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  • MIL-OSI: Japan’s Train Stations Become Parcel Hubs as Quadient and JR East Smart Logistics Expand Smart Locker Capabilities

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Japan’s Train Stations Become Parcel Hubs as Quadient and JR East Smart Logistics Expand Smart Locker Capabilities

    • JR East commuters can now send and receive parcels through station lockers

    Quadient (Euronext Paris: QDT), a global automation platform powering secure and sustainable business connections, announces the activation of parcel shipping services within JR East’s ‘Multi E Cube’ locker network. This marks a significant milestone in its collaboration with JR East Smart Logistics Co., Ltd., the logistics subsidiary of East Japan Railway Company. JR East commuters can now conveniently send parcels from train station lockers during their daily journeys, without the need for printed labels or in person assistance.

    In 2024, Quadient connected ‘Multi E Cube’ lockers into its PUDO Station network, allowing consumers to receive Yamato Transport deliveries at train stations. With the latest update, the system now supports outbound parcel services as well. By extending the shipping functionality of the open type PUDO Station to the multifunctional Multi E Cube, users can now send parcels directly from station lockers quickly, securely, and without face-to-face interaction or shipping slips. This enhancement further boosts convenience and flexibility for commuters and everyday users.

    Multi E Cube lockers now support two core parcel services, receipt and shipping, along with the ability to reserve locker compartments in advance. Users no longer need to locate different lockers for different purposes. All services are accessible through a single secure unit at their nearest station. The service is available from the first to the last train at each station, with select lockers offering 24/7 access, allowing users to manage parcels on their own schedule.

    “This expansion reflects our vision of building a user-centric locker network that is open, interoperable, and embedded in the fabric of everyday life,” said Benoit Berson, Chief Solution Officer, Lockers at Quadient. “By extending our intelligent locker platform to third-party networks like JR East’s, we’re enabling frictionless access to parcel services in some of Japan’s busiest commuter hubs. Whether picking up an order or sending a parcel, users can now manage their parcels as part of their daily routine, quickly, securely, and without disruption.”

    Quadient’s PUDO Station network serves as a nationwide system of convenience hubs, simplifying everyday tasks and improving accessibility for communities across Japan. By providing secure, around-the-clock access to Yamato Transport parcel services, Quadient is transforming underutilized spaces into valuable service points that bring flexibility, efficiency, and convenience to where people live, work, and travel.

    About Quadient®
    Quadient is a global automation platform powering secure and sustainable business connections through digital and physical channels. Quadient supports businesses of all sizes in their digital transformation and growth journey, unlocking operational efficiency and creating meaningful customer experiences. Listed in compartment B of Euronext Paris (QDT) and part of the CAC® Mid & Small and EnterNext® Tech 40 indices, Quadient shares are eligible for PEA-PME investing. For more information about Quadient, visit www.quadient.com. 

    Media Contacts
    Joe Scolaro, Quadient
    Global Press Relations Manager
    +1 203-301-3673
    jscolaro@quadient.com

    Kiley Ribordy, Walker Sands
    Senior PR Director
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  • MIL-OSI NGOs: Oxfam reaction to Brazil, Mexico and Colombia’s launch of a care investment initiative

    Source: Oxfam –

    Oxfam has joined the new care initiative launched today by the governments of Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia and others, at the Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Seville. The coalition will push for increased investment in care, with the goal of reducing inequalities. Oxfam Mexico Executive Director Alexandra Haas said: 

    “This initiative seeks to close the gap that for centuries has been disadvantaging women around the world. Women take on 76% of unpaid care work globally and are the most affected by cuts to public services. This unequal distribution of care is rooted in the gendered division of labor and in the colonial power imbalances between Global North and South, and in an economic structure that puts the interests of the super-rich at the expense of everyone else.  

    “This agenda is not advancing at the speed we’d like, because it requires funding. But if governments don’t invest, care work will fall once more on the shoulders of women, particularly low-income and racialised women. It’s time for states to take on responsibility through the provision of high-quality, sufficient and well-funded public services.  

    “We’re concerned about the role of the private sector in the provision of universal public services. Let’s be cautious. Progress will come from collaboration between governments, institutions and civil society. Services like healthcare are a human right and a public good, not a commodity. We hope the role of the private sector is through their paying their fair share of taxes, that can be used to fund and sustain public services.  

    “Seville is just a starting point, not the destination. This initiative can pave a route for more global coalitions that put care and the fight against inequalities at the center, from the FFD to COP30 and G20.”  

    Oxfam’s media briefing note, “From Private Profit to Public Power: Financing Development, Not Oligarchy” can be downloaded here. 

    The CareSPA initiative is led by UN Women together with Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, with the support of the Global Care Alliance and the backing of Spain, Uruguay, Nepal, Canada, Norway and Germany. Institutional partners include the ILO (International Labour Organization), CAF (Development Bank of Latin America), ECLAC, UNDP, UNFPA and IDRC, together with civil society organisations such as GIESCR, Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo and Equimundo.  

    The Platform will discuss in the coming months the potential implementation of a set of specific actions to drive systemic change. Among them:  

     - Promoting gender-responsive budgeting and strengthening public financing capacity for care systems.  

    – Improving the generation and use of care-related data to inform evidence-based policy-making and investment planning.  

    – Scale up care services and systems through a sustainable and equity-driven approach, promoting shared gender and social responsibility.  

    – Foster international cooperation, capacity development and knowledge sharing to support the transformation of care systems.  

    The statistic on 76% of care work comes from a 2024 WHO report. 

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  • MIL-OSI NGOs: Oxfam reaction: Financing for Development Conference in Seville

    Source: Oxfam –

    In response to the conclusion of the Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain, FFD Global Policy Lead Hernan Saenz said: 

    “Seville was a key moment in an ongoing journey to fight inequality, achieve gender justice and reform the international debt architecture under the UN. The conference showed that considerable challenges remain to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. But it also paved the way for governments to build more coalitions to tax the super-rich and finance care, and put equality, democracy and sustainability at the core of their efforts. In a context of geopolitical uncertainty, multilateralism is the way ahead.” 

