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Deputy President Paul Mashatile leads a Roundtable on Strengthening the Political and Administrative Interface
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Deputy President Paul Mashatile leads a Roundtable on Strengthening the Political and Administrative Interface
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One man. One mission. Total transformation.
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Source: United States Department of Defense (video statements)
Demonstrating peace through strength! Over the weekend, Air Force Global Strike Command led the first-ever tri-bomber/fighter formation over Miami Beach in honor of Memorial Day, showcasing American Airpower to potential adversaries and the American people. The seven-ship “Freedom Flyover” highlighted the Air Force’s total force components, bringing together active duty, guard, and reserve forces to create an incredible display of strength and resolve.
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Your military is an all-volunteer force that serves to protect our security and way of life, but Service members are more than a fighting force. They are leaders, humanitarians and your fellow Americans. Get to know more about the men and women who serve, who they are, what they do, and why they do it.
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@usarmy Golden Knights take you on a POV demonstration jump during the Indy500 pre-race activities in Speedway, Ind.
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Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements)
Spokesperson Tammy Bruce leads the Department Press Briefing at the Department of State, on May 29, 2025.
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Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance by advancing the interests of the American people, their safety and economic prosperity. On behalf of the American people we promote and demonstrate democratic values and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.
The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser. The Secretary carries out the President’s foreign policies through the State Department, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service and U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Source: United Nations (Video News)
Squadron Leader Sharon Syme of Ghana has been awarded the 2024 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year in recognition of her exceptional commitment in promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls during her tour of duty with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Syme also helped strengthen the gender awareness and capacity of UNISFA’s military components, spearheading patrols composed of men and women able to address diverse community needs, and engaging with local women’s groups to promote trust and collaboration.
Source: United Nations (Video News)
Superintendent Zainab Gbla of Sierra Leone has been awarded the 2024 UN Woman Police Officer of the Year for her innovative community engagement initiatives that helped strengthen relations between host communities and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). In an area that had no schools when she arrived, she initiated an educational program, providing materials and visual aids for teaching disadvantaged children. She also established a mentorship program for girls. Projects she also initiated to support crop cultivation and livestock sale at the local markets gave the women sustainable sources of income, allowing them to provide for their families and send their children to school in Abyei town.
Currently serving as UNISFA’s Chief Police Training Officer, Chief Superintendent Gbla spent her teenage years displaced within her home country of Sierra Leone and later as a refugee in Guinea – experiences that motivated her to enter the police service and to empower women affected, like her, by conflict.
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Source: United States of America – The White House (video statements)
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Secretary of State Marco A. Rubio meets with North Macedonia Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski at the Department of State, on May 29, 2025.
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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Scottish Affairs Committee visited @saxavordspaceportuk7912 to learn more about their mission to launch the first rocket into orbit from the UK – and the opportunities the spaceport is creating for the local community and the rest of Scotland.
Find out more about the Committee’s inquiry into Scotland’s space launch sector by visiting www.parliament.uk/scotaffcom
Source: United Nations (Video News)
Ahead of the High-Level Glaciers Preservation Conference in Dushanbe, WMO Scientific Officer Sulagna Mishra reveals that glaciers have lost 9,000 gigatons of ice since 1975, threatening water supplies, agriculture, and coastal communities. She calls for rapid global emissions cuts, enhanced monitoring, and decisive political commitments, all of which will be formalized in the conference’s comprehensive declaration to be presented later this year at the UN General Assembly.
Source: United Nations (Video News)
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Sigrid Kaag said, “Since the resumption of hostilities in Gaza, the already horrific existence of civilians has only sunk further into the abyss. This is manmade.”
During a briefing to the Security Council today (28 May) Kaag confirmed that Israel had approved a limited resumption of aid entry on 18 May. But she stressed that deliveries remain woefully inadequate. “Since then, very limited numbers of goods have entered and have been distributed by the United Nations and its partners. But this is comparable to a lifeboat after the ship has sunk.”
Emphasizing the need for a political solution, Kaag said, “There can however be no sustainable peace in the Middle East without a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are no shortcuts. The two-State solution is on life support; reviving it requires collective action.”
Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon, shared the anguish of health workers on the ground. “My Palestinian friends, mostly healthcare workers, no longer speak of resilience or even survival,” he said. “Parents memorize their children’s clothing in case they must identify their remains.”
Sidhwa also said, “We strongly and explicitly reject the weaponization and politicization of aid embodied by the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,’” he said, citing the resignation of its executive director over alleged failures to uphold humanitarian principles.
U.S. envoy John Kelley reaffirmed Washington’s support for Israel, “Every day Hamas demonstrates its lack of regard for the Palestinians it claims to represent.” He also said that Hamas is diverting aid and violently suppressing dissent, adding, “The United States fully stands behind Israel and its right to defend itself.”
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine said, “Israel wants to appear as allowing aid in, while continuing to make sure life cannot actually be sustained in Gaza.”
Before the Security Council meeting Israel’s Ambassador Danny Danon spoke to members of press and pushed back against international criticism. “We are not bombing the people of Gaza. We are fighting a terrorist organization,” he said.
“We have two goals in this war,” Danon added. “We will not finish the war leaving behind 58 people. Their families are waiting for them, and we are committed to finish this war by making sure the hostages are back, and Hamas is out of the game.”
