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  • MIL-OSI China: China’s landmark trade corridor cargo volume jumps 76.9% in H1

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

    A drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows gantry cranes loading containers onto a freight train in Qinzhou railway container center station in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. [Photo/Xinhua]

    Cargo volume on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor surged 76.9 percent year on year to 746,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first six months of this year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group.

    Cargo flow along the corridor hit a new record by reaching the 700,000 TEU mark on June 20, 125 days earlier than it did last year. As an important project under the Belt and Road Initiative, it has been playing a key role in connecting China’s landlocked western regions to global markets.

    A new intermodal transport model was introduced on March 25, when a freight train carrying 200 vehicles from southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality arrived at Qinzhou Port in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for direct transfer to an ocean vessel bound for Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port. This first-time use of a “JSQ-type freight train combining a roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessel” solution created a new export path for vehicles from Chongqing.

    The corridor also launched integrated rail-sea logistics packages this year, reducing shippers’ need to coordinate separately with multiple carriers across different transport segments, and enabling full cargo tracking to boost efficiency and lower costs.

    The corridor now operates 14 fixed train routes connecting Beibu Gulf Port in Guangxi and Zhanjiang Port in neighboring Guangdong Province to major inland hubs including Chongqing, Chengdu, Guiyang, Lanzhou, Huaihua and Xi’an. Goods transported through the trade corridor via intermodal rail-sea service now cover 1,236 categories, 79 more than a year earlier, spanning electronics, vehicles and auto parts, machinery, household appliances, and food. 

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  • MIL-OSI China: China to replicate Shanghai pilot FTZ measures nationwide

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

    China will replicate 77 pilot measures from the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in other FTZs and across the country, among efforts to align with high-standard international economic and trade rules and advance high-level institutional opening-up, according to a State Council circular released on Thursday.

    The measures span seven key areas: services trade, goods trade, digital trade, intellectual property protection, government procurement reform, behind-the-border management systems reform, and risk prevention and control.

    Of the overall package, 34 measures will be extended to other FTZs across the country, including those related to innovation in digital-yuan application scenarios, optimized cross-border fund management for multinational corporations, and data-export negative list mechanisms.

    The remaining 43 measures will be implemented nationwide, covering cross-border electronic payment applications, commercial encryption certification recognition, data security management certification, government data transparency, and digital government procurement platforms.

    The initiative builds on a November 2023 plan that positioned the Shanghai pilot FTZ as a pioneer in aligning with high-standard international economic and trade rules, establishing it as a national demonstration zone for institutional opening-up.

    After more than a year of pilot testing, Shanghai has developed leading and landmark institutional innovations and valuable best practices, the circular said.

    Authorities are instructed to implement these measures based on local conditions, prioritizing those most urgently needed by businesses and the public, with the aim of extending the benefits of institutional innovation to broader areas.

    The circular emphasized that these efforts support China’s strategy of leveraging high-level institutional opening-up to drive deeper reforms and high-quality development. 

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  • MIL-OSI China: Villarreal sign defender Rafa Marin from Napoli

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

    La Liga side Villarreal has signed central defender Rafa Marin on loan from Serie A champions Napoli for the coming season in which Marcelino Garcia Toral’s side will play in the Champions League.

    The 23-year-old Spaniard returns to his homeland after just a year in Italy, with Villarreal having the option to make the loan deal permanent at the end of next season.

    Marin’s arrival helps to cover for the retirement of veteran stopper Raul Albiol and the departure of Eric Bailly, who was released by the club when his contract expired in June.

    Marin came through Sevilla’s youth system before moving to Real Madrid and making 65 appearances for the club’s B-team.

    He enjoyed a successful 2023-24 season on loan with Alaves and also became a regular in the Spain Under-21 side, although his move to Napoli last summer has not been a success, with just six appearances for the Italian side.

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  • MIL-OSI China: IBA chief demands apology from IOC for unfairly treating boxers

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

    The International Boxing Association has demanded the Olympic governing body to apologize to athletes unfairly affected by its decision allowing controversial pugilist Imane Khelif to box at Paris 2024.

    Among those deserving an apology from the International Olympic Committee, according to IBA, is Chinese boxer Yang Liu, who was overpowered by Khelif in a lop-sided Olympic final on Aug 9 to lose the women’s 66kg gold medal to the Algerian at the Paris Games.

    Yang Liu (in blue) of China competes against Imane Khelif of Algeria during the women’s boxing 66kg final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

    IBA President Umar Kremlev, speaking at a news conference in Istanbul on Wednesday, reiterated his stance against the IOC’s permission on Khelif’s Olympic eligibility, hitting out at former Olympic chief Thomas Bach for ignoring the IBA’s pre-Games warning of Khelif’s abnormal gender test results.

    “We informed the IOC and provided them the documents (of the test results), but they broke those rules,” Kremlev, a Russian sports administrator, said through an interpreter at the conference, which was held to launch the IBA Golden Era development projects.

    “In my opinion, not giving back the medal, but to protect our female sport, we require them to apologize to female boxers publicly.

    “Thomas Bach and his team have to apologize to female boxers and then take their responsibility.

    “Leave the medals to the true sportswomen that deserved it,” said Kremlev, who had urged the IOC to strip Khelif’s medal and return it to the “real owner” in an earlier interview.

    Kremlev made the remarks amid renewed debates over gender regulations in elite sport, and ongoing disagreement between the IBA and IOC in defining athletes’ eligibility to compete in women’s divisions.

    At the center of the controversy are Khelif and another boxer Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei, who were both disqualified from IBA-sanctioned events after two rounds of gender testing reportedly found them possessing XY chromosomes.

    They were allowed to compete in Paris, though, by the IOC, which prioritizes legal documentation, such as passport sex designation, over biological findings with its own gender identification rules.

    Lin also won gold in Paris, defeating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta to bag the women’s 57kg title one day after Khelif’s win.

    Two rounds of blood analysis of the two boxers, first carried out during the 2022 IBA Women’s World Championships in Istanbul, followed by a second taken before the 2023 worlds in New Delhi, returned with identical results that did not match the eligibility criteria for IBA women’s events, according to the association.

    Trying to re-establish its prestige as the rightful international body of boxing, the IBA launched a series of development programs, including an esports initiative, a brand-new bare-knuckle league and the IBA Gym project, at the Istanbul event, aiming to enhance the sport’s appeal at both the amateur and professional levels.

    Its new professional boxing format, the IBA.Pro, separated from its continental and world championships system, made a strong impression on Wednesday with seven bouts, including two bare-knuckle fights, leaving the crowd in odds and adds for an adrenaline-rushing boxing show at the Rixos Tersane Istanbul.

    In the main event on the card, British underdog James Dickens delivered a huge upset on the IBA.Pro Champions Night after he knocked out defending WBA interim and IBA Pro super-featherweight world title holder Albert Batyrgaziev of Russia in the fourth round.

    Former unified world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury of Britain, American boxing legend Roy Jones Jr, his compatriot and multiple world title holder Terence Crawford, and supermodel Naomi Campbell, were among guests and celebrities attending the IBA event in Istanbul.

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  • MIL-OSI China: Djokovic steps up bid for Wimbledon history, Sinner cruises

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

    World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic both cruised into the men’s singles third round at the Wimbledon Championships on Thursday.

    Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return during the men’s singles second round match between Daniel Evans of Britain and Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Britain, July 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

    Sinner, 23, faced little trouble as he beat Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. The Italian needed just one hour and 40 minutes to wrap up the final match on Center Court and set up a third-round clash with Spaniard Pedro Martinez.

    Earlier, Djokovic also enjoyed a swift win as the 38-year-old Serbian defeated British player Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-2, 6-0.

    “I’m very, very pleased with the performance,” said Djokovic, who spent seven more minutes on court than Sinner. “From the very first point of the get-go, I was really sharp. I didn’t really want to give Dan a chance to come back to the match. I really tried to pressure him constantly from the back of the court.”

    “If I play like today, I feel like I have a very good chance against anybody,” added the seven-time Wimbledon champion, who has reached six finals in the last six editions of the tournament. He won four titles consecutively before being beaten by Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the past two years.

    In the women’s singles, Polish star Iga Swiatek came from a set down to beat American Caty McNally 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, while former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan breezed past Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-1.

    China’s Wang Xinyu, who knocked out 15th seed Karolina Muchova in the first round, lost to Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez 7-5, 7-5 in the second round. 

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  • MIL-OSI China: Landmark effort launched at Beijing conference to democratize digital processes

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

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    As the digital economy reshapes societies, a critical question emerges: how can its benefits move beyond privileged tech hubs to empower cities everywhere?

    At the 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference in Beijing, more than 40 partner cities spanning Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America answered by launching the Global Digital Economy Cities Alliance (DEC40) — a landmark effort to democratize digital processes.

    While 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) advance rapidly, infrastructure gaps and governance challenges exclude billions, especially in developing nations. DEC40 directly tackles it by institutionalizing multilateral cooperation on cross-border data rules, ethical AI and smart city solutions — frameworks essential for inclusive growth.

    This photo taken on July 2, 2025 shows a sign of the Global Digital Economy Conference 2025 in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

    CHINA’S ROLE AS CATALYST

    “Technologies from industry and academia need multilateral platforms to become true ‘digital public goods,’” stressed Zhao Houlin, former secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, at the conference running from Wednesday to Saturday.

    China’s practical models, showcased through DEC40, offer scalable blueprints: The digital governance platform of the city of Beijing streamlines administrations, serving 500,000 civil servants. Its Level-4 autonomous vehicles logged 170 million km, a replicable testbed for global urban mobility.

    “Urban development in the digital era requires not just technological breakthroughs, but also new ideas for governance and stronger international cooperation,” said Jiang Guangzhi, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. “We are ready to share our practice and provide a ‘Beijing Solution.’”

    “These innovations will be shared through the DEC40 platform to help other cities, especially in developing countries, adopt adaptable technology solutions,” Jiang added.

    Under DEC40, Beijing has a preliminary plan to implement three major initiatives. Over the next three years, the Chinese capital aims to provide digital infrastructure planning and consulting services to 100 cities in developing countries, train 100 city-level digital governance officers, and jointly build 10 demonstration projects in smart agriculture and digital healthcare.

    Beijing has already established connections with cities in countries such as Angola and Tajikistan, and the first training course for 50 officials is expected to be launched this year.

    Looking ahead, Rakhimova Durdona Shukurrullayevna, deputy mayor of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, believed that cooperation with Beijing will help ensure every resident shares in digital dividends.

    This photo taken on April 17, 2025 shows a China-developed WeRide Robobus (front) operating at an airport in Zurich, Switzerland. (Xinhua)

    PRIVATE SECTOR’S CROSS-BORDER IMPACT

    Beyond government-led efforts, Chinese private companies are also expanding their global footprint in the digital economy and taking their digital expertise to the world stage.  

    Chinese autonomous driving leaders like Pony.ai and WeRide now operate across more than eight countries, from Paris to Riyadh, contributing to local job creation in operations and tech support.

    “Our expansion attracts global suppliers to invest locally, building industrial clusters,” said Peng Jun, Pony.ai co-founder and chief executive officer.

    And benefits go beyond factories. According to Zhang Yuxue, WeRide’s director of PR and marketing, local partnerships have also led to job creation in areas such as fleet management and technical support.

    As Chinese autonomous driving firms gain global traction, collaboration with global players is deepening. Uber, for instance, has teamed up with WeRide and Pony.ai to integrate Chinese-developed autonomous driving technologies into its ride-hailing platform, starting with pilot operations in the Middle East.

    “It’s clear that the future of mobility will be increasingly shared, electric and autonomous,” said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. “We look forward to working with Chinese leading autonomous vehicle companies to help bring the benefits of autonomous technology to cities around the world.”

    Co-organized with the UN Development Program, the Global Digital Economy Conference signals that “digital inclusion is now a shared governance imperative.” As Beate Trankmann, resident representative of the United Nations Development Program in China, underscored, collective action turns tech potential into “tangible human benefits.”

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  • MIL-OSI New Zealand: Mild Start to Winter, Wetter Than Usual for Many Regions – Earth Sciences New Zealand’s (formerly NIWA) latest monthly climate summary for June 2025

    Source: Earth Sciences New Zealand

    Winter began on a mild and soggy note across much of New Zealand, according to Earth Sciences New Zealand’s (formerly NIWA) latest monthly climate summary for June 2025.
    Temperatures were above or well above average for most of the country, especially across the North Island, Tasman, Otago, eastern Southland, and Fiordland, says Earth Sciences New Zealand climate scientist Gregor Macara. “The nationwide average temperature of 9.4°C was 0.7°C above the June normal, making it the 16th-warmest June on record since 1909.”
    Rainfall was well above normal in many regions including Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Taranaki, Wellington, and much of the South Island. In contrast, dry conditions persisted in northern Northland, eastern Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, and Wairarapa.
    Soil moisture levels reflected the rainfall pattern, says Macara. “Drier-than-normal soils remained in Hawke’s Bay, while soils were wetter than normal across much of eastern South Island, from Marlborough to Dunedin.”
    The highest temperature in June was 23.2°C at Whakatu in the Hawke’s Bay, while Aoraki Mt Cook Airport recorded the lowest temperature of -12.9°C. Milford Sound took the title for the highest one-day rainfall in June with 151 mm on 25 June (that’s more than halfway up a Redband gumboot), while another regular in climate summaries, east coast headland Cape Turnagain, between Hawke’s Bay and Cook Strait, recorded the strongest wind gust at 191 km/h on the 1st of June.
    Among the main centres, Auckland was the warmest, Tauranga the wettest and sunniest, Christchurch the coolest and driest, and Dunedin the least sunny.
    The sunniest four locations in 2025 so far are Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, Auckland, and wider Nelson.
    On 1 July, GNS and NIWA merged to become Earth Sciences New Zealand. 
    More detailed information for regions, cities and monitoring stations is available at https://niwa.co.nz/climate-and-weather/monthly/climate-summary-june-2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Who Reads Russian Literature in China: From “Veteran Classics Lovers” to “Little Fairytale Lovers”

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –

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

    BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — At the recently concluded 31st Beijing International Book Fair held in the Chinese capital, the Russian national stand showcased about 800 of the best new releases from the Russian publishing market, covering various literary genres. Classic works of Russian literature that have had a profound impact on Chinese society, such as “War and Peace,” “Crime and Punishment,” and “How the Steel Was Tempered,” are now creating a new reading landscape for the Chinese audience along with works by contemporary Russian authors.