    “Despite the lacklustre ambition of the Compromiso de Sevilla where rich countries shirked their responsibility to act on the debt crisis and continued to embrace the private finance first approach to development, this conference also showed what international cooperation can achieve when there is political will for it. Our new research found that the new wealth of the top 1% surged by over 33.9$ trillion since 2015. This is enough to end annual poverty 22 times over, yet over three billion people still live in countries that spend more on debt repayments than on education or health. Therefore, we welcome the new alliance to tax the super-rich launched by Spain and Brazil, with the support of South Africa and Chile. 

    “We also welcome the new care financing initiative by Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. These coalitions provide much needed political ambition and have the potential to deliver vital funding towards the Sustainable Development Goals and fight extreme inequality, which disproportionately impacts women and girls.  

    “We are very concerned by the limitations placed on civil society over the course of the conference to do what we came here to do: tell truth to power. Civil society organizations are the backbone of democracy. The UN was built to defend human rights – if it cedes to the global trend of shrinking civic space, it will undermine its legitimacy.”  

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  • MIL-OSI NGOs: A step forward on tax reform at UN Sevilla conference, but more action needed towards global economic justice 

    Source: Greenpeace Statement –

    Sevilla, Spain – A growing coalition of countries have pledged to take action on taxing the super-rich and polluting companies at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development conference.[1][2] But governments have failed to support bold measures to address the debt crisis that massively undermines Global South capacities to deal with social and environmental challenges and risks fuelling destructive extractive activities.

    Fred Njehu, Global Political Lead at Greenpeace Africa, said: “Sevilla was a crucial moment for multilateralism, yet rich and powerful governments failed to match the urgency of the debt crisis hitting Global South countries, undermining wellbeing and climate action. A glimmer of hope is the new coalitions of countries that have pledged bold action to tax the super-rich and polluting corporations. These alliances are important for building momentum to unlock vital public finance beyond debt repayments.

    “Now, world leaders must heed public anger over billionaire and fossil fuel greed. They must back transformative tax justice at the UN Tax Convention and COP30 to make super-rich individuals and powerful companies pay their fair share. They must listen to countries on the frontline, experts, and civil society activists throughout this conference calling for climate and tax justice.”

    ENDS

    Notes:

    [1] Greenpeace welcomes new global initiative to advance tax reform on the super-rich

    [2] New taxes on premium flyers and private jets: Greenpeace comment 

    Contacts:

    Tal Harris, Global Media Lead – Stop Drilling Start Paying campaign, Greenpeace International. +41-782530550, [email protected]  

    Lee Kuen, Global Comms Lead – Fair Share campaign, Greenpeace International. +601112527489, [email protected]

    Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), [email protected]

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Lummis Votes to Secure Huge Wins for Wyoming in One Big Beautiful Bill 

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Wyoming Cynthia Lummis

    July 1, 2025

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after voting to advance President Trump’s historic One Big Beautiful Bill that shores up our southern border, makes tax cuts for hardworking Wyoming families permanent, and prioritizes Wyoming’s energy sector. 

    “Every weekend in Wyoming, constituents come up to me to share their priorities for Washington,” said Lummis. “They’re clear about what they expect: no tax increases, a secure border, elimination of waste and fraud in programs like Medicaid and SNAP, an end to Biden’s green energy scams, and most importantly, restoring America’s fiscal strength. While this bill certainly isn’t perfect, it’s a major step in the right direction that further unlocks Wyoming energy and delivers significant wins for working families across Wyoming. Congratulations, President Trump, we are one step closer to passing these reforms into law.”

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Lummis Touts Major Senate Western Caucus Victories In One Big Beautiful Bill

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Wyoming Cynthia Lummis

    Washington, D.C. – Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chair of the Senate Western Caucus, today celebrated the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, highlighting numerous provisions that she and other Senate Western Caucus members championed that will benefit Wyoming and western states.

    “The Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill represents a tremendous victory for the west,” said Lummis. “As Chair of the Senate Western Caucus, I’m proud that our members’ relentless efforts secured critical wins that will further unleash American energy, strengthen rural economies, simplify coal leases, foster healthy forests, enhance wildfire prevention, increase on and offshore oil and gas production, and bring practical approaches back to federal land oversight. President Trump understands that a strong America starts with a strong American West – I’m looking forward to seeing him sign this bill into law.” 

    Background: 

    • In January, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) about the critical importance of addressing western priorities in any potential upcoming budget reconciliation legislation, along with a list of member priorities to include in the bill.
    • The Senate Western Caucus is composed of 29 Senators west of the Mississippi committed to upholding the fundamental western principles of self-reliance, local decision-making, love of the land and the pioneer spirit.  

    Senate Western Caucus Wins:

    Energy and Natural Resources

    • Expands onshore and offshore oil and gas leasing with mandatory minimum lease sales and extends drilling permit validity from 3 to 4 years.
    • Mandates six lease sales over ten years in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
    • Increases revenue sharing from offshore drilling for Gulf of America states. 
    • Enhances revenue sharing from Cook Inlet oil and gas leases for Alaska. 

    Land Management and Conservation

    • Strengthens wildfire management and prevention capabilities through expanded timber sales on public lands.
    • Introduces optional expedited environmental review process under NEPA, allowing project sponsors to pay fees for faster timelines (one year for Environmental Impact Statements, six months for Environmental Assessments).

    Agricultural Support

    • Provides reimbursement programs for livestock losses due to predator attacks.
    • Expands producer access to the livestock forage disaster assistance program. 
    • Establishes supplemental agricultural trade promotion initiatives. 

    Tax Relief for Family Operations

    • Extends and enhances estate tax exemptions with higher thresholds and permanent provisions to facilitate intergenerational transfer of family ranches.
    • Allows full expensing of certain business property, enabling ranchers to immediately deduct equipment and infrastructure investments.
    • Provides special depreciation allowances for qualified production property, offering larger and accelerated deductions for ranch growth and resilience investments.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Lummis Secures Win for Wyoming Gun Owners in One Big Beautiful Bill, Lifting Silencer & Short Barrel Rifle Taxes

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Wyoming Cynthia Lummis

    July 2, 2025

    Washington, D.C. – Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) successfully secured the inclusion of a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill eliminating taxes under the National Firearms Act for gun owners.

