synthetic graphite at cost parity on a per energy basis. NanoGraf’s silicon anode technology is in use by the military and is drop-in ready for use in any lithium-ion battery, across consumer, industrial, and defense applications. NanoGraf is a spinout of Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory. For more information, visit nanograf.com. To request samples of Onyx, contact Tim Porcelli, NanoGraf’s VP of Business Development.

    Media Contact:
    Rache Morrison, rachel@propllr.com

    A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/90e7bba4-f3f9-4e8b-9db9-b5185bfbf431

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  • MIL-OSI: Dassault Systèmes : Half-year statement of the Liquidity contract entered into with Oddo BHF SCA

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Press Release
    VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — July 7, 2025

    Half-year statement of the Liquidity contract entered into with Oddo BHF SCA

    Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA) announces that the following resources appeared on June 30, 2025 on the liquidity contract entered into with Oddo BHF SCA implemented on January 7, 2015 and updated on June 18, 2019:

    •       857,760 Dassault Systèmes shares, and
    • €6,017,034.60 in cash.

    It is reminded that:

          1.   at the time of the implementation of the liquidity contract, the following resources appeared on the liquidity account:

    • 0 Dassault Systèmes shares;
    • €10,000,000 in cash.

           2.   Pursuant to the amendment dated October 26, 2017, an additional contribution of €5,000,000 was made, increasing from €10,000,000 to €15,000,000 the resources of the liquidity agreement.

          3.   Pursuant to the amendment dated December 13, 2018, an additional contribution of €5,000,000 was made, increasing from €15,000,000 to €20,000,000 the resources of the liquidity agreement.

          4.   At the time of implementation of the latest liquidity contract on June 18, 2019, the following resources appeared on the liquidity account:

    • 62,557 Dassault Systèmes stocks, and;
    • €17,496,140.38 in cash.

    From January 1 to June 30, 2025 the following transactions have been carried out:

    • 17,751 purchases;
    • 19,411 sales.

    During the same period, the volume of securities traded, amounted to:

    • 3,643,224 Dassault Systèmes stocks and €126,147,082.30 purchases;
    • 3,456,479 Dassault Systèmes stocks and €121,024,482.91 sales.