After the Security Council meeting, Sigrid Kaag said to reporters, “Privatization of aid and the weaponization of aid is a very dangerous precedent. It doesn’t only speak to the situation, potentially in Gaza, but worldwide. And we have to look at the things we allow, don’t allow or speak out against or discourage. It’s not only relevant to the here and the now, it is relevant to so many other conflict situations. So, I would say support the UN.”
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Source: United Nations (Video News)
The Dag Hammarskjöld Medal, UN Woman Police Officer of the Year and UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year ceremonies – International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2025.
Source: United Nations (Video News)
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
International Day Of UN Peacekeepers
Middle East
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Unrwa
Yemen
Sudan
Haiti
Ukraine
Global Climate Predictions
Global Employment Growth
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, who be the guest on Thursday to brief reporters on the International Day of Peacekeepers.
As part of that at 2:45pm tomorrow, the Secretary-General will lay a wreath to honour the more than 4,400 United Nations peacekeepers who have given their lives in the line of duty since 1948. He will also preside over a ceremony in the Trusteeship Council, during which the Dag Hammarskjöld Medals will be awarded posthumously to 57 military, police, and civilian peacekeepers, who lost their lives serving under the flag of the United Nations last year.
At 3 p.m., the Secretary-General will present awards to the 2024 Military Gender Advocate of the Year. That is Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana and he will also present an award to the UN Woman Police Officer of the Year, and that is Superintendent Zainab Gbla of Sierra Leone.
Both serve with the peacekeeping mission in Abyei.
MIDDLE EAST
Sigrid Kaag, the acting UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefed the Security Council this morning, telling Council members that the two-State solution is on life support and reviving it requires decisive action.
She said the upcoming high-level international conference in June, co-chaired by France and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, must not be another rhetorical exercise and instead must launch a concrete path towards ending the occupation and realizing the two-State solution based on international law, UN resolutions and previous agreements.
Ms. Kaag warned that the entire population of Gaza is facing the risk of famine. As the Secretary-General has said, families are being starved and denied the very basics.
She added that while Gaza rightly captures the world’s attention, the West Bank is on a dangerous trajectory. Developments are best described as accelerating de facto annexation through settlement expansion, through land seizures, and through settler violence. If not reversed, Ms. Kaag said, these will make the two-State solution physically impossible.
Ms. Kaag will also be speaking to you after the Council session has ended. We are advised that there will likely not be closed consultations afterwards and we will let you know when she is there.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=28%20May%202025
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Secretary Duffy’s Remarks at The Great American Road Trip Expo
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Media Briefing marking the countdown to the first-ever Global Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Ministerial Meeting
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
The World Economic Forum’s latest Chief Economists Outlook highlights the risks posed by global trade tensions, and examines the potential impact AI will have on economic growth.
Google’s chief economist, Fabien Curto Millet, gives his take on the Outlook and the impact of GenAI, which he calls “the most exciting thing technologically I’ve seen in my lifetime”.
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The global economy is slowing – here’s why that may not be such a bad thing: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-september-2023-jerome-haegeli-swiss-re/
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Source: US Army (video statements)
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment participated in the Bearing the Burden deadlift competition in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
About the U.S. Army: The Army Mission – our purpose – remains constant: To deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt & sustained land dominance by Army forces across the full spectrum of conflict as part of the joint force. Interested in joining the U.S. Army? Visit:
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Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements)
Spokesperson Tammy Bruce leads the Department Press Briefing at the Department of State, on May 29, 2025.
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Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance by advancing the interests of the American people, their safety and economic prosperity. On behalf of the American people we promote and demonstrate democratic values and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.
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NEC’s Kevin Hassett brought the calculators
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt brought the plain English
Inside the One Big Beautiful Bill:
No Tax on Overtime
Slashing Taxes on Social Security
No Interest Tax on American Cars
Universal 401(k) from Birth
Build a Factory, Write It Off
Source: United States Department of Defense (video statements)
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@marines see if they have what it takes to become martial arts instructor trainers during a 3-week training course at the Martial Arts Center for Excellence on @MCBQuantico.
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Source: United Nations (Video News)
Comments to the media by Sigrid Kaag, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ad Interim, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Source: United Nations (Video News)
Comments to the media by Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, on the attack in DC & latest developments in the region.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
For 101 years, the United States Border Patrol has protected America —through every shift, every threat, and every chapter of modern history. From the earliest horseback patrols to today’s multi-domain operations, the men and women of U.S. Border Patrol have answered the call with grit, skill, and a steadfast commitment to the mission.
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When it comes to experiments in space, astronauts on the International Space Station face challenges you won’t find on Earth: bubbles don’t rise, things float away and many Earth-based lab tools don’t always work the same way. So science in space needs to me reimagined from the ground up.
A NASA scientist explains how we study life, chemistry and physics in orbit.
Learn more about science on the ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/station-science-101-research-in-microgravity-higher-faster-longer/
Download this video at: https://images.nasa.gov/details/How%20Do%20We%20Do%20Research%20in%20Zero%20Gravity
Producers: Scott Bednar, Pedro Cota, Jessie Wilde
Editor: James Lucas
Credit: NASA