    “I’m pleased that my legislation to remove the Depression-era $200 tax on suppressors, as well as short-barreled rifles and shotguns, was included in the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill,” said Lummis. “This will allow more law-abiding Wyoming gun owners to protect their hearing while exercising their Constitutional rights. I will never stop fighting to cut taxes and ensure all Americans can fully enjoy their Second Amendment rights.”

    Background:

    • This provision eliminates the $200 Federal tax on the transfer of suppressors, short barreled rifles and short barreled shotguns under the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 5811).
    • Senator Lummis introduced the Historical Firearms and Lawful Purpose Act in 2024, and is also a longtime sponsor of both the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Lummis Unveils Digital Asset Tax Legislation

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Wyoming Cynthia Lummis

    Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced comprehensive digital asset tax legislation that secures key victories for the digital asset industry and creates a level playing field for digital asset users across the country.

    “In order to maintain our competitive edge, we must change our tax code to embrace our digital economy, not burden digital asset users,” said Lummis. “This groundbreaking legislation is fully paid-for, cuts through the bureaucratic red tape and establishes common-sense rules that reflect how digital technologies function in the real world. We cannot allow our archaic tax policies to stifle American innovation, and my legislation ensures Americans can participate in the digital economy without inadvertent tax violations.”

    Senator Lummis said, “I welcome public comments on this legislation as we seek to get this package to the President’s desk.”

    BACKGROUND:

    Senator Lummis’ legislation addresses major digital asset taxation issues, including small transaction practicality (a $300 de minimis rule), ending the double taxation of digital asset miners and stakers, parity with other financial assets (digital asset lending, wash sales, mark-to-market tax treatment) and providing that charitable contributions do not require an appraisal. The legislation is estimated by the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation to generate approximately $600 million in net revenue during the 2025-2034 budget window.

    De Minimis Gain from Sale or Exchange of Digital Assets

    Similar to foreign exchange, it creates a new Section 139J providing a de minimis exclusion for digital asset gains or losses unless the sale or exchange is for:

    • Cash or cash equivalents (including payment stablecoins)
    • Property used in active trade or business
    • Property held for income production

    Limitations:

    • $300 threshold for both transaction value and total gain with $5,000 yearly total cap
    • Aggregation rule for related transactions
    • Inflation adjustment beginning 2026

    This provision recognizes the impracticality of tracking every small digital asset transaction, such as buying coffee with Bitcoin, which creates enormous compliance burdens for ordinary users. The $300 threshold strikes a reasonable balance between tax compliance and practical usability of digital assets as a medium of exchange.

    Tax Treatment of Digital Asset Lending Agreements

    Expands Section 1058 securities lending rules to include digital assets:

    • Digital asset lending agreements are generally not taxable events
    • Appropriate basis adjustments required
    • Income recognition rules for lenders
    • Includes fixed-term transfers in ordinary course of business

    This prevents the absurd result where temporarily lending digital assets would trigger immediate tax consequences, which would discourage legitimate lending markets and create artificial barriers to capital efficiency. The provision ensures digital assets receive the same sensible treatment as securities lending, which has operated successfully for decades without creating tax compliance nightmares.

    Loss from Wash Sales of Digital Assets

    Revises Section 1091 to cover “specified assets” (both securities and digital assets):

    • 30-day wash sale rule applies to digital assets
    •  Covers options, forward contracts, futures, and derivatives
    • Exceptions for dealers and business/hedging transactions
    • Basis adjustment rules for disallowed losses

    This closes an unfair loophole where digital asset investors could engage in tax-loss harvesting strategies unavailable to traditional securities investors, creating an artificial advantage that distorts investment decisions. The provision ensures tax neutrality between asset classes while maintaining appropriate exceptions for legitimate business activities.

    Mark-to-Market Election

    Creates new Section 475(g) allowing dealers and traders in digital assets to elect mark-to-market treatment:

    • Dealers: mandatory application like securities dealers
    • Traders: optional election like securities traders
    • Limited to actively traded digital assets

    This provides digital asset dealers and traders with the same tax treatment available to their securities and commodities counterparts, eliminating arbitrary discrimination based on asset type. The election allows for more accurate income recognition that matches the economic reality of trading businesses while maintaining consistency with existing tax policy.

    Digital Asset Mining and Staking

    Adds new Section 451(l) deferring income recognition:

    • Mining and staking income not recognized until sale/disposition of produced assets
    • Treated as ordinary income when recognized

    This aligns the taxation of mining and staking rewards with the actual realization of economic benefit, rather than forcing recognition based on volatile and often uncertain fair market values at the time of receipt. The approach prevents cash flow problems where taxpayers owe taxes on assets they haven’t sold and may not be able to liquidate easily.

    Charitable Contributions and Qualified Appraisals

    Exempts actively traded digital assets from qualified appraisal requirements for charitable

    contributions.

    This removes an unnecessary bureaucratic barrier that has discouraged charitable giving of digital assets, even though these assets often have readily determinable fair market values through active trading. The provision encourages philanthropy while recognizing that actively traded digital assets should be treated similarly to publicly traded securities for valuation purposes.

    Click here for full bill text.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Warren, Neguse, Raskin Lead 170+ Members of Congress in Amicus Brief, Arguing Trump Cannot Dismantle Department of Education

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts – Elizabeth Warren

    July 03, 2025

    The lawmakers argue that only Congress has authority to create, restructure, and abolish federal departments and agencies by constitutional mandate and through a long-established legal precedent. 

    The Department of Education is statutorily mandated and cannot be unilaterally abolished by the President.

    Text of Brief (PDF)

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), House Assistant Majority Leader Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) and Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.), led 174 of their colleagues in submitting an amicus brief in NAACP v. US, arguing to the United States District Court District of Maryland that President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED) violate separation of powers and lack constitutional authority.

    On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps” to abolish ED. This came after the Trump Administration carried out a series of actions dismantling the Department, including mass firings of ED employees, the termination of contracts for congressionally authorized programs and activities, and the removal of crucial protections for student loan borrowers, while announcing plans to reorganize key ED functions into different departments.