    ___________

    PURCHASES SALES
    Date Transactions quantity Securities quantity Amount in EUR Transactions quantity Securities quantity Amount in EUR
    Total 17,751 3,643,224 126,147,082.30 19,411 3,456,479 121,024,482.91
    02/01/2025 116 23,300 774,615.00 99 16,000 532,836.20
    03/01/2025 116 22,000 717,600.00 19 3,000 98,150.00
    06/01/2025 – – – 338 55,000 1,846,030.00
    07/01/2025 112 30,000 1,032,735.05 178 35,000 1,206,390.00
    08/01/2025 233 41,000 1,407,168.00 218 44,000 1,513,342.09
    09/01/2025 146 24,118 827,832.74 182 30,000 1,032,100.00
    10/01/2025 275 47,000 1,607,700.00 80 15,000 517,870.00
    13/01/2025 203 35,000 1,177,810.00 292 44,625 1,507,672.50
    14/01/2025 199 29,000 987,920.00 103 21,250 725,767.50
    15/01/2025 233 41,000 1,391,860.00 233 41,000 1,397,607.65
    16/01/2025 73 33,000 1,128,830.00 256 43,000 1,474,340.00
    17/01/2025 56 9,250 318,825.00 184 32,250 1,115,922.50
    20/01/2025 168 31,000 1,075,669.22 214 38,000 1,321,535.00
    21/01/2025 150 23,010 800,766.20 203 38,000 1,327,020.00
    22/01/2025 49 7,111 253,994.36 226 35,000 1,251,802.96
    23/01/2025 159 27,000 970,780.00 152 31,000 1,117,210.00
    24/01/2025 41 7,000 253,029.98 128 45,000 1,638,012.52
    27/01/2025 267 45,000 1,646,032.80 190 53,000 1,947,390.00
    28/01/2025 61 10,000 372,135.00 169 27,000 1,009,520.00
    29/01/2025 140 24,000 907,340.00 235 37,000 1,404,194.26
    30/01/2025 159 29,250 1,101,300.00 151 27,000 1,018,900.00
    31/01/2025 118 27,500 1,044,075.00 169 30,000 1,141,730.00
    03/02/2025 164 34,000 1,261,077.50 119 21,000 782,980.00
    04/02/2025 134 30,000 1,125,220.00 309 90,000 3,505,300.00
    05/02/2025 101 17,000 684,550.00 190 31,000 1,254,410.00
    24/02/2025 91 16,000 629,087.60 100 15,135 596,021.15
    25/02/2025 169 33,000 1,289,737.38 54 10,000 392,830.00
    26/02/2025 168 32,500 1,269,362.94 218 37,500 1,466,047.50
    27/02/2025 282 50,000 1,920,850.00 84 12,000 463,210.00
    28/02/2025 229 42,000 1,585,350.00 145 30,500 1,155,159.33
    03/03/2025 17 2,000 77,320.00 289 48,000 1,869,735.00
    04/03/2025 311 47,000 1,825,295.42 116 17,000 665,656.99
    05/03/2025 198 30,000 1,175,247.32 304 46,000 1,808,200.49
    06/03/2025 140 22,000 868,880.00 454 69,500 2,780,452.20
    07/03/2025 343 53,000 2,099,740.00 111 17,000 676,152.00
    10/03/2025 237 35,000 1,386,013.40 416 65,250 2,599,852.80
    11/03/2025 304 55,000 2,175,442.24 94 15,000 601,718.98
    12/03/2025 232 36,000 1,399,125.00 160 27,000 1,057,350.00
    13/03/2025 220 35,529 1,367,220.16 149 25,250 976,092.50
    14/03/2025 127 23,000 885,965.00 286 48,000 1,859,300.00
    17/03/2025 200 34,000 1,329,457.12 237 37,000 1,449,989.55
    18/03/2025 264 40,250 1,566,046.16 143 22,000 860,979.24
    19/03/2025 108 20,250 786,668.82 242 35,000 1,362,745.16
    20/03/2025 253 40,000 1,563,477.80 273 43,000 1,685,279.50
    21/03/2025 275 46,000 1,780,414.10 142 23,000 892,582.46
    24/03/2025 338 50,000 1,921,644.88 259 40,000 1,545,258.86
    25/03/2025 103 17,000 652,538.71 225 32,000 1,232,644.20
    26/03/2025 252 65,000 2,474,240.00 19 3,000 116,030.00
    27/03/2025 132 42,500 1,558,525.00 159 32,500 1,198,172.75
    28/03/2025 88 47,000 1,707,171.01 85 15,000 545,634.50
    31/03/2025 99 33,000 1,169,620.00 6 1,000 35,817.50
    01/04/2025 216 35,000 1,230,850.00 223 39,000 1,375,025.00
    02/04/2025 151 26,060 920,782.60 214 34,000 1,203,199.00
    03/04/2025 222 38,000 1,310,720.00 – – –
