Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Secretary Kennedy met with Consumer Brands CEOs this week on advancing food safety and radical transparency to protect the health of all Americans, especially our children.
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Secretary of State Marco A. Rubio Remarks to Press in Shannon, Ireland, on March 12, 2025.
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The following video shows ten facts about the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list from over the years.
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The FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list turns 75 this year. The FBI’s historian, Dr. John Fox, shares stories of some of the most notorious fugitives to appear on the list. The only thing is he doesn’t know which ones he’ll be asked about.
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Source: World Trade Organization – WTO (video statements)
In the global economy, it pays to be different. Countries export what they are relatively good at and rely on others for the rest. This is the essence of comparative advantage. Ralph Ossa and Ankai Xu explain how the principle of comparative advantage helps us understand why countries benefit from international trade.
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Source: World Trade Organization – WTO (video statements)
The global economy, like a watch, works well when each piece plays the role it does best! Ankai and Ralph explain how comparative advantage keeps the world ticking. “Watch” our latest #LetsTalkTrade now!
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Have you ever wondered what the European Union was up to 60 years ago? Dive with us into the European Commission’s audiovisual archives and discover important anniversaries with our new weekly AV history teaser!
Upcoming anniversaries in the teaser:
· 1965: Initial talks on economic ties between the European Economic Community and Austria
· 2005: Presentation of the European Rail Traffic Management System
· 2010: Homage to EU founding father Jean Monnet at the Panthéon in Paris
· 2015: Inauguration of the European Central Bank’s new premises
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Source: Council of the European Union (video statements)
The EU and US have the most integrated economic relationship in the world—trading more than €4.4 billion in goods and services every single day.
Trade in 2023: €1.6 trillion in total
Who exports more?
– The EU sells more goods to the US.
– The US sells more services to the EU.
Together, we make up 30% of global trade!
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To find out more, visit the Council’s web explainer on EU-US trade :
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction: The EU-US Trade Relationship
00:16 Total Trade Volume in 2023
00:28 Trading Goods
00:39 Trade doubled the last 10 years
00:51 What Exactly Do We Trade?
01:12 Goods and services
01:48 The Bigger Picture: EU & US Lead Global Trade
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Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements-2)
Deputy Ministers, Tandi Mahambehlala,
Nonceba Mhlauli, Andries Nel and Njabulo
Nzuza, convene a community imbizo in
Saldanha as part of Human Rights
Month 2025 programmes.
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Secretary-General/Bangladesh
– Myanmar
– Trip Announcement / Geneva
– Trip Announcement / Brussels
– Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Central African Republic
– Occupied Palestinian Territory
– Syria
– Global Trade 2025
– Coffee Prices
– Islamophobia
– Commission on the Status of Women
SECRETARY-GENERAL/BANGLADESH
The Secretary-General today was in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, as part of his Ramadan solidarity visit with Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi host communities.
The Secretary-General had the chance to meet with refugees, many of them young men and women, who told him about their experiences and concerns. He spoke to children who were grateful to be able to go to school in the camps, but missed their homes in Myanmar. And he met young people who still have hope to return to their homeland but are also worried about the impending funding cuts which would dramatically reduce their monthly food rations (from $12.50 to $6 per month). The Secretary-General also visited a jute center, where he had a chance to hear from women who are trying to build a livelihood inside the camps.
The Secretary-General assured every one of the people he met that he would do everything he can to stop the funding cuts, and he apologized to them because the UN and the international community have not been able to stop the conflict in Myanmar.
He later had a press encounter in which he said that he had heard two clear messages: first, Rohingyas want to go back to Myanmar; and second, they want better conditions in the camps.
And at sunset, he shared an Iftar with some 60,000 refugees. He told them that sharing an Iftar with them is a symbol of his deep respect for their religion and their culture. He also said that we are facing a deep humanitarian crisis with the announced funding cuts, and he lamented that as a result, many people will suffer, and some people might die.