    On March 24, 2025, a coalition of plaintiffs, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the National Education Association (NEA), the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Maryland Council 3, and others, filed a lawsuit to halt the Trump Administration’s illegal efforts to dismantle ED. The lawsuit argues that dismantling a Congressionally created federal agency requires Congressional approval. 

    The lawmakers wrote: “Since the Department was created, presidents have taken different views of the Department and the role the federal government should play in education policy, but none has attempted what President Trump is attempting here: to unilaterally shutter the department… In short, the ‘President’s power, if any, to issue an order’ abolishing the Education Department ‘must stem either from an act of Congress or from the Constitution itself.’ Here, President Trump’s effort to unilaterally dismantle the Education Department defies the express will of Congress. Defendants lack the power to do what only Congress can do—restructure the federal government by shuttering a government department.”

    In addition to Leader Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Warren, the brief was signed by U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

    The brief was signed by Speaker Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Representatives Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), Gabe Amo (D-R.I.), Becca Balint (D-Vt.), Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), Wesley Bell (D-Mo.), Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-Va.), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-Ga.), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Or.), Shontel Brown (D-Ohio), Julia Brownley (D-Calif.), Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.), Salus O. Carbajal (D-Calif.), André Carson (D-Ind.), Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-La.), Ed Case (D-Haw.), Sean Casten (D-Ill.), Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Yvette Clark (D-N.Y.), Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Mo.), James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-N.J.), J.Luis Correa (D-Calif.), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Angie Craig (D-Minn.), Jasmine Crockett (D-Tex.), Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), Madeline Dean (D-Pa.), Diana DeGette, (D-Colo.), Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.), Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.), Maxine Dexter (D-Or.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex.), Sarah Elfreth (D-M.d.), Veronica Escobar (D-Tex.), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), Cleo Fields (D-La.), Shomari Figures (D-Ala.), Lizzie Fletcher (D-Tex.), Bill Foster (D-Ill.), Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), Laura Friedman (D-Calif.), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.), John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D-Ill.), Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Sylvia Garcia (D-Tex.), Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), Pablo José Hernández (D-Puerto Rico), Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Steny H. Hoyer (D-M.d.), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Glenn F. Ivey (D-M.d.), Jonathan L.Jackson (D-Ill.), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-Ga.), Julie Johnson (D-Tex.), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif), William Keating (D-Mass.), Robin L. Kelly (D-Ill.), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-N.Y.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), John B. Larson (D-Colo.), George Latimer (D-N.Y.), Summer L. Lee (D-Pa.), Susie Lee (D-Nev.), Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.), Mike Levin (D-Calif.), Sam T. Liccardo (D-Calif.), Ted W. Lieu (D-Calif.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.), Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.), John W. Mannion (D-N.Y.), Lucy McBath (D-Ga.), April McClain Delaney (D-M.d.), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-Va.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mich.), James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Robert J. Menendez (D-N.J.), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Dave Min (D-Calif.), Joseph D. Morelle (D-N.Y.), Kelly Morrison (D-Minn.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Frank J. Mrvan (D-Ind.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Johnny Olszewski (D-Md.), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Scott H. Peters (D-Calif.), Brittany Petterson (D-Colo.), Chellie Pingree (D-Me.), Nellie Pou (D-N.J.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Delia C.Ramirez (D-Ill.), Emily Randall (D-Wash.), Deborah K. Ross (D-N.C.), Andrea Salinas (D-Or.), Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Eric Sorenson (D-Ill.), Melanie A  Stansbury (D-N.M.), Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.), Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.), Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), Bennie G.Thompson (D-Miss.), Mike Thompson (D-Cal.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Norma J. Torres (D-Calif.), Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), Derek T. Tran (D-Calif.), Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), Juan Vargas (D-Calif), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Maxine Walters (D-Calif.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Nikema Williams (D-Ga.), Frederica S.Wilson (D-Fla.).

    Senator Warren launched the Save Our Schools campaign in a coordinated effort to fight back against President Trump’s attempts to abolish the Department of Education:

    • On June 10, 2025, Senator Warren met with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and delivered over 1,000 letters to McMahon that the senator had received from people in all 50 states who were worried about the Secretary’s efforts to dismantle ED.
    • On June 9, 2025, Senator Warren led her colleagues in pushing the Acting Inspector General of ED to open an investigation into new information obtained by her office revealing that DOGE may have gained access to two FSA internal systems, in addition to sensitive borrower data.
    • On May 20, 2025, Senator Warren and 27 other senators pushed for full funding for the Office of Federal Student Aid.
    • On May 20, 2025, Senator Warren and 27 other senators pushed for full funding to the Office of Federal Student Aid.
    • On May 14, 2025, Senator Warren led a Senate forum entitled “Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans Are Raising Education Costs for Families,” highlighting the consequences of Secretary Linda McMahon’s reckless dismantling of the Department of Education (ED) and President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” for working- and middle-class students and borrowers.
    • On May 13, 2025, Senator Warren agreed to meet with Education Secretary Linda McMahon and promised to bring questions and stories from Americans across the country to highlight how the Trump administration’s attacks on education are hurting American families.
    • On May 6, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren highlighted the consequences of President Trump and Secretary Linda McMahon’s reckless dismantling of the Department of Education for American families in a Senate forum.
    • On April 24, 2025, Senator Warren launched a new investigation into the harms of President Trump’s attacks on the Department of Education, seeking information on the impact of the Trump administration’s actions from the members of twelve leading organizations representing schools, parents, teachers, students, borrowers, and researchers.
    • On April 10, 2025, following a request led by Senator Warren, the Department of Education’s Acting Inspector General agreed to open an investigation into the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education.
    • On April 2, 2025, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Mazie Hirono, along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon regarding the Department of Government Efficiency’s proposed plan to replace the Department of Education’s federal student aid call centers with generative artificial intelligence chatbots.
    • On April 2, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren launched the Save Our Schools campaign to fight back against the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED) and highlight the consequences for every student and public school in America.
    • On March 27, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led a letter to Acting Department of Education Inspector General (IG) René Rocque requesting that the IG conduct an investigation of the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education.
    • On March 20, 2025, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders led a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to slash the capacity of Federal Student Aid to handle student aid complaints.
    • On February 24, 2025, in a response to Senator Warren, Secretary McMahon gave her first public admission that she “wholeheartedly” agreed with Trump’s plans to abolish the Department of Education.
    • On February 11, 2025, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim sent Linda McMahon, Secretary-Designate for the U.S. Department of Education, a 12-page letter with 65 questions on McMahon’s policy views in advance of her nomination hearing.

