Nairobi, Kenya–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m delighted to be here in Nairobi, and I appreciate enormously the very generous welcome beginning with yesterday and my visit to the Nairobi National Park, which was wonderful. And I want to thank President Kenyatta and the cabinet and Cabinet[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Remarks by President Obama at Launch of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
West Bronx, New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2015 – 2:56 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, New York! (Applause.) Give Darinel a big round of applause for that introduction. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. We are so proud of Darinel. We want to thank him for[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, May 4, 2015
En Route New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2015 – 11:36 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: I’ll just do a short thing at the top and then we’ll go to questions. Welcome aboard Air Force One for what promises to be an interesting day in New York today. The first event will[Read More…]
Sonja Thomsen’s ‘Glowing Wavelengths In Between’ Opens at DePaul Art Museum May 14
“Opticks (36)” is a pigment print that measures 30 inches by 24 inches. The photograph is part of Sonja Thomsen’s exhibition called “Glowing Wavelengths In Between,” which opens at DePaul Art Museum May 14. (Photo courtesy of Sonja Thomsen) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2015. Describe a rainbow without using the word[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Takes Action to Help Chicago Become First City with Universal Taxi App
Chicago launches competitive selection process to provide an app that will allow users to hail a taxi on a smartphone CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, through the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP), today launched a competitive selection process for a universal taxi smartphone app that will[Read More…]
Yemen: UN Relief Official Urges ‘Safe and Reliable’ Access to Sana’a Airport to Deliver Critical Aid
A boy sits amid rubble, all that remains of his home, which was destroyed in an air strike in Okash Village, near Sana’a, the capital of Yemen. Photo: UNICEF/Mohammed Hamoud GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 May 2015 – The aid operation in Yemen cannot meet the life-saving needs of people unless humanitarians are assured[Read More…]
UN Environmental Chief Warns of ‘Tsunami’ of E-waste at Conference on Chemical Treaties
E-waste. Credit: ITU GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 May 2015 – The head of the United Nations body tasked with setting the global environmental agenda today stressed the need to limit the use of dangerous chemicals and to find a solution to the masses of electronic waste building up around the world, as a[Read More…]
In Nepal, Senior UN Official Warns ‘Clock is Ticking’ for Earthquake Relief Efforts
Indu Maharjan and her four-year old daughter Neisha walk back to their makeshift shelter on the grounds of a chicken farm in Bungamati, Kathmandu Valley. Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ2015-1110/Panday GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 May 2015 – The global humanitarian community is fighting against the clock as it delivers critical relief to Nepal’s most devastated communities,[Read More…]
UN Secretary General Ban Condemns Texas Shooting, Says ‘Ideas Must be Defensed through Democratic Debate and Dialogue’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Mark Garten (file) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 May 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned yesterday’s shooting in Texas that injured a law enforcement officer, reiterating that such criminal acts have nothing to do with religion or belief. In response to a question asked during the[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls for Federal Debt Relief for Former Everest College Students
CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2015. Nearly a year after Corinthian Colleges began to collapse under the weight of its own wrongdoing, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) called on the U.S. Department of Education to provide meaningful federal debt relief to students who attended the school’s local campuses, branded as Everest[Read More…]