“My voice will not end until the international community understands that they have the obligation to invest now in the Rohingya refugees,” he said.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus was also present at the Iftar, and they met separately earlier in the day.
MYANMAR
The World Food Programme today warned that more than one million people in Myanmar will be cut off from its food assistance starting in April – due to critical funding shortfalls.
WFP says these cuts come just as increased conflict, displacement and access restrictions are already sharply driving up food aid needs.
Without immediate new funding WFP will only be able to assist 35,000 of the most vulnerable people, including children under the age of five, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and people living with disabilities.
The cuts will also impact almost 100,000 internally displaced people in central Rakhine who will have no access to food without WFP assistance, including Rohingya communities in camps.
WFP urgently needs US$ 60 million to maintain its life-saving food assistance to the people of Myanmar this year.
Optional – A staggering 15.2 million people are unable to meet their minimum daily food needs in Myanmar, according to the Myanmar Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan; this is up from 13.3 million last year. Of these, according to the plan, some 2.3 million people are facing emergency levels of hunger. Even with regular support, these families who rely solely on WFP food assistance, are already reporting skipping meals, selling properties or going into debt just to survive.
TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT / GENEVA
On Sunday, the Secretary-General will arrive in Geneva, Switzerland, where, as we announced a few days ago, he is convening the two Cypriot leaders and the Guarantor Powers of Greece, Türkiye and the United Kingdom for an informal meeting on Cyprus at the United Nations Office in Geneva.
The meeting will take place from 17 to 18 March and is being held in the context of the Secretary-General’s good offices efforts on the Cyprus issue and as agreed with the two leaders on 15 October 2024.
The informal meeting will provide an opportunity for a meaningful discussion on the way forward on the Cyprus issue. The United Nations remains committed to supporting the Cypriot leaders and all Cypriots.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=14%20March%202025
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
The Palo Verde Generating Station is one of the largest power plants in the U.S. and the nation’s only nuclear plant not located by a body water.
The plant’s 3 reactors are cooled by treated wastewater that’s sourced from nearby cities, recycling more than 20 billion gallons of wastewater each year.
Palo Verde generates enough electricity to power 2.5 million homes in Arizona and also provides reliable and low-cost power to parts of California, New Mexico, and Texas.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
This Week: Secretary Burgum signs a Secretary’s Order renaming the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas to the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge. The renaming honors 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was brutally murdered by illegal immigrants in North Houston, Texas, in June 2024. It is a tragic case that underscores the urgent need for President Trump’s stronger border security measures and stricter immigration enforcement; Secretary Burgum talks American Energy Dominance at CERAWeek in Houston; Interior extends a Montana mine’s operational life by 16 years, and that means more coal, and more jobs; a California power transmission line gets the go ahead from the Bureau of Land Management; the U.S. Geological Survey releases its first-ever World Minerals Outlook to provide forecasts for global mineral supply chains; as cherry blossom, season approaches, the project to repair the Tidal Basin’s sagging seawall is on schedule and on budget in Washington, D.C.; the National Wildlife Refuge System celebrates a birthday; and we check in with some fine feathered friends in our social media Picture of the Week! Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X!
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt introduces an update to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Home App, allowing unlawfully present individuals to notify the U.S. government of their departure plans. This new feature strengthens border security and streamlines the exit process.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
108-year-old Navy Veteran Donald Johnson served during WWII and began golfing in the 1950s. After a stroke at age 106, he found hope at the National Disabled Veterans Golf Clinic, which he attended in 2023 and 2024, and plans to return in 2025 at 109.
Comments to the media by Christopher Lockyear, secretary general of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on the situation in Sudan and South Sudan.
