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  • MIL-Evening Report: What’s happened to Australia’s green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute

    An official from German energy supplier Eon with Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest after inking a deal in 2022 to supply green hydrogen from Australia to Germany. Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images

    As the world looks for ways to tackle climate change, Australia has invested heavily in green hydrogen.

    Green hydrogen is shaping as the best option to strip carbon emissions from some industrial processes, such as iron-making and ammonia production. But making the dream a reality in Australia is proving difficult.

    Two recent announcements are a case in point. This month, the Queensland government withdrew financial support for the Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub. It came weeks after energy company Fortescue cut 90 green hydrogen jobs in Queensland and Western Australia.

    I led the development of Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy in 2019, in my previous job as a federal public servant. I also co-authored a Grattan Institute report on how hydrogen could help decarbonise the Australian economy. Here, I explain the main challenges to getting the industry off the ground.

    But first, what is green hydrogen?

    Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. It’s usually found as a gas, or bonded to other elements.

    It’s used to make products such as fertilisers, explosives and plastics. In future, it may also be a zero-emissions replacement for fossil fuels in industries such as steel and chemicals manufacturing.

    Australia currently makes very low volumes of hydrogen using natural gas, which produces greenhouse gas emissions. We are well-placed to produce “green” or zero-emissions hydrogen, through a process powered by renewable energy which releases hydrogen from water.

    But creating a large green hydrogen industry won’t be easy. These are the main five challenges.

    1. The learning curve is steep

    About 15 facilities in Australia are currently producing green hydrogen, all at low volumes – between 8 kilograms and one tonne a day (see chart below).

    By contrast, most recently cancelled projects would have produced hundreds of tonnes of green hydrogen daily. The Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub, for example, would initially have produced about 200 tonnes a day, scaling up to 800 tonnes in the 2030s.

    The failure of these big projects shows Australia has much to learn about planning, building, commissioning and operating large green hydrogen facilities.

    The hydrogen projects currently operating in Australia are orders of magnitude smaller than those proposed.
    Grattan Insitute, CC BY-NC-SA

    2. Demand is limited

    Very little hydrogen is currently used in Australia – around 500,000 tonnes a year. This is less than 1% of national energy consumption.

    Most of this hydrogen is produced using natural gas, and is produced on site at existing industrial operations that require hydrogen, such as oil refiners and ammonia plants. Using hydrogen from a different source would require major – and costly – engineering changes at these facilities.

    So, how do new green hydrogen producers create demand for their product?

    The first option is to convince a company to spend money changing their operations to bring in green hydrogen from outside. This is not an easy prospect. The second is to find big new markets – which leads to the next challenge.

    3. The chicken-and-egg problem

    Renewable hydrogen isn’t a direct substitute for conventional fuels.

    You can’t burn hydrogen in your gas stovetop without changing the pipes in the house and the burners on the stove. Likewise, you can’t use hydrogen as a substitute for coal when making steel without changing the smelting process.

    This creates a chicken-and-egg problem. Green hydrogen proponents won’t invest in high-volume production unless there are large users to buy the product. But large users won’t invest in changing their processes unless they are assured of supply.

    4. Green hydrogen is expensive

    Green hydrogen is much more expensive than conventional hydrogen. And as yet, there’s little evidence buyers are willing pay more for it.

    So for green hydrogen to compete with conventional production, it needs government subsidies.

    The huge expense is largely due to the electricity used to make green hydrogen – prices of which are currently high.

    As renewable energy expands, electricity prices in Australia are expected to fall. But building more large-scale renewable generation in Australia is itself a difficult prospect.

    5. Economic and political turmoil

    Recent turmoil in global markets has made companies more cautious about investing outside their core business. And global inflation has helped drive up the cost of electricity needed to produce green hydrogen.

    Globally, governments have scrambled to keep national economies afloat, which has led to cuts in green hydrogen in several countries.

    In Australia, green hydrogen is still key to the Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia policy. And hydrogen has been a rare area of agreement between the two major parties, at both federal and state levels.

    But there are signs this is changing. The federal opposition last year fought the government’s hydrogen tax credits, and the withdrawal of support for the Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub came from the Queensland LNP government, which won office in October last year.

    What next?

    There is a long road ahead if green hydrogen is to help Australia reach its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

    So what have we learned so far?

    Many scrapped projects tried to implement a “hub” model – combining multiple users in one place, which was designed to make it more attractive to suppliers. But this was difficult to co-ordinate, and vulnerable to changing global conditions.

    The green hydrogen industry should focus on the most promising uses for its product. For example, if it could successfully make enough green hydrogen to supply ammonia production, it could build on this to eventually support a bigger industry, such as iron-making.

    It’s also time to rethink how subsidies are structured, to reflect the fact some sectors are better bets than others. At present, the federal government’s Hydrogen Headstart program and the hydrogen tax credit are agnostic as to how the hydrogen is used, which does little to help demand emerge in the right places.

    Finally, political unity must be renewed. Hydrogen projects require a lot of capital, and investors get nervous when an industry does not have bipartisan support.

    The hype around green hydrogen in Australia is fading. There are some reasons for hope – but success will require a lot of hard work.

    Since 2008, the Grattan Institute has been supported by government, corporations, and philanthropic gifts. A full list of supporters is published at www.grattan.edu.au.

    – ref. What’s happened to Australia’s green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered – https://theconversation.com/whats-happened-to-australias-green-hydrogen-dream-here-are-5-reasons-the-industry-has-floundered-260634

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Even a day off alcohol makes a difference – our timeline maps the health benefits when you stop drinking

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University

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    Alcohol has many negative effects on our health, some of which may surprise you. These include short-term impacts such as waking up with a pounding head or anxiety, to long-term effects including cancer.

    If you are thinking about taking some time off alcohol, you’ll find many quick wins and long-term gains for your health.

    How long will you have to wait to feel the benefits?

    We’ve made a timeline – based on scientific research – that shows what you might feel in the first days, weeks, months and years after taking a break from alcohol.

    Some benefits start immediately, so every day without alcohol is a win for your health.

    After one day

    Alcohol takes around 24 hours to completely leave your body, so you may start noticing improvements after just one day.

    Alcohol makes you need to urinate more often, causing dehydration. But your body can absorb a glass of water almost immediately, so once alcohol is out of your system alcohol dehydration is reduced, improving digestion, brain function and energy levels.

    Alcohol also reduces the liver’s ability to regulate blood sugar. Once alcohol leaves the system, blood sugar begins to normalise.

    If you are a daily drinker you may feel a bit worse to start with while your body adjusts to not having alcohol in its system all the time. You may initially notice disrupted sleep, mood changes, sweating or tremors. Most symptoms usually resolve in about a week without alcohol.

    After one week

    Even though alcohol can make you feel sleepy at first, it disrupts your sleep cycle. By the end of an alcohol-free week, you may notice you are more energetic in the mornings as a result of getting better quality sleep.

    As the body’s filter, the liver does much of the heavy lifting in processing alcohol and can be easily damaged even with moderate drinking.

    The liver is important for cleaning blood, processing nutrients and producing bile that helps with digestion.

    But it can also regenerate quickly. If you have only mild damage in the liver, seven days may be enough to reduce liver fat and heal mild scarring and tissue damage.

    Even small amounts of alcohol can impair brain functioning. So quitting can help improve brain health within a few days in light to moderate drinkers and within a month even for very heavy dependent drinkers.

    Alcohol damages your liver, but it’s very good at regenerating and healing itself.
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    After one month

    Alcohol can make managing mood harder and worsen symptoms of anxiety and depression. After a few weeks, most people start to feel better. Even very heavy drinkers report better mood after one to two months.

    As your sleep and mood improve you may also notice more energy and greater wellbeing.

    After a month of abstinence regular drinkers also report feeling more confident about making changes to how they drink.

    You may lose weight and body fat. Alcohol contains a lot of kilojules and can trigger hunger reward systems, making us overeat or choose less healthy foods when drinking.

    Even your skin will thank you. Alcohol can make you look older through dehydration and inflammation, which can be reversed when you quit.

    Alcohol irritates the gut and disrupts normal stomach functioning, causing bloating, indigestion, heartburn and diarrhoea. These symptoms usually start to resolve within four weeks.

    One month of abstinence, insulin resistance – which can lead to high blood sugar – significantly reduces by 25%. Blood pressure also reduces (by 6%) and cancer-related growth factors declines, lowering your risk of cancer.

    After six months

    The liver starts to repair within weeks. For moderate drinkers, damage to your liver could be fully reversed by six months.

    At this point, even heavy drinkers may notice they’re better at fighting infections and feel healthier overall.

    Just a month without alcohol can you make more confident about sticking to changes.
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    After one year or more

    Alcohol contributes to or causes a large number of chronic diseases, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and seven different types of cancer, as well as mental health issues. All of these risks can be reduced by quitting or cutting back on alcohol.

    Alcohol increases blood pressure. High blood pressure (hypertension) is the top risk factor for death in the world. A small 2mmHg increase in blood pressure above the normal range (120mmHG) increases death from stroke by 10% and from coronary artery disease by 7%.

    Cutting back on alcohol to less than two drinks a day can reduce blood pressure significantly, reducing risk of stroke and heart disease. Reducing blood pressure also reduces risk of kidney disease, eye problems and even erectile dysfunction.

    With sustained abstinence, your risk of getting any type of cancer drops. One study looked at cancer risk for more than 4 million adults over three to seven years and found the risk of alcohol-related cancer dropped by 4%, even for light drinkers who quit. Reducing from heavy to moderate drinking reduced alcohol-related cancer risk by 9%.

    Making a change

    Any reduction in drinking will have some noticeable and immediate benefits to your brain and general health. The less you drink and the longer you go between drinks, the healthier you will be.

    Whether you aim to cut back or quit entirely, there are some simple things you can do to help you stick with it:

    If you are still wondering about whether to make changes or not you can check your drinking risk here.

    If you have tried to cut back and found it difficult you may need professional help. Call the National Alcohol and other Drug Hotline on 1800 250 015 and they will put you in touch with services in your area that can help. You can also talk to your GP.

    We would like to thank Dr Hannah MacRae for assistance in identifying the research used in this article.

    Nicole Lee works as a paid evaluation and training consultant in alcohol and other drugs. She has previously been awarded grants by state and federal governments, NHMRC and other public funding bodies for alcohol and other drug research. She is CEO of Hello Sunday Morning.

    Dr Katinka van de Ven is the Research Manager of Hello Sunday Morning. She also works as a paid evaluation and training consultant in alcohol and other drugs. Katinka has previously been awarded grants by state governments and public funding bodies for alcohol and other drug research.

    – ref. Even a day off alcohol makes a difference – our timeline maps the health benefits when you stop drinking – https://theconversation.com/even-a-day-off-alcohol-makes-a-difference-our-timeline-maps-the-health-benefits-when-you-stop-drinking-249272

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  • MIL-Evening Report: ‘You become a target’: research shows why many people who experience racism don’t report it

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mario Peucker, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University

    The way racism manifests itself may have changed over time, but it remains a persistent problem in Australia.

    The 2024 Reconciliation Barometer found a significant increase in racism against First Nations people. Antisemitism and Islamophobia have also been on the rise.

    Many other migrant communities and their Australian-born descendants continue to face racial discrimination, abuse and systemic marginalisation.

    And yet the true picture of racism in Australia is hard to determine, as a lot of racism goes unreported. Our soon to be published research reveals people often don’t know how to come forward, are scared of negative consequences, or simply don’t think anything would change if they did report it.

    Unheard voices

    The silencing of those who have experienced racism manifests in various ways, including the sceptical, at times hostile public reactions to those who speak out publicly.

    But our research, funded by VicHealth and accepted for publication by the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies, analysed how inadequate formal reporting pathways can mean people don’t come forward about their experiences.

