MIL-OSI New Zealand: Radical new approaches may be required says NZTech
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – The future of work and the impact of tech changes are complex issues, so it is fantastic to see the Productivity Commission undertaking such a detailed analysis of the potential opportunities and challenges, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. The rapid growth in artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation is already starting […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: State of Environment report reveals dairy is NZ’s dirtiest industry
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand The new State of the Environment report paints a “comprehensively damning” picture of the dairy industry. The cornerstone report out today says the industry is not only degrading biodiversity, rivers and lakes, hastening climate change, it also points to our seas as another environmental victim of intensive dairying. “Dairy bosses have […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: 17/09:37 EST Minor Flood Warning for the Warrego River (NSW)
Source: Australia Bureau of Meteorology IDN36631 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales Minor Flood Warning for the Warrego River (NSW) at Fords Bridge Bywash Issued at 9:37 am EST on Wednesday 17 April 2019 Flood Warning Number: 8 MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED AT FORDS BRIDGE BYWASH OVER THE WEEKEND The Warrego River at Enngonia […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: 17/09:32 EST Final Flood Warning for the Paroo River (NSW)
Source: Australia Bureau of Meteorology IDN36632 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales Final Flood Warning for the Paroo River (NSW) at Willara Crossing Issued at 9:31 am EST on Wednesday 17 April 2019 Flood Warning Number: 7 THE PAROO RIVER AT WILLARA HAVE FALLEN BELOW THE MINOR FLOOD LEVEL The Paroo River at […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Joint Lead Managers of the 48th and 49th JICA Bonds (Non-guaranteed Domestic Bonds)
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has mandated Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. as joint lead managers for the 10-year Fiscal Investment and Loan Program (FILP) Bonds, and Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., and Daiwa Securities Co. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Translation: Inauguration of the new pont de Motu uta
Source: Government of French Polynesia The President, Edouard Fritch, and the minister of Equipment, René Temeharo, were inaugurated on Tuesday morning, the new bridge to Motu Uta. Also in attendance at the ceremony, the mayor of Papeete, Michel Buillard, the director of the autonomous Port of Papeete, Jean-Paul Le Caill, as well as many figures […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University The major focus on climate change in Environment Aotearoa 2019, a stocktake on New Zealand’s environment released today, is a welcome change. The report describes an environment that faces serious pressures, including species at risk of extinction, polluted rivers […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China to further enhance ties with Dominican Republic
Source: China State Council Information Office Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, held talks with Radhames Camacho Cuevas, president of the Dominican Republic’s Chamber of Deputies, in Beijing on Wednesday. The Latin-American country forged diplomatic ties with China on May 1, 2018, joining the mainstream international community of more than […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: France to launch int’l competition to rebuild Notre Dame
Source: China State Council Information Office France will launch an international competition to re-design the spire of Notre Dame of Paris Cathedral which collapsed in a devastating fire Monday evening, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced on Wednesday. “An international competition to rebuild the cathedral’s spire will be organized. (It) will allow us to ask […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Italy arrests 2 men for allegedly training to fight with IS
Source: China State Council Information Office Two men, one Italian and one Moroccan, were arrested in northern Italy on Wednesday for allegedly training to fight for the Islamic State (IS) radical group in Syria, Italian authorities said. The operation was ordered by prosecutors in the Sicilian city of Palermo, who charged the two suspects for […]
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