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This training from the Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) Campaign, hosted on March 18th, 2025, reviews essential concepts to support ESPC projects. Discussion topics include project best practices, practitioner tips, and how to turn lessons from the ESPC Campaign training series into actionable strategies for successful project development in the public sector.
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Donna and Tracie – the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)’s 2023 & 2025 National Principals of the Year – share that there are many ways women can step up & make history in their school communities.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
If you can’t stay in your home because it was damaged by the February floods in Kentucky, FEMA may be able to provide financial assistance while you look for a place to stay.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
If you applied for FEMA assistance, you would receive a letter from us. Please read the letter carefully. It’ll explain your application status and may provide details about additional information we need.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
On this day, we honor all our senior sniffers. We’d love to picture every good boi and gurl, but these K9 Veterans are enjoying the good life. They no longer wear the “Do Not Pet” vest, take plenty of naps, enjoy even more treats, and can play all day. We thank all these pups for their service! * 14/15 – In memoriam of (JFK) TSA K9 Tom-Magnum.*
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
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Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov splashed down off the coast of Florida on March 18, concluding NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.
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Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Following the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, NASA and SpaceX will hold a news conference to discuss the crew’s return and take media questions. The participants include:
• Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate
• Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
• Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
• Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission returned to Earth on Tuesday, March 18, carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, after completing a long-duration science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Learn more about the Commercial Crew Program: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/commercial-crew-program/
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Source: United Nations (Video News)
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, today (18 Mar) told the Security Council that as airstrikes resumed across the Gaza Strip overnight and new evacuation orders have been issued by Israeli forces, “once again, the people of Gaza living in abject fear,” and modest gains made during the ceasefire are being destroyed.
Fletcher, who spoke by VTC from Brussels, said “humanitarian workers remain on the ground” and are “ready to provide lifesaving support to survivors and carry out humanitarian mission,” but “must be allowed to do so.”
He said, “a ceasefire was in place. Humanitarians were delivering hundreds of trucks every day, saving lives and restoring hope. We demonstrated that when we are allowed to do so, we can deliver aid at scale. Not anymore.”
Repeated requests to collect aid sitting at Kerem Shalom Crossing, Fletcher said, “have been systematically rejected. Food is rotting and medicines are expiring. No further hostages have been released.”
He told the Council that “this total blockade of life saving aid, basic commodities and commercial goods will have a disastrous impact on the people in Gaza who remain dependent on a steady flow of assistance into the Strip.”
The Under-Secretary-General said, “blocking food, water, medicine for people who need them is unconscionable. It also goes against international humanitarian law and the provisional orders of the International Court of Justice.”
He called for the renewal of the ceasefire and said, “over 48,000 Palestinians have been killed and thousands more are missing. Over 1,200 Israelis have been killed. Over 100,000 Palestinians are injured, many with life-changing wounds. The return to hostilities overnight must cease.”
Fletcher also told the Council that the humanitarian response must be funded.
In her address to the Council, United States representative Dorothy Shea said, “the blame for the resumption of hostilities lies solely with Hamas. This brutal terrorist organization has steadfastly refused every proposal and deadline they’ve been presented over the past few weeks, including a bridge proposal to extend the ceasefire beyond Ramadan and Passover to allow time to negotiate a framework for a permanent ceasefire.”
Shea said, it was “the people of Gaza who will suffer further because of Hamas’s disregard for human life.”
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour said, “Palestinians are being killed indiscriminately, are being denied humanitarian aid indiscriminately, are being maimed and detained indiscriminately.”
He said, “this can never be justified and must stop immediately.”
Mansour told Council members to act. He said, “you have resolutions. Act. You have power. Act. Or, as my friend, the ambassador of Slovenia said, you become irrelevant. Act according to the power given to you by the charter of the United Nations.”
For his part, Israeli Ambassador Jonathan Miller said, “we stand firm in our commitment to return the hostages and defeat Hamas, and it is time for the international community to take our commitment seriously. We will bring home every last hostage.”
Miller said, “Hamas has refused to release our hostages and repeatedly rejected all the offers, both by the US and the mediating countries, even for the period of Ramadan. And thus the return to fighting is a necessity.
The Israeli Ambassador said, “any discussion of humanitarian suffering that does not begin with the hostage release is not an honest discussion. For months, Israel took unprecedented steps to facilitate humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israel’s war is against Hamas, not Gaza civilians. And yet, despite our efforts, Hamas refuses every opportunity for peace. It refuses to release the hostages.”
Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his shock at the Israeli airstrikes and strongly appealed for the ceasefire to be respected, for unimpeded humanitarian assistance to be reestablished, and for the remaining hostages to be released unconditionally.
Full Remarks: https://www.unocha.org/news/renewed-airstrikes-gaza-un-relief-chief-urges-restoration-ceasefire
Source: United Nations (Video News)
Last night’s airstrikes by Israel in Gaza, in which hundreds of people were reportedly killed, including more than 130 children, represented the largest single-day child death toll in the past year, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.
Evacuation notices have been issued for northern Gaza, pushing many families who had just relocated back to the north to flee again.
Source: European Commission (video statements)
On the 20th of March at 11.00 CET Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shares her remarks at the European Council Meeting.
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Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements)
Spokesperson Tammy Bruce leads the Department Press Briefing, at the Department of State, on March 19, 2025.
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Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements)
Spokesperson Tammy Bruce leads the Department Press Briefing at the Department of State, on March 19, 2025.