    We conducted a survey of more than 700 people, then focus groups with almost 160 people. In total, we examined the experiences of 859 Victorian adults from culturally or racially marginalised communities.

    The vast majority of them – 76% of the survey respondents – had experienced racism in Australia, across many areas of life. These experiences happened at work, in shopping centres, on public transport and on the streets. Some also encountered racism in schools, healthcare, housing, online or when dealing with police.

    But crucially, only 15.5% of them had ever reported any such incident to an organisation.

    Unsurprisingly, one of the reasons why people do not report is that many are not aware of existing reporting options, for example through the federal or states’ human rights commissions.

    For 75.2% of survey respondents, not knowing where and how to report was a key barrier. The only place most people knew about was the police, which was often not seen as appropriate unless the incident involved physical violence.

    Moreover, trust in an effective response by police was generally low. A Muslim woman in one of the focus groups said:

    the biggest reason [for not reporting] is probably not knowing. The obvious is the police station, but then, well, many of us already feel that police won’t do much. But what else is out there?

    High cost, low reward

    An even bigger obstacle is that reporting racism was commonly considered high-cost, but low-reward. Most participants (83.2%) were deterred by the conviction that the process was taking too much time and effort.

    As one Asian-Australian participant stated:

    I imagine the reporting to be a long process. Do I want to go through the process, especially as a migrant. You ask yourself: is it life and death? If not, let me just get on with my day.

    Many highlighted concerns they would not be taken seriously (75.9%) or that reporting would have negative consequences for them or their children (72.8%). They were also concerned about how reporting could negatively affect their career, treatment at school or even their legal resident status.

    An African-Australian man said:

    You know you’re gonna be a double victim. Let’s say at your workplace, if you report racism, straight away […] you become a target.

    No accountability

    These factors shape the discouraging perspective that reporting is a high-cost action.

    But what makes it even worse is the very common conviction, expressed by 90.6% of survey respondents, that “nothing would change” even if they were to report, and that there was no accountability for racist behaviour.

    A Somali-born mother, whose daughter was called a racist slur by her teacher, complained to the school principal, but “he didn’t do anything”. She said her kids and their friends “all agreed that no one would do anything about this”. She said:

    They have this belief that if they make a complaint, it will not go anywhere. They all said the same thing: If you go somewhere, no one will care.

    Another survey participant said reporting racism would have to be worth the effort:

    We need to know that the mental and emotional sacrifice of reporting will be worth it, that it will result in an outcome. Why would I report racism if nothing will be done?

    ‘Don’t rock the boat’

    In addition, there are other psychological factors at play.

    Of those surveyed, 70.1% explained they refrain from reporting because they don’t want to “cause trouble”. In the focus groups, participants often spoke about not wanting to “rock the boat” or refraining from “talking bad, talking about racism because they might hate us”.

    Similarly, others are so determined to “blend in” they feel they have to accept racism. A Chinese-Australian participant explained her community wouldn’t complain because:

    we want to, and try to, fit in. And we have come to accept a little bit of tough treatment.

    Even protecting the perpetrators of racism from harm was described by some as a reason for not reporting:

    I thought by reporting I would hurt her [the perpetrator], and in our culture, we should not be hurting another person.

    What can be done?

    Our research shows racism often goes undetected and unreported due to systemic and cultural barriers. As a result, injustice remains unchallenged and normalised.

    But communities are finding alternative ways of speaking out against racism, often outside formal reporting channels.

    Following our research, for example, three local community-led anti-racism support networks have been set up in parts of Victoria to complement the existing support and reporting system.

    These networks provide trusted and culturally safe spaces and support to those who face racism. They have started to systematically document racism, working towards local evidence that can be used to raise awareness and inform targeted anti-racism actions in the future.

    Networks like these could be introduced around the country to give people more options to come forward.

    We won’t be able to properly address racism while those experiencing it think they won’t be listened to. We all need to ensure racist incidents are taken seriously, responded to promptly and that people are heard.

    Mario Peucker receives funding from the Victorian Government and VicHealth.

    Franka Vaughan receives funding from VicHealth

    Jo Doley received funding from VicHealth.

    Tom Clark receives funding from VicHealth.

    – ref. ‘You become a target’: research shows why many people who experience racism don’t report it – https://theconversation.com/you-become-a-target-research-shows-why-many-people-who-experience-racism-dont-report-it-260092

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Cycling can be 4 times more efficient than walking. A biomechanics expert explains why

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University

    You’re standing at your front door, facing a five kilometre commute to work. But you don’t have your car, and there’s no bus route. You can walk for an hour – or jump on your bicycle and arrive in 15 minutes, barely breaking a sweat. You choose the latter.

    Many people would make the same choice. It’s estimated that there are more than a billion bikes in the world. Cycling represents one of the most energy-efficient forms of transport ever invented, allowing humans to travel faster and farther while using less energy than walking or running.

    But why exactly does pedalling feel so much easier than pounding the pavement? The answer lies in the elegant biomechanics of how our bodies interact with this two-wheeled machine.

    A wonderfully simple machine

    At its heart, a bicycle is wonderfully simple: two wheels (hence “bi-cycle”), pedals that transfer power through a chain to the rear wheel, and gears that let us fine-tune our effort. But this simplicity masks an engineering that perfectly complements human physiology.

    When we walk or run, we essentially fall forward in a controlled manner, catching ourselves with each step. Our legs must swing through large arcs, lifting our heavy limbs against gravity with every stride. This swinging motion alone consumes a lot of energy. Imagine: how tiring would it be to even swing your arms continuously for an hour?

    On a bicycle, your legs move through a much smaller, circular motion. Instead of swinging your entire leg weight with each step, you’re simply rotating your thighs and calves through a compact pedalling cycle. The energy savings are immediately noticeable.

    But the real efficiency gains come from how bicycles transfer human power to forward motion. When you walk or run, each footstep involves a mini-collision with the ground. You can hear it as the slap of your shoe against the road, and you can feel it as vibrations running through your body. This is energy being lost, literally dissipated as sound and heat after being sent through your muscles and joints.

    Walking and running also involve another source of inefficiency: with each step, you actually brake yourself slightly before propelling forward. As your foot lands ahead of your body, it creates a backwards force that momentarily slows you down. Your muscles then have to work extra hard to overcome this self-imposed braking and accelerate you forward again.

    Kissing the road

    Bicycles use one of the world’s great inventions to solve these problems – wheels.

    Instead of a collision, you get rolling contact – each part of the tyre gently “kisses” the road surface before lifting off. No energy is lost to impact. And because the wheel rotates smoothly so the force acts perfectly vertically on the ground, there’s no stop-start braking action. The force from your pedalling translates directly into forward motion.

    But bicycles also help our muscles to work at their best. Human muscles have a fundamental limitation: the faster they contract, the weaker they become and the more energy they consume.

    This is the famous force-velocity relationship of muscles. And it’s why sprinting feels so much harder than jogging or walking – your muscles are working near their speed limit, becoming less efficient with every stride.

    Bicycle gears solve this problem for us. As you go faster, you can shift to a higher gear so your muscles don’t have to work faster while the bike accelerates. Your muscles can stay in their sweet spot for both force production and energy cost. It’s like having a personal assistant that continuously adjusts your workload to keep you in the peak performance zone.

    Cycling can be at least four times more energy-efficient than walking and eight times more efficient than running.
    The Conversation, CC BY

    Walking sometimes wins out

    But bicycles aren’t always superior.

    On very steep hills of more than about 15% gradient (so you rise 1.5 metres every 10 metres of distance), your legs struggle to generate enough force through the circular pedalling motion to lift you and the bike up the hill. We can produce more force by pushing our legs straight out, so walking (or climbing) becomes more effective.

    Even if roads were built, we wouldn’t pedal up Mount Everest.

    This isn’t the case for downhills. While cycling downhill becomes progressively easier (eventually requiring no energy at all), walking down steep slopes actually becomes harder.

    Once the gradient exceeds about 10% (it drops by one metre for every ten metres of distance), each downhill step creates jarring impacts that waste energy and stress your joints. Walking and running downhill isn’t always as easy as we’d expect.

    Not just a transportation device

    The numbers speak for themselves. Cycling can be at least four times more energy-efficient than walking and eight times more efficient than running. This efficiency comes from minimising three major energy drains: limb movement, ground impact and muscle speed limitations.

    So next time you effortlessly cruise past pedestrians on your morning bike commute, take a moment to appreciate the biomechanical work of art beneath you. Your bicycle isn’t just a transport device, but a perfectly evolved machine that works in partnership with your physiology, turning your raw muscle power into efficient motion.

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

    – ref. Cycling can be 4 times more efficient than walking. A biomechanics expert explains why – https://theconversation.com/cycling-can-be-4-times-more-efficient-than-walking-a-biomechanics-expert-explains-why-257120

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  • MIL-OSI: SunnyMining Launches Free Mobile Cloud Mining App, Allowing Everyone to Easily Earn BTC and XRP Passive Income With Zero Threshold

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    New York City, NY, July 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the cryptocurrency market continues to heat up, leading digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ripple (XRP) have once again captured global investors’ attention. At the same time, the question remains: how can everyday users easily join this wave and earn steady income? Now, there’s an answer—SunnyMining, a global leader in crypto cloud mining, officially launches its free mobile cloud mining App, providing users worldwide with a new channel for passive crypto earnings that requires no entry barrier, no upfront cost, and no technical know-how.
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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Pope Leo in Castel Gandolfo: Jesus makes us witnesses of His love in the depths of evil and suffering

    Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI

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    Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – Today too, as in every age, humanity has to confront “the darkness of evil, suffering, poverty and the riddle of death.” And we can recognize and embrace the pain of the world not out of respect for abstract “duties of solidarity”, but if we experience being “healed and loved by Christ”. Only in this way we too can become “witnesses of his love and compassion in our world”. This was recalled today by Pope Leo XIV in the homily during the Eucharistic Liturgy he celebrated in the Pontifical Parish of Saint Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo, the town in the Castelli Romani area where he is spending a short holiday period.Pope Leo weaved his homily around the Parable of the Good Samaritan, recounted by Jesus in the passage from the Gospel according to Luke read during the Sunday Liturgy: the story of the wounded man lying on the roadside after being attacked by robbers, ignored by the priest and the Levite – who see him and pass by – and saved by the Samaritan, a foreigner considered a heretic, who instead “saw him and had compassion on him.”Retracing the Parable of Jesus, the Pontiff suggested the source from which the mystery of Christian compassion springs.”The Good Samaritan – Pope Leo emphasizes, ‘unlike the passers-by before him, looks at the wounded man. And “how we look at others is what counts, because it shows what is in our hearts: We can look and walk by, or we can look and be moved with compassion”.The first gaze that the parable of the Good Samaritan wants to speak to us about, the Pontiff continued, “is God’s way of seeing us, so that we in turn can learn how to see situations and people with his eyes, so full of love and compassion. The Good Samaritan is really a figure of Jesus, the eternal Son whom the Father sent into our history precisely because he regarded humanity with compassion and did not walk by”. For this reason, he “wanted to walk our same path and come down among us. In Jesus, the Good Samaritan, he came to heal our wounds and to pour out upon us the balm of his love and mercy”.And “If we realize deep down that Christ, the Good Samaritan, loves us and cares for us, we too will be moved to love in the same way and to become compassionate as he is. Once we are healed and loved by Christ, we too can become witnesses of his love and compassion in our world”.The the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Jericho, which is below sea level, travelled by the man attacked by robbers,—the Pontiff suggested—”is the road travelled by all those who descend into sin, suffering and poverty; it is the road travelled by all those weighed down by troubles or hurt by life. The road travelled by all who fall down, lose their bearings and hit rock bottom; and it is the road travelled by all those peoples that are stripped, robbed and pillaged, victims of tyrannical political systems, of an economy that forces them into poverty, and of wars that kill their dreams and their very lives”.”Sometimes, Pope Prevost continued, we are content at times merely to do our duty, or to regard as our neighbor only those who are part of our group, who think like us, who share our same nationality or religion; Jesus overturns this way of thinking by presenting us with a Samaritan, a foreigner or heretic, who acts as a neighbor to that wounded man. And he asks us to do the same.” He asks us to “look without walking by, halting the frantic pace of our lives, allowing the lives of others, whoever they may be, with their needs and troubles, to touch our heart. That is what makes us neighbors to one another, what generates true fraternity and breaks down walls and barriers. In the end, love prevails, and proves more powerful than evil and death”.After Mass, Pope Leo XIV walked to Piazza della Libertà for the Marian Angelus prayer, recited before a multitude of about two thousand people, crowded there since the morning. (GV) (Agenzia Fides, 13/7/2025)
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  • Sinner dethrones Alcaraz to capture maiden Wimbledon crown

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Jannik Sinner defeated Carlos Alcaraz 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 in a high-octane final to claim his maiden Wimbledon trophy and fourth Grand Slam crown on Sunday, avenging his loss to the Spaniard in last month’s epic French Open final.