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  • MIL-OSI: Siili Solutions Plc: Share Repurchase 3.7.2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Siili Solutions Plc       Announcement  3.7.2025
         
         
    Siili Solutions Plc: Share Repurchase 3.7.2025  
         
    In the Helsinki Stock Exchange    
         
    Trade date           3.7.2025  
    Bourse trade         Buy  
    Share                  SIILI  
    Amount             900 Shares
    Average price/ share    6,3222 EUR
    Total cost            5 689,98 EUR
         
         
    Siili Solutions Plc now holds a total of 23 218 shares
    including the shares repurchased on 3.7.2025  
         
    The share buybacks are executed in compliance with Regulation 
    No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council (MAR) Article 5
    and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.
         
    On behalf of Siili Solutions Plc    
         
    Nordea Bank Oyj    
         
    Sami Huttunen Ilari Isomäki  
         
    Further information:    
    CFO Aleksi Kankainen    
    Email: aleksi.kankainen@siili.com    
    Tel. +358 50 584 2029    
         
    www.siili.com    

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  • MIL-OSI Video: Fisheries Subsidies: Ghana’s acceptance

    Source: World Trade Organization – WTO (video statements)

    On 2 July, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received Ghana’s instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies from Ghana’s Ambassador Emmanuel Kwame Asiedu Antwi. Just eight more acceptances are needed for the Agreement to enter into force.

    Download this video from the WTO website:
    https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/webcas_e/webcas_e.htm

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: 6 dead, 24 missing after passenger ship capsizes in Indonesia’s Bali Strait

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –

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

    JAKARTA, July 3 (Xinhua) — Six people were killed, 24 were missing and 35 survived after a passenger ship sank in Indonesia’s Bali Strait on Wednesday night, Bali Provincial Search and Rescue Agency spokeswoman Gusti Ayu Ketut Wijayanthi said.

    The search and rescue operation was suspended Thursday evening as darkness fell and will resume on July 4, she said.

    All the victims of the accident who were found were taken to a hospital in Jembrana district of Bali province. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: 6 dead, 24 missing after passenger ship capsizes in Indonesia’s Bali Strait

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –

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

    JAKARTA, July 3 (Xinhua) — Six people were killed, 24 were missing and 35 survived after a passenger ship sank in Indonesia’s Bali Strait on Wednesday night, Bali Provincial Search and Rescue Agency spokeswoman Gusti Ayu Ketut Wijayanthi said.

    The search and rescue operation was suspended Thursday evening as darkness fell and will resume on July 4, she said.

    All the victims of the accident who were found were taken to a hospital in Jembrana district of Bali province. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: V. Putin plans to hold a telephone conversation with D. Trump on July 3

    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

    Moscow, July 3 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he plans to hold a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday.

    “Today I will talk with the President of the United States,” said V. Putin during his visit to the exhibition of the competition of growing Russian brands at the national center “Russia” as part of the forum “Strong ideas for a new time” taking place in Moscow.

    The 5th forum “Strong Ideas for a New Time”, organized by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the state corporation VEB.RF, is being held at the national center “Russia” on July 2 and 3. The goal of the forum is to find and support promising projects and proposals. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: V. Putin plans to hold a telephone conversation with D. Trump on July 3

    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

    Moscow, July 3 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he plans to hold a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday.

    “Today I will talk with the President of the United States,” said V. Putin during his visit to the exhibition of the competition of growing Russian brands at the national center “Russia” as part of the forum “Strong ideas for a new time” taking place in Moscow.

    The 5th forum “Strong Ideas for a New Time”, organized by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the state corporation VEB.RF, is being held at the national center “Russia” on July 2 and 3. The goal of the forum is to find and support promising projects and proposals. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The share of “friendly countries” in Russia’s foreign trade has grown to 82 percent — Russian Deputy Prime Minister A. Novak

    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

    Moscow, July 3 /Xinhua/ — The share of “friendly countries” in Russia’s foreign trade has increased from 46 to 82 percent in three years, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak reported on Thursday.

    Speaking at a strategic session on personnel development for the foreign economic activity sphere, he noted that trade with “friendly countries” has reached about 550 billion US dollars. In Russia’s trade turnover, “friendly countries” currently account for more than 85 percent of exports and about 75 percent of imports.

    Russia is most actively developing trade with China, India, the countries of Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East, A. Novak specified. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The share of “friendly countries” in Russia’s foreign trade has grown to 82 percent — Russian Deputy Prime Minister A. Novak

    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

    Moscow, July 3 /Xinhua/ — The share of “friendly countries” in Russia’s foreign trade has increased from 46 to 82 percent in three years, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak reported on Thursday.

    Speaking at a strategic session on personnel development for the foreign economic activity sphere, he noted that trade with “friendly countries” has reached about 550 billion US dollars. In Russia’s trade turnover, “friendly countries” currently account for more than 85 percent of exports and about 75 percent of imports.

    Russia is most actively developing trade with China, India, the countries of Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East, A. Novak specified. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Frost, Jayapal Introduce Legislation to Decriminalize Homelessness, The Housing Not Handcuffs Act

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Maxwell Frost Florida (10th District)

    June 26, 2025

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Maxwell Frost (FL-10) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) have introduced legislation on the one-year anniversary of the disastrous City of Grants Pass v. Johnson Supreme Court decision, which allows cities to criminalize homelessness. The Housing Not Handcuffs Act aims to prohibit the criminalization of homeless persons on public lands when there is nowhere else to go. 