    04/04/2025 362 57,000 1,903,281.95 226 42,000 1,416,930.75
    07/04/2025 117 51,000 1,592,845.40 87 21,000 673,318.56
    08/04/2025 27 18,000 581,920.00 309 50,000 1,629,360.00
    09/04/2025 218 70,000 2,230,118.80 235 40,000 1,284,390.00
    10/04/2025 215 47,000 1,574,285.00 251 51,000 1,759,210.00
    11/04/2025 203 53,000 1,709,245.00 132 22,000 710,050.00
    14/04/2025 226 35,000 1,151,310.14 263 42,000 1,386,405.93
    15/04/2025 2 25 826.25 188 30,000 999,100.00
    16/04/2025 175 28,000 923,617.56 147 26,000 863,600.00
    17/04/2025 249 44,000 1,457,075.00 86 12,000 399,933.58
    22/04/2025 70 24,000 781,360.00 168 27,000 883,843.14
    23/04/2025 15 10,000 338,950.00 168 31,000 1,054,693.00
    24/04/2025 72 54,000 1,684,530.00 – – –
    25/04/2025 52 19,000 611,687.60 170 28,000 908,240.00
    28/04/2025 124 46,000 1,491,040.00 129 22,000 719,170.00
    29/04/2025 72 28,168 911,371.44 193 30,000 972,220.00
    30/04/2025 91 32,000 1,034,550.00 306 58,000 1,888,339.64
    02/05/2025 63 33,000 1,097,235.00 284 59,000 1,964,299.04
    05/05/2025 105 38,000 1,265,266.84 116 37,367 1,245,212.43
    06/05/2025 145 43,500 1,438,685.66 152 29,500 976,855.08
    07/05/2025 133 41,000 1,357,250.00 162 46,500 1,540,905.00
    08/05/2025 40 14,000 467,180.00 79 20,000 669,480.00
    09/05/2025 51 16,443 553,229.36 154 27,500 926,505.00
    12/05/2025 110 33,000 1,121,360.00 290 49,000 1,671,732.50
    13/05/2025 64 17,500 596,120.00 215 37,500 1,280,922.50
    14/05/2025 130 32,500 1,104,919.34 27 4,000 137,275.00
    15/05/2025 162 29,000 980,819.39 176 33,000 1,117,975.00
    16/05/2025 112 22,000 747,500.00 117 19,750 672,948.00
    19/05/2025 59 18,000 607,740.00 83 14,000 473,365.00
    20/05/2025 54 17,500 596,440.00 131 20,500 699,440.00
    21/05/2025 115 28,500 965,090.00 200 35,000 1,188,305.00
    22/05/2025 129 35,000 1,182,650.00 172 28,500 964,669.94
    23/05/2025 118 40,500 1,360,714.91 115 22,000 745,220.90
    26/05/2025 76 11,000 367,442.50 54 8,750 293,387.50
    27/05/2025 98 16,500 553,547.88 118 23,250 781,008.36
    28/05/2025 184 31,000 1,039,814.42 164 28,000 940,433.08
    29/05/2025 154 26,000 871,522.50 91 17,250 582,202.50
    30/05/2025 182 30,000 992,161.86 119 21,000 695,730.00
    02/06/2025 202 43,500 1,410,595.00 68 10,000 325,640.00
    03/06/2025 258 46,000 1,487,034.71 275 46,000 1,489,622.69
    04/06/2025 90 18,000 589,167.17 278 50,821 1,667,189.13
    05/06/2025 274 46,096 1,511,153.75 182 28,000 921,580.00
    06/06/2025 230 53,000 1,715,260.00 228 41,000 1,338,140.00
    09/06/2025 97 45,000 1,450,570.00 174 45,000 1,452,670.00
    10/06/2025 187 38,000 1,224,720.00 182 34,000 1,098,331.52
    11/06/2025 277 40,000 1,287,904.94 119 19,000 613,582.50
    12/06/2025 192 31,000 988,336.84 197 35,000 1,118,430.00
    13/06/2025 184 38,000 1,201,200.00 122 24,000 761,350.00
    16/06/2025 73 14,000 448,100.00 137 26,000 831,950.00
    17/06/2025 232 42,000 1,336,324.40 169 26,000 829,416.30
    18/06/2025 157 28,000 884,886.94 110 15,000 476,026.18
    19/06/2025 211 46,000 1,428,300.00 143 24,000 746,995.30
    20/06/2025 185 32,000 987,545.00 151 26,000 804,221.50
    23/06/2025 190 38,000 1,164,454.44 152 27,250 836,674.21
    24/06/2025 137 28,000 869,920.00 144 30,000 938,930.00
    25/06/2025 182 33,000 1,022,557.50 157 24,031 748,909.37
    26/06/2025 184 34,000 1,036,637.50 100 19,250 586,870.00
    27/06/2025 184 31,000 957,732.50 299 50,000 1,544,137.94
    30/06/2025 209 35,864 1,104,319.30 103 20,000 617,970.00