    The hard-fought win over the two-times defending champion on the famous lawns of London ensured that Sinner became the first Italian to secure a Wimbledon singles title.

    “I would like to start with Carlos. An amazing tournament, but mostly thank you for the player you are,” Sinner said.

    “It’s so difficult to play against you, but we have an amazing relationship off the court and on the court … keep going, keep pushing.”

    The 23-year-old Sinner drew first blood in the first Wimbledon men’s final contested by a pair born in the 2000s, breaking for a 3-2 lead, but Alcaraz clawed back before hitting a spectacular return at full stretch to wrap up the opening set and he celebrated by cupping his ear and soaking up the cheers.

    Sinner was gained a break in the opening game of next set and he let out a rare yell of “Let’s go” after winning a point en route to holding in a tight game before surging ahead 3-1 after a brief interruption when a champagne cork flew from the stands and landed on Centre Court.

    The top seed shrugged off the distraction and hit a running crosscourt winner to take the second set, before tightening his grip on the contest by unleashing a superb volley at the net to break for 5-4 and then holding in the next game to seal the third set with minimum fuss.

    With shadows drifting across the main showcourt that had basked in bright sunshine, Sinner wheeled away to a 3-1 lead in the fourth set as Alcaraz began to display the smallest signs of dejection, and the monk-like world number one held firm from there to complete a famous victory.

    “It’s amazing to be in this position,” added Sinner.

    “We were talking actually before the match; we would never have thought to be in this position. Back in the days when I was young, this was only a dream, because it was so far away from where I’m from. So I’m just living my dream, it’s amazing.

    “I’d like to thank my team and everyone who came here for this special day. It means so much. You give me so much emotion on and off the court and we try to keep pushing and trying to become a better tennis player, but mostly a better person.”

    There was to be no Roland Garros-like resurrection for Alcaraz, who fought back from three match-points down in the Paris finale just 35 days ago, as the Spaniard’s bid to claim three successive All England Club titles was extinguished.

    “I’m just really happy and really proud about everything I’m doing,” the 22-year-old Alcaraz said.

    “At the beginning of the season, I struggled a little bit on the court, but then suddenly I started to bring joy on the court again and that excitement I have every time I step on the court.

    “It’s a great journey so far, which I’m really proud of.”

    (Reuters)

  • MIL-OSI Africa: Police Minister Mchunu placed on leave of absence

    Source: Government of South Africa

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on leave of absence with immediate effect.

    The President has also announced a judicial commission of inquiry – led by Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga – into the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

    The President made the announcements during an address to the nation on Sunday evening.

    During a media briefing last week, Mkhwanazi made several allegations about an alleged criminal syndicate that has “spread its tentacles into law enforcement and intelligence services”.

    Mkhwanazi also made allegations against the Police Minister – alleging that Mchunu colluded with criminal elements to disband the Political Killings Task Team based in KwaZulu-Natal.

    During the address to the nation, the President emphasised that the allegations “call for an urgent and comprehensive investigation”.

    “To address these allegations and the implications of these allegations, I am establishing a judicial commission of Inquiry, chaired by Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga. Justice Madlanga will be assisted by Advocate Sesi Baloyi SC and Advocate Sandile Khumalo SC.

    “In order for the Commission to execute its functions effectively, I have decided to put the Minister of Police, Mr Senzo Mchunu, on a leave of absence with immediate effect. The Minister has undertaken to give his full cooperation to the Commission to enable it to do its work,” President Ramaphosa said.

    Mkhwanazi had also made allegations about the uncovering of a drug cartel, implicating, amongst others, the judiciary, law enforcement, prosecutors and politicians.

    The President said these allegations “raise serious concerns around the Constitution, the rule of law and national security”.

    “These allegations, if proven true, threaten to undermine the confidence of South Africans in the ability of the South African Police Service to protect them and to effectively fight crime and corruption.

    “South Africans are concerned about corruption and the rise of criminality in our country, which manifests itself in the killing of innocent people, gender-based violence, gang violence, kidnappings, construction mafia criminality and many others.

    “As we intensify the fight against crime, it is vital that we safeguard the integrity and credibility of the police and other law enforcement agencies,” President Ramaphosa said.

    With the Police Minister now on a leave of absence, Professor Firoz Cachalia has been appointed as acting Minister  in terms of Section 91(3)(c) of the Constitution.

    “Professor Cachalia is currently a professor of law at the University of the Witwatersrand and is the chairperson of the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council. He previously served as a MEC of Community Safety in Gauteng.

    “Professor Cachalia will be retiring from his current position at the University of Witwatersrand at the end of July. I will appoint an Acting Minister from within Cabinet until Professor Cachalia takes up his post at the beginning of August,” the President said. – SAnews.gov.za

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Read More (U.S. Rep. Greg Steube Announces Veterans History Project Interview Featuring Staff Sergeant Gerald Dombecki, United States Army (Desert Storm))

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Greg Steube (FL-17)

    July 13, 2025 | Press Releases

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    SARASOTA – U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today released the latest installment in his ongoing Veterans History Project Series, honoring the military service of constituents from Florida’s 17th District. This interview features Staff Sergeant Gerald Dombecki, a U.S. Army veteran who served from 1981 to 1993, including deployment to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.
    “Staff Sergeant Gerald Dombecki’s story reflects the strength, sacrifice, and resolve of our American servicemembers,” said Rep. Steube. “From patrolling volatile regions overseas to navigating the long fight for care and recognition after returning home, his testimony is both inspiring and sobering. We are honored to preserve his service story for future generations.”
    In his interview, Dombecki recounts his early years in the Army as a Military Police Officer, his time guarding nuclear weapons in Korea, and the emotional experience of serving in Desert Storm. He shares stories of camaraderie, the challenges of reintegrating to civilian life, and the decades-long struggle to receive proper care through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    “I’ve worked since I was 14. I didn’t want to stop working—I just couldn’t anymore,” said Dombecki, who was eventually diagnosed with Parkinson’s and COPD, conditions tied to his service but only recently recognized by the VA. “You shouldn’t have to fight so hard for something you earned.”
    Dombecki now resides in Florida with his wife, serves as a security liaison in his community, and advocates for fellow veterans who are navigating the VA system. His daughter is currently serving in the U.S. Air Force, continuing the family’s proud tradition of military service.
    Please click here to watch the full interview.
    Be sure to check Congressman Steube’s YouTube channel in the future for upcoming interviews.The Office of Congressman Greg Steube will submit the interview to the Veterans History Project, an initiative of the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center to collect and retain the oral histories of our nation’s veterans.Initially started in 2000, the Veterans History Project aims to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of the United States military veterans and Gold Star Families so that future generations may hear directly from the veterans and better understand their service. Researchers, scholars, and educators rely upon VHP collections as a primary source. The oral histories, photographs, manuscripts, and other original materials supplement historical texts and valued cultural resources. Veterans from all branches and ranks of the United States military who served in World War I through the more recent conflicts are eligible to participate. For more information on the VHP, please visit https://www.loc.gov/vets/.If you live in Florida’s 17th Congressional district, please visit https://steube.house.gov/services/vhp to participate.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Read More (Rep. Steube and Sen. Moody Introduce Stop GAPS Act)

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Greg Steube (FL-17)

    July 13, 2025 | Press ReleasesWASHINGTON —  U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) this week introduced the House companion bill to the Stop Government Abandonment and Placement Scandals Act of 2025 (Stop GAPS Act), first introduced this Congress by Senator Ashley Moody (R-Fla.). The Stop GAPS Act will reform the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under the Department of Health and Human Services to protect unaccompanied migrant children who arrive in the United States.“It’s no secret that the Biden administration’s open border policies were an abject disaster. Not only did they allow for a migrant invasion, but a red carpet was rolled out for dangerous criminals to prey on vulnerable youth,” said Rep. Steube. “Among the many victims of Biden’s border crisis were tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children who were misplaced or lost after being processed through the Office of Refugee Resettlement.Current law allows the ORR to place unaccompanied children with any adult or entity seeking custody. No responsible parent would ever leave their child with a random stranger, and neither should the federal government. The Stop GAPS Act builds upon the Trump administration’s success at securing the border by requiring the ORR to work with state and local authorities to guarantee safe and proper vetting of all individuals and entities before granting them custody of any unaccompanied child.”“We’re incredibly proud of the provisions we have already passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill to protect children but there is more to be done,” said Senator Moody. “The Biden administration did historic damage to our country’s immigration and national security structures, putting our nation and unaccompanied children at risk, and turning federal agencies into middlemen for mass human trafficking operations. As Florida’s Attorney General, I fought constantly in court to stop the intentional destruction of our border and trafficking of minors. We will continue to work with President Trump to not only reverse the failures of the Biden administration but ensure that it can never happen again. I’m grateful to Representative Steube for fighting alongside me on this important issue.”Background:

    In the March 20, 2024, Committee on Ways and Means hearing, Rep. Steube questioned then-HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra about the ORR’s process for finding placements and shelter for unaccompanied migrant children. Of the more than 100 questions submitted by the committee, Rep. Steube’s ORR question was one of only two questions Becerra declined to answer.
    In the Third Presentment of the Twenty-First Statewide Grand Jury in Florida, it was revealed that:

    The Biden DOJ received thousands of allegations of sexual abuse related to unaccompanied minors processed through the ORR.
    Under the Biden administration, the ORR permitted individuals with criminal records, no citizenship, and who refused a background check from receiving custody of unaccompanied children.
    Over the course of ten months in 2021, the ORR lost contact with nearly 20,000 unaccompanied children.
    Under the Biden ORR, case managers failed to perform home studies on more than 95% of placements of unaccompanied children.
    Grand jury testimony revealed unaccompanied children were placed in the custody of convicted felons and homes with multiple unknown male occupants.

    Read the full bill here.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: LLK Trading Inc. Recalls “Needle Mushrooms” Because of Possible Health Risk

    Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 3

    Summary

    Company Announcement Date:
    July 11, 2025
    FDA Publish Date:
    July 13, 2025
    Product Type:
    Food & Beverages
    Reason for Announcement:

    Recall Reason Description
    Potential Foodborne Illness – Listeria monocytogenes

    Company Name:
    LLK TRADING INC.
    Brand Name:

    Brand Name(s)
    LLK TRADING INC.