    “Since the Grants Pass decision, cities across the country have passed over 200 bills to criminalize homelessness, including in my own district. These policies don’t solve homelessness instead they dehumanize our unhoused, saddle them with criminal records, and make it even harder for them to find stable housing. It’s a vicious cycle that the Housing Not Handcuffs Act seeks to end,” said Rep. Maxwell Frost. “At a time when the cost of living is at an all-time high and Trump’s Big Ugly Bill will only help the rich get richer and the working poor get poorer— we’re fighting to make sure everyone has access to safe, decent, and affordable housing, not handcuffs.”

    “Every single person in the richest country in the world should be able to have a roof over their head and a safe place to sleep, it’s that simple,” said Rep. Jayapal. “There is nowhere in this country where you can pay rent on a minimum wage salary. By criminalizing aspects of homelessness, cities and states across this country are only creating greater barriers for people to access housing — something that is already far too scarce. Fining people who already can’t afford to live makes no sense and will only result in longer-term homelessness.”

    In 2024, homelessness increased by 18 percent nationwide, with a record high of 771,480 people experiencing homelessness. At the same time, there is a nationwide shortage of 200,000 shelter beds and a shortage of 7.1 million affordable and available rental homes. 

    Since the Grants Pass ruling, over 260 anti-homeless laws have been passed by cities and states. Criminalizing homelessness creates greater barriers to accessing housing. Typically, these punishments come with fines, which create further financial strain on people who can already not afford the basics, and may create a criminal record, making it more difficult to get a job or apply for housing. 

    The Housing Not Handcuffs Act will ensure that people who are homeless cannot be criminally or civilly punished for:

    • Living on federal lands unless safe, decent, accessible shelter is available;

    • Asking for or sharing food, water, money, or other donations in public places;

    • Praying, meditating, or practicing religion in public spaces;

    • Occupying a lawfully parked motor vehicle;

    • Storing their possessions and enjoying privacy in their personal property to the same degree as property in a private dwelling.

    The legislation is sponsored by Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson (GA-04), Jr (GA-04), Summer Lee (PA-12), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07).

    It is also endorsed by A Way Home America; American Civil Liberties Union; Catalyst Montana; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO); Equal Justice Under Law ; Fines & Fees Justice Center; Fund for Empowerment; Funders Together to End Homelessness; Health Students Taking Action Together (H-STAT); Homeless Action Center; Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky; Homeless Rights Advocacy Project; Hygiene4All; Invisible People; Justice in Aging; Juvenile Law Center; Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice; Law Enforcement Action Partnership; Legal Action Center; Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency; Miriam’s Kitchen; Mountain State Justice, Inc.; National Alliance to End Homelessness; National Coalition for the Homeless; National Harm Reduction Coalition; National Health Care for the Homeless Council; National HIV/AIDS Housing Coalition; National Homelessness Law Center, National Housing Law Project; National Low Income Housing Coalition; National Network to End Domestic Violence; National Vehicle Residency Collective ; One Love World ; Open Table Nashville ; People’s Action; Prison Policy Initiative; RESULTS Educational Fund; Sexual Violence Law Center; Southern Poverty Law Center; Street Books; Street Democracy; University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic; VOCAL-TX; Voice of the Experienced; Voters Organized to Educate; Western Regional Advocacy Project.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: VATICAN – The online missiology course in Spanish promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies begins in October

    Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI

    Thursday, 3 July 2025

    Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the context of the Jubilee Year and the Jubilee of the Missionary World, scheduled for October 4 and 5, 2025, the Pontifical Missionary Union, in collaboration with the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain and Costa Rica, is promoting and organizing a 100% online missiological refresher course in Spanish.The course will run from October 2025 to June 2026, with a total of 25 sessions divided into three blocks. Each session will last approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes and will be held on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. in Spain (1:00 p.m. in Costa Rica).The first block, scheduled from October 28 to December 16, 2025, will address the foundations of missiology, as well as the biblical and theological aspects of the Lord’s missionary mandate. The second block, from February 10 to April 14, 2026, will be dedicated to the study of the history of evangelization and current issues related to the Church’s missionary approach. Finally, the third block, which will take place from April 21 to June 30, 2026, will focus on missionary pastoral care and spirituality, structures and tools of an ecclesial nature used in mission territories, and Marian spirituality, with an emphasis on the Virgin Mary as Queen of the Missions.The subjects taught include: fundamental, biblical, historical, and exegetical missiology; mission on the different continents; contemporary missiology; emerging challenges in the field of missiology; missiological and ecumenical pastoral care; Missionary spirituality and contemporary missionary catechesis.At the end of the course, participants will receive a certificate of participation issued by the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Missionary Union.For more information and registration details, please visit the following link: https://omp.es/curso-de-actualizacion-en-misionologia/ (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 3/7/2025)

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Remarks by President António Costa at the joint press conference following the meeting with Prime Minister Frederiksen, President von der Leyen and President Zelenskyy in Aarhus (Denmark)

    Source: Council of the European Union

    President António Costa travelled to Aarhus (Denmark) to attend the opening ceremony of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU. On the sides of this event he had a meeting with Prime Minister Frederiksen, President von der Leyen and President Zelenskyy followed by a joint press conference.

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  • MIL-OSI Canada: Company Fined $120,000 for Serious Worker Injury

    Source: Government of Canada regional news

    Released on July 3, 2025

    On June 17, 2025, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020.

    The company was charged with contravening section 11-13 (1) of the regulations (being an employer or contractor, where a worker may be endangered by the swinging movement of a load or a part of a unit of powered mobile equipment, did require or permit a worker to remain within range of the swinging load or part, resulting in the serious injury of a worker).

    As a result, the Court imposed a fine of $85,714.29, along with a surcharge of $34,285.71, for a total amount of $120,000.

    The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on December 9, 2022, near Allan, Saskatchewan when a worker was struck by a metal crane rail that was being dragged along the ground by a telehandler. 

    The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety works with employers and workers to eliminate workplace injuries and illnesses through education, intervention and enforcement.

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  • MIL-OSI Canada: Company Fined $120,000 for Serious Worker Injury

    Source: Government of Canada regional news

    Released on July 3, 2025

    On June 17, 2025, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020.

    The company was charged with contravening section 11-13 (1) of the regulations (being an employer or contractor, where a worker may be endangered by the swinging movement of a load or a part of a unit of powered mobile equipment, did require or permit a worker to remain within range of the swinging load or part, resulting in the serious injury of a worker).