Transcript: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-march-19-2025/
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Source: United States Department of Defense (video statements)
@usarmy troops from the @2DStryker conduct a Table XII field artillery certification at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. Platoon-level certifications keep soldiers current and ready to dominate in unified land operations.
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Source: United States Department of Defense (video statements)
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Competitors from all components of the @usarmy and @ArmyROTC cadets participated in the 2025 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships hosted by the @USArmyMarksmanshipUnit at Fort Benning, Ga.
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Source: US Army (video statements)
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Source: World Trade Organization – WTO (video statements)
Colombia deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 19 March. Ambassador Mauricio Alberto Bustamante García presented Colombia’s instrument of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
More:
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news25_e/fish_19mar25_e.htm
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Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
David Beckham shot to fame in the 1990s playing football for Manchester United and England and boosted the game’s profile in the USA playing for LA Galaxy. Off the pitch he was at the centre of Cool Britiannia-era glamour, marrying Posh Spice pop star-turned-fashion designer Victoria.
He’s a global brand, and he has used that fame and influence, among other things, as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations children’s fund, UNICEF, where his 7 Fund – named after the number he wore on the pitch – works in schools around the world to combat bullying, violence, child marriage and missed education.
Beckham, who turns 50 this year, was at the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos to receive a Crystal Award, which the Forum bestows on people in arts and entertainment who have gone beyond the day job to help improve the state of the world.
At a time when overseas development is under pressure like never before, and with a rise in online misogyny, we spoke to David Beckham about his work with UNICEF and his role as a father.
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Source: European Commission (video statements)
The European Union needs a surge in defence—and it needs it now. The ReArm Europe plan, followed by the White Paper on Defence, will outline the financial tools and industrial strategy that the European Commission is proposing, to build a European Defence Union that ensures peace through unity and strength.
Source: European Commission (video statements)
On 19th March 2025, Commission President von der Leyen will co-chair the Tripartite Social Summit press conference together with President of the European Council, António Costa. The Tripartite Social Summit is a forum for dialogue between the EU institutions at president level and the European social partners at top management level. It is chaired by the Commission President and the President of the European Council. A press release will be published in the evening following the summit.
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Source: European Commission (video statements)
The Savings and Investments Union: Enhancing Europe’s Financial Landscape
Europeans hold significant amounts of savings in bank deposits, yet only 5% of global venture capital is sourced from the EU.
The Savings and Investments Union seeks to address this imbalance by streamlining investment processes and broadening opportunities, fostering EU economic growth and enhancing household wealth.
Ultimately, the Savings and Investments Union aims to amplify investment choices, support EU enterprises, and strengthen the regional economy, leading to improved living standards for all Europeans.
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Prime Minister’s Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine ‘open question’ from an MP about the Prime Minister’s engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
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Prime Minister’s Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine ‘open question’ from an MP about the Prime Minister’s engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements-2)
Dr. Stanley Moloabi, Principal Officer of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), as he shares valuable insights into the healthcare sector
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements-2)
Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya briefs Media on President’s upcoming programme
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. –
Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths of Plains FM96.9 radio talk to Dr David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report, about heightened global fears of nuclear war as tensions have mounted since US President Donald Trump has returned to power.
Dr Robie reminds us that New Zealanders once actively opposed nuclear testing in the Pacific.
That spirit, that active opposition to nuclear testing, and to nuclear war must be revived.
This is very timely as the Rainbow Warrior 3 is currently visiting the Marshall Islands this month to mark 40 years since the original RW took part in the relocation of Rongelap Islanders who suffered from US nuclear tests in the 1950s.
After that humanitarian mission, the Rainbow Warrior was subsequently bombed by French secret agents in Auckland Harbour on 10 July 1985 shortly before it was due to sail to Moruroa Atoll to protest against nuclear testing.
A new edition of Dr Robie’s book Eyes of Fire The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior will be released this July. The Eyes of Fire microsite is here.
Lois opens up by saying: “I fear that we live in disturbing times. I fear the possibility of nuclear war, I always have.
“I remember the Cuban missiles crisis, a scary time. I remember campaigns for nuclear disarmament. Hopes that the United Nations could lead to a world of peace and justice.
“Yet today one hears from our media, for world leaders . . . ‘No, no no. There will always be tyrants who want to destroy us and our democratic allies . . . more and bigger, deadlier weapons are needed to protect us . . .”
Listen to the programme . . .
Nuclear free Pacific . . . back to the future. Video/audio: Plains FM96.9
Broadcast: Plains Radio FM96.9
Interviewee: Dr David Robie, deputy chair of the Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN) and a semiretired professor of Pacific journalism. He founded the Pacific Media Centre.
Interviewers: Lois and Martin Griffiths, Earthwise programme
Date: 14 March 2025 (27min), broadcast March 17.
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Source: US Coast Guard (video statements)
Late last year, the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) broke up a suspected drug trafficking ring in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The pursuit led to the seizure of approximately 8,061 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated street value of more than $91 million and the apprehension of suspected drug traffickers.
Since January 2024, the crew of Campbell transferred a total of 87 suspected smugglers to federal law enforcement authorities, resulting from 24 interdictions by U.S. Coast Guard cutters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Campbell deployed in support of the Joint Interagency Task Force – South (JIATF-S) to advance the primary mission of interdicting illegal narcotics in known drug trafficking zones. The crew returned home to Newport, RI. after completing a 63-day, multi-mission patrol.
To read more about their time at sea
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