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    • Dassault Systèmes : Half-year statement of the Liquidity contract entered into with Oddo BHF SCA

    The MIL Network –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI: Dassault Systèmes : Half-year statement of the Liquidity contract entered into with Oddo BHF SCA

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Press Release
    VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — July 7, 2025

    Half-year statement of the Liquidity contract entered into with Oddo BHF SCA

    Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA) announces that the following resources appeared on June 30, 2025 on the liquidity contract entered into with Oddo BHF SCA implemented on January 7, 2015 and updated on June 18, 2019:

    •       857,760 Dassault Systèmes shares, and
    • €6,017,034.60 in cash.

    It is reminded that:

          1.   at the time of the implementation of the liquidity contract, the following resources appeared on the liquidity account:

    • 0 Dassault Systèmes shares;
    • €10,000,000 in cash.

           2.   Pursuant to the amendment dated October 26, 2017, an additional contribution of €5,000,000 was made, increasing from €10,000,000 to €15,000,000 the resources of the liquidity agreement.

          3.   Pursuant to the amendment dated December 13, 2018, an additional contribution of €5,000,000 was made, increasing from €15,000,000 to €20,000,000 the resources of the liquidity agreement.

          4.   At the time of implementation of the latest liquidity contract on June 18, 2019, the following resources appeared on the liquidity account:

    • 62,557 Dassault Systèmes stocks, and;
    • €17,496,140.38 in cash.

    From January 1 to June 30, 2025 the following transactions have been carried out:

    • 17,751 purchases;
    • 19,411 sales.

    During the same period, the volume of securities traded, amounted to:

    • 3,643,224 Dassault Systèmes stocks and €126,147,082.30 purchases;
    • 3,456,479 Dassault Systèmes stocks and €121,024,482.91 sales.