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
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Treaty on state border between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan
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Sudan/Security Council
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Occupied Palestinian Territory
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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SECRETARY-GENERAL The Secretary-General just arrived in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to start off his Ramadan solidarity visit. Tomorrow, he will meet with the Chief Adviser of the government, Muhammad Yunus and travel with him to Cox’s Bazaar. They will meet there with Rohingya refugees who have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Myanmar and also, they will meet with the host Bangladeshi communities who have been so generous in hosting them. The Secretary-General will also share an Iftar with the refugees, and he will also issue a call to the international community to step up their humanitarian assistance for these men, women and children who have already suffered so much. And on Saturday in Dhaka, the Secretary-General will meet with youth and representatives from civil society. He will also have a joint press conference with the Foreign Adviser, Touhid Hossain.
SYRIA Following the Constitutional Declaration issued by the Caretaker Authorities in Syria, the Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said he welcomes moves toward restoring the rule of law and notes that this development potentially fills an important legal vacuum. The Special Envoy hopes the declaration can be a solid legal framework for a genuinely credible and inclusive political transition. Proper implementation will be key, he said, along with continued efforts to ensure transitional governance in an orderly manner. In a statement, the Secretary-General said that 14 years have now passed since the Syrian people stood up in peaceful protest for their universal rights and freedoms, only to be met with brutal repression. Mr. Guterres added that what began as a call for peaceful change turned into one of the world’s most devastating conflicts, with an incalculable human cost. The Secretary-General spoke about the millions of men, women and children who were displaced and subjected to unimaginable hardship. Yet, the Syrian people never wavered in their steadfast and courageous calls for freedom, for dignity, and for a just future. Since 8 December, however, we saw renewed hope that Syrians can chart a different course and the chance to rebuild, the chance to reconcile, and the chance to create a nation where they can all live peacefully and in dignity. The Secretary-General said nothing can justify the killing of civilians, that we have been reporting in recent days. He stressed that all violence must stop, and there must be a credible, an independent, an impartial investigation of violations and those responsible must be held to account. He added that the caretaker authorities have repeatedly committed to building a new Syria based on inclusive and credible foundations for all Syrians. Now is the time for action, he said. He concluded by reiterating that we stand ready to work alongside the Syrians and support an inclusive political transition and we stand with the Syrian people towards the promise of a better Syria – for all Syrians.
TREATY ON STATE BORDER BETWEEN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AND THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the signing of the Treaty on the State Border by the Presidents of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan, and that took place today in Bishkek. He congratulates the two countries on this historic achievement and commends their leadership, their determination and their political will to bring the decades-long negotiation process to a successful conclusion. The Secretary-General looks forward to a sustained constructive engagement between the two countries towards fostering mutual trust, good-neighbourly relations and a peaceful future for their people and the broader region.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=13%20March%202025
Source: United States Department of Defense (video statements)
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0:15 5 ways AI has advanced healthcare – AI is improving surgery in a number of ways. From building ideal surgical plans for patients to guiding surgeons through tricky procedures.Globally, 4.5 billion people lack access to essential healthcare services. AI could help bridge that gap. Yet healthcare is ‘below average’ in its adoption of AI compared to other industries.
4:42 Start-up empowers millions of farmers – Farmerline is revolutionizing agriculture in Africa with its AI-driven interactive voice response tool, Darli AI. Available in 27 languages, including 20 African languages, Darli serves as a 911 for farmers—providing critical farming insights in a language they understand. Research shows that farmers are 60% more likely to adopt new techniques when information is delivered in their native language.
7:56 Workplace traditions we should rethink – Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and professor at Wharton. Traditional hierarchies can stifle innovation, he says. One ‘no’ from on high can be all it takes to kill an idea. So, instead of a ladder with just one route upwards, what about a corporate lattice?
10:58 Why businesses need geopolitical muscle – Nikolaus Lang is Chair of the BCG Center for Geopolitics. As the world becomes more multipolar, with power centres outside the West in China, Russia, and increasingly the Global South, shifting trade flows are breaking down old alliances, and economic nationalism is on the rise. In this environment, businesses can put on ‘geopolitical muscle’ by focusing on 2 key elements.
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