    THE ETERNAL RELEVANCE OF CLASSICS

    Over the past 100-odd years, a huge number of classic works of Russian literature have been translated and introduced to China. The works of literary titans such as Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov have had a lasting and profound influence on Chinese literary circles. Classic works such as How the Steel Was Tempered, War and Peace, and The Seagull were once widely known in China, but their mass recognition has noticeably weakened in our days.

    In Chinese literary studies, the prevailing opinion is that the end of the era of total reception of Russian literature in modern China does not indicate its decline, but rather a transition to a phase of deep artistic reflection, where the aesthetic value of the text dominates over utilitarian functions.

    Speaking about the main readers of Russian classical literature in today’s China, the winner of the international translation prize “Read Russia”, professor of the Capital Normal University Liu Wenfei in an interview with a correspondent of the Xinhua news agency noted that teachers and students of the humanities and Russian language departments are the most devoted readers of Russian classics in China.

    In addition, older Chinese writers and literary scholars have a particular fondness for the realism of the 19th-century “golden age,” while younger poets and prose writers have a clear preference for the modernist literature of the Silver Age—the works of Marina Tsvetaeva, Anna Akhmatova, and other outstanding authors. “It is unlikely that you will find a poet in China today who is not familiar with their legacy,” Liu Wenfei said. According to his observations, these groups form the main readership of Russian classics in the country.

    “But the readership of Russian classics in China is by no means limited to the groups mentioned. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain the phenomenon of multiple reprints of translations – it is enough to mention that Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina has been translated into Chinese at least fifty times, while the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky are constantly present in publishing plans,” emphasized Liu Wenfei, a professor of Russian studies who has been involved in literary translation since the early 1980s.

    THE FLOURISH OF RUSSIAN LITNISHES

    Modern Russian literature is also translated quite fully in China, although classic works such as Tolstoy’s War and Peace, whose reader demand consistently exceeds that of 21st century authors, retain absolute dominance in book retail.

    Contemporary Russian literature is in a phase of dynamic development, which excludes premature final assessments. This context is due to the transformation of reading practices, says Wang Xiaoyu, a junior research fellow at the Institute of World Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

    However, according to her, compared to other languages, the spread of modern Russian literature in China should be recognized as significant – based on the volume of translations into Chinese and the awards received in recent years.

    For example, Renmin Wenxue Chubanshe Publishing House launched the project “Mutual Translations of Chinese and Foreign Authors on a Single Theme”. The Chinese magazine “October” regularly publishes works by contemporary Russian writers first. In 2022, Professor Chen Fang from Renmin University of China received the Lu Xun Prize in the Best Literary Translation category for her translation work on Guzel Yakhina’s novel “My Children”, which contributes to the promotion of contemporary Russian literature in China.

    Thus, Chinese youth born after the 1990s have begun to pay more attention to the works of contemporary Russian authors. As demonstrated by the activities of Russian language clubs in Beijing universities in recent years, Chinese youth interest in contemporary Russian literature has evolved from “exoticization” to “analytical discourse” – as evidenced by the academic debate on postmodern narratology in the novels of Viktor Pelevin. And the number of participants in the “Russian-Language Literature” group on the Douban review platform increased by 46 percent in the 2023 annual report.

    DETLIT-REVANCE

    A significant place in the exposition of the Russian stand at the 31st PMCF was given to children’s books, which clearly demonstrates the desire to strengthen the position of Russian children’s publishers in close cooperation with Chinese partners.

    Let us recall that the 1950s were the “golden age” for the introduction and translation of Russian children’s literature in China. Such outstanding works as Pushkin’s fairy tale poem “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish”, Bianki’s “Forest Newspaper”, Gaidar’s “Distant Countries” and “Chuk and Gek”, and many other wonderful examples of Russian children’s literature were translated and published in China.

    However, in recent decades, attention to contemporary Russian children’s literature has noticeably weakened. “This is a serious and unacceptable omission,” says Zhu Ziqiang, director of the Xingyuan Institute at the Ocean University of China.

    This omission is now being actively corrected. In order to introduce outstanding Russian children’s books of recent decades to Chinese readers on a large scale, the Chinese publishing house “Jely” initiated and released the series “Golden Russian Children’s Books”. According to information, as of the end of June 2024, 11 titles with a total circulation of 147 thousand copies have been published within this series, including novels, fairy tales, prose and other works.

    These books have firmly gained recognition in the Chinese children’s and adolescent literature market. Some of them, including “Visiting the Polar Bear” by Oleg Bundur, “Theo, the Theater Captain” by Nina Dashevskaya, were included in the reading list recommended by teachers of a Chinese school for students. “Theo teaches us that even a small role is important. Now I also want to create a puppet theater in the classroom – like Theo!” wrote an 11-year-old schoolboy surnamed Li from Beijing in a review of the book he read “Theo, the Theater Captain”, which became one of the “Top 10 Best Children’s Books of 2023” at the “Reading Month” festival in the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province /South China/.

    At the Shanghai International Children’s Literature Fair held in November 2024, the China Literary Authors’ Society (CLAS) and the Association of Writers’ and Publishers’ Unions of Russia agreed to cooperate in acquiring numerous rights to Russian children’s publications.

    According to KLAO, as of June 2024, over the past decade, Chinese publishers have translated more than 700 books from Russia, and about 400 Chinese books have been translated in Russia. Literary exchange between the two countries is gradually moving from “one-way borrowing” to “two-way exchange”. In the future, with the deep introduction of digital technology and the involvement of young people, Russian literature will continue to write new pages in China’s cultural landscape.

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  • MIL-OSI New Zealand: Fatal crash, SH54, Aorangi

    Source: New Zealand Police

    One person has died following a crash in Aorangi earlier this morning.

    At around 7.50am, Police were notified of a crash involving a car and a pedestrian on SH54/Waughs Road.

    Sadly, despite best efforts of emergency services, the pedestrian died at the scene.

    The road remains closed while the Serious Crash Unit conducts a scene examination.

    ENDS

    Issued by Police Media Centre

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  • MIL-OSI New Zealand: Survivors recount toxic gas ordeal at landfill pit

    Source: Worksafe New Zealand

    As a WorkSafe prosecution comes to a close, two workers overcome by fumes from a toxic gas pit have for the first time told of their experience of narrowly dodging death.

    The men were doing an excavation, to try to fix the smell of rotting plasterboard at the Taylorville Resource Park near Greymouth in August 2023. The smell was hydrogen sulphide and the workers were not told of dangerously high levels of the toxic, colourless gas measured weeks before at the contaminated waste facility.

    The excavator operator went into the pit to clear a pump blockage but as he was climbing out fell unconscious and face down into black liquid at the base of the pit, known as leachate. His supervisor saw this from above and twice fell unconscious while trying to rescue him. He eventually managed to climb out and call for help.

    The pit at Taylorville Resource Park where two men were overcome by hydrogen sulphide.

    WorkSafe found inadequate risk assessment and planning for the excavation work, workers not being advised of the risks of hydrogen sulphide, and no gas monitors available on site. Two companies were prosecuted for health and safety failures and have now been sentenced in the Greymouth District Court.

    Both survivors have permanent name suppression. The supervisor suffered from toxic gas exposure and now lives with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

    “Every night for the first six months after the incident and now once a week, I wake up suffering flashbacks thinking I am still in the pit, not being able to breathe, and thinking I am going to die,” says the 64-year-old who has not been able to work since.

    Although the man has been left “in a dark financial situation” he says there have been other losses too.

    “My entire social circle consisted solely of my workmates so when I lost my job, I suddenly lost my social network and became socially isolated and alone… losing my social circle has probably been my biggest loss.”

    “This incident has taken away my life, all my goals and aspirations can no longer be achieved. The mental, physical, and financial impacts have had a profound impact in every area of my life and will continue to do so for a long time.”

    The operator suffered chemical burns to his eyes, chemical pneumonitis, atrial fibrillation, and seizures. He is now 38 and has returned to work. He has no memory of the incident, although he says he “feels bad for what happened” to his colleague “and the stress he had to go through when he pulled me out of the leachate”.

    WorkSafe’s role is to influence businesses to meet their responsibilities and keep people healthy and safe.

    “We salute the courage it has taken for these two survivors to stay strong throughout our investigation and prosecution,” says WorkSafe’s Inspectorate Head, Rob Pope.

    “The experience these men have gone through was both terrifying and completely avoidable. It’s only by sheer luck that both survived. Businesses must manage their health and safety risks, and when they do not we will hold them to account.”

    Read WorkSafe’s guidance on preventing harm from hydrogen sulphide

    Background

    • Taylorville Resource Park Limited and Paul Smith Earthmoving 2002 Ltd were sentenced at Greymouth District Court on 4 July 2025.
    • Taylorville Resource Park was fined $302,500 and Paul Smith Earthmoving $272,250. Reparations of $81,256 were also ordered.
    • Both entities were charged under sections 48(1) and (2)(c) and s 36(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
      • Being a PCBU having a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers who work for the PCBU, while the workers were at work in the business or undertaking, namely carrying out the excavation and associated work to access the base of Cell C (the excavation work), did fail to comply with that duty, and that failure exposed workers to a risk of death or serious injury.
    • The maximum penalty is a fine not exceeding $1.5 million.

    Media contact details

    For more information you can contact our Media Team using our media request form. Alternatively:

    Email: media@worksafe.govt.nz

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: Two members of Outlaws Motorcycle Club charged with drug offences

    Source: New South Wales Community and Justice

    Two members of Outlaws Motorcycle Club charged with drug offences

    Friday, 4 July 2025 – 11:00 am.

    Detectives from Tasmania Police have charged two members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, including a senior club official, with serious drug offences following an ongoing investigation into organised criminal activity in the state’s North West.
    A 36-year-old man and 51-year-old man were arrested and have been formally charged with multiple drug-related offences, including trafficking in a controlled substance and dealing with proceeds of crime.
    The arrests were made as part of a targeted police operation aimed at disrupting the distribution of illicit drugs and dismantling the criminal networks facilitating their supply.
    Search warrants were executed at multiple properties in the Devonport area, resulting in the seizure of a quantity of amphetamine, methylamphetamine, steroids, drug paraphernalia, and a significant amount of cash suspected to be the proceeds of crime.
    “These arrests demonstrate Tasmania Police’s ongoing commitment to targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs and reducing the harm they cause in our communities through drug distribution and organised criminal activity,” said Detective Inspector Michelle Elmer.
    Both men will appear in the Devonport Magistrates Court at a later date.
    Investigations remain ongoing, and police urge anyone with information about illegal drug activity to contact  police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 1800 333 000 or online at www.crimestopperstas.com.au.

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: Self-governance checklist for not-for-profit organisations

    Source: New places to play in Gungahlin

    This check list will help you:

    • review your organisation’s status as a not-for-profit (NFP) organisation
    • check how well your organisation understands its tax and super obligations.

    We recommend you give the completed checklist to your board, committee or trustee, to ensure they are better informed about their tax and super risks.

    Next steps:

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa J. Whop, Associate Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University

    Thurtell/Getty Images

    Australia’s lung cancer screening program launched on July 1, and marks real progress and opportunity.

    It aims to reduce the number of people dying from lung cancer by offering regular low-dose CT scans to people who smoke, and those who have quit. The aim is to detect and treat cancer early before it has spread.

    But the program’s design may further disadvantage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are disproportionately affected by lung cancer.

    So Australia’s first new cancer screening program in almost 20 years risks entrenching health inequities rather than addressing them.

    Lung cancer is a particular burden

    Lung cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are 2.1 times more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer, and 1.8 times likely to die from it, compared with non-Indigenous Australians.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are also more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer at a younger age than non-Indigenous Australians.

    Understanding the broader context of lung cancer risk among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is crucial.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been paid in tobacco rations rather than wages up until the 1960s, excluded from economic and health systems, and targeted by tobacco industry marketing.

    Indigenous-led tobacco control and quit-smoking programs, such as the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program, have made significant progress in reducing smoking rates. Indigenous communities are leading the resistance against tobacco industry harms.