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    PURCHASES SALES
    Date Transactions quantity Securities quantity Amount in EUR Transactions quantity Securities quantity Amount in EUR
    Total 17,751 3,643,224 126,147,082.30 19,411 3,456,479 121,024,482.91
    02/01/2025 116 23,300 774,615.00 99 16,000 532,836.20
    03/01/2025 116 22,000 717,600.00 19 3,000 98,150.00
    06/01/2025 – – – 338 55,000 1,846,030.00
    07/01/2025 112 30,000 1,032,735.05 178 35,000 1,206,390.00
    08/01/2025 233 41,000 1,407,168.00 218 44,000 1,513,342.09
    09/01/2025 146 24,118 827,832.74 182 30,000 1,032,100.00
    10/01/2025 275 47,000 1,607,700.00 80 15,000 517,870.00
    13/01/2025 203 35,000 1,177,810.00 292 44,625 1,507,672.50
    14/01/2025 199 29,000 987,920.00 103 21,250 725,767.50
    15/01/2025 233 41,000 1,391,860.00 233 41,000 1,397,607.65
    16/01/2025 73 33,000 1,128,830.00 256 43,000 1,474,340.00
    17/01/2025 56 9,250 318,825.00 184 32,250 1,115,922.50
    20/01/2025 168 31,000 1,075,669.22 214 38,000 1,321,535.00
    21/01/2025 150 23,010 800,766.20 203 38,000 1,327,020.00
    22/01/2025 49 7,111 253,994.36 226 35,000 1,251,802.96
    23/01/2025 159 27,000 970,780.00 152 31,000 1,117,210.00
    24/01/2025 41 7,000 253,029.98 128 45,000 1,638,012.52
    27/01/2025 267 45,000 1,646,032.80 190 53,000 1,947,390.00
    28/01/2025 61 10,000 372,135.00 169 27,000 1,009,520.00
    29/01/2025 140 24,000 907,340.00 235 37,000 1,404,194.26
    30/01/2025 159 29,250 1,101,300.00 151 27,000 1,018,900.00
    31/01/2025 118 27,500 1,044,075.00 169 30,000 1,141,730.00
    03/02/2025 164 34,000 1,261,077.50 119 21,000 782,980.00
    04/02/2025 134 30,000 1,125,220.00 309 90,000 3,505,300.00
    05/02/2025 101 17,000 684,550.00 190 31,000 1,254,410.00
    24/02/2025 91 16,000 629,087.60 100 15,135 596,021.15
    25/02/2025 169 33,000 1,289,737.38 54 10,000 392,830.00
    26/02/2025 168 32,500 1,269,362.94 218 37,500 1,466,047.50
    27/02/2025 282 50,000 1,920,850.00 84 12,000 463,210.00
    28/02/2025 229 42,000 1,585,350.00 145 30,500 1,155,159.33
    03/03/2025 17 2,000 77,320.00 289 48,000 1,869,735.00
    04/03/2025 311 47,000 1,825,295.42 116 17,000 665,656.99
    05/03/2025 198 30,000 1,175,247.32 304 46,000 1,808,200.49
    06/03/2025 140 22,000 868,880.00 454 69,500 2,780,452.20
    07/03/2025 343 53,000 2,099,740.00 111 17,000 676,152.00
    10/03/2025 237 35,000 1,386,013.40 416 65,250 2,599,852.80
    11/03/2025 304 55,000 2,175,442.24 94 15,000 601,718.98
    12/03/2025 232 36,000 1,399,125.00 160 27,000 1,057,350.00
    13/03/2025 220 35,529 1,367,220.16 149 25,250 976,092.50
    14/03/2025 127 23,000 885,965.00 286 48,000 1,859,300.00
    17/03/2025 200 34,000 1,329,457.12 237 37,000 1,449,989.55
    18/03/2025 264 40,250 1,566,046.16 143 22,000 860,979.24
    19/03/2025 108 20,250 786,668.82 242 35,000 1,362,745.16
    20/03/2025 253 40,000 1,563,477.80 273 43,000 1,685,279.50
    21/03/2025 275 46,000 1,780,414.10 142 23,000 892,582.46
    24/03/2025 338 50,000 1,921,644.88 259 40,000 1,545,258.86
    25/03/2025 103 17,000 652,538.71 225 32,000 1,232,644.20
    26/03/2025 252 65,000 2,474,240.00 19 3,000 116,030.00
    27/03/2025 132 42,500 1,558,525.00 159 32,500 1,198,172.75
    28/03/2025 88 47,000 1,707,171.01 85 15,000 545,634.50
    31/03/2025 99 33,000 1,169,620.00 6 1,000 35,817.50
    01/04/2025 216 35,000 1,230,850.00 223 39,000 1,375,025.00
    02/04/2025 151 26,060 920,782.60 214 34,000 1,203,199.00
    03/04/2025 222 38,000 1,310,720.00 – – –
    04/04/2025 362 57,000 1,903,281.95 226 42,000 1,416,930.75
    07/04/2025 117 51,000 1,592,845.40 87 21,000 673,318.56
    08/04/2025 27 18,000 581,920.00 309 50,000 1,629,360.00
    09/04/2025 218 70,000 2,230,118.80 235 40,000 1,284,390.00
    10/04/2025 215 47,000 1,574,285.00 251 51,000 1,759,210.00
    11/04/2025 203 53,000 1,709,245.00 132 22,000 710,050.00
    14/04/2025 226 35,000 1,151,310.14 263 42,000 1,386,405.93
    15/04/2025 2 25 826.25 188 30,000 999,100.00
    16/04/2025 175 28,000 923,617.56 147 26,000 863,600.00
    17/04/2025 249 44,000 1,457,075.00 86 12,000 399,933.58
    22/04/2025 70 24,000 781,360.00 168 27,000 883,843.14
    23/04/2025 15 10,000 338,950.00 168 31,000 1,054,693.00
    24/04/2025 72 54,000 1,684,530.00 – – –
    25/04/2025 52 19,000 611,687.60 170 28,000 908,240.00
    28/04/2025 124 46,000 1,491,040.00 129 22,000 719,170.00
    29/04/2025 72 28,168 911,371.44 193 30,000 972,220.00
    30/04/2025 91 32,000 1,034,550.00 306 58,000 1,888,339.64
    02/05/2025 63 33,000 1,097,235.00 284 59,000 1,964,299.04
    05/05/2025 105 38,000 1,265,266.84 116 37,367 1,245,212.43
    06/05/2025 145 43,500 1,438,685.66 152 29,500 976,855.08
    07/05/2025 133 41,000 1,357,250.00 162 46,500 1,540,905.00
    08/05/2025 40 14,000 467,180.00 79 20,000 669,480.00
    09/05/2025 51 16,443 553,229.36 154 27,500 926,505.00
    12/05/2025 110 33,000 1,121,360.00 290 49,000 1,671,732.50
    13/05/2025 64 17,500 596,120.00 215 37,500 1,280,922.50
    14/05/2025 130 32,500 1,104,919.34 27 4,000 137,275.00
    15/05/2025 162 29,000 980,819.39 176 33,000 1,117,975.00
    16/05/2025 112 22,000 747,500.00 117 19,750 672,948.00
    19/05/2025 59 18,000 607,740.00 83 14,000 473,365.00
    20/05/2025 54 17,500 596,440.00 131 20,500 699,440.00
    21/05/2025 115 28,500 965,090.00 200 35,000 1,188,305.00
    22/05/2025 129 35,000 1,182,650.00 172 28,500 964,669.94
    23/05/2025 118 40,500 1,360,714.91 115 22,000 745,220.90
    26/05/2025 76 11,000 367,442.50 54 8,750 293,387.50
    27/05/2025 98 16,500 553,547.88 118 23,250 781,008.36
    28/05/2025 184 31,000 1,039,814.42 164 28,000 940,433.08
    29/05/2025 154 26,000 871,522.50 91 17,250 582,202.50
    30/05/2025 182 30,000 992,161.86 119 21,000 695,730.00
    02/06/2025 202 43,500 1,410,595.00 68 10,000 325,640.00
    03/06/2025 258 46,000 1,487,034.71 275 46,000 1,489,622.69
    04/06/2025 90 18,000 589,167.17 278 50,821 1,667,189.13
    05/06/2025 274 46,096 1,511,153.75 182 28,000 921,580.00
    06/06/2025 230 53,000 1,715,260.00 228 41,000 1,338,140.00
    09/06/2025 97 45,000 1,450,570.00 174 45,000 1,452,670.00
    10/06/2025 187 38,000 1,224,720.00 182 34,000 1,098,331.52
    11/06/2025 277 40,000 1,287,904.94 119 19,000 613,582.50
    12/06/2025 192 31,000 988,336.84 197 35,000 1,118,430.00
    13/06/2025 184 38,000 1,201,200.00 122 24,000 761,350.00
    16/06/2025 73 14,000 448,100.00 137 26,000 831,950.00
    17/06/2025 232 42,000 1,336,324.40 169 26,000 829,416.30
    18/06/2025 157 28,000 884,886.94 110 15,000 476,026.18
    19/06/2025 211 46,000 1,428,300.00 143 24,000 746,995.30
    20/06/2025 185 32,000 987,545.00 151 26,000 804,221.50
    23/06/2025 190 38,000 1,164,454.44 152 27,250 836,674.21
    24/06/2025 137 28,000 869,920.00 144 30,000 938,930.00
    25/06/2025 182 33,000 1,022,557.50 157 24,031 748,909.37
    26/06/2025 184 34,000 1,036,637.50 100 19,250 586,870.00
    27/06/2025 184 31,000 957,732.50 299 50,000 1,544,137.94
    30/06/2025 209 35,864 1,104,319.30 103 20,000 617,970.00