    As a result, the Court imposed a fine of $85,714.29, along with a surcharge of $34,285.71, for a total amount of $120,000.

    The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on December 9, 2022, near Allan, Saskatchewan when a worker was struck by a metal crane rail that was being dragged along the ground by a telehandler. 

    The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety works with employers and workers to eliminate workplace injuries and illnesses through education, intervention and enforcement.

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  • MIL-OSI Canada: Company Fined $120,000 for Serious Worker Injury

    Source: Government of Canada regional news

    Released on July 3, 2025

    On June 17, 2025, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020.

    The company was charged with contravening section 11-13 (1) of the regulations (being an employer or contractor, where a worker may be endangered by the swinging movement of a load or a part of a unit of powered mobile equipment, did require or permit a worker to remain within range of the swinging load or part, resulting in the serious injury of a worker).

    As a result, the Court imposed a fine of $85,714.29, along with a surcharge of $34,285.71, for a total amount of $120,000.

    The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on December 9, 2022, near Allan, Saskatchewan when a worker was struck by a metal crane rail that was being dragged along the ground by a telehandler. 

    The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety works with employers and workers to eliminate workplace injuries and illnesses through education, intervention and enforcement.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Neal Statement on the Passing of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA)

    Neal Statement on the Passing of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym

    Washington, D.C., July 2, 2025

    Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a Granby-native, graduate of Pope Francis Preparatory School, and student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

    “I was heartbroken to hear of the tragic shooting that took the life of Granby-native Eric Tarpinian-Jachym. A rising senior at UMass Amherst, Eric was in D.C. interning on Capitol Hill, pursuing his passion for public service. As a lecturer at UMass, I know firsthand the caliber of students who walk through those doors. Eric embodied what it means to be part of a community committed to learning, growth, and civic engagement.

    “Any parent will tell you there is no greater pain than the pain of losing as a child. As a father, my thoughts and prayers are with Eric’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.”

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Neal Statement on the Passing of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA)

    Neal Statement on the Passing of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym

    Washington, D.C., July 2, 2025

    Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a Granby-native, graduate of Pope Francis Preparatory School, and student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

    “I was heartbroken to hear of the tragic shooting that took the life of Granby-native Eric Tarpinian-Jachym. A rising senior at UMass Amherst, Eric was in D.C. interning on Capitol Hill, pursuing his passion for public service. As a lecturer at UMass, I know firsthand the caliber of students who walk through those doors. Eric embodied what it means to be part of a community committed to learning, growth, and civic engagement.

    “Any parent will tell you there is no greater pain than the pain of losing as a child. As a father, my thoughts and prayers are with Eric’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.”

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  • MIL-OSI USA: At 4 AM, Neal Leads Floor Debate with a Reality Check for the GOP

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA)

    (As delivered)

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    Thank you. Mr. Speaker. I yield myself two minutes. So we might have visited a lot of places, tonight or this morning,  I should say, why don’t we visit reality? 

    Here’s the reality because we’re going to talk about facts for the next 15 minutes on our side. One thing you can understand very clearly the Republicans in the House surrendered to the Republican to the Senate and once again when the going got tough both institutions surrendered to the president. 

    This bill became worse along the way when it was already a pretty bad product. 

    In terms of expertise, Republicans said let’s reject what the Congressional Budget Office says. Let’s reject what the Joint Committee on Taxation might have to say and of course, when the going gets tough, let’s blame the Federal Reserve Board because of interest rates. 

    Under this bill, here’s a fact, Mr. Speaker, if you made a million dollars last year you’re gonna make a plus of $96,000 in the next tax filing season. That’s a fact, but here’s the real fact in the scam that’s being presented to the American people with this legislation. If you made under $50,000 last year, you’re gonna get 68 cents a day in terms of your tax relief. The Senate was too generous. They were at 73 percent. So, the House wanted to go back to on the Republican side, 68 cents. 

    Here’s the real kicker for a party that has preached fiscal rectitude that I’ve listened to it all my years here. All my years here, voting for the balanced budget amendment, taking up all of these pursuits in terms of fiscal rectitude, they’re borrowing $5 trillion additional dollars to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest amongst us. $5 trillion is being added to the debt. 

    I call attention to that because they’re taking away health insurance from poor people, hospitals are going to suffer, Medicare is going to be cut, the Child Tax Credit will leave out the poorest, and seniors are threatened with much of the necessities of everyday life. SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA are all about to be gutted in the name of a tax cut for the wealthiest amongst us.”

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    “I can’t wait with the Republican Party to meet that waitress who’s making $32 ,000 a year and tell her in this tax bill the Republican Party just gave her 68 cents more a day ’cause that’s the reality of what this tax bill is about. 

    But we can also say in the next breath, if you made a million dollars last year, you’re gonna get $96,000. This is a fact -free argument. 

    They’re making this argument out that the person at the bottom is gonna do well in contrast to the person at the top. There’s simply no factual basis to that. 

    And by the way, the party of fiscal rectitude, they’re borrowing $5 trillion to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest amongst us.”

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  • MIL-OSI: VNBTC Launches AI-Powered Cloud Mining Platform Offering Effortless Daily Crypto Earnings

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LONDON, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Today, VNBTC announced a major milestone, achieving full AI optimization of its mining farms and cloud mining platforms. This sparked excitement within the crypto space as investors continued to seek reliable passive income opportunities. VNBTC is centered around offering access to over 8 top altcoins as an established leader in Bitcoin and Dogecoin cloud mining. The platform continues to help users build a consistent passive income source without the need for mining machines or expertise.

    AI-Powered Crypto Mining Farms: Efficiency and Profitability

    VNBTC has been providing competitive Bitcoin and Dogecoin cloud mining ROI for over 6 years. But, with AI optimization, VNBTC data centers automatically ensure energy efficiency, controlling mining times.

    “Through AI optimization, we have managed to cut energy costs by 50%, leading to our decision to revise the profits we offer on our cloud mining contracts,” said the VNBTC spokesperson.