    However, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples face major barriers to lung cancer screening. This is particularly in rural and remote areas where access to GPs, radiology services and culturally safe care is limited.

    Lung cancer screening should account for this

    Initially, the lung cancer screening program was designed with a lower screening age for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – 50 years compared with 55 years for non-Indigenous Australians. This made sense in the face of the earlier and higher risk of lung cancer.

    However, the Medical Services Advisory Committee, the body responsible for assessing applications for public funding, removed this risk-based distinction. Now there’s a general age eligibility of 50-70 years.

    This is a shift from equity (fairness) to equality (sameness). In health, treating everyone equally deepens inequities.

    By contrast, many public health programs strive for equity and reflect the differing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. For instance, heart health checks and many vaccines are offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at a younger age.

    There are also possible consequences of lowering the screening age for non-Indigenous Australians from 55 (as originally intended) to 50. Cancer Australia’s report warned this would not provide a favourable balance of benefits and harms, nor would it be cost-effective.

    In this lower-risk population, this could increase the likelihood of detecting slow-growing lung nodules unlikely to cause harm. This can lead to unnecessary tests and procedures, anxiety, psychological distress, overtreatment and even harm.

    While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can also experience these potential harms, the higher risk of lung cancer earlier means the potential benefit from early detection outweighs these risks.

    Let’s call it for what it is – structural racism

    So current eligibility criteria expands the eligibility for lower risk groups. Yet it ignores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ higher risk and cumulative impacts of remoteness, limited access to health services and other health conditions.

    This decision significantly increases the number of people accessing the program. While this may appear equal on the surface, it risks a misallocation of limited health system resources, particularly in an already overstretched health system.

    That’s a clear example of structural racism – when policies that seem neutral actually uphold longstanding inequities, and reinforce disadvantages.

    This has parallels with concerns raised in the United States. Screening guidelines there have been criticised for failing to account for higher rates of lung cancer in African Americans.

    What should we do next?

    If we’re serious about a commitment to equity in cancer outcomes – as outlined in the Australian Cancer Plan and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Plan – we must ensure screening policies do not inadvertently widen inequities.

    We must revisit who’s eligible for screening and how eligibility is determined. This may mean not only considering age and smoking history, but other factors such as a family history of cancer.

    It might also mean predicting lung cancer risk using models such as the PLCOm2012 risk prediction model. However, this particular model has not been validated in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, which needs to be a priority.

    Instead, the Medical Services Advisory Committee has prioritised the same screening age for all – administrative simplicity over this more sensitive way of assessing risk.

    We must prioritise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on screening waitlists and follow-up, and strengthen the cultural safety of services.

    We must ensure robust data collection and reporting to evaluate the screening program. Evaluation needs to assess if the program delivers equitable access and outcomes, as well as delivering on effectiveness, safety and cost.

    All these actions are essential to address the higher burden of lung cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and uphold equity and the right to health over administrative simplicity.

    This is the final article in our ‘Finding lung cancer’ series, which explores Australia’s first new cancer screening program in almost 20 years. Read other articles in the series.

    More information about the program is available, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. If you need support to quit smoking, see your doctor or call Quitline on 13 78 48.

    Lisa J. Whop has received funding from Australian government National Health and Medical Research Council, Cancer Australia, and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Whop is the Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Group of Cancer Australia and has been an investigator on lung cancer screening consultation projects funded by Cancer Australia. The views in this article are their own.

    Alison Brown has been a co-investigator on lung cancer screening consultation projects funded by Cancer Australia.

    Raglan Maddox has received funding from Australian government National Health and Medical Research Council, Cancer Australia, and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Maddox has been an investigator on lung cancer screening consultation projects funded by Cancer Australia. The views in this article are their own.

    – ref. Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned – https://theconversation.com/australias-new-lung-cancer-screening-program-has-chosen-simplicity-over-equity-and-were-concerned-253614

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa J. Whop, Associate Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University

    Thurtell/Getty Images

    Australia’s lung cancer screening program launched on July 1, and marks real progress and opportunity.

    It aims to reduce the number of people dying from lung cancer by offering regular low-dose CT scans to people who smoke, and those who have quit. The aim is to detect and treat cancer early before it has spread.

    But the program’s design may further disadvantage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are disproportionately affected by lung cancer.

    So Australia’s first new cancer screening program in almost 20 years risks entrenching health inequities rather than addressing them.

    Lung cancer is a particular burden

    Lung cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are 2.1 times more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer, and 1.8 times likely to die from it, compared with non-Indigenous Australians.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are also more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer at a younger age than non-Indigenous Australians.

    Understanding the broader context of lung cancer risk among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is crucial.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been paid in tobacco rations rather than wages up until the 1960s, excluded from economic and health systems, and targeted by tobacco industry marketing.

    Indigenous-led tobacco control and quit-smoking programs, such as the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program, have made significant progress in reducing smoking rates. Indigenous communities are leading the resistance against tobacco industry harms.

    However, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples face major barriers to lung cancer screening. This is particularly in rural and remote areas where access to GPs, radiology services and culturally safe care is limited.

    Lung cancer screening should account for this

    Initially, the lung cancer screening program was designed with a lower screening age for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – 50 years compared with 55 years for non-Indigenous Australians. This made sense in the face of the earlier and higher risk of lung cancer.

    However, the Medical Services Advisory Committee, the body responsible for assessing applications for public funding, removed this risk-based distinction. Now there’s a general age eligibility of 50-70 years.

    This is a shift from equity (fairness) to equality (sameness). In health, treating everyone equally deepens inequities.

    By contrast, many public health programs strive for equity and reflect the differing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. For instance, heart health checks and many vaccines are offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at a younger age.

    There are also possible consequences of lowering the screening age for non-Indigenous Australians from 55 (as originally intended) to 50. Cancer Australia’s report warned this would not provide a favourable balance of benefits and harms, nor would it be cost-effective.

    In this lower-risk population, this could increase the likelihood of detecting slow-growing lung nodules unlikely to cause harm. This can lead to unnecessary tests and procedures, anxiety, psychological distress, overtreatment and even harm.

    While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can also experience these potential harms, the higher risk of lung cancer earlier means the potential benefit from early detection outweighs these risks.

    Let’s call it for what it is – structural racism

    So current eligibility criteria expands the eligibility for lower risk groups. Yet it ignores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ higher risk and cumulative impacts of remoteness, limited access to health services and other health conditions.

    This decision significantly increases the number of people accessing the program. While this may appear equal on the surface, it risks a misallocation of limited health system resources, particularly in an already overstretched health system.

    That’s a clear example of structural racism – when policies that seem neutral actually uphold longstanding inequities, and reinforce disadvantages.

    This has parallels with concerns raised in the United States. Screening guidelines there have been criticised for failing to account for higher rates of lung cancer in African Americans.

    What should we do next?

    If we’re serious about a commitment to equity in cancer outcomes – as outlined in the Australian Cancer Plan and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Plan – we must ensure screening policies do not inadvertently widen inequities.

    We must revisit who’s eligible for screening and how eligibility is determined. This may mean not only considering age and smoking history, but other factors such as a family history of cancer.

    It might also mean predicting lung cancer risk using models such as the PLCOm2012 risk prediction model. However, this particular model has not been validated in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, which needs to be a priority.

    Instead, the Medical Services Advisory Committee has prioritised the same screening age for all – administrative simplicity over this more sensitive way of assessing risk.

    We must prioritise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on screening waitlists and follow-up, and strengthen the cultural safety of services.

    We must ensure robust data collection and reporting to evaluate the screening program. Evaluation needs to assess if the program delivers equitable access and outcomes, as well as delivering on effectiveness, safety and cost.

    All these actions are essential to address the higher burden of lung cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and uphold equity and the right to health over administrative simplicity.

    This is the final article in our ‘Finding lung cancer’ series, which explores Australia’s first new cancer screening program in almost 20 years. Read other articles in the series.

    More information about the program is available, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. If you need support to quit smoking, see your doctor or call Quitline on 13 78 48.

    Lisa J. Whop has received funding from Australian government National Health and Medical Research Council, Cancer Australia, and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Whop is the Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Group of Cancer Australia and has been an investigator on lung cancer screening consultation projects funded by Cancer Australia. The views in this article are their own.

    Alison Brown has been a co-investigator on lung cancer screening consultation projects funded by Cancer Australia.

    Raglan Maddox has received funding from Australian government National Health and Medical Research Council, Cancer Australia, and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Maddox has been an investigator on lung cancer screening consultation projects funded by Cancer Australia. The views in this article are their own.

    – ref. Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned – https://theconversation.com/australias-new-lung-cancer-screening-program-has-chosen-simplicity-over-equity-and-were-concerned-253614

    MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

  • MIL-OSI Submissions: Hong Kong: Same-sex partnerships proposal does not go nearly far enough – Amnesty International

    Source: Amnesty International

    Responding to the Hong Kong government proposing a registration system that would recognize same-sex partnerships formed overseas and grant such couples more rights, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said:

    “The Hong Kong government’s proposal does not go nearly far enough in its claim to recognize the rights of same-sex couples in the city.

    “For unmarried same-sex couples in Hong Kong, where it is not legal for them to marry, this proposal provides precisely nothing. They are still denied both recognition of their union and the full array of rights enjoyed by opposite-sex couples.

    “While this proposal affords limited additional rights to couples who have married or registered as civil partners overseas, this falls far short of the CFA’s instruction to establish a framework of recognition in Hong Kong.”

    MIL OSI – Submitted News –

  • MIL-OSI Video: Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan | United Nations

    Source: United Nations (video statements)

    Expo 2025 is held in Osaka, Kansai, Japan from 13 April 2025 to 13 October 2025 with the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” The UN Pavilion at Expo 2025 brings 35 United Nations entities and 15 offices together under the theme “United for a Better Future”.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDVkyzV-I4Y

    MIL OSI Video –

  • MIL-OSI USA: Cassidy School Choice Legislation Heads to President Trump’s Desk as Part of One, Big, Beautiful Bill

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Louisiana Bill Cassidy
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today released a statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill that included Cassidy’s Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA). The bill is now headed to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
    “Parents should decide where their kids go to school. This bill helps them do that,” said Dr. Cassidy. “I am grateful to see President Trump sign the first federal school choice bill into law as a part of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”
    “Passage of ECCA is a historic moment for educational freedom and parents’ ability to choose the best option for their children. Students deserve the opportunity to succeed in the setting which best meets their needs, and this investment will open new doors for millions of American families. It has been a privilege to work so diligently with Rep. Owens, Sen. Cassidy, and Sen. Scott to accomplish this historic legislation, and I look forward to continuing our work supporting American families as the Treasury Department implements this legislation,” said Representative Adrian Smith (NE-03).
    In January, Cassidy and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) led their colleagues in introducing ECCA to expand educational freedom and opportunity for students. Specifically, it provides a charitable donation incentive for individuals and businesses to fund scholarship awards for students to cover expenses related to K-12 public and private education. ECCA will be the first federal school choice legislation to be signed into law in American history.
    Cassidy was joined by U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-SC), John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Kennedy (R-LA), Tommy Tubberville (R-AL), Jim Justice (R-WV), James Risch (R-ID), John Barrasso (R-WY), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Todd Young (R-IN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Katie Britt (R-AL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jon Husted (R-OH), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jim Banks (R-IN), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), John Boozman (R-AR), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Ashley Moody (R-FL).

    MIL OSI USA News –

  • MIL-OSI Banking: Global Topic: Panasonic awarded Best Brand in Customer Experience at Oman CX Forum 2025

    Source: Panasonic

    Headline: Global Topic: Panasonic awarded Best Brand in Customer Experience at Oman CX Forum 2025

    Panasonic recognized for its leading approach to customer engagement, personalization and innovation in delivering smooth digital and in-person experiences

    Muscat, Oman – Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa FZE (PMMAF) announced that it has been awarded as the Best Brand in Customer Experience at the prestigious Oman CX Forum 2025. The recognition celebrates Panasonic’s unwavering commitment to set new benchmarks in providing exceptional customer service through its leading approach to customer engagement, personalization and continuous innovation in delivering smooth digital and in-person experiences across the region.
    Held recently in Muscat, the Oman CX Forum 2025 brought together over 200 influential regional leaders and dedicated customer experience professionals. The event, presented by Infoline and organised by Muscat Media Group, served as a pivotal platform for discussing the latest digital customer experience trends, exploring groundbreaking innovations, and dissecting customer-centric strategies shaping the future of industries. The forum’s key highlight was the awards ceremonies, which featured 25 categories selected through nationwide consumer voting. Among the top plums of the event’s recognition was the distinguished “Best Brand in Customer Experience” award.
    Panasonic’s strong customer-first approach has been pivotal to its continued success and esteemed reputation as a premium trusted brand across the region. The special accolade validates the company’s commitment to forward-thinking initiatives in order to foster meaningful customer connections. Furthermore, it is a testament to Panasonic’s consistent efforts to deeply understand its customers’ needs, behavior and preferences in delivering seamless digital and in-person experiences, characterized by exceptional engagement and thoughtful personalization.
    Hiroyuki Shibutani, CEO, PMMAF, commented: “We are incredibly honored to receive the ‘Best Brand in Customer Experience’ award at the Oman CX Forum 2025. It marks a significant point in our journey and speaks to the standards we’ve maintained through the years. This recognition is a powerful affirmation of our dedication to placing the customer at the heart of everything we do. It reflects the hard work and relentless pursuit of excellence by our teams who are committed to understanding and exceeding customer expectations at every touchpoint.”
    John Hardy, COO, PMMAF, added: “As businesses embrace innovation to stay relevant in a changing world, we at Panasonic remain focused on shaping what future-ready technology looks like. This recognition not only reinforces the trust our customers place in us, but, equally important, it also motivates us to further invest in strategies that drive us forward and ensure our customers receive unparalleled service.”
    Truly focused on refining and enhancing its top-tier customer experience, Panasonic consistently strives to make an even bigger impact with its customers. In recent years, the company introduced the SMART CARE App, a digital platform which allows customers, dealers, and service centers to seamlessly communicate all service-related matters and claim warranties at the touch of a button. Panasonic is the first appliances brand in the region to launch this kind of paperless warranty system—a testament to its continuing efforts to enhance customer experience through digital excellence.
    Also in April of this year, Panasonic established the Digital Studio at its Digital Repair Training Center in Dubai, UAE with the aim of revolutionizing technical training and ultimately deliver efficient service to its customers. With this new platform, optimized technical knowledge transfer is achieved, ensuring that Panasonic engineers and technicians stay updated with the latest product insights and troubleshooting techniques.

    Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa FZE (PMMAF) are the regional Headquarters, all functions related to Sales and Marketing, Supply chain and Customer service solutions, and Advertising functions under the brand name Panasonic are handled by PMMAF. The vision at PMMAF is to be the No 1 Customer-centric Company and No 1 Customer-preferred brand in the Middle East and Africa region.

    MIL OSI Global Banks –

  • MIL-OSI Australia: Kilmore mum urges parents to check where devices are charging

    Source:

    A Kilmore family is urging Victorians to install smoke alarms in their bedrooms and to not charge their devices on bedding after their house was recently damaged by a fire in the early hours.

    Just after 4am on Monday, 9 June, Kilmore, Wallan and Broadford CFA crews attended the scene after an iPad that was on charge under a pillow caught fire.

    Mother of four, Jessica, said the iPad, charging between the bedhead and the pillow on the top bunk in the bedroom of two of her children, exploded from the heat and ignited a large flame.

    “I was alerted by my son yelling and screaming because he got burnt from debris falling from the top of the bunk. He woke us up by saying there was fire on his bed,” Jessica said.

    “I was in pure shock and surprise. All I wanted to do was make sure my kids were safe.

    “My initial actions were to try and put the fire out, so we put water on it, and that obviously didn’t work, so we closed the door and ran safely out of the house.”

    With no existing home fire escape plan in place, Jessica wishes she could go back in time, having had conversations with her family earlier about what they would do in an emergency.

    “Although you often feel a charger heat up, you never think anything will actually happen,” Jessica said.

    “My son was extremely terrified. He is fully aware of the dangers and now doesn’t charge his phone anywhere near the bed.”

    Due to the family closing the bedroom doors, the fire was able to be contained to the bedroom, however both Jessica and her son sustained injuries from the blaze.

    “I got burnt on my toe, and my 14-year-old got third degree burns on his arm,” Jessica said.

    With school holidays approaching and families spending more time indoors, Jessica strongly urges parents to ensure all their devices are not being put on charge inside bedrooms.

    “To have had this happen, it was just so scary and traumatic. I’d love for people to remain safe and not encounter what we went through,” Jessica said.

    “Please be mindful of where you are charging devices. I’d recommend charging on benches away from any kind of fabric materials and preferably not overnight.”

    Although smoke alarms were installed in the hallway, just outside the closed bedroom doors, Jessica was in such shock she did not hear them.

    Residents are reminded smoke alarms should be installed in every bedroom and living area and to assist in helping your family to safety, interconnected smoke alarms are recommended, so that when one alarm activates, all smoke alarms will sound.

    “I’m now focusing on getting safer cords with surge and overload protection and I’m also going to deck my house out with more smoke alarms insides our bedrooms and fire extinguishers throughout the house,” Jessica said.

    Learn how you can further safeguard your family during emergencies at www.cfa.vic.gov.au/smokealarms.

    Submitted by CFA media

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  • MIL-OSI New Zealand: Health – Te Whatu Ora refuses to address patient safety concerns – NZNO

    Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation

    Te Whatu Ora is refusing to address calls to prioritise patient safety by adequately resourcing safe staffing levels, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōputanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says.
    A new offer from Te Whatu Ora to NZNO members has failed to include measures to address staffing concerns despite it being raised continually throughout the bargaining process.
    NZNO Chief Executive Paul Goulter says an earlier offer from Te Whatu Ora committed to acting on safe staffing research the two organisations had agreed to do together.
    “Te Whatu Ora has removed that from their latest offer without explanation. This demonstrates their focus is on cost cutting, not patient safety.
    “A survey of our members shows nurses have grave concerns that continued understaffing is putting their patients at risk. Overworked staff are unable to give patients the care they need and leads to staff burnout,” Paul Goulter says.
    Despite claiming there is no nursing shortage, Te Whatu Ora continues to understaff shifts. NZNO has received staffing figures under the Official Information Act for 631 wards using the safe staffing Care Capacity Demand Management programme (CCDM).
    “These figures show from January to October last year almost half (or 47.1%) of all wards were understaffed 20% of the time. That means nurses and health care assistants are working in understaffed wards at least one shift a week,” Paul Goulter says.
    “We are also continuing to see acute levels of understaffing in emergency departments, mental health, women’s health and children’s wards.”
    Paul Goulter says Te Whatu Ora Acting Chief Executive Robyn Shearer claimed this morning that clinical need “isn’t an easy thing” to resolve through collective bargaining.
    “It is concerning that Robyn Shearer isn’t aware CCDM has been in the Te Whatu Ora/NZNO collective agreement since 2010,” he says.

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  • India – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    India: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    There is a lot of excitement among people, says Indian envoy ahead of PM Modi’s Trinidad and Tobago visit
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Trinidad and Tobago has generated “intense desire” for greater engagement and collaboration between the two countries, India’s High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit, said on Thursday. “There is a lot of enthusiasm and excitement among the people. […]

    Every country respects India because of PM Modi, says spiritual leader Swami Chidanand Saraswati
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Spiritual leader Swami Chidanand Saraswati of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on receiving Ghana’s highest civilian honour, drawing a parallel between PM Modi’s leadership and that of Lord Ram. Speaking to IANS, he lauded India’s foreign policy under PM Modi, stating […]

    Trinidad all set to welcome PM Modi as India eyes stronger Caribbean ties
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed Accra on Thursday for Port of Spain, where he will seek to strengthen India’s historic ties with Trinidad and Tobago during the second leg of his five-nation tour. “Leaving for Trinidad & Tobago. Later this evening, I look forward to attending […]

    PM Modi presents handcrafted Indian artefacts to Ghanaian leaders on historic visit
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his two-day visit to Ghana on Thursday by gifting handcrafted artefacts to the country’s top leaders, underlining India’s rich craft traditions and centuries-old artisanal legacy. The Prime Minister gifted Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama a pair of Bidriware vases from […]

    PM Modi invites Ghana’s legislators to visit new Indian Parliament
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited Ghanaian lawmakers to visit India’s new Parliament building, calling it a symbol of India’s commitment to inclusivity and democratic reforms. Addressing Ghana’s Parliament during his visit to Accra, PM Modi highlighted the Women’s Reservation Act, 2023 — the Constitution […]

    MIL-OSI Security: Wyoming Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Attempted Robbery on Fort Peck Indian Reservation
    Source: US FBI GREAT FALLS – A Wyoming man who attempted a robbery on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in prison to be followed by 3 years supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Jesse Alex Sutherland, 37, pleaded guilty in December 2024 to one count of attempted robbery. […]

    MIL-OSI Security: Browning Man Sentenced to Prison for Death on Blackfeet Indian Reservation
    Source: US FBI GREAT FALLS – A Browning man who caused a death on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 18 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Douglas Dean McDonald, 29, pleaded guilty in February 2025 to one count of involuntary manslaughter. […]

    PM Modi calls India-Ghana friendship “sweeter than sugarloaf pineapple” in Accra address
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Parliament of Ghana on Thursday and highlighted the “sweetness” of the relationship between the two countries, which he said was rooted in shared struggles. “The histories of India and Ghana bear the scars of colonial rule, but our spirits have […]

    MIL-OSI Europe: ASIA/INDIA – Chemical factory explosion: Catholic Church calls for transparency and protection of workers’ dignity
    Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI Syro malankara Church Telangana Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – “The explosion at a chemical factory in the state of Telangana once again raises the serious problem of exploitation and disregard for the dignity of workers. The victims are mostly poor people, members of tribal communities, migrant workers, and daily laborers, […]

    PM Modi becomes first Indian Prime Minister to address Ghana’s Parliament, calls for stronger voice for Global South
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday became the first Indian Prime Minister to address a special session of Ghana’s Parliament, underlining India’s commitment to strengthening democratic values and championing the voice of the Global South in global governance. Addressing lawmakers, government officials and dignitaries in Accra, […]

    By the Numbers: Deconstructing India’s Unprecedented Poverty Decline
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) The global narrative of poverty reduction has an Indian imprint in the latest data releases. The decline in poverty, confirmed by a confluence of national and international assessments, is a significant landmark on India’s developmental journey. Reduced poverty means more empowered citizens, a factor that reflects […]

    Sensex, Nifty end lower amid consolidation, investors await India-US trade deal
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) The Indian stock markets ended lower on Thursday after a day of cautious trading, as late selling pressure erased earlier gains. Investors remained watchful amid hopes of a possible trade agreement between the US and India. The Sensex touched an intra-day high of 83,850 in early […]

    PM Modi dedicates Ghana’s highest state honour ‘to enduring friendship, shared values’ with India
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the Parliament of Ghana and dedicated the prestigious “Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana” conferred on him to the enduring friendship and shared values between the two countries. PM Modi was conferred with The Officer of […]

    MIL-OSI Banking: Samsung Members Across India Join First-Ever Virtual Samsung Members Connect to Explore the Galaxy AI Universe
    Source: Samsung   From the Himalayas to the coasts, Samsung Members came together for a one-of-a-kind virtual celebration of innovation, connection, and community.   For the very first time, Samsung Members Connect went virtual—and what a success it was! On 25th June 2025, thousands of Galaxy users from every corner of India joined in from […]

    MIL-OSI Banking: Samsung TV Plus Expands Content Lineup with B4U Channels, Bringing Blockbuster Movies and Music to Indian Audiences
    Source: Samsung   Samsung TV Plus, India’s leading free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, has announced the addition of four popular B4U channels – B4U Movies, B4U Music, B4U Kadak and B4U Bhojpuri to its dynamic content lineup. This partnership further strengthens the robust catalogue of Samsung TV Plus, now boasting over 125+ FAST channels, […]

    MIL-OSI Africa: President Mahama confers Ghana’s highest honour on Indian Prime Minister (PM)
    Source: APO – Report: . President John Dramani Mahama has, on behalf of the government and people of Ghana, conferred the State Honour of Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day official visit. The award presentation took place at a state banquet […]

    India’s GDP growth projected at 6.4-6.7% for FY26: CII
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has projected India’s real GDP growth to remain in the range of 6.4% to 6.7% in the financial year 2025-26, reiterating the country’s position as the fastest-growing major economy globally. Speaking at an industry event in New Delhi on Thursday, […]

    MIL-OSI: MEXC Ventures Champions India Blockchain Tour 2025, Ignites Web3 Innovation Across 8 Cities
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MEXC Ventures, the investment arm of the global cryptocurrency exchange MEXC, as the title sponsor of the 4th edition India Blockchain Tour (IBT) 2025, has partnered with organizer Octaloop (one of India’s earliest and most active crypto-native communities) to launch a six-month Web3 innovation […]

    Corporate profits in India grew nearly 3x faster than GDP between FY20–25: Report
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) India Inc has shown remarkable financial strength over the last five years, with corporate profits growing nearly three times faster than the country’s GDP between FY20 and FY25, a new report said on Thursday. The profit-to-GDP ratio has risen significantly to 6.9 per cent — reflecting […]

    MIL-OSI Submissions: Ghana and India: Narendra Modi’s visit rekindles historical ties
    Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Pius Siakwah, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Narendra Modi’s trip to Ghana in July 2025, part of a five-nation visit, is the first by an Indian prime minister in over 30 years. The two countries’ relationship goes back more than half a […]

  • China – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    China: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    MIL-OSI China: 2025 Xi’an Marathon set for October
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News The 2025 Xi’an Marathon will be held on October 19 in the capital city of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Participants run past the Erqi Square during the 2024 Zhengzhou Marathon in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province, on Nov. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhao Peng) “Runners can register through […]

    MIL-OSI China: Wang Xinyu bows out of Wimbledon 2nd round
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News China’s Wang Xinyu lost to Zeynep Sonmez of Türkiye 7-5, 7-5 in the women’s singles second round at Wimbledon on Thursday. Both players broke back and forth in the first set until Sonmez clinched the win. After they tied at 5-5 in the second set, Sonmez […]

    MIL-OSI China: Liverpool, football world mourn Jota as tributes pour in
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Liverpool FC and Cristiano Ronaldo have led tributes to Portugal international Diogo Jota, after he and his brother Andre died in a car crash in northwestern Spain in the early hours of Thursday morning. The brothers died when their Lamborghini went off the A52 road, possibly […]