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    The MIL Network –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Africa: Police Commissioner commends sentencing in Magaqa case 

    Source: Government of South Africa

    Monday, July 7, 2025

    The National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola has commended the efforts of the investigating team in securing a 25-year imprisonment sentence imposed on hitman Sibusiso Ncengwa for the murder of Sindiso Magaqa in July 2017. 

    The SAPS Political Killings Task Team took over the case in July 2018 after their formation. Within a month, the first hitman, Ncengwa was arrested in August 2018 by the team. Six others were later arrested in December of the same year.

    This as the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday found Ngcengwa guilty on 11 counts with the breakdown as follows: 
    •    Count 1: Conspiracy to commit murder-25years
    •    Count 2: Murder -25 years
    •    Count  3: Attempted murder- 5 Years
    •    Count 4: Attempted murder- 5 years
    •    Count 5: Attempted murder-5years
    •    Count 6: Malicious damage to property – 3years
    •    Count 7: Malicious damage to property- 3 years
    •    Count 8: Malicious damage to property-3 years
    •    Count 9: Unlawful possession of a fully automatic firearm- 5years
    •    Count 10: unlawful Possession of firearms – 5 years.
    •    Count 11: unlawful possession of ammunition- 1year
    •    Count: 1,3 to 11 will run concurrently with Count 2 which is 25 years. 

    “Three other accused are still in custody with the third declared mentally unfit to stand trial. 

    “The third accused is in a mental institution. The trial of the two who are fit to stand trial is expected to be heard between 19 September 2025 to 21 October 2025 in the Pietermaritzburg High Court,” the police said. – SAnews.gov.za

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    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Jobs boost as new fighter jet HQ opens in Reading in key programme milestone

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    News story

    Jobs boost as new fighter jet HQ opens in Reading in key programme milestone

    A flagship headquarters that will support delivery of a supersonic stealth fighter jet has opened in Reading, where hundreds of skilled personnel will be based.

    • Opening of Global Combat Air Programme flagship headquarters to support the delivery of a supersonic stealth fighter jet, equipped with cutting-edge technologies.
    • The programme already supports over 3,500 UK jobs, 1,000 additional apprenticeships, delivering on the government’s Plan for Change, with more to follow as the programme develops.
    • New figures show defence industry jobs in the South East have increased by 4,500 in just 12 months.

    The new global HQ has been opened today (7 July) in a significant milestone for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) – a joint initiative between the UK, Japan and Italy to develop a next-generation fighter jet. 