    Product Description:

    Product Description
    Needle mushroom

    Company Announcement
    LLK TRADING INC. of Linden, NJ, is recalling its 200g packages of “Needle Mushrooms” because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. The recalled “Needle Mushrooms” were distributed to Bally Produce Corp. located at 4900 Maspeth Ave, Maspeth, NY 11378, and was sold to DATANG SUPERMARKET INC.
    The product comes in a 200 gram, clear plastic packaging on the top and blue (non-transparent) on the bottom.
    No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.
    The potential for contamination was noted after routine testing by the FDA revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the package they sampled. 
    Vending of the product has been suspended while FDA and the company continues their investigation as to the source of the contamination.
    Consumers who have purchased the 200 gram packages of “Needle Mushrooms” are urged not to consume the products and to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company Monday to Friday 9:30am to 3:00pm (EST) at (908)-290-3061.

    Company Contact Information

    Consumers:
    LLK Trading Inc.
    (908)-290-3061

    Media:
    Ashley LIU
    (908)-209-3061

    Product Photos

    Content current as of:
    07/13/2025

    Regulated Product(s)

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  • MIL-OSI USA: LLK Trading Inc. Recalls “Needle Mushrooms” Because of Possible Health Risk

    Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 3

    Summary

    Company Announcement Date:
    July 11, 2025
    FDA Publish Date:
    July 13, 2025
    Product Type:
    Food & Beverages
    Reason for Announcement:

    Recall Reason Description
    Potential Foodborne Illness – Listeria monocytogenes

    Company Name:
    LLK TRADING INC.
    Brand Name:

    Brand Name(s)
    LLK TRADING INC.

    Product Description:

    Product Description
    Needle mushroom

    Company Announcement
    LLK TRADING INC. of Linden, NJ, is recalling its 200g packages of “Needle Mushrooms” because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. The recalled “Needle Mushrooms” were distributed to Bally Produce Corp. located at 4900 Maspeth Ave, Maspeth, NY 11378, and was sold to DATANG SUPERMARKET INC.
    The product comes in a 200 gram, clear plastic packaging on the top and blue (non-transparent) on the bottom.
    No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.
    The potential for contamination was noted after routine testing by the FDA revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the package they sampled. 
    Vending of the product has been suspended while FDA and the company continues their investigation as to the source of the contamination.
    Consumers who have purchased the 200 gram packages of “Needle Mushrooms” are urged not to consume the products and to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company Monday to Friday 9:30am to 3:00pm (EST) at (908)-290-3061.

    Company Contact Information

    Consumers:
    LLK Trading Inc.
    (908)-290-3061

    Media:
    Ashley LIU
    (908)-209-3061

    Product Photos

    Content current as of:
    07/13/2025

    Regulated Product(s)

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  • MIL-OSI Submissions: Disasters don’t disappear when the storm ends – cascading hazards, from landslides to floods, are upending risk models

    Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Brian J. Yanites, Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science. Robert Shrock Professor of Surficial and Sedimentary Geology, Indiana University

    The Carter Lodge hangs precariously over the flood-scoured bank of the Broad River in Chimney Rock Village, N.C., on May 13, 2025, eight months after Hurricane Helene. AP Photo/Allen G. Breed

    Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in profound ways that will affect the hazards local residents face far into the future.

    Mudslides buried roads and reshaped river channels. Uprooted trees left soil on hillslopes exposed to the elements. Sediment that washed into rivers changed how water flows through the landscape, leaving some areas more prone to flooding and erosion.

    Helene was a powerful reminder that natural hazards don’t disappear when the skies clear – they evolve.

    These transformations are part of what scientists call cascading hazards. They occur when one natural event alters the landscape in ways that lead to future hazards. A landslide triggered by a storm might clog a river, leading to downstream flooding months or years later. A wildfire can alter the soil and vegetation, setting the stage for debris flows with the next rainstorm.

    Satellite images before (top) and after Hurricane Helene (bottom) show how the storm altered landscape near Pensacola, N.C., in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
    Google Earth, CC BY

    I study these disasters as a geomorphologist. In a new paper in the journal Science, I and a team of scientists from 18 universities and the U.S. Geological Survey explain why hazard models – used to help communities prepare for disasters – can’t just rely on the past. Instead, they need to be nimble enough to forecast how hazards evolve in real time.

    The science behind cascading hazards

    Cascading hazards aren’t random. They emerge from physical processes that operate continuously across the landscape – sediment movement, weathering, erosion. Together, the atmosphere, biosphere and the earth are constantly reshaping the conditions that cause natural disasters.

    For instance, earthquakes fracture rock and shake loose soil. Even if landslides don’t occur during the quake itself, the ground may be weakened, leaving it primed for failure during later rainstorms.

    That’s exactly what happened after the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, which led to a surge in debris flows long after the initial seismic event.

    A strong aftershock after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province, China, in May 2008 triggered more landslides in central China.
    AP Photo/Andy Wong

    Earth’s surface retains a “memory” of these events. Sediment disturbed in an earthquake, wildfire or severe storm will move downslope over years or even decades, reshaping the landscape as it goes.

    The 1950 Assam earthquake in India is a striking example: It triggered thousands of landslides. The sediment from these landslides gradually moved through the river system, eventually causing flooding and changing river channels in Bangladesh some 20 years later.

    An intensifying threat in a changing world

    These risks present challenges for everything from emergency planning to home insurance. After repeated wildfire-mudslide combinations in California, some insurers pulled out of the state entirely, citing mounting risks and rising costs among the reasons.

    Cascading hazards are not new, but their impact is intensifying.

    Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of wildfires, storms and extreme rainfall. At the same time, urban development continues to expand into steep, hazard-prone terrain, exposing more people and infrastructure to evolving risks.

    The rising risk of interconnected climate disasters like these is overwhelming systems built for isolated events.

    Yet climate change is only part of the equation. Earth processes – such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions – also trigger cascading hazards, often with long-lasting effects.

    Mount St. Helens is a powerful example: More than four decades after its eruption in 1980, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to manage ash and sediment from the eruption to keep it from filling river channels in ways that could increase the flood risk in downstream communities.

    Rethinking risk and building resilience

    Traditionally, insurance companies and disaster managers have estimated hazard risk by looking at past events.

    But when the landscape has changed, the past may no longer be a reliable guide to the future. To address this, computer models based on the physics of how these events work are needed to help forecast hazard evolution in real time, much like weather models update with new atmospheric data.

    A March 2024 landslide in the Oregon Coast Range wiped out trees in its path.
    Brian Yanites, June 2025
    A drone image of the same March 2024 landslide in the Oregon Coast Range shows where it temporarily dammed the river below.
    Brian Yanites, June 2025

    Thanks to advances in Earth observation technology, such as satellite imagery, drone and lidar, which is similar to radar but uses light, scientists can now track how hillslopes, rivers and vegetation change after disasters. These observations can feed into geomorphic models that simulate how loosened sediment moves and where hazards are likely to emerge next.

    Researchers are already coupling weather forecasts with post-wildfire debris flow models. Other models simulate how sediment pulses travel through river networks.

    Cascading hazards reveal that Earth’s surface is not a passive backdrop, but an active, evolving system. Each event reshapes the stage for the next.

    Understanding these connections is critical for building resilience so communities can withstand future storms, earthquakes and the problems created by debris flows. Better forecasts can inform building codes, guide infrastructure design and improve how risk is priced and managed. They can help communities anticipate long-term threats and adapt before the next disaster strikes.

    Most importantly, they challenge everyone to think beyond the immediate aftermath of a disaster – and to recognize the slow, quiet transformations that build toward the next.

    Brian J. Yanites receives funding from the National Science Foundation.

    – ref. Disasters don’t disappear when the storm ends – cascading hazards, from landslides to floods, are upending risk models – https://theconversation.com/disasters-dont-disappear-when-the-storm-ends-cascading-hazards-from-landslides-to-floods-are-upending-risk-models-259502

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  • MIL-OSI USA: WATCH: Padilla Slams Homan on California ICE Raids, Pushes for New Bill Demanding Immigration Agents Display ID on “State of the Union”

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

    WATCH: Padilla Slams Homan on California ICE Raids, Pushes for New Bill Demanding Immigration Agents Display ID on “State of the Union”

    WATCH: Padilla reinforces his VISIBLE Act would make both Americans and law enforcement officials safer

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined CNN’s “State of the Union” this morning to criticize the Trump Administration’s cruel immigration raids in California and across the nation, and pushed for new legislation to require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification during public-facing enforcement actions.

    As Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), enact President Trump’s cruel mass deportation agenda, Padilla’s VISIBLE Act would strengthen oversight, transparency, and accountability for the Administration’s indiscriminate and alarming immigration enforcement tactics that have terrorized communities across California and the nation.

    He discussed the recent ruling by a federal judge ordering the Trump Administration to stop carrying out indiscriminate immigration enforcement in Southern California, emphasizing that there is “a mountain of evidence” that agents are illegally arresting people solely based on their race, accents, or occupation. Padilla criticized Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, for dismissing the federal judge’s order and maintaining the Administration’s un-American racial profiling policy.

    Padilla also slammed Trump’s plan to enact a 35 percent tariff on Canada and a 30 percent tariff on Mexico, starting on August 1, emphasizing that these tariffs will amount to a tax on the American people by raising prices.

    Key Excerpts

    On a federal judge’s order to stop the Trump Administration’s indiscriminate, racially biased immigration sweeps:

    • “Wouldn’t be the first time the Trump Administration tries to just dismiss a court order, and so it’s our job to ensure that we uphold the law, uphold the Constitution. I mean, Homan has said it very clearly in other interviews: they’re not even asking for significant findings to detain people. They’re going based on appearance. His words, not mine, based on occupation, his words, not mine, based on accents, physical appearance. Dana, what if I was outside of Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit, would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably.”
    • “It’s just wrong. It’s not just due process rights that have become the concern, but racial profiling. When federal agents involved in immigration enforcement are using racial profiling, they’re not enforcing the law. They are breaking it.”
    • “He claims to be prioritizing those violent, dangerous criminals. We’ve been hearing this ad nauseam from the Trump Administration going back to the campaign trail. The numbers suggest otherwise: the vast majority of people that have been detained, and even those deported, have no serious criminal conviction history. If it was only going after dangerous criminals, there would be no debate, no discussion. I agree with that. But the fact of the matter is, the vast majority of those being detained are the same people who were deemed essential workers at the end of the first Trump Administration at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s a cruel, cruel irony.”

    On the VISIBLE Act and federal immigration agents lacking identification:

    • “I do have concern when there are no requirements for ICE agents or other federal agents involved with the immigration enforcement actions to even identify themselves. I mean, if you’re a member of a working-class immigrant community, and you see unmarked cars roll into your community, people getting out of those cars with no identifiers that they are law enforcement, and literally not just detaining, in your mind, maybe kidnapping.”
    • “So that’s why Senator Booker and I have this bill to require that identification for ICE agents or anybody involved with immigration enforcement. It’s for the safety of the officers and agents, as well as safety for the community and to protect against people exploiting the circumstances, impersonating ICE agents, and getting involved with burglary, theft, kidnapping, sexual assault, and worse.”

    On Ventura County immigration raid leading to the death of a migrant farm worker:

    • “Again, if all they’re doing is going after serious violent criminals, that would be one thing, but because of these artificial quotas established by, whether it’s Donald Trump or Stephen Miller or somebody in the Administration, it’s causing ICE to get more aggressive, more cruel, more extreme, and these are the results. It’s people dying because of fear and terror caused by this Administration. It’s not just undocumented immigrants. There’s lawful immigrants that are being rounded up. There’s United States citizens that are being detained. There are military veterans that are being detained.”

    On Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada:

    • “Both Canada and Mexico aren’t just the largest trading partners for the state of California, they’re among the largest trading partners for the United States of America. And so let’s remember what happens when tariffs take effect. First of all, costs will increase, and the people who pay that price increase are United States consumers. It’s U.S. companies importing products from those countries that will pass along the cost to the American consumer. So in effect, it’s a tax increase on the American people brought to you by Donald Trump.”