    MIL-OSI China: Putin tells Trump he won’t back down from goals in Ukraine
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow would achieve its goals in the conflict with Ukraine, including the elimination of its root causes, in a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, according to Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov. “Our president said that Russia […]

    MIL-OSI China: US House passes Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill with a vote of 218 to 214 on Thursday. Photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong) The bill will be sent […]

    MIL-OSI China: 13th World Peace Forum held in Beijing
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News More than 1,200 guests from 86 countries and regions have gathered in Beijing to exchange views on maintaining global peace and addressing conflicts at the ongoing 13th World Peace Forum (WPF). Themed “advancing global peace and prosperity: shared responsibility, benefit and achievement,” the forum, which runs […]

    MIL-OSI China: View of Heishan Gorge Yellow River grand bridge in NW China
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News View of Heishan Gorge Yellow River grand bridge in NW China Updated: July 4, 2025 08:03 Xinhua An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows the Heishan Gorge Yellow River grand bridge in Zhongwei City, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The two sides […]

    MIL-OSI China: China activates Level-IV emergency response to flooding in 5 provinces
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Thursday launched a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in five provinces, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. The emergency measures cover Liaoning, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, where heavy downpours are […]

    MIL-OSI China: China’s commerce ministry says to ensure necessity supply in flood-hit areas
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — The Ministry of Commerce has taken measures to ensure stable market supply of daily necessities in China’s flood-hit regions, a ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Since the main flood season began in June, multiple southern regions have experienced heavy rainfall and flooding, […]

    MIL-OSI China: China’s summer grain procurement surpasses 50 mln tonnes
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — China’s summer grain procurement has entered its peak season, with cumulative purchases exceeding 50 million tonnes nationwide, which is a relatively high level for recent years, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration said on Thursday. Procurement operations are progressing in an […]

    MIL-OSI China: China to accelerate high-quality development of photovoltaics sector
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Thursday held a symposium for manufacturing enterprises, focusing on accelerating the high-quality development of the photovoltaics industry. The symposium called for efforts to deal comprehensively with the problem of disorderly price competition in […]

    MIL-Evening Report: Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bo Li, Professor, Environmental Futures Research Centre, School of Science, University of Wollongong Excavation at the Gantangqing site. Liu et al. Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: China to host Digital Silk Road Development Forum in ancient port city
    Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — The World Internet Conference (WIC) Digital Silk Road Development Forum will be held on July 24 in Quanzhou, east China’s Fujian Province, […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Vice Chairman of China delivers speech at opening ceremony of 13th World Peace Forum
    Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Thursday addressed the opening ceremony of the 13th World Peace Forum in Beijing, calling for jointly […]

    MIL-OSI China: Hainan draws global tourists with visa-free travel, streamlined tax refunds
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Hainan draws global tourists with visa-free travel, streamlined tax refunds Updated: July 3, 2025 21:44 Xinhua China’s tropical island province of Hainan is becoming a “shopping paradise” for international travelers, boosted by expanding visa-free entry policy and hassle-free tax refunds. MIL OSI China News –

    MIL-OSI China: China to hold extensive cultural events marking 80th anniversary of victory against Japanese aggression, fascism
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News China to hold extensive cultural events marking 80th anniversary of victory against Japanese aggression, fascism BEIJING, July 3 — China will organize an array of cultural events to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: More than 300 Chinese companies are ready to take part in the 9th China-Russia EXPO in Yekaterinburg – Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China
    Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — The 9th China-Russia Expo will be held from July 7 to 10, 2025, in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, Chinese Ministry of […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: China calls for political process in Haiti to advance
    Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News UNITED NATIONS, July 3 (Xinhua) — China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang on Wednesday called for efforts to advance the political process in […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: China successfully launches new experimental satellite
    Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News XICHANG, July 3 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday successfully launched a new experimental satellite, Shiyan-28B 01, into space. The launch was carried out using a Long March-4C […]

    MIL-OSI China: Xi’s speech at 2nd China-Central Asia Summit published as booklet
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — A speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the second China-Central Asia Summit has been published in booklet form. Xi delivered the keynote speech themed “Championing the China-Central Asia Spirit For High-Quality Cooperation in the Region” in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 17. […]

  • Economy – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    Economy: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    MIL-OSI Economics: African Development Bank awards $1 million grant to support green skills development for South Africans, with focus on youth
    Source: African Development Bank Group The African Development Bank, through the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA), has awarded a $1 million grant to South Africa’s National Business Initiative (NBI) to strengthen efforts to build a dynamic, demand-led skills ecosystem that enables South Africans, particularly young people, to access emerging job… MIL OSI Economics […]

    MIL-OSI Economics: African Development Bank awards $1 million grant to support green skills development for South Africans, with focus on youth
    Source: African Development Bank Group The African Development Bank, through the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA), has awarded a $1 million grant to South Africa’s National Business Initiative (NBI) to strengthen efforts to build a dynamic, demand-led skills ecosystem that enables South Africans, particularly young people, to access emerging job… MIL OSI Economics […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Remarks as prepared for delivery by Dr. Josh Cowen, Friend of Education Award winner, to the 104th Representative Assembly
    Source: US National Education Union Thank you President Pringle. Thanks to the Friend of Education Award Committee. And thanks most of all to you educators out there working hard for kids and families in public schools across the country. I want to give a special shout-out to the Michigan delegation for the work you do […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Summer blitz on town centre crime
    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Press release Summer blitz on town centre crime Over 500 town centres have signed up to the Home Secretary’s Safer Streets summer blitz that will see increased police patrols and local action . Thousands of shoppers and businesses will see increased police presence, stronger prevention and enforcement action by […]

    MIL-OSI USA News: Establishing the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission
    Source: US Whitehouse By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  Section 1.  Purpose.  The United States is blessed with vast beautiful landscapes, abundant natural resources, and a rich heritage of discovery by travelers and outdoorsmen.  America’s national parks, forests, waterways, […]

    MIL-OSI USA News: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes Make America Beautiful Again Commission
    Source: US Whitehouse MAKING AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the Make America Beautiful Again (MABA) Commission to conserve America’s lands and waters, cut red tape, and drive conservation and economic growth. The MABA Commission will be chaired by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and comprised of […]

    MIL-OSI USA: We Have Only Just Begun
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Wisconsin Ron Johnson On July 1, after the longest vote-a-rama in Senate history, the Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by a vote of 51-50. Here is why I voted yes.  With President Biden in the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress, Democrats had every […]

    MIL-OSI USA: LaLota Delivers $5,000+ SALT Relief, Cuts Middle-Class Taxes, Protects Social Security, and Strengthens Long Island’s Economy
    Source: US Representative Nick LaLota (NY-01) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Nick LaLota (R–Suffolk County) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 1 – the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers the most significant tax relief for the middle class in a generation, includes historic investments in national security […]

    MIL-OSI Economics: Press Briefing Transcript: Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department, July 3, 2025
    Source: International Monetary Fund July 3, 2025 SPEAKER:  Ms. Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department, IMF MS. KOZACK: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the IMF Press Briefing. It’s wonderful to see all of you, both those of you here in person and, of course, colleagues online as well. I’m Julie Kozack, Director of the […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Press Briefing Transcript: Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department, July 3, 2025
    Source: IMF – News in Russian July 3, 2025 SPEAKER:  Ms. Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department, IMF MS. KOZACK: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the IMF Press Briefing. It’s wonderful to see all of you, both those of you here in person and, of course, colleagues online as well. I’m Julie Kozack, Director […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Secretary Chavez-DeRemer statement on June jobs report
    Source: US Department of Labor WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued the following statement regarding the June 2025 Employment Situation Report: “Last month’s strong jobs numbers show that our economy continues to surge under President Trump’s leadership. Month after month, economic indicators confirm that the great American comeback is in full swing. […]

    MIL-OSI Australia: Albanese Government backs bold ideas to solve real-world challenges
    Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority From solar-powered hydrogen reactors to wi-fi that works deep underground, 39 research projects have been awarded support through the Albanese Government’s Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Innovate program. More than $93 million in grants has been awarded to projects including: A cleaner energy future – The University of Adelaide is working […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Next Stop, POTUS’ Desk: Ezell Votes In Support of the One Big Beautiful Bill
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Mike Ezell (Mississippi 4th District) Today, U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (MS-04) proudly voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers on President Donald Trump’s America First agenda by cutting taxes, securing the border, unleashing American energy, and protecting taxpayer dollars. “This […]

    MIL-OSI Economics: Boeing Secures $2.8B Contract to Enhance U.S. Strategic SATCOM Capabilities
    Source: Boeing Headline: Boeing Secures $2.8B Contract to Enhance U.S. Strategic SATCOM Capabilities – U.S. Space Force award for development and production of two satellites with options for two more, to deliver resilient space-based nuclear, command, control, and communications (NC3) for the President of the United States and joint strategic forces worldwide MIL OSI Economics […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Kaptur Defends Ohio’s Working Families, Seniors, Veterans, Votes No On “One Big Bonanza for Billionaires Bill”
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted against H.R. 1, citing its severe impact on working families, seniors, veterans, and the regional economy of Northwest Ohio. The bill prioritizes tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy while enacting the most damaging cuts to health care, food assistance, […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Islamic Republic of Mauritania: IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Reviews of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility and the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement and Third Review of the Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement
    Source: IMF – News in Russian July 3, 2025 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Fourth Reviews of Mauritania’s Extended Credit Facility and the Extended Fund Facility arrangements, and the Third Review under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement. The decisions allow for an immediate disbursement of SDR 36.16 million […]

    MIL-OSI Economics: Press Briefing Transcript: IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility
    Source: International Monetary Fund July 3, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: Evan Papageorgiou, Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, IMF Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael, Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, IMF MODERATOR: Randa Elnagar, Senior Communications Officer *  *  *  *  *  Ms. Elnagar: Good morning, everyone and to those joining us from Washington and good evening to those who are […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Warnock Celebrates Middle GA State’s Certification to Tackle Air Traffic Controller Shortage
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock – Georgia Warnock Celebrates Middle GA State’s Certification to Tackle Air Traffic Controller Shortage Today, Senator Reverend Warnock applauded the announcement that Middle Georgia State University (MGA) was recently approved to be an Enhanced Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) school The designation allows graduates of MGA’s air […]

    MIL-OSI Banking: Press Briefing Transcript: IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility
    Source: International Monetary Fund July 3, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: Evan Papageorgiou, Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, IMF Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael, Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, IMF MODERATOR: Randa Elnagar, Senior Communications Officer *  *  *  *  *  Ms. Elnagar: Good morning, everyone and to those joining us from Washington and good evening to those who are […]

    MIL-OSI USA: REP LIEU VOTED NO ON TRUMP BILL TO CUT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Ted Lieu (33 District of California) WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after voting against Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, H.R. 1. The bill passed the House 218-214 and will now be signed into law. In California, more than […]

  • Business – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    Business: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    MIL-OSI Economics: African Development Bank awards $1 million grant to support green skills development for South Africans, with focus on youth
    Source: African Development Bank Group The African Development Bank, through the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA), has awarded a $1 million grant to South Africa’s National Business Initiative (NBI) to strengthen efforts to build a dynamic, demand-led skills ecosystem that enables South Africans, particularly young people, to access emerging job… MIL OSI Economics […]

    MIL-OSI Economics: African Development Bank awards $1 million grant to support green skills development for South Africans, with focus on youth
    Source: African Development Bank Group The African Development Bank, through the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA), has awarded a $1 million grant to South Africa’s National Business Initiative (NBI) to strengthen efforts to build a dynamic, demand-led skills ecosystem that enables South Africans, particularly young people, to access emerging job… MIL OSI Economics […]

    MIL-OSI: Red White & Bloom Brands Provides Update on Status of Annual Filings
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) TORONTO, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Red White & Bloom Brands Inc. (CSE: RWB) (“RWB” or the “Company”) provides the following update regarding the management cease trade order (“MCTO”) issued by the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”) on May 1, 2025, under National Policy 12-203 – Management Cease Trade Orders (“NP […]

    MIL-OSI: Red White & Bloom Brands Provides Update on Status of Annual Filings
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) TORONTO, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Red White & Bloom Brands Inc. (CSE: RWB) (“RWB” or the “Company”) provides the following update regarding the management cease trade order (“MCTO”) issued by the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”) on May 1, 2025, under National Policy 12-203 – Management Cease Trade Orders (“NP […]

    MIL-OSI China: China’s commerce ministry says to ensure necessity supply in flood-hit areas
    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 3 — The Ministry of Commerce has taken measures to ensure stable market supply of daily necessities in China’s flood-hit regions, a ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Since the main flood season began in June, multiple southern regions have experienced heavy rainfall and flooding, […]

    MIL-OSI: Demo Copy now available on desktop — Start copying Lead Traders in a simulated trading environment
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WOO X, a leading global crypto trading platform, is thrilled to announce that Demo Copy, a cornerstone feature of our social trading product, is now live on desktop, expanding access beyond its initial launch on mobile. This exciting update makes […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Summer blitz on town centre crime
    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Press release Summer blitz on town centre crime Over 500 town centres have signed up to the Home Secretary’s Safer Streets summer blitz that will see increased police patrols and local action . Thousands of shoppers and businesses will see increased police presence, stronger prevention and enforcement action by […]