    The facility will host the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO) and a joint venture company, called Edgewing, bringing together three industry partners – BAE Systems (UK), Leonardo (Italy), and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co. Ltd. (Japan) – responsible for the design and development of the aircraft.

    Opened by Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP today, the new multinational headquarters will help deliver the GCAP programme, bringing together the best minds from across three governments and industry to drive innovation and strengthen each country’s combat air industrial capability, supporting the vision of the Strategic Defence Review.  

    The opening comes on the same day as the Defence Secretary met virtually with Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and Japan’s Defence Minister Gen Nakatani to discuss the latest progress on GCAP. The programme is already creating thousands of highly skilled jobs across the UK, Japan, and Italy, including new apprentice and graduate roles, and supporting the strong relationship between industry and the Armed Forces of the three nations.

    There are currently more than 3,500 people, including engineers and programmers, working on GCAP in the UK. A further 1,000 have undertaken GCAP-related apprenticeships or training schemes, supporting the Government’s Plan for Change by driving defence as an engine for economic growth. Many more will follow as the GCAP programme develops in the years ahead.

    Defence Secretary, John Healey MP said:

    Opening of this global HQ in Reading underlines the UK’s full commitment to GCAP and demonstrates the steps we are taking with our partners to deliver for defence.

    The Strategic Defence Review captured that GCAP will deliver more than cutting-edge military capabilities. It already supports over 3,500 UK jobs, with many more to follow as the programme develops. It is also sustaining a world-leading skilled workforce for the UK’s combat air industry and delivering on the government’s Plan for Change. 

    Through this work we are helping to ensure the UK remains at the forefront of combat air power innovation for decades to come and that defence is engine for growth across the country.

    Newly published figures show 151,000 UK jobs are directly supported by the MOD’s spend with industry, an increase of 14,000 on the previous year. 4,500 of the additional jobs are in the South East, including Reading, as roles in the region jumped to a total of 38,700.

    The opening of the HQ comes after the government announced a historic commitment to increase defence spending to 2.6% of GDP by 2027, demonstrating the Government’s commitment to keep the UK secure at home and strong abroad.

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    MIL OSI United Kingdom –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI United Nations: General Assembly Takes Up Draft Resolution on Situation in Afghanistan

    Source: United Nations General Assembly and Security Council

    Seventy-ninth Session

    83rd Meeting* (AM)

    The General Assembly will hold a debate on the situation in Afghanistan and on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the country (document A/79/947).  The report provides an update on the activities of the United Nations in Afghanistan, including political, humanitarian and human rights efforts. The 193-member organ will also take action on the related draft resolution (document A/79/L.100) introduced by Germany.

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    * The 82nd Meeting was not covered.

    For information media. Not an official record.

    MIL OSI United Nations News –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI USA: Chairwoman McClain Joins President Trump as He Signs The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Into Law

    Source: US House of Representatives Republicans

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    Chairwoman McClain Joins President Trump as He Signs The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Into Law

    Washington, July 4, 2025

    WASHINGTON—House RepublicanChairwomanLisa McClain (R-Mich.) joined President Donald Trump at the White House as he signed into law theOne Big Beautiful Bill Act.

    During the ceremony, President Trump recognized and thankedChairwomanMcClain for her leadership.

    ChairwomanMcClain released the following statement:

    “What a great moment for our country. Months of hard work have paid off, and it was an honor to be at the White House for this historical moment. I thank Speaker Mike Johnson for his leadership in getting this across the finish line in the House. And I thank President Trump for leading our country into our Golden Age. This is just the beginning,” ChairwomanMcClain said.

    MIL OSI USA News –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI USA: SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Discuss Regulatory Framework for Finders and Continue Exploring Regulation A

    Source: Securities and Exchange Commission

    The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee announced that it will hold a meeting at the SEC Headquarters in Washington D.C on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10 a.m. E.T. The meeting will be open to the public, in-person, as well as webcast on the SEC website, and will explore Regulation A and the topic of “finders,” persons who assist companies with limited capital-raising activities in private markets.

    The meeting will start by finalizing discussion of potential regulatory improvements to Regulation A, building upon ideas generated during the previous committee meeting. In keeping with the committee’s efforts to promote small business capital formation, including access to capital for founders who are building businesses outside of prominent entrepreneurial hubs or without robust capital-raising networks, the committee will spend the remainder of the meeting exploring “finders” and related matters.  