    Video of Senator Padilla’s full interview is available here.

    Earlier this week, Senators Padilla and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) released a video on Instagram calling out Trump’s lies and explaining the facts about how their legislation, the VISIBLE Act, would make Americans and law enforcement officials safer. Padilla also led 13 Democratic Senators in a letter criticizing ICE for engaging in counterproductive, theatrical enforcement activities — including raids on courthouses and restaurants — and requesting information from the agency on its mask and uniform policies.

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  • MIL-OSI: JAMining Launches New XRP Cloud Mining Contracts as Token Hits $2.81—Trade or Mine in 2025’s Turning Point?

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LONDON, UK, July 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With XRP trading at $2.81 and market optimism climbing, UK-based cloud mining pioneer JAMining today officially launched its new generation of XRP cloud mining contracts. This release marks a strategic expansion of JAMining’s AI-based platform, giving users a frictionless way to earn XRP daily—without hardware, trading skills, or market speculation.

    XRP, originally built for cross-border financial settlement, is now being reimagined as a mainstream passive income asset. With its latest launch, JAMining brings structure, predictability, and renewable energy integration to a sector that’s often defined by volatility.

    “This launch is about accessibility. We’re giving everyone—not just institutions—a way to benefit from XRP growth, with zero technical complexity,” said a JAMining spokesperson.

    What’s New: Fully Automated XRP Mining Now Live

    JAMining’s new XRP contracts are powered by real-time AI allocation, enabling users to mine XRP or automatically switch between other top assets like BTC, ETH, DOGE, and USDC based on market conditions. Daily rewards are delivered in the user’s preferred crypto, fully automated and globally accessible.

    Key features of the newly launched XRP mining contracts include:

    • Daily XRP payouts — automatic, no hardware or setup required
    • Multi-asset flexibility — BTC, ETH, DOGE, XRP, or USDC
    • AI optimization engine — maximum yield via real-time switching
    • Web and app-based control — 100% remote and mobile-friendly
    • Capital protection — principal fully returned at contract expiry

    New Contracts with Fixed Returns



    (Explore more contracts)

    These structured contracts offer a clear pathway for users—regardless of experience level—to build passive crypto income without navigating the volatility of traditional trading.

    JAMining’s Global Reach and Green Focus

    Operating since 2004, JAMining serves over 11 million users across 183 countries. With this latest launch, the company continues to scale its green energy-powered data centers across Europe, Asia, and North America, aligning with global ESG investment trends.

    By integrating wind, hydro, and solar infrastructure into its mining facilities, JAMining offers sustainable operations with lower carbon impact and lower operating costs—directly benefiting user profits.

    Why Now? XRP’s Breakout Moment

    Analysts now view $2.44 as a key technical breakout level for XRP, with the current surge in trading volume suggesting a bullish breakout. At a time when ETF speculation and regulatory clarity continue to unfold around Ripple Labs, JAMining’s new contracts offer a non-speculative, automated way to capture XRP’s momentum.

    Who Should Use JAMining?

    • Anyone seeking daily, stable crypto income
    • Investors interested in XRP, BTC, ETH, DOGE, or USDC
    • ESG-conscious users seeking green crypto solutions
    • Users wanting zero-hardware, mobile-first mining tools
    • Professionals looking for hands-off diversification

    About JAMining

    JAMining is combining AI, renewable energy, and real-time automation to deliver accessible, secure, and profitable cloud mining services. Supporting major crypto assets including BTC, ETH, DOGE, XRP, and USDC, JAMining removes barriers to mining while ensuring full capital protection and daily yield.

    Learn more: https://jamining.com

    Disclaimer: The information provided in this press release does not constitute an investment solicitation, nor does it constitute investment advice, financial advice, or trading recommendations. Cryptocurrency mining and staking involve risks and the possibility of losing funds. It is strongly recommended that you perform due diligence before investing or trading in cryptocurrencies and securities, including consulting a professional financial advisor.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: China’s rail investment up 5.5 pct in H1

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    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

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

    BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) — China’s railway construction progressed steadily in the first half of 2025, with fixed asset investment in the railway sector up 5.5 percent year on year, according to the China Railway Corporation (CRC).

    According to the KGZK, from January to June, investment in fixed assets reached 355.9 billion yuan (about 50 billion US dollars).

    The volume of investment remains high, the KGZhK emphasized, noting that railway investments cover a long production chain and a wide range of industries, being an important driver of growth.

    This year, railway projects across the country are making steady progress: 301 km of new lines have already been commissioned, and preparatory work is underway on new projects. –0–

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

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  • MIL-OSI: Want to easily earn passive income from BTC, XRP, DOGE? Your phone is your smartest investment.

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    London, UK, July 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One morning between coffee and commute
    Let’s be honest: not everyone has time to study cryptocurrency charts, build mining machines, or chase the next blockbuster coin. But what if earning Bitcoin, XRP, DOGE, ETH and other cryptocurrencies is as easy as checking the weather?

    With MintMiner, all this is really possible.
    This high-end and compact app is quietly becoming popular for one simple and important thing: it helps ordinary people earn real passive income without worrying about it, without experience, equipment, or pressure.

    Your new morning ritual?
    Get up → Check crypto earnings → Take a sip of coffee.
    MintMiner is like letting your money work automatically in the background while you focus on living a good life. Whether you are in a meeting, buying groceries, or walking the dog, your phone is silently helping you “mine coins” 24 hours a day. You don’t have to stare at the chart, just watch your account balance go up little by little.

    How to operate? (Really super simple)
    MintMiner App (iOS and Android)
    1. Register with your email in just a few seconds and get a $15 mining start-up bonus immediately

    1. Choose a cloud mining contract that suits you

    MintMiner provides a variety of flexible contracts suitable for different budgets and target users, supporting mainstream currencies such as BTC, DOGE, XRP, LTC, ETC, etc.
    3. Automatically receive income every day, withdraw coins at any time, and use them flexibly – your coins, you decide

    The App interface is super easy to use
    Intuitive income dashboard, easy to get started
    Contract progress and income trends are clear at a glance
    Daily sign-in rewards
    Real-time push of income reminders
    Withdraw coins with one click, no delays, no hidden fees
    This is what “passive income” should look like.

    It’s not just for “cryptocurrency people”
    Parents who take care of their kids full-time
    Busy professionals
    College students who want to learn about cryptocurrencies
    Retirees who want to increase their income
    Everyone with a smartphone and a little curiosity

    Invite friends, and everyone can mine easily
    You invite Emma, she buys a computing power contract worth $500, and you immediately earn $15
    Emma invites Ben, Ben invests $1,000, and you can get an extra $20
    You don’t do anything, the app settles for you, this is the “easy money network effect”

    Real user feedback:
    “I’m making money while I sleep and even while I drink wine. This app is amazing.”
    –Ashley, Denver

    “I used to think that cryptocurrencies were only for geeks. Now even my grandma is mining Dogecoin.”
    –Marcus, Austin

    Green Mining
    Global cloud mining service platform, originated in London, UK in 2016. MintMiner runs on more than 100 green data centers across North America, Europe, and Australia, connecting to the global green energy mine network. That’s right, no electricity bills, no fan noise, and no equipment installation required.

    The crypto craze is not over yet–it’s evolving
    Bitcoin is rushing towards $111,000, and currencies such as XRP and Solana continue to rise. Now is a good time to enter the market. But this time it’s not based on hype, but on truly useful tools.

    MintMiner, that’s the tool.
    It’s ready, are you?
    Start your “second income” now?
    Let me say it again: Sign up and get $15 free mining quota, plus daily sign-in rewards!
    Learn more: www.mintminer.com

    Download APP: iOS / Android

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: ASIA/CHINA – The Word of God at the center of the formation meetings of 168 lay people from four dioceses

    Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI

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    Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) – Reading and deepening one’s understanding of Sacred Scripture “is the source of our faith”: this was the theme of Father Lv Shoude, lecturer at the Sheshan Seminary of the Diocese of Shanghai and at the Sichuan Major Seminary, during the ongoing formation course for 168 dedicated lay people serving in the parishes of the dioceses of Hangzhou, Taizhou, Ningbo, and Wenzhou, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.During the short course, organized by the Pastoral and Evangelization Group of the Provincial Bishops’ Conference, presentations were given on doctrinal, theological, and moral topics based on readings from the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible), and were intended to provide answers to questions and problems that often need to be addressed in the ordinary pastoral care of parishes (such as the family issues and the protection of vulnerable people and life).In Zhejiang Province, the formation of lay people involved in parish ministry has a long tradition. Each year, individual dioceses organize continuing education courses for their catechists, and programs are implemented that are also inspired by the papal magisterium (such as the Year of St. Paul, the Year of Faith, and the Jubilee of Mercy), so that everything becomes an opportunity to bear witness to the Gospel in daily life and enable others to encounter Jesus and his salvation of eternal life. (NZ) (Agenzia Fides, 12/7/2025)
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  • MIL-OSI: PaladinMining Undergoes Massive Accumulation Supporting Bitcoin to Mark Historic Leap Surpassing $119K

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LONDON, UK, July 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — There are dozens of well-known cryptocurrencies making fortunes for individuals, but none can rise higher than Bitcoin (BTC). Recently, the king of the crypto market has smashed all its previous records, surging to a new all-time high of $119,000. The massive accumulation and strong support of the whales have bestowed a crown on Bitcoin beyond the reach of any other cryptocurrency.

    A Bitcoin advocate and CEO of Microstrategy, Michael Saylor, once said:

    “There is no second best. Bitcoin is the highest form of property that the human race has ever invented.”

    After a tiny break, Bitcoin is back with a heavy bang, breaking all its records with a 6% gain in a single day. This trajectory is backed by the massive accumulation by the institutional giants and global recognition of the leading cloud mining service provider – PaladinMining.

    As the crypto king demonstrates its influence, numerous traders are rushing to mine BTC and other Cryptocurrencies. However, the infrastructure requires a large investment and technical expertise to initiate the mining process. In this scenario, PaladinMining emerged as a beacon of light in the darkness, enabling traders to start cloud mining with a few simple steps.

    PaladinMining Simplifies the Crypto Journey of Every Individual

    As Bitcoin shows a historical rise, PaladinMining has proudly emerged as a driving force for everyday individuals who desire to engage in the revolution of digital currencies without being concerned about equipment cost, energy requirements, or maintenance issues.

    Since its establishment in 2016 and obtaining recognition by the UK authority, PaladinMining has steadily grown to emerge as an important player in the cloud mining sector worldwide. With around 1.68 million subscribers spanning over 190 countries, it’s far greater than just a service; it’s an entry point to a modern technological future and financial independence.

    Mining Gets Smarter and More Profitable

    PaladinMining is a futuristic solution to a traditional problem; mining cryptocurrencies used to require expensive devices, constant supervision, and technical challenges. The cutting-edge cloud solution of this platform enables users to rent processing power and track the progress of their digital property seamlessly.

    It handles everything behind the scenes, including repair, electricity, and cooling mechanisms. Investors can focus on what truly counts: building wealth and fulfilling long-term goals.

    How to Initiate the Mining Process?

    It is quite simple to get started. After registering on the official website of PaladinMining, users choose from carefully designed mining contracts that correspond to diverse investment appetites and financial capabilities. The automatic mechanism takes over once a contract has been chosen and turned on, transferring constant incentives directly to the user’s wallet.

    Flexible Contracts for Every User

    PaladinMining offers a range of contracts designed to fulfill the specific needs of every kind of individual, from first-timers to experienced crypto giants.

    Free Experience Contract: Best for newcomers, this one-day offer enables a user to begin mining with $15 free bonus received on registration and get $0.6 overnight.