    MIL-OSI: BAY Miner launches cloud mining APP, novices can also earn BTC and ETH passive income every day
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Miami, FL, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the Federal Reserve slows its rate hikes and the global crypto market picks up, Bitcoin (BTC) has once again broken through a key price range, attracting more and more U.S. investors seeking a stable passive income method to participate in the growth of […]

    MIL-OSI Australia: Quarter 4 business activity statements are due on 28 July
    Source: New places to play in Gungahlin If you lodge your BAS quarterly, there’s one thing you can do to make things easier for yourself this tax time: make sure you’re up to date with your BAS lodgment for the financial year (including your quarter 4 BAS) before you lodge your tax return. This will […]

    MIL-Evening Report: Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Rattenbury, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Environmental Defense Fund, CC BY-SA This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand was meant to take over mission control, is a blow to the country’s space research […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Chairman Graham Statement On House Passage Of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for South Carolina Lindsey Graham WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today made this statement after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. “We did it. Congratulations to President Trump, Vice President Vance, and […]

    MIL-OSI USA: LaLota Delivers $5,000+ SALT Relief, Cuts Middle-Class Taxes, Protects Social Security, and Strengthens Long Island’s Economy
    Source: US Representative Nick LaLota (NY-01) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Nick LaLota (R–Suffolk County) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 1 – the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers the most significant tax relief for the middle class in a generation, includes historic investments in national security […]

    MIL-OSI Economics: Press Briefing Transcript: Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department, July 3, 2025
    Source: International Monetary Fund July 3, 2025 SPEAKER:  Ms. Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department, IMF MS. KOZACK: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the IMF Press Briefing. It’s wonderful to see all of you, both those of you here in person and, of course, colleagues online as well. I’m Julie Kozack, Director of the […]

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Backing innovation to grow King salmon exports
    Source: New Zealand Government The Government is backing innovation to grow New Zealand’s high-value aquaculture exports, with a $455,000 investment from the new Primary Sector Growth Fund to support the development of specialised feed for King salmon, Agriculture, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay announced today. The $1.2 million project—led by global aquafeed company Skretting—will […]

    MIL-OSI Canada: Non-taxability of Canada Carbon Rebates for Small Businesses
    Source: Government of Canada News In provinces where the fuel charge applied, a portion of fuel charge proceeds from the price on pollution is returned to eligible small- and medium-sized businesses via the Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses, an automatic, refundable tax credit provided directly to eligible businesses. Corporations do not have to apply […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Cantwell Statement Ahead of Trump Signing Disastrous Budget Bill
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington Maria Cantwell 07.03.25 Cantwell Statement Ahead of Trump Signing Disastrous Budget Bill EDMONDS, WA – Today, the United States House of Representatives passed a budget bill 218 to 214; President Donald Trump has indicated his intent to sign the bill into law tomorrow morning, on the […]

    MIL-OSI USA: NEW INFO: July 4th Cookouts Will Cost More Amid Trump Tariffs
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington Maria Cantwell 07.03.25 NEW INFO: July 4th Cookouts Will Cost More Amid Trump Tariffs Domestic beer up 13%; popular propane grill up $30, ground beef and ice cream at their highest recorded prices ever EDMONDS, WA – President Trump’s unpredictable tariff policy and increasing economic uncertainty […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Press Briefing Transcript: Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department, July 3, 2025
    Source: IMF – News in Russian July 3, 2025 SPEAKER:  Ms. Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department, IMF MS. KOZACK: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the IMF Press Briefing. It’s wonderful to see all of you, both those of you here in person and, of course, colleagues online as well. I’m Julie Kozack, Director […]

    MIL-OSI: Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. Announces Date for Q2 2025 Operating Results
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) DALLAS, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCBI), the parent company of Texas Capital Bank, today announced that it expects to issue financial results for the second quarter of 2025 before market on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Next Stop, POTUS’ Desk: Ezell Votes In Support of the One Big Beautiful Bill
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Mike Ezell (Mississippi 4th District) Today, U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (MS-04) proudly voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers on President Donald Trump’s America First agenda by cutting taxes, securing the border, unleashing American energy, and protecting taxpayer dollars. “This […]

  • Defence News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    Defence News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    MIL-OSI USA News: Establishing the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission
    Source: US Whitehouse By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  Section 1.  Purpose.  The United States is blessed with vast beautiful landscapes, abundant natural resources, and a rich heritage of discovery by travelers and outdoorsmen.  America’s national parks, forests, waterways, […]

    MIL-Evening Report: Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Rattenbury, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Environmental Defense Fund, CC BY-SA This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand was meant to take over mission control, is a blow to the country’s space research […]

    MIL-OSI USA: We Have Only Just Begun
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Wisconsin Ron Johnson On July 1, after the longest vote-a-rama in Senate history, the Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by a vote of 51-50. Here is why I voted yes.  With President Biden in the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress, Democrats had every […]

    MIL-OSI USA: LaLota Delivers $5,000+ SALT Relief, Cuts Middle-Class Taxes, Protects Social Security, and Strengthens Long Island’s Economy
    Source: US Representative Nick LaLota (NY-01) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Nick LaLota (R–Suffolk County) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 1 – the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers the most significant tax relief for the middle class in a generation, includes historic investments in national security […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Next Stop, POTUS’ Desk: Ezell Votes In Support of the One Big Beautiful Bill
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Mike Ezell (Mississippi 4th District) Today, U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (MS-04) proudly voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers on President Donald Trump’s America First agenda by cutting taxes, securing the border, unleashing American energy, and protecting taxpayer dollars. “This […]

    MIL-OSI USA: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill delivers on President Trump’s promises to the American people. It secures massive tax cuts for American families and businesses, complete border security, a supercharged economy, and accountability in taxpayer-funded programs,
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Dale Strong (Alabama) WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Dale W. Strong (AL-05) issued the following statement after final passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill delivers on President Trump’s promises to the American people. It secures massive tax cuts for American families […]

    MIL-OSI Europe: Briefing – EU-UK 2025 Leaders’ Summit: Setting the path for further rapprochement – 03-07-2025
    Source: European Parliament Amid Brexit’s negative consequences for the British economy and with the 2024 leadership change in the United Kingdom, the shift towards closer European Union-UK relations has gained momentum. After months of negotiation, the first EU-UK leaders’ summit took place in London on 19 May 2025. Both sides agreed on global priorities of […]

    MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – ‘ReArm Europe’ package and the use of cohesion programmes and funding for defence – E-001065/2025(ASW)
    Source: European Parliament The ReArm Europe Plan foresees the possibility to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget. This has been deemed necessary to support Member States’ defence readiness as underlined in the Joint White Paper for European Defence — Readiness 2030[1]. The ReArm Europe Plan has been devised, in light of the current geopolitical tensions, […]

    MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Actions on regulating third-party election campaigning and financing – E-002462/2025
    Source: European Parliament Question for written answer  E-002462/2025/rev.1to the CommissionRule 144Arkadiusz Mularczyk (ECR), Kosma Złotowski (ECR), Tomasz Froelich (ESN), Michał Dworczyk (ECR), Alexander Jungbluth (ESN), Małgorzata Gosiewska (ECR), Branko Grims (PPE), Anna Zalewska (ECR), Volker Schnurrbusch (ESN), Daniel Obajtek (ECR), Georgiana Teodorescu (ECR), Petr Bystron (ESN), Jacek Ozdoba (ECR), Marlena Maląg (ECR), Patryk Jaki (ECR), […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Pfluger, Colleagues Sound the Alarm on Urgent Need for U.S. Drone Defenses
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) WASHINGTON, DC — As first reported in Fox News, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) joined 24 of his colleagues in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem inquiring about the status of defense measures for U.S. military installations, government buildings, and critical infrastructure from the threat of […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Brian Babin Votes YES on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Brian Babin (R-TX) Today, U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, landmark legislation that advances President Trump’s America First agenda, delivers historic economic relief to American families, and puts an end to some of Washington’s most reckless and radical […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Delegation of the Azerbaijani military police visited Georgia on an official visit
    Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News TBILISI, July 3 (Xinhua) — A delegation of the Military Police of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan led by Major General Elgun Aliyev […]

    MIL-OSI Canada: HMCS William Hall returns to Halifax following successful Operation CARIBBE deployment
    Source: Government of Canada News July 3, 2025 – Ottawa, ON – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) William Hall returns to its home port of Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax today, concluding a successful deployment on Operation CARIBBE, Canada’s contribution to United States-led enhanced counter-narcotics operations under Joint Interagency […]

    MIL-OSI Security: Defense News in Brief: Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 Disestablished; Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 10 Established
    Source: United States Navy VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The U.S. Navy marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter during a ceremony July 3, as Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 was formally disestablished and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EOD) 10 was established aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Fourleaf Air Show at Jones Beach Over July 4th Weekend
    Source: US State of New York overnor Kathy Hochul, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and FourLeaf Federal Credit Union today announce that the annual FourLeaf Air Show at Jones Beach will take place on Sunday, July 5 and Monday, July 6 of 2026 as part of the Semiquincentennial (250th) […]

    MIL-OSI Security: Nine Charged with Alleged Scheme to Generate Revenue for North Korean Government and Its Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
    Source: US FBI Overseas operatives allegedly used stolen identities of American citizens to obtain remote jobs with U.S. companies, including Fortune 500 companies UPDATE: This press release was revised on July 3, 2025 to reflect that a 10th individual was charged in a separate charging document that was unsealed on July 2, 2025.  BOSTON – […]

    MIL-OSI Security: Defense News in Brief: USNS Comfort Departs Colón, Panama
    Source: United States Navy COLÓN, Panama – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Colón, Panama, after spending five days providing medical and dental care, veterinary care, subject matter exchanges, and community relations event in Panama City, Veracruz, and Colón, Panama, for Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). MIL Security OSI –

    MIL-OSI Russia: Sobyanin opened an exhibition about Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich at the Museum of Moscow
    Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow – Sergei Sobyanin opened the exhibition “The August Master of Moscow”. It is dedicated to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (1857-1905) – the first and only representative of the imperial house of Romanov, who headed the First Throne (from 1891 to 1905). “The current exhibition […]

    MIL-OSI Security: Former Air Force Member Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Sexual Assault at Air Base in England
    Source: United States Attorneys General 1 James Loubeau, a former U.S. Air Force member, was sentenced today to five years in prison to be followed by 20 months of supervised release for sexually assaulting another service member at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, in May 2019. In April 2025, Loubeau, 37, of Miami, pleaded […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Former Air Force Member Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Sexual Assault at Air Base in England
    Source: US State of California James Loubeau, a former U.S. Air Force member, was sentenced today to five years in prison to be followed by 20 months of supervised release for sexually assaulting another service member at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, in May 2019. In April 2025, Loubeau, 37, of Miami, pleaded guilty […]

  • Energy News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    Energy News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    MIL-OSI Australia: Desert retrofit housing project boosts energy efficiency and comfort in APY Lands
    Source: 04 July 2025 A local tradesmen laying insulation in the roof of an existing home in the APY Lands. An ambitious housing project led by the University of South Australia, the SA Government and industry partners is making homes in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands more comfortable and energy efficient. The APY Lands […]

    MIL-OSI Australia: Albanese Government backs bold ideas to solve real-world challenges
    Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority From solar-powered hydrogen reactors to wi-fi that works deep underground, 39 research projects have been awarded support through the Albanese Government’s Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Innovate program. More than $93 million in grants has been awarded to projects including: A cleaner energy future – The University of Adelaide is working […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Next Stop, POTUS’ Desk: Ezell Votes In Support of the One Big Beautiful Bill
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Mike Ezell (Mississippi 4th District) Today, U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (MS-04) proudly voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers on President Donald Trump’s America First agenda by cutting taxes, securing the border, unleashing American energy, and protecting taxpayer dollars. “This […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Kaptur Defends Ohio’s Working Families, Seniors, Veterans, Votes No On “One Big Bonanza for Billionaires Bill”
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted against H.R. 1, citing its severe impact on working families, seniors, veterans, and the regional economy of Northwest Ohio. The bill prioritizes tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy while enacting the most damaging cuts to health care, food assistance, […]

    MIL-OSI Economics: Press Briefing Transcript: IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility
    Source: International Monetary Fund July 3, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: Evan Papageorgiou, Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, IMF Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael, Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, IMF MODERATOR: Randa Elnagar, Senior Communications Officer *  *  *  *  *  Ms. Elnagar: Good morning, everyone and to those joining us from Washington and good evening to those who are […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Latta Votes to Ensure Tax Relief, Strengthen Medicaid, Prioritize American Energy Dominance, & Reduce Fraud & Abuse in Federal Government
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green Ohio) Latta Votes to Ensure Tax Relief, Strengthen Medicaid, Prioritize American Energy Dominance, & Reduce Fraud & Abuse in Federal Government Legislation Heads to President Trump to Sign into Law Washington, July 3, 2025 Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH-5) released the following statement […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Bacon Votes Yes on One Big Beautiful Bill
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Don Bacon (2nd District of Nebraska) Bacon Votes Yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Washington – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) issued the following statement after voting yes on the “One Big Beautiful Bill”: “Stopping tax increases of approximately $141 a month on Middle Class Nebraskan families and making the […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Pfluger’s Bill to Unlock Domestic LNG Potential Advanced by House Energy and Commerce Committee
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) Read his remarks as prepared for delivery below: Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act requires that natural gas exports to countries that have a free-trade agreement with the US be approved without delay. For countries that do not have a free-trade agreement with […]