    Staff from the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets will provide the committee with an overview of the SEC’s 2020 release, which proposed a limited, conditional exemption from broker registration for “finders.” The committee will also learn more about the role of “finders” and possible regulatory solutions from industry practitioners Gary Ross, Managing Partner at Ross Law Group, and Kelley Arena, Founder at Golden Hour Ventures. As part of this discussion, the committee will explore potential principles, frameworks, conditions, and safeguards that could permit certain “finders” to engage in limited capital-raising activities.  

    For more information about the committee and the full agenda for the meeting, visit the committee webpage.

    The Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the SEC on rules, regulations, and policy matters relating to small businesses.

    MIL OSI USA News –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Africa: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) clinic sees nearly triple rise in malnutrition admissions in northern Nigeria

    Source: APO


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    • In-patient admissions at IRC clinics increased sharply: from 241 in March to 672 in May, a 178% rise.
    • Approximately 4.6 million people in the northern BAY states (Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe) are projected to experience acute food insecurity between June and September.
    • Over 600,000 children under five are at immediate risk of severe acute malnutrition, the deadliest form of malnutrition.
    • Children with severe acute malnutrition are 11 times more likely to die than healthy children.

    The IRC is alarmed by rising numbers of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition admitted to IRC clinics across the northeast and northwest of Nigeria. Malnutrition rates are expected to intensify as the lean season sets in amidst growing insecurity, increased climate shocks like severe flooding, and aid cuts. 

    During the lean season, between harvesting periods, children face a high risk of complications like malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and respiratory infections. Rainfall leads to water contamination and cholera outbreaks, while wet conditions increase mosquito breeding and disease spread. 

    Babatunde Ojei, Country Director, IRC Nigeria, said:

    “It’s heartbreaking to see the needs of children growing while the support to reach them is shrinking. Rising insecurity and violence is cutting off communities, leaving the most vulnerable, especially children, without the care they desperately need.”

    Fewer implementing partners are active as donor reluctance, driven by insecurity, limited access, and global aid cuts, continues to restrict funding. While admissions are slightly lower this year compared to last – 763 children were admitted in May 2024 – this reduction in cases reflects reduced access and coverage rather than an improved situation. Activities have been scaled down within community outreach services, limiting screening and resulting in fewer identified cases. The IRC handed over one inpatient treatment site for children with severe acute malnutrition with complications to the government following funding cuts.

    Aid cuts disproportionately impact countries caught at the intersection of conflict and climate crises. Increasingly frequent seasonal flooding is expected to worsen the already critical crisis of severe acute malnutrition in children by destroying food stocks, disrupting agricultural activities, and displacing families: all leading to heightened food insecurity and more cases of acute malnutrition. Last year’s devastating floods triggered a sharp rise in malnutrition, with adult malnutrition also emerging as a serious concern, including widespread cases of stomach ulcers linked to hunger.

    In Nigeria, the IRC is tackling acute malnutrition with teams working across 7 hospitals and 65 community facilities. In 2024, more than 133,000 children under the age of 5 received treatment for acute malnutrition from our teams.

    The IRC is leading innovation on simplified approaches to treating acute malnutrition, and ensuring more children receive life-saving treatment with the same resources.

    Distributed by APO Group on behalf of International Rescue Committee (IRC) .

    MIL OSI Africa –

    July 8, 2025

  • MIL-OSI Africa: Kenya: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)-China South-South Cooperation High-level Meeting Held in Nairobi

    Source: APO


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    On July 4, the high-level meeting of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Project was held at the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development. Attendees included Mr. Jiang Wensheng, Vice Minister of China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Ms. Tipo, FAO Representative in Kenya ad interim; Dr. Ronoh, Principal Secretary of Kenya’s State Department for Agricultural Development; and Ms. Guo Haiyan, Chinese Ambassador to Kenya. The meeting focused on deepening agricultural South-South cooperation, enhancing food security, addressing climate change, and promoting rural development.

    China has been supporting Kenya for integrated fall armyworm control and low-carbon tea value chain through the FAO SSC/SSTC framework with promising results. The three parties expressed their commitment to further cooperation in promoting Chinese technologies and experience in developing countries to enhance agricultural productivity, facilitate poverty reduction and rural development, and address climate change. The Kenyan side welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest in agricultural sector in Kenya and hopes that China provide trade facilitation for Kenyan agricultural exports to its vast market.

    Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of Kenya.

    MIL OSI Africa –

    July 8, 2025
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