    Sleipnir Mining Machine M50: This option facilitates the user to dive a bit deeper with a two-day plan at $100 and earn $7 at the end of the mining period.

    Bitcoin Miner S21 Pro: This contract is specifically designed for active traders to gain mining power for 7 days by depositing $700 and earning $48 profit with a total return of $748.

    Bitcoin Miner S21 XP Imm: A plan made for the real crypto enthusiasts by which they can receive a total return of about $1792.5 by renting the mining power for 15 days on $1500 deposit.

    Avalon Air Box – 40 feet: This contract is made for the big gamers, allowing them to get the mining power for 30 days by depositing $4,300 and earning a profit of $1,677.

    Once the contract is chosen, profits are added to the wallet of the user every day. When the balance reaches $100, traders are allowed to withdraw or choose a contract to start generating more money.

    Engineered to be Secure and Convenient

    PaladinMining is firmly committed to accessibility and reliability, the same way it strives for profitability. ARO Cloudflare®, strong McAfee® protection, and a 100% uptime guarantee give customers peace of mind and an established lifestyle. Additionally, the platform presents unparalleled flexibility by supporting transactions in more than ten cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, USDT, and XRP.

    Start Generating Wealth Through PaladinMining Today

    There’s never been such an ideal time for exploring the possibilities of mining as global market trends improve and virtual currencies continue to gain momentum. This change has been promoted by PaladinMining, which makes it very easy and secure for ordinary people to get started in cryptocurrency mining.

    Ready to embrace the next generation of digital empowerment? It only takes a few clicks to initiate the journey with PaladinMining.

    To learn more and start your mining adventure today, visit www.paladinmining.com.

    For direct inquiries, contact: info@paladinmining.com.

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  • MIL-OSI: Find Mining App Officially Launches on Google Play, Allowing Users to Start Cloud Mining for Free and Easily Mine Bitcoin and Dogecoin

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    London, UK, July 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Find Mining, a global leader in green cloud mining, announced today that its official mobile application is now available on Google Play. This launch marks another major milestone in the company’s strategy to build an inclusive, accessible computing infrastructure for the digital economy. The app is designed for global individual users and reflects Find Mining’s ongoing commitment to advancing equitable participation, environmental sustainability, and intelligent technology integration in the crypto mining sector.

    The Find Mining platform is powered by an AI-driven architecture that dynamically allocates mining resources across multiple cryptocurrencies based on real-time market conditions, maximizing hash power efficiency. Supported by a global network of 135 green data centers across 175 countries and regions, the platform eliminates the need for users to invest in hardware, manage technical setups, or bear high energy costs—significantly lowering the barriers to entry for crypto mining.

    New users receive a $15 bonus upon registration, making cloud mining accessible to everyone.

    With the Find Mining App, users are not required to purchase mining hardware, configure computing resources, or have any blockchain expertise. A simple email registration is all it takes to receive a $15 mining bonus and instantly begin a personalized cloud mining journey.

    Find Mining is committed to lowering barriers and simplifying the process, empowering users around the world to easily participate in the digital asset era—transforming smartphones into mining tools.

    Start Cloud Mining in Three Simple Steps

    Step 1 — Create an Account and Receive a $15 Bonus
    Visit www.findmining.com or download the Find Mining App on Google Play. Complete the registration process to receive $15 worth of cloud mining power instantly.

    Step 2 — Choose a Mining Plan and Customize Your Strategy
    Select from a range of mining plans based on your budget and risk preferences. Options are available for both beginners and advanced users, with earnings updated daily.

    Some public examples:

    Contract Minimum Investment Duration Estimated Total Return
    Starter Trial $15 1 day $15.6
    New User Test $100 2 days $108
    Short-Term Plan $1,000 7 days $1,110
    Mid-Term Plan $5,000 20 days $6,580
    Enhanced Plan $12,800 30 days $19,366
    Advanced User $23,000 35 days $37,490

    Disclaimer: The above figures are for illustrative purposes only. Estimated profits may vary depending on network performance and market fluctuations. For more stable income plan options, please visit the official website: findmining.com.

    Step 3 — Let the System Run Automatically and Earn Passive Income

    No manual intervention is required. The cloud mining system operates automatically in the background, allowing users to monitor mining data and account balances in real time.

    Key Features and Highlights
    New users receive a $15 bonus upon registration, and can earn an additional $0.60 daily by simply logging in—offering a truly zero-barrier way to experience steady income growth through cloud mining.

    AI-Powered Hashrate Allocation for Optimized Returns
    The platform leverages built-in AI algorithms to monitor real-time market performance and mining difficulty across supported cryptocurrencies. It dynamically allocates computing power to leading mineable assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Dogecoin (DOGE), helping users automatically maximize potential returns.

    135 Green Data Centers Worldwide
    Find Mining operates 135 professional cloud mining facilities across the globe, with the majority powered by renewable energy sources such as hydro and solar. The company is committed to reducing carbon emissions and aligning with global ESG sustainability goals. Green computing infrastructure remains one of the platform’s core competitive advantages.

    Flexible Multi-Currency Mining with Real-Time Settlement

    Users can customize their mining strategies by combining different cryptocurrencies and hashrate plans based on their preferences. The system automatically calculates and credits mining earnings daily. All data is transparent, traceable, and users can withdraw or reinvest their earnings at any time.

    Global User Network with 24/7 Support
    Find Mining currently serves over 9.4 million registered users across 175 countries and regions. The platform offers a multilingual interface and around-the-clock customer support, ensuring a seamless experience for users worldwide.

    Broad User Coverage — Cloud Mining Made Accessible for Everyone

    Find Mining is designed with everyday users in mind and is ideal for the following groups:

    Crypto beginners–Mine effortlessly with zero technical background and no hardware required.

    Office workers and freelancers–Earn extra income by making use of idle time throughout the day.

    Families and retirees–Participate in the growth of the green digital economy from the comfort of home.

    Long-term investors–Diversify asset allocation while benefiting from stable cloud-based mining returns.

    About Find Mining

    Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, UK, Find Mining is a global leader in green cloud mining services. The company operates 135 renewable-energy-powered mining facilities worldwide, with a service network spanning 175 countries and regions. With over 9.4 million registered users, Find Mining is committed to building a secure, compliant, and transparent cloud computing infrastructure—advancing an inclusive and sustainable future for the digital mining ecosystem.

    Official Website: https://findmining.com

    Official App: [Download on Google Play]

    Official Email: info@findmining.com

    Disclaimer: The information provided in this press release does not constitute an investment solicitation, nor does it constitute investment advice, financial advice, or a trading recommendation. Cryptocurrency mining and staking involve risks and may result in loss of funds. It is strongly recommended that you perform due diligence before investing or trading in cryptocurrencies and securities, including consulting a professional financial advisor.

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  • MIL-OSI Video: Gaza: WFP warns of worsening starvation as aid access remains blocked | United Nations

    Source: United Nations (video statements)

    World Food Programme (WFP) deputy chief Carl Skau said, “one in three people in Gaza goes for days without eating.” He once again called for a ceasefire and the access for humanitarian aid, the Programme has “enough food on the borders to be delivered to the entire population for some two months,” he said.

    The Deputy Executive Director briefed reporters today (11 Jul) in New York on his recent visit to Gaza.

    “Starvation is spreading,” Skau said, referring to the recent IPC report a few weeks ago pointing to the entire population being acutely food insecure and 500,000 people in starvation, he added, “it’s much worse now. Malnutrition is surging.”

    The senior WFP official also highlighted the displacement in the Strip. He said, “I’ve met families who have moved maybe two or three times. Now it’s a situation where I meet families who have moved two or three times in the past ten days. They have moved 20 or 30 times, and obviously every time they are able to bring less and the margins to survive become slimmer

    Skau also said that the Programme’s ability to response and assist as humanitarians “have never been more constrained.”

    “The first issue is obviously the amount that we are able to bring in. It’s just a fraction of what’s needed,” he explained, adding that the price of a kilo of wheat flour was over $25 during his visit last week.

    Skau described the operating environment for his team as “impossible.”

    He said, “Some 85 percent now of the territory, there are active military operations. Our teams get stuck in waiting for clearances and at checkpoints, often spending between 15 to 20 hours straight in the armored vehicles trying to escort our convoys.”

    “There’s not enough fuel. There are not enough spare parts to our vehicles. Most of the windows in our armored vehicles have been damaged, and we don’t have basic communication. Radio, antennas from our cars have been ripped off. And so, if you are more than 20 metres away from each other, we don’t have proper communication. And that, it is really an issue when you are in this kind of environment, he added.

    The Deputy Executive Director also informed the reporters that WFP has been “actively engaging with Israeli authorities over the past few weeks.”

    He noted that there were some agreements in terms of improving the conditions, but the implementation of the agreements is not yet enough.

    Skau reiterated that WFP has enough food on the borders to deliver to the entire population for some two months, “but obviously we need that ceasefire and we need conditions within that ceasefire.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFmi37nXRCk

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Working Group on Patriotic Education organises exchange tour to Greater Bay Area (with photos)

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

         The Working Group on Patriotic Education (WGPE) under the Constitution and Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee organised a two-day exchange tour to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) on July 12 and 13. Led by the Convenor of the WGPE, Dr Starry Lee, together with members of the Media Publicity Sub-group, Mr Lee Luen-fai and Dr James Li; the Director of Information Services, Mrs Apollonia Liu; and 20 representatives from different media organisations, the delegation visited various enterprises and places in Shenzhen and Dongguan to learn more about the latest developments of the GBA in areas such as innovation and technology and industrialisation, as well as culture and history. 

         The delegation visited the headquarters of DeepRoute.ai in Shenzhen yesterday (July 12) to experience the application of autonomous vehicle technologies. After that, it visited the China State Construction Hailong Technology Company Limited Science and Technology Research Institute to learn about the operation of the Modular Integrated Construction manufacturing bases, which has been applied to the Light Public Housing development at Kai Tak, Hong Kong. The delegation later paid a visit to BYD Company Limited’s headquarters in Shenzhen. 

         Today (July 13), the delegation visited Huawei’s research institute in Songshan Lake, Dongguan, followed by a visit to the Dongjiang-Shenzhen Water Supply Project Memorial Park and its exhibition hall to gain insights into the project’s history and its importance for fresh water supply in Hong Kong. In the afternoon, the delegation explored the Nantou Ancient City Museum and was briefed on the important position of Nantou Ancient City in the Lingnan coastal region, reflecting on the close ties and deep friendship between Hong Kong and Shenzhen as well as the same roots they share. The delegation then visited SmartMore Corporation Limited, which was founded by a Hong Kong entrepreneur, and learned about the company’s developments in artificial intelligence.

         Dr Lee said, “Since its establishment, the WGPE has been dedicated to preserving and promoting patriotism on different fronts. The delegation gained significant rewards through the exchange. By visiting different renowned enterprises and sites in Shenzhen and Dongguan, we observed the rapid development of our country in various areas, fostered a strong sense of national pride, and recognised the close ties between the GBA and Hong Kong, enabling the media to continue to deliver in-depth and accurate information to Hong Kong citizens. In the future, I hope that the WGPE and the media will maintain close collaboration to keep abreast of the latest developments of our country and tell good stories of Mainland China and Hong Kong.”

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: China’s Railway Fixed Asset Investment Exceeds 350 Billion Yuan in H1 2025

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

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

    BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) — Fixed asset investment in China’s railway sector totaled 355.9 billion yuan (about 49.65 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year, data from China Railway Corp. showed Sunday.

    According to KZhD, this figure has grown by 5.5 percent year-on-year. In addition, the length of railways commissioned this year across the country amounted to 301 km.