    MIL-OSI Africa: Minister Blade Nzimande receives Cuban Ambassador to South Africa for a courtesy visit
    Source: APO . Yesterday, 2 July, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Blade Nzimande, received Her Excellency, Mrs. Esther Armenteros, Cuban Ambassador to South Africa for a courtesy visit. Over the past three decades, South Africa’s collaboration with Cuba evolved significantly in critical areas of human development such as public health, water resource […]

    MIL-OSI Africa: Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI’s attendance at the symposium “Empowering Lesotho: Unlocking Finance to Drive the Energy Transition in a Land-Locked Developing Country”
    Source: APO . On July 3rd, Ms. ERI Arfiya, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, attended the symposium “Empowering Lesotho: Unlocking Finance to Drive the Energy Transition in a Land-Locked Developing Country”, co-hosted by the United Nations University and the Embassy of Lesotho in Japan, with the presence of the H.M. Letsie III, King of […]

    MIL-OSI Africa: African Development Bank awards $1 million grant to support green skills development for South Africans, with focus on youth
    Source: APO The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), through the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA), has awarded a $1 million grant to South Africa’s National Business Initiative (NBI) to strengthen efforts to build a dynamic, demand-led skills ecosystem that enables South Africans, particularly young people, to access emerging job opportunities in the green economy.  […]

    MIL-OSI: NANO Nuclear Announces Platinum Sponsorship and Participation in Panel Discussion at the Defense Strategies Institute’s 7th Annual DoD Energy & Power Summit.
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) New York, N.Y., July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) (“NANO Nuclear” or “the Company”), a leading advanced nuclear energy and technology company focused on developing clean energy solutions, today announced that it is the Platinum Sponsor of the upcoming Defense Strategies Institute’s 7th Annual DoD Energy […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Views sought on proposals for protecting Scotland’s environment
    Source: Scottish Government Draft plan to tackle nature loss, climate change and pollution Members of the public are being asked to have their say on proposals aimed at boosting the health, prosperity and wellbeing of communities by improving Scotland’s environment. The draft Environment Strategy sets out the opportunities for strengthening Scotland’s economy and improving people’s […]

    MIL-OSI Africa: Paving the Way for Small Modular Reactors to tackle Infrastructure Gaps for Energy Transition
    Source: APO – Report: . As Africa accelerates its journey towards a sustainable energy future, experts gathered in Kigali for the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa  discussed the Potential of Small Modular and Micro Reactors in Accelerating Africa’s Energy Transition. The discussions Moderated by Yohannes G. Hailu, Economic Affairs Officer at UN Economic Commission […]

    India’s GDP growth projected at 6.4-6.7% for FY26: CII
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has projected India’s real GDP growth to remain in the range of 6.4% to 6.7% in the financial year 2025-26, reiterating the country’s position as the fastest-growing major economy globally. Speaking at an industry event in New Delhi on Thursday, […]

    MIL-OSI: OMS Energy Technologies Inc. to Share Strategic Insights at the Third Annual ORY APAC-US Conference on Long-Term Growth
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) OMS CEO How Meng Hock to Join Leadership Panel on July 8 at 10:20 a.m. SINGAPORE, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OMS Energy Technologies Inc. (“OMS” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: OMSE), a growth-oriented manufacturer of surface wellhead systems (“SWS”) and oil country tubular goods (“OCTG”) for the oil and gas industry, […]

    MIL-OSI Africa: Unlocking Africa’s Energy Future: The Role of Nuclear Power and Innovative Financing
    Source: APO – Report: . For many African nations, the challenge of energy access remains a significant barrier to development. However, a crucial conversation is gaining momentum: the pursuit of sustainable and reliable energy through nuclear power. Specifically, the focus is on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Micro Reactors (MRs), which are increasingly viewed as […]

    MIL-OSI Africa: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Secures €250M for Lobito Corridor as Rail Projects Drive African Mining Boom
    Source: APO – Report: . Africa’s railway sector is undergoing a renaissance, with strategic transport corridors rapidly expanding to unlock the continent’s mineral wealth and strengthen global trade ties. In June, the Africa Finance Corporation secured a €250 million (http://apo-opa.co/3Tje8ph), 10-year loan from Italian development finance institution Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to accelerate the development […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Microalgae: an innovative tool for bioeconomy
    Source: Peoples’Friendship University of Russia – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Products derived from microalgae represent a cutting-edge development in the field of bioeconomy. The potential of this biological resource was discussed at the international research seminar “Foundations for a Green Sustainable Energy”, part of the BRICS Network University’s thematic […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Sechin Calls Synthesis of Conventional and Alternative Sources New Landscape of Energy Sector
    Source: Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Synthesis of conventional and alternative energy sources is currently the optimal solution for the development of the global energy sector, said Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft, at the Energy Panel at the XXVIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. According to […]

  • Security Intelligence – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    Security Intelligence: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    MIL-OSI Australia: UPDATE: Charges – Violent act cause Death – Wadeye
    Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services The Northern Territory Police have charged a 29-year-old male in relation to a death in September last year. On 19September 2024, a 49-year-old male presented to the Wadeye clinic reporting he had been assaulted. Whilst at the clinic the male collapsed and was airlifted to Royal Darwin Hospital […]

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Enquiries ongoing into Hamilton aggravated robbery
    Source: New Zealand Police Hamilton Police are following solid lines of enquiry in their investigation of a recent violent aggravated robbery. About 1:40pm on Saturday 28 June, two men armed with a firearm entered a bar on Liverpool Street. The offenders presented the firearm at the sole worker in the bar and demanded cash before […]

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Serious crash – road blocked near Roxburgh
    Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 8 between Roxburgh and Millers Flat is blocked following a serious crash. The two-vehicle crash happened shortly before 11:15am. Indications are that there are serious injuries, and a helicopter is responding. The Serious Crash Unit has been advised. Diversions are in place at Roxburgh and Millers Flat. ENDS MIL […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Summer blitz on town centre crime
    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Press release Summer blitz on town centre crime Over 500 town centres have signed up to the Home Secretary’s Safer Streets summer blitz that will see increased police patrols and local action . Thousands of shoppers and businesses will see increased police presence, stronger prevention and enforcement action by […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Scottish recipients of The Elizabeth Emblem
    Source: Scottish Government First Minister marks lives given in public service. First Minister John Swinney has paid tribute to the eight Scottish recipients of The Elizabeth Emblem. The emblem is awarded posthumously to family members of those who died in public service. It is the civilian equivalent of the Elizabeth Cross, which recognises members of […]

    MIL-OSI Security: 241 county lines shut down following national action
    Source: United Kingdom National Police Chiefs Council Criminal gangs who exploit children and vulnerable adults to supply drugs across the country were targeted last week in a national police operation, which led to 241 County Lines shut down. County Lines is a term used to describe gangs and organised criminal networks involved in exporting illegal […]

    MIL-OSI Australia: Charges – Sexual assault – Berrimah
    Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services Yesterday, Northern Territory Police arrested a man in relation to a sexual assault that occurred in Berrimah on Friday 27 June 2025. It is alleged the 60-year-old man sexually assaulted a woman who is known to him at an address in Berrimah. He has since been arrested and […]

    MIL-OSI USA News: Establishing the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission
    Source: US Whitehouse By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  Section 1.  Purpose.  The United States is blessed with vast beautiful landscapes, abundant natural resources, and a rich heritage of discovery by travelers and outdoorsmen.  America’s national parks, forests, waterways, […]

    MIL-OSI USA News: Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks
    Source: US Whitehouse By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Policy.  From the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon to the tranquility of the Great Smoky Mountains, America’s national parks have provided generations of American families with unforgettable memories. […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Elizabeth Emblem awarded to families of public servants who died in the line of duty
    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Press release Elizabeth Emblem awarded to families of public servants who died in the line of duty More than 100 public servants who died in service recognised in the second ever Elizabeth Emblem List 106 police officers, firefighters, overseas workers and other public servants who died in service have […]

    MIL-Evening Report: Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Rattenbury, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Environmental Defense Fund, CC BY-SA This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand was meant to take over mission control, is a blow to the country’s space research […]

    MIL-OSI Security: Met Police shut down over 100 county lines in major crackdown on organised crime gangs
    Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police The Met has shut down over 100 drug lines as part of its efforts to reduce the number of vulnerable people exposed to criminality and abuse and tackle wider associated violence. In just one week (between Monday, 23 June and Sunday, 29 June) Met officers arrested 301 people believed […]

    MIL-OSI USA: We Have Only Just Begun
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Wisconsin Ron Johnson On July 1, after the longest vote-a-rama in Senate history, the Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by a vote of 51-50. Here is why I voted yes.  With President Biden in the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress, Democrats had every […]

    MIL-OSI USA: LaLota Delivers $5,000+ SALT Relief, Cuts Middle-Class Taxes, Protects Social Security, and Strengthens Long Island’s Economy
    Source: US Representative Nick LaLota (NY-01) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Nick LaLota (R–Suffolk County) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 1 – the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers the most significant tax relief for the middle class in a generation, includes historic investments in national security […]

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Park and . . . no ride for teen thief
    Source: New Zealand Police A teenager who allegedly attempted to steal a car from the Sunnyvale park-n-ride had the brakes put on his plans after Police showed up. Waitematā West Area Prevention Manager, Inspector Kelly Farrant, says officers were out patrolling yesterday morning at local park-n-rides due to recent reports of vehicle and number plate […]

    MIL-OSI USA: U.S. Senators Duckworth, Markey, Booker Condemn Republican Cuts to Environmental Justice Grants, Slam GOP Weakening of Key Environmental Law
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Tammy Duckworth July 02, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ)—co-chairs of the Environmental Justice Caucus—today issued the following statement after Senate Republicans rammed through Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill, which would rescind funds already appropriated […]

    MIL-OSI Security: TALLAHASSEE MAN SENTENCED FOR CARRYING A GLOCK SWITCH
    Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Jimmy Bender, 19, of Tallahassee, Florida was sentenced to 24 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to possessing a machinegun. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. According to court […]

    MIL-OSI Security: USCENTCOM Commander Conducts Middle East Trip to Visit U.S. Service Members and Strengthen Regional Partnerships
    Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla conducted a multi-nation trip through the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean from June 30 to July 3, to visit the U.S. service members involved in the defense of U.S. forces and interests across the region as well as meet with […]

    MIL-OSI: USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. To Announce Second Quarter 2025 Results
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) MIAMI, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — USCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: USCB) will report financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 after the market closes on Thursday, July 24, 2025. A conference call to discuss quarterly results will also be held with Chairman, President, and CEO, Luis […]

    MIL-OSI Security: USS Gabrielle Giffords arrives in Seattle
    Source: United States Navy Pacific Fleet 1 SEATTLE – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) departed Naval Base San Diego June 23 and arrived at its new homeport of Seattle June 28, following an 18-month rotational deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. MIL Security OSI –

  • Politics News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    Politics News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Sudan: Ongoing mass atrocities against civilians in and around El Fasher, North Darfur, documented in latest MSF report
    Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Paris, 4 July 2025— Mass atrocities are underway in Sudan’s North Darfur region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned in a report today, urging the warring parties to halt indiscriminate and ethnically targeted violence and facilitate an immediate large-scale humanitarian response. MSF is extremely concerned about the threats of a full-blown […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: One year on: Labour ‘haemorrhaging’ support to the Greens over Gaza and welfare cuts
    Source: Green Party of England and Wales Labour is ‘haemorrhaging’ support to the Greens over its failure to oppose the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza and its plans to slash support for disabled people.   The Green Party is now polling consistently around 10%, a 43% increase from their 2024 vote share that saw them gain […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Summer blitz on town centre crime
    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Press release Summer blitz on town centre crime Over 500 town centres have signed up to the Home Secretary’s Safer Streets summer blitz that will see increased police patrols and local action . Thousands of shoppers and businesses will see increased police presence, stronger prevention and enforcement action by […]

    MIL-OSI Security: 241 county lines shut down following national action
    Source: United Kingdom National Police Chiefs Council Criminal gangs who exploit children and vulnerable adults to supply drugs across the country were targeted last week in a national police operation, which led to 241 County Lines shut down. County Lines is a term used to describe gangs and organised criminal networks involved in exporting illegal […]

    MIL-OSI Australia: DP World Australia’s proposed acquisition of Silk Logistics not opposed
    Source: Australian Ministers for Regional Development The ACCC will not oppose DP World Australia Limited’s proposed acquisition of Silk Logistics Holdings Limited (ASX:SLH). Following an extensive investigation, including considering detailed responses to its statement of issues, the ACCC concluded that the proposed acquisition would not likely result in a substantial lessening of competition. DP World […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Schatz, Cruz Lead Group Of 18 Senators In Urging Secretary Rubio To Bring Home Americans Wrongfully Detained In Venezuela
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Hawaii Brian Schatz WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led a group of 18 senators in urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to continue efforts to bring home Americans who are currently wrongfully detained in Venezuela. In May, the State Department announced […]