    With energy consumption reduced, VNBTC is seeing higher profit margins. The platform recently revised its cloud mining contracts to offer a free Dogecoin cloud mining contract. Also, the profits offered through the Bitcoin cloud mining contract increased 2X.

    Global Coverage, Leading in Eco-Friendly Mining

    VNBTC now owns 100 Bitcoin mining farms and 150 other mining farms that facilitate Dogecoin cloud mining and other cryptocurrencies like Litecoin, Solana, and Ethereum. These mining farms are fully powered by green energy from renewable sources like solar and wind. So far, the platform has built its reputation as a trustworthy cloud mining site serving over 21 million users across 110+ countries.

    VNBTC’s affiliate program offers 3% for directly referred investors and a 1.8% commission for investors referred by the direct referrals: a two-level system. Additionally, cloud mining enthusiasts can create content and earn USDT with the VNBTC bounty program.

    Final Thoughts

    AI-powered cloud mining is taking center stage in 2025, and VNBTC leads the revolution with innovative solutions. With the highest profitability, VNBTC has managed to offer some of the most lucrative cloud mining contracts.

    If you seek a high-return passive income stream, try VNBTC. You could start with the free Dogecoin cloud mining plan or purchase other contracts offering higher ROI.

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    Marketing Specialist, VNBTC

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: CFS urges public not to consume kinds of imported turkey bacon suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

    CFS urges public not to consume kinds of imported turkey bacon suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenesPlace of origin: US
    Pack size (Universal Product Code/Lot number) and use-by dates: 
    (1) 12oz (071871548601/RS40), July 18 to August 2, 2025;
    (2) 36oz (071871548748/RS19, RS40 and RS42), July 23 to September 4, 2025; and
    (3) 48oz (071871548793/RS19, RS40 and RS42), July 18 to September 4, 2025Issued at HKT 23:22

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Construction sector expo launched

    Source: Hong Kong Information Services

    The launch ceremony of the Infrastructure x Education Exhibition and the first phase of achievement of the STEAM UP project, jointly organised by the Development Bureau and the Construction Industry Council, was held today.

    This is the first time the construction industry has collaborated with the education sector to organise a large-scale exhibition featuring infrastructure projects in Hong Kong to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education related to the construction industry, helping students apply STEAM knowledge through the examples of infrastructure projects and encouraging the youngsters to join the construction industry.

    Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said at the ceremony that she hopes infrastructure can tell the good stories of Hong Kong and share STEAM knowledge via the exhibition, arousing students’ interest towards the construction industry and the exploration of STEAM knowledge.

    A first three-dimensional Infrastructure Map supporting STEAM education was launched at the event, introducing 32 types of infrastructure projects in Hong Kong and related STEAM knowledge. The map will be exhibited in various districts to let the public understand the city’s infrastructure.

    A set of architecture-themed learning and teaching materials of the STEAM UP project, including teachers’ lesson plans and teaching materials as well as story books, games and e-learning platforms, was also rolled out.

    Another eight sets of learning and teaching materials, covering architecture, surveying, planning, landscape architecture and engineering, will be launched progressively for use in classrooms in primary and secondary schools starting from 2025-26 school year.

    Ten thematic zones are set up in the exhibition. In addition to the aforementioned major projects, it also introduces the work, careers and development prospects of in the construction industry. Interactive games with construction robots are also available.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: National Impact for CT AHEC and its Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars from UConn Health

    Source: US State of Connecticut

    “I was amazed to see just how large of an organization AHEC really is,” said Max Marks, UConn School of Dental Medicine student and Urban Service Track/AHEC (UST/AHEC) scholar alum. Marks was one of four UST/AHEC alumni who attended the recent biennial AHEC (Area Health Education Centers) conference in Lexington, Kentucky. The theme of the conference was Racing Toward Health Workforce Solutions. “I could see that all the people at the conference shared a common goal of improving health in their communities, in addition to training the health care providers of tomorrow.”

    The National AHEC Organization (NAO) represents a network of more than 300 AHEC program offices and centers that serve over 85% of United States counties. Connecticut’s AHEC office is located at UConn Health in Farmington. AHEC’s mission is to enhance access to quality health care, particularly primary and preventive care, by improving the supply and distribution of health care professionals.

    Director of the Connecticut AHEC, Petra Clark-Dufner traveled with the UST/AHEC scholar alums from UConn’s medical and dental school to the national AHEC conference (CT AHEC Photo).

    The two-year Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars (UST/AHEC) program is one of the key initiatives of the UConn Health-based AHEC program. UST/AHEC scholars include students from UConn Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine, Dental Medicine, Social Work and Quinnipiac University’s Physician Assistant program.

    UConn medical student and UST/AHEC scholar alum, Julia Levin, also attended the conference and appreciates the opportunities extended to her as part of UST/AHEC.  “UST/AHEC prepares future health care professionals to practice medicine beyond the confines of textbooks and lecture halls—by connecting them with their communities and equipping them with the skills, perspective, and compassion needed to become truly effective, empathetic clinicians,” said Levin.

    The director of the Connecticut AHEC, Petra Clark-Dufner, says that “through the Urban Service Track, AHEC Scholars learn with, from and about each other.  In addition to expanding their clinical/patient care toolkit, Scholars learn and apply leadership and communication skills.”

    Student panel at the national AHEC conference (Photo Credit: Abell Media).

    The two UConn UST/AHEC alum that were on stage at the conference were medical student Renee Taylor and dental medicine student Evan Perlroth. They participated in the conference’s student plenary panel entitled “In full stride: Students leading workforce transformation.” Perlroth said that “attending my first national conference and speaking on a panel during a plenary session was a unique experience. It was empowering to share my perspective as an AHEC scholar in front of leaders and other professionals nationally.”

    Barbara O’Neill, UConn School of Nursing UST/AHEC coordinator, adds that the NAO student panel is just one of many examples of how the UST/AHEC program provides a platform for interprofessional collaborative practice and educates students and professionals nationally. “It is important to be reminded that every member of the health care team is valuable, including the health professions student in training,” says O’Neill.

    Perlroth sums up the benefits of the program well. “UST/AHEC has opened my eyes to a whole different side of health care that I was unaware of previously.  Without it, I would not be the health care student and future clinician I am today.”

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