    During the reporting period, according to the aforementioned department, a number of major projects were implemented, including the commissioning of the Chongqing-Changsha section of the Chongqing-Xiamen high-speed railway and the commissioning of the Chongqing East Railway Station. -0-

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  • MIL-OSI Video: Afghanistan: UN warns of mass refugee returns amid crisis and rights concerns | United Nations

    Source: United Nations (video statements)

    “Since the spring of this year, first Pakistan, then Iran and now possibly others, such as Tajikistan, are fomenting the mass return of Afghan refugees,” a UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said.

    Arafat Jamal, UNHCR Representative in Afghanistan, addressed the press virtually from Kabul today (11 Jul), in New York on the country’s humanitarian situation, notably on the increase of Afghan returns in adverse circumstances

    He reported, “Since the spring of this year, first Pakistan, then Iran and now possibly others, such as Tajikistan, are fomenting the mass return of Afghan refugees. Some people are moving in a voluntary fashion, but others are not.”

    He said, “Of concern to us is the scale, the intensity and the manner in which returns are occurring. In terms of the scale, over 1.6 million Afghans have returned from both Pakistan and Iran this year alone, including 1.3 million from Iran.”

    He also said, “At the Iran Afghanistan border, where I just was a few days ago, and to which I’m heading again tomorrow, we are seeing peaks of over 40,000 people a day. And on the fourth of July, we actually saw 50,000 people coming across that border. Many of these returnees are arriving having been abruptly uprooted and having undergone arduous, exhausting and degrading journeys.”

    He highlighted, “And while they are from Afghanistan, they often appear to be not of Afghanistan. Often born abroad, with better education and different cultural norms. Their outlook is different from and often at all with present day in Afghanistan. We are particularly concerned about the fate of women and girls in a country in which their most basic human rights are at risk and not respected.”

    He continued, “What we are seeing with these returns is precarity layered upon poverty, on drought, human rights abuses and an instable region. In other words, we are having a deeply impoverished people coming to a country that is itself, while welcoming wholly unprepared to receive them.”

    He stressed, “Many will be left with a desperate choice: Do they flee, or do they fight? Do they do they come home find nothing to do and simply bounce back to Iran, to Turkey and on to Europe? Or if they are, particularly if they are working age men, are they going to be victims of those groups that are prowling the countryside looking for recruits for their various causes.”

    He concluded, “We are calling for restraint, for resources, for dialog and for international cooperation to stem an evolving chaotic situation and to foster a more stable outcome for all of us.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-mb6ZnlqMU

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  • MIL-OSI Analysis: Not just a few bad apples: The Canadian Armed Forces has a nagging far-right problem

    Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Professor, School of Social Work and Criminology, Université Laval

    The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is making headlines. But not, as they probably hoped, for the renewed recruiting efforts they’re about to launch. Instead, they are once again confounded by a far-right scandal.

    The latest episode is the arrest of four CAF members and ex-members. Three of them have been charged with taking concrete steps to facilitate terrorist activity and possessing prohibited firearms. A fourth man was charged with possession and storage of prohibited firearms and devices.

    The crew had allegedly been under surveillance by the federal government’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team since 2021, most likely when equipment, weapons and ammunition began to go missing from military installations. The weapons were finally seized in January 2024, some in the personal vehicle of one of the suspects, but the group remained free for another 18 months.



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    Charges against Canadian Army members in anti-government terror plot raise alarms about right-wing extremism

    As is usual with these types of efforts, a certain degree of amateurism was present at multiple stages of the alleged scheme, which may have developed on the fly. The idea that a micro-militia might successfully seize and hold territory in Canada is far-fetched at best.

    Recruitment efforts for the suspected mission, complete with propaganda and self-aggrandizing pictures of military training, took place on, you guessed it: Instagram. (We won’t publish the name of the account.)

    It might be pointed out that any large organization like the CAF inevitably represents a microcosm of society, meaning that it can’t be expected to be free of various forms of undesirable behaviour, including political extremism. But this “rotten apple” theory of far-right extremism in the CAF falls somewhat short of explaining the situation.

    Not just a ‘few rotten apples’

    First, the rotten apples seem too numerous. Just days before the recent arrests, the CAF announced on July 3 it was investigating the participation of other soldiers in a private Facebook page named the “Blue Hackle Mafia.” The page disseminated openly racist, homophobic, misogynist and antisemitic content.

    These events point to a phenomenon difficult to measure within western countries, even though it’s very real. The penetration of ideas associated with the far right within the military and law enforcement agencies is currently happening. Whether more or less structured, the emergence of underground small groups are more or less ready to “take action.”

    Second, previous reports have identified a general laissez-faire approach within the CAF regarding far-right activities. In a 2022 independent report commissioned by the CAF, the presence of white supremacist and other far-right ideologies was identified not only as a growing problem for the Army, but also one that was not being addressed.

    Similar conclusions were reached in the 1997 report on the behaviour of Canadian soldiers in Somalia, which had explicitly recommended that “the Canadian Forces establish regular liaison with anti-racist groups to obtain assistance in the conduct of appropriate cultural sensitivity training and to assist supervisors and commanders in identifying signs of racism and involvement with hate groups.” In other words, neither the concern nor the awareness is news.

    Affinity between far right and military

    At the root of the problem is a peculiar affinity between most forms of far-right ideologies and military or paramilitary/policing organizations.

    It’s absurd to simply paint such organizations as inherently far right in their nature, of course. But strict authority structures and notions of defence, fellowship, honour — as well as the projection of power through physical strength and training and the accompanying symbolism of weapons, fatigues, uniforms and campaign-like deployments — are all very appealing to far-right extremists.

    This nexus has been amply documented and leads to multiple practical implications: extremist groups trying to recruit active or retired soldiers; soldiers joining existing groups or setting up their own; veterans joining existing groups or creating their own, like the founders of Québec’s La Meute; professionally trained lone wolves, like Correy Hurren, who attempted to “arrest” Prime minister Justin Trudeau at Rideau Hall in 2020)

    Members of extremist groups also routinely try to join the military to benefit from training, which elevates their standing within the group.

    Military, former and active, and law enforcement members are to be found in multiple “militia” groups like the Three Percenters, the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, Diagolon and the Boogaloo movement, for instance. Some are overtly anti-government and/or anti-system, like the Veterans 4 Freedom or The Base.

    Far-right demons

    It may sound strange to think of military personnel or veterans getting involved or creating an anti-government movement when they’ve served under the flag sometimes for decades. The apparent paradox quickly disappears once we understand the manifold individual motivations that underpin their actions.

    They range from the feeling of having served a timourous government that failed to make proper use of the Armed Forces at its disposal. The absence of deployments to theatres of conflict also generates frustration among some in search of military adventure.

    A lot of young men are quickly bored with exercises that never satisfy their expeditionary spirit. The role of camaraderie, of group dynamics based on mutual aid, honour and the presence of danger, as well as mental health issues, must not be overlooked. Not to mention the idea, strong in some units, of defending a singular idea of a “fatherland” endangered by government contempt and inaction.

    What is striking in the light of the recent charges in Québec is not so much the racist and anti-semitic ideological ideas allegedly held by the accused group members. It’s the primacy given to a patriarchal ideology that explicitly targets women and gender. Fascination with Russia and the war in Ukraine waged by Vladimir Putin is also palpable.

    In short, the CAF is still wrestling with far-right demons, though in a new context of social media acceleration and global loss of confidence in democratic institutions. The situation has a high potential to undermine confidence in Canada’s Armed Forces at a time when geopolitical tensions are calling for a strengthening of its military arsenal, and first and foremost, our military human capital.

    Stéphane Leman-Langlois receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

    Samuel Tanner receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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

    – ref. Not just a few bad apples: The Canadian Armed Forces has a nagging far-right problem – https://theconversation.com/not-just-a-few-bad-apples-the-canadian-armed-forces-has-a-nagging-far-right-problem-260896

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  • MIL-OSI Analysis: Canada’s proposed east-west energy corridors should prioritize clean energy

    Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Andy Hira, Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser University

    Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has made establishing east-west energy corridors a priority for Canada. He suggested that such corridors would include new oil and natural gas pipelines, designed to reduce dependence on the United States.

    Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has gone even further in pushing for subsidization of carbon capture and storage projects that would effectively underwrite the long-term continuation of the fossil fuel industry at taxpayer expense.

    While there might be short-term political reasons for backing fossil fuels, such an approach goes against Canada’s long-term interests. Prioritizing fossil fuels undermines the country’s commitments to reduce emissions and takes away the investment needed for it to realize its potential to become a green energy superpower.

    Creating energy corridors is in the national interest, and would allow Canada to take full advantage of its abundant and diverse energy and mineral resources. The government also needs to be involved, as the corridors are interprovincial and will require substantial investment. However, the government has limited resources and so Canada must think strategically about its priorities for such corridors.

    Canadian taxpayers should not be subsidizing an already lucrative oil and gas industry. Instead, the federal government should prioritize funding clean energy supply solutions.

    Oil and gas subsidies

    Canadian governments have long faced opposition to building new pipelines. The provinces of Québec and British Columbia and many First Nations have strongly opposed new pipeline proposals. More recently, there is some signs of softening under the duress of U.S. tariffs.

    Even if such shifts are lasting, it’s for the private sector to step up and invest into these projects. Previous federal investments, such as the Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX), were reflections of the private market’s unwillingness to invest in pipelines because they are bad investments. The 2024 Parliamentary Budget Office report estimated that selling the TMX would result in a loss.

    There are reasons to question the soundness of fossil fuels on a purely financial basis. A 2022 Parliamentary budget office report found that climate change reduced GDP by 0.8 per cent in 2021, or around $20 billion. This number is expected to rise to 5.8 per cent per year by 2100 (or $145 billion in 2021 dollars).

    By contrast, from 2017 to 2021, federal, provincial and territorial governments received an average of $12 billion annually in revenues from the the oil and gas industry.

    The gap between the costs and benefits is only going to increase over time. The costs cut across all aspects of life, including food security, health care, global instability and threats to coastal cities due to sea level rise.

    On the other hand, every dollar invested in adaptation today has an estimated return of $13-$15.

    Furthermore, a recent study indicates a likely glut in global natural gas markets, and the future prospects for oil are equally questionable. For example, one of Canada’s target markets, Japan, has been reselling its liquefied natural gas imports to other countries, suggesting the glut of oil and gas is likely to continue as cheaper producers, including those in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, who are cheaper and closer to consumers, flood the market.

    Cheaper and closer oil producers are also flooding markets in anticipation of declining prices.

    There are important opportunity costs of investing money in fossil fuels that could otherwise be invested in the clean energy economy. When new technologies arise, there is a limited window of opportunity for global competitors to enter into an emerging industry.

    In light of the shift to electric vehicles, heat pumps and artificial intelligence, it’s clear that energy demand is bound to increase significantly in Canada in the coming years. Canada can become a global competitor, but only if it enters the race now, while the window is open.

    An East-West clean energy system

    Solar and wind prices have declined by 83 per cent and 65 per cent respectively since 2009. However, they suffer from the fundamental issue of intermittency; the sun is not always shining and the wind isn’t always blowing.

    While battery prices are declining, they remain an expensive solution. An easier solution is at hand: Canada’s hydroelectric resources. Québec, B.C. and Manitoba have abundant hydro resources that can reduce energy costs throughout the rest of the country.

    Alberta and Saskatchewan have potential for significant geothermal power generation. Ontario and the Atlantic provinces could contribute wind and solar. Trading electricity through an integrated national grid increases the investment capital and reduces the need for batteries while diversifying the energy mix.

    But we need an east-west electricity market to make this happen.

    An east-west grid would reduce the need for every province to run its own power generation system. Creating a pooled market would allow provinces to trade electricity, giving consumers more choice and investors a larger market and potential return on their investment.