    PM Modi arrives in Trinidad and Tobago to a grand reception, welcomed by PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday (local time) for the second leg of his five-nation tour, where he was accorded a ceremonial Guard of Honour at Piarco International Airport. The Prime Minister was received by his counterpart, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who was […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Ivey Statement on Passing ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Glenn Ivey – Maryland (4th District) WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) released the following statement today after voting against H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act:” Today’s vote marks a cruel and calculated attack on America’s working families. By gutting core safety net programs, this […]

    MIL-OSI Economics: Press Briefing Transcript: Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department, July 3, 2025
    Source: International Monetary Fund July 3, 2025 SPEAKER:  Ms. Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department, IMF MS. KOZACK: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the IMF Press Briefing. It’s wonderful to see all of you, both those of you here in person and, of course, colleagues online as well. I’m Julie Kozack, Director of the […]

    MIL-OSI Canada: Non-taxability of Canada Carbon Rebates for Small Businesses
    Source: Government of Canada News In provinces where the fuel charge applied, a portion of fuel charge proceeds from the price on pollution is returned to eligible small- and medium-sized businesses via the Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses, an automatic, refundable tax credit provided directly to eligible businesses. Corporations do not have to apply […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Press Briefing Transcript: Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department, July 3, 2025
    Source: IMF – News in Russian July 3, 2025 SPEAKER:  Ms. Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department, IMF MS. KOZACK: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the IMF Press Briefing. It’s wonderful to see all of you, both those of you here in person and, of course, colleagues online as well. I’m Julie Kozack, Director […]

    MIL-OSI USA: U.S. Senators Duckworth, Markey, Booker Condemn Republican Cuts to Environmental Justice Grants, Slam GOP Weakening of Key Environmental Law
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Tammy Duckworth July 02, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ)—co-chairs of the Environmental Justice Caucus—today issued the following statement after Senate Republicans rammed through Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill, which would rescind funds already appropriated […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Next Stop, POTUS’ Desk: Ezell Votes In Support of the One Big Beautiful Bill
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Mike Ezell (Mississippi 4th District) Today, U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (MS-04) proudly voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping legislative package that delivers on President Donald Trump’s America First agenda by cutting taxes, securing the border, unleashing American energy, and protecting taxpayer dollars. “This […]

    PM Modi arrives in Trinidad and Tobago, receives ceremonial welcome
    Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday (local time) for the second leg of his five-nation tour, receiving a ceremonial welcome from his counterpart Kamla Persad-Bissessar and senior members of the government. The PM was greeted at the Port of Spain airport […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Bean Applauds Passage of Bill to Uplift and Empower Northeast Floridians
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Aaron Bean Florida (4th District) WASHINGTON—Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Congressman Aaron Bean (FL-04) released the following statement after the House voted on the final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  Upon final passage, Congressman Bean said: “Hardworking taxpayers […]

    MIL-OSI Russia: Islamic Republic of Mauritania: IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Reviews of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility and the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement and Third Review of the Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement
    Source: IMF – News in Russian July 3, 2025 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Fourth Reviews of Mauritania’s Extended Credit Facility and the Extended Fund Facility arrangements, and the Third Review under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement. The decisions allow for an immediate disbursement of SDR 36.16 million […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Mike Levin Honors Nani Love as June 2025 Constituent of the Month
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mike Levin (CA-49) June 30, 2025 Nani Love Vista, CA–Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) recognized Nani Love, a case manager and victim’s advocate at the North County LGBTQ Resource Center, as his June 2025 Constituent of the Month. Born and raised on O?ahu, Hawaii, Nani moved to […]

    MIL-OSI USA: REP LIEU VOTED NO ON TRUMP BILL TO CUT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Ted Lieu (33 District of California) WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after voting against Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, H.R. 1. The bill passed the House 218-214 and will now be signed into law. In California, more than […]

    MIL-OSI USA: ‘Shameful, Dangerous, and Unforgivable’ | Pingree Statement on Final Passage of Trump’s Megabill
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (1st District of Maine) Today, after the U.S. House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act without any Democratic support, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement: Today, the House passed the most harmful, heartless, and regressive bill I’ve seen in my time in Congress. […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Newhouse Statement on Passage of H.R. 1
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Dan Newhouse (4th District of Washington) Headline: Newhouse Statement on Passage of H.R. 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement upon final House passage of the Senate-amended H.R. 1. The legislation, which passed 218-214 now goes to President Trump’s desk to be […]

  • MIL-OSI Security: DHS Releases Statement on SCOTUS Victory on Criminal Illegal Alien Deportations to South Sudan

    Source: US Department of Homeland Security

    These barbaric criminal illegal aliens will be in South Sudan by Independence Day

    WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security released the following statement on the United States Supreme Court Decision to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove eight barbaric, violent criminal illegal aliens to South Sudan.

    “These sickos will be in South Sudan by Independence Day,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “A win for the rule of law, safety and security of the American people. We thank our brave ICE law enforcement for their sacrifice to defend our freedoms.”

    Below are the individuals ICE is removing from American communities to South Sudan.

    Enrique Arias-Hierro, a Cuban national, was arrested by ICE on May 2, 2025. His criminal history includes convictions for homicide, armed robbery, false impersonation of official, kidnapping, robbery strong arm.

    On April 30, 2025, ICE arrested Cuban national, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Quinones. He has been convicted of attempted first-degree murder with a weapon, battery and larceny, cocaine possession and trafficking.

    Thongxay Nilakout, a citizen of Laos, was arrested by ICE on January 26, 2025. Nilakout is Convicted of first-degree murder and robbery; sentenced to life confinement.

    On May 12, 2025, ICE arrested Mexican national, Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez. He is Convicted of second-degree murder; sentenced to life confinement.

    Dian Peter Domach, a citizen of South Sudan, was arrested by ICE on May 8, 2024. Domach is convicted of robbery and possession of a firearm, of possession of burglar’s tools and possession of defaced firearm and driving under the influence.

    Kyaw Mya, a citizen of Burma was arrested by ICE on February 18, 2025. Mya is convicted of Lascivious Acts with a Child-Victim less than 12 years of age; sentenced to 10 years confinement, paroled after 4 years.

    Nyo Myint, a citizen of Burma was arrested by ICE on February 19, 2025. Myint is convicted of first-degree sexual assault involving a victim mentally and physically incapable of resisting; sentenced to 12 years confinement. Myint is also charged with aggravated assault-nonfamily strongarm.

    On May 3, 2025, ICE arrested Tuan Thanh Phan, a Vietnamese national. Phan is convicted of first-degree murder and second-degree assault; sentenced to 22 years confinement.

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  • Law News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 4, 2025

    Law News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Sudan: Ongoing mass atrocities against civilians in and around El Fasher, North Darfur, documented in latest MSF report
    Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Paris, 4 July 2025— Mass atrocities are underway in Sudan’s North Darfur region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned in a report today, urging the warring parties to halt indiscriminate and ethnically targeted violence and facilitate an immediate large-scale humanitarian response. MSF is extremely concerned about the threats of a full-blown […]

    MIL-OSI Australia: UPDATE: Charges – Violent act cause Death – Wadeye
    Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services The Northern Territory Police have charged a 29-year-old male in relation to a death in September last year. On 19September 2024, a 49-year-old male presented to the Wadeye clinic reporting he had been assaulted. Whilst at the clinic the male collapsed and was airlifted to Royal Darwin Hospital […]

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Enquiries ongoing into Hamilton aggravated robbery
    Source: New Zealand Police Hamilton Police are following solid lines of enquiry in their investigation of a recent violent aggravated robbery. About 1:40pm on Saturday 28 June, two men armed with a firearm entered a bar on Liverpool Street. The offenders presented the firearm at the sole worker in the bar and demanded cash before […]

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Serious crash – road blocked near Roxburgh
    Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 8 between Roxburgh and Millers Flat is blocked following a serious crash. The two-vehicle crash happened shortly before 11:15am. Indications are that there are serious injuries, and a helicopter is responding. The Serious Crash Unit has been advised. Diversions are in place at Roxburgh and Millers Flat. ENDS MIL […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Summer blitz on town centre crime
    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Press release Summer blitz on town centre crime Over 500 town centres have signed up to the Home Secretary’s Safer Streets summer blitz that will see increased police patrols and local action . Thousands of shoppers and businesses will see increased police presence, stronger prevention and enforcement action by […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Scottish recipients of The Elizabeth Emblem
    Source: Scottish Government First Minister marks lives given in public service. First Minister John Swinney has paid tribute to the eight Scottish recipients of The Elizabeth Emblem. The emblem is awarded posthumously to family members of those who died in public service. It is the civilian equivalent of the Elizabeth Cross, which recognises members of […]

    MIL-OSI Security: 241 county lines shut down following national action
    Source: United Kingdom National Police Chiefs Council Criminal gangs who exploit children and vulnerable adults to supply drugs across the country were targeted last week in a national police operation, which led to 241 County Lines shut down. County Lines is a term used to describe gangs and organised criminal networks involved in exporting illegal […]

    MIL-OSI Australia: Charges – Sexual assault – Berrimah
    Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services Yesterday, Northern Territory Police arrested a man in relation to a sexual assault that occurred in Berrimah on Friday 27 June 2025. It is alleged the 60-year-old man sexually assaulted a woman who is known to him at an address in Berrimah. He has since been arrested and […]

    MIL-OSI USA News: Establishing the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission
    Source: US Whitehouse By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  Section 1.  Purpose.  The United States is blessed with vast beautiful landscapes, abundant natural resources, and a rich heritage of discovery by travelers and outdoorsmen.  America’s national parks, forests, waterways, […]

    MIL-OSI USA News: Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks
    Source: US Whitehouse By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Policy.  From the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon to the tranquility of the Great Smoky Mountains, America’s national parks have provided generations of American families with unforgettable memories. […]

    MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Elizabeth Emblem awarded to families of public servants who died in the line of duty
    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Press release Elizabeth Emblem awarded to families of public servants who died in the line of duty More than 100 public servants who died in service recognised in the second ever Elizabeth Emblem List 106 police officers, firefighters, overseas workers and other public servants who died in service have […]

    MIL-OSI Security: Met Police shut down over 100 county lines in major crackdown on organised crime gangs
    Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police The Met has shut down over 100 drug lines as part of its efforts to reduce the number of vulnerable people exposed to criminality and abuse and tackle wider associated violence. In just one week (between Monday, 23 June and Sunday, 29 June) Met officers arrested 301 people believed […]

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Park and . . . no ride for teen thief
    Source: New Zealand Police A teenager who allegedly attempted to steal a car from the Sunnyvale park-n-ride had the brakes put on his plans after Police showed up. Waitematā West Area Prevention Manager, Inspector Kelly Farrant, says officers were out patrolling yesterday morning at local park-n-rides due to recent reports of vehicle and number plate […]

    MIL-OSI USA: U.S. Senators Duckworth, Markey, Booker Condemn Republican Cuts to Environmental Justice Grants, Slam GOP Weakening of Key Environmental Law
    US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Tammy Duckworth July 02, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ)—co-chairs of the Environmental Justice Caucus—today issued the following statement after Senate Republicans rammed through Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill, which would rescind funds already appropriated […]

    MIL-OSI Security: TALLAHASSEE MAN SENTENCED FOR CARRYING A GLOCK SWITCH
    Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Jimmy Bender, 19, of Tallahassee, Florida was sentenced to 24 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to possessing a machinegun. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. According to court […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Attorney General Bonta Files Amicus Brief in Support of Challenge to Trump Administration’s Attempt to Remove PREA Protections
    Source: US State of California Department of Justice Thursday, July 3, 2025 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a multistate coalition of 13 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in Jane Doe, et al. v. Pamela Bondi, et al., in support of a challenge to the Trump Administration’s […]

    MIL-OSI USA: Latta Votes to Ensure Tax Relief, Strengthen Medicaid, Prioritize American Energy Dominance, & Reduce Fraud & Abuse in Federal Government
    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green Ohio) Latta Votes to Ensure Tax Relief, Strengthen Medicaid, Prioritize American Energy Dominance, & Reduce Fraud & Abuse in Federal Government Legislation Heads to President Trump to Sign into Law Washington, July 3, 2025 Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH-5) released the following statement […]

    MIL-OSI New Zealand: Road closed, Aorangi
    Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 54/Waughs Road, Aorangi is closed following a serious crash. The crash involving a car and a pedestrian happened around 7:50am, near the Feilding Golf Club. Indications suggest serious injury to the pedestrian. Motorists are asked to take alternate routes if possible and expect delays. ENDS MIL OSI New Zealand […]

    MIL-OSI NGOs: Landmark decision on the human right to a healthy climate delivered by the highest court in the Americas
    Source: Greenpeace Statement – Amsterdam, Netherlands – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights just delivered a landmark decision on the obligations of States in the face of the climate emergency.[1] The Court established that governments must take “urgent and effective actions” to safeguard the right to a healthy climate, and that companies have obligations with […]

    MIL-OSI: Surgent CPE Announces First-to-Market CPE Webinars Covering One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Tax Reform
    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Industry-leading courses provide timely analysis of major new tax law for accounting and finance professionals RADNOR, Pa., July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Surgent CPE, a recognized leader in continuing professional education for accounting and finance professionals, announced today the immediate availability of two new CPE webinars providing in-depth coverage of the […]