    More valuable still is the fact that electricity capacity has to be built for the few peak hours and seasons. But most of the time demand is well below full capacity, such as the middle of the night or early summer, when neither heat nor air conditioning is needed in many areas. As peak times and seasons vary across the country, Canada can reduce overall costs by trading the electricity in the lowest cost producing province at a given time to where it’s needed in the other.

    By locating some of the new clean energy in First Nations, Canada can also move reconciliation forward. There is potential for a win-win situation whereby Canada increases renewable energy generation while creating new jobs and income for First Nations wherever feasible.

    The first step is for regulatory reform across the provinces to support a Canada-wide electricity market, and to provide the funding for the massive infrastructure investment required to connect provincial grids. This would be a federal investment with incredible long-term payoffs for employment, taxpayers and future generations.

    Following this plan could truly make Canada an energy superpower on the right side of the energy transition, create thousands of jobs and give the country a global competitive edge — all while helping to save the planet in the process.

    This article was co-authored by energy consultant Sheldon Fernandes.

    The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. Canada’s proposed east-west energy corridors should prioritize clean energy – https://theconversation.com/canadas-proposed-east-west-energy-corridors-should-prioritize-clean-energy-259530

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  • MIL-OSI Analysis: Lemurs can help save Madagascan forests, but first we need to protect them

    Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Colombe Nirina Sehenomalala, PhD candidate, Anthropology, Université de Montréal

    Most people’s encounters with lemurs have occurred through their representations in popular children’s media, like Zoboomafoo or Madagascar. However, most people don’t know that lemurs play an important role in forest renewal and that they’re currently in grave danger from climate change.

    In my home country of Madagascar, there is an amazing array of creatures that are not found anywhere else in the world. Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot, and approximately 90 per cent of plant and animal species on this island are endemic.

    Among them are lemurs, a group of primates that are not only the flagship symbols of the island’s fauna, but also one of the key players in the health and stability of Madagascar’s ecosystems because they do the very important work of dispersing seeds.

    I am a primatologist who researches the interactions between infant-and-mother lemur dyads in wild. Their bond is a reminder of what we stand to lose, as it shows care, learning and viability. When forests disappear, so does this fragile bond, and a whole way of life we can never replace.

    Lemurs’ habitats and survival are increasingly being threatened by human activities such as deforestation, forest resource exploitation and hunting. There is an urgent need for conservation projects that involve local communities in preserving Madagascar’s unique biodiversity.

    A lemur trap encountered in the field during our research.
    (C.N. Sehenomalala), CC BY

    Charismatic animals

    Due to their charisma, media attention and their biological significance, lemurs attract tourists and researchers to Madagascar. The viability of lemurs is essential to the island’s future, both economically but especially in terms of protecting biodiversity. As they eat fruits from trees like ebony, mammea and wild coffee and then scatter seeds through their droppings, they help new plants grow.

    Among the 105 lemur species of Madagascar, Propithecus candidus, commonly known as the silky sifaka, is one of the most endangered species. Only around 250 of them are currently living in the wild.

    As their name implies, silky sifakas have visually striking long white hair, and they can only be found in the misty, mountainous rainforests of northeastern Madagascar.

    Silky sifakas are primarily active during the daytime, and can travel very quickly through the trees by vertically clinging to them and leaping from tree to tree using their powerful legs. They have highly specialized diets consisting of leaves, flowers and fruits like Diospyros pervilleana, a native ebony species from Madagascar.

    A BBC Nature documentary clip on silky sifakas.

    Observing mothers and infants

    I have spent 10 years studying and following lemurs daily. During my fieldwork in northeastern Madagascar, I closely observed how deforestation and habitat fragmentation affect silky sifaka females and their young.

    I studied these females during their lactation season in three different forest contexts: Marojejy National Park (a mostly untouched primary rainforest), Makira Natural Park (a mix of old-growth and re-generating forest) and Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve (known as COMATSA-Sud, a primary forest with heavily degraded areas).

    At each forest, the forest canopy, which provides both shelter and food for the lemurs, measured above 10 metres at all sites, but was semi-open, which is a sign of habitat degradation. A semi-open canopy allows more light to permeate the forest canopy, but it also exposes animals to predators and decreases the quantity of high-quality food.

    Mothers’ movements and behaviours

    One clear difference between the three sites is how mother–infant pairs move and use space. In Marojejy, where the forest is more continuous even if the canopy is partly open, mothers and babies stay within fairly fixed areas, following the same paths and resting spots.

    But in places like Makira and COMATSA-Sud, where the forest is broken up into separate patches, mothers have to travel farther and more unpredictably, moving between these isolated patches. This extra travelling causes them to burn more energy and face higher risks from predators and hunters.

    These differences show that fragmentation doesn’t just affect food availability, but also changes how these lemurs move and survive.

    Forest fragmentation affects lemurs’ social behaviour and grouping patterns to deal with low food availability. It also impacts their health and development; a poor diet causes malnourishment in the lemurs.

    Lemurs are social animals, but scarce resources can cause competitive behaviours to emerge.
    (Simponafotsy/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY

    Poor nutritional quality

    While the food availability for silky sifakas in northeastern Madagascar during the lactation season is relatively abundant, it is of low nutritional quality.

    This leads to increased stress and competition as dominant lactating females, desperate to feed their infants, attack subordinates to accumulate more nutrients to produce higher quality milk.

    As offspring start to feed on non-milk foods, the poor nutritional quality of available plants after weaning can lead to poor health and stunted growth.

    Engaging the community

    The decline of lemur populations, particularly silky sifakas, shows the need for urgent conservation action. Continued monitoring — as well as sustained support and funding for Malagasy scientists — is crucial for long-term lemur and biodiversity conservation.

    When it comes to the effects of human activity, this decline — habitat fragmentation, global climate change and deforestation — is the result of large-scale activites such as extraction, tourism and state infrastructural development.

    Education and awareness campaigns are crucial, both in Madagascar and internationally, to inform people about lemurs’ habitat needs and what can be done to prevent their extinction.

    Conservation will never be successful without building an appreciation of the environmental, cultural and economic value of lemurs and the forests they inhabit.

    The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. Lemurs can help save Madagascan forests, but first we need to protect them – https://theconversation.com/lemurs-can-help-save-madagascan-forests-but-first-we-need-to-protect-them-256300

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  • PM Modi condoles demise of veteran actor Kota Srinivasa Rao

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the demise of veteran actor and former BJP MLA Kota Srinivasa Rao, who passed away at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness.

    In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Anguished by the passing of Shri Kota Srinivas Rao Garu. He will be remembered for his cinematic brilliance and versatility… He was also at the forefront of social service and worked towards empowering the poor and downtrodden. Condolences to his family and countless admirers. Om Shanti.”

    Rao breathed his last at his residence in Filmnagar, Hyderabad. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Known for his iconic performances across Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films, Rao’s career spanned over four decades, with appearances in more than 750 films.

    Born on July 10, 1942, in Kanakipadu, Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, he began his journey as a stage artist and made his screen debut in 1978 with the film ‘Pranam Khareedu’, starring Chiranjeevi.

    A recipient of multiple accolades including the Padma Shri (2015) and several Nandi Awards, Kota also served as a BJP MLA from Vijayawada East (1999–2004).

    The actor had been battling age-related health issues in recent days. His declining health had sparked concern among fans after a recent photo went viral on social media. He had also suffered a personal tragedy in 2010, when his only son, Kota Venkata Anjaneya Prasad, died in a road accident.

    Tributes poured in from across the film and political fraternity in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, remembering Rao’s contributions to Indian cinema and public life.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Hungary’s opposition flags ‘New Deal’ to kickstart stagnating economy

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Hungary’s opposition leader Peter Magyar said on Saturday his Tisza party will launch a “Hungarian New Deal” to revive the stagnating economy with massive investment and predictable policy if it wins elections next year.

    Magyar, whose centre-right party has a firm lead over the ruling Fidesz in most opinion polls, poses the biggest political challenge to nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who after 15 years in power finds himself struggling to boost the inflation-hit economy.

    The risk of steep U.S. tariffs on EU imports also looms large over recovery prospects and Saturday’s announcement of 30% tariffs on the EU by President Donald Trump is bad news for the Central European country.

    Magyar announced his Hungarian New Deal plan to supporters at his party’s congress in the western city of Nagykanizsa.

    “We need economic growth, investments, predictable financial and economic policy in Hungary,” Magyar said, adding that Tisza would crack down on corruption and buy back state assets that he said had been stolen over the past 15 years.

    The main pillars of Tisza’s plan will be a major healthcare reform with additional funding of 500 billion forints ($1.5 billion) annually, a large-scale rental flat and home construction programme, a modernisation of state railways using EU and national funds, and investments in energy efficiency for households and in education.

    Magyar, a former government insider who burst into Hungarian politics last year, again pledged to unlock some 20 billion euros of suspended EU funds that Hungary has not received for years due to clashes between Brussels and Orban over a perceived erosion of democracy and corruption — accusations that Orban denies.

    The parliamentary election is set to take place early next year, though no date has been set. In June parliament passed Orban’s 2026 election year budget, including steep tax cuts for families, a key demographic group for Fidesz.

    “People are fed up with this regime. And Tisza is a kind of ‘collecting party’ which stood behind all this (discontent). People want change,” said Edit Piroska Borsi, a retired teacher at the congress.

    (Reuters)

  • MIL-OSI Africa: President Mahama inaugurates committee for University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) transfer to University of Ghana

    Source: APO


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    President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated a committee tasked with overseeing the transfer of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) from the Ministry of Health to the University of Ghana.

    The inauguration fulfils a key commitment by President Mahama to strengthen the links between the nation’s leading teaching hospital and its premier university.

    Named the Transitional Management Committee, the body is co-chaired by two distinguished Ghanaians: Professor Aaron Lawson, a seasoned academic and former Provost of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Ghana, and Professor Mutawakilu Iddrissu, a Neurosurgeon at the Department of Surgery, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

    The committee has been given a comprehensive mandate to guide the transition process. Its key responsibilities include:

    1. Conducting a comprehensive review of the legal mandates, operational structures, and academic frameworks of both UGMC and the University of Ghana Medical School.
    2. Developing integration guidelines to ensure coherence between UGMC’s clinical mandates and the university’s teaching and research mandates.
    3. Designing a practical roadmap with clear timelines and a communication plan for stakeholders.
    4. Facilitating all necessary legal and administrative processes for the seamless transfer and integration.
    5. Identifying potential challenges, particularly in funding, staffing, and resource allocation, and proposing sustainable solutions.
    6. Establishing a transition secretariat to provide operational and logistical support.
    7. Reviewing expressions of interest for partnership by international health care institutions.
    8. Submitting a comprehensive report to the President of the Republic within three months from the date of inauguration.

    President Mahama emphasised the significance of the committee’s work, urging the members to “work diligently with a sense of historic responsibility,” adding, “You’re laying the foundation for a legacy of health care and medical education excellence. You’re building a bridge between the past and the future.”

    The President described the UGMC as currently “a beacon of excellence, a world-class medical institution with a national mandate.”

    He noted that the Centre “hosts the largest digitised medical simulation and training centre in West Africa,” which has “the potential to provide cutting-edge training for healthcare professionals across the West African sub-region.”

    Built during President Mahama’s first term in office at a cost of $271 million and commissioned before he handed over power, the University of Ghana Medical Centre is a quaternary health facility.

    It provides specialised care in numerous areas, including urology, ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat, cardiology, dermatology, neurology, and interventional radiology for cancers.

    The facility also boasts amenities such as a medical hotel for clients, assisted reproductive technology services for fertility solutions, and a helipad for airlifting emergency cases.

    Distributed by APO Group on behalf of The Presidency, Republic of Ghana.

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