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…]
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White House Weekly Address: Ensuring Every Child Gets a Great Education
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2015 Hi everybody. I’m speaking with you from the DC Public Library in Anacostia, where I just met with a group of promising middle school students. We spent some time talking about their lives, and how we all care about their success – and how that starts[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama On World Press Freedom Day 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015 – 12:02 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, as many of you know, Sunday is World Press Freedom Day, a day in which we reaffirm the vital role that a free press plays in democracy and shining a light on the many challenges, cruelties and also hopeful[Read More…]
In Nepal, Top UN Official Urges Continued Funding for Earthquake Relief Efforts
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos (right) alongside European Union Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu. Photo: UN OCHA Asia Pacific NEPAL–(ENEWSPF)–1 May 2015 – Emergency funding for relief efforts are streaming into Nepal as the country begins to recover from[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Central African Republic Travel Warning, May 1, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to the Central African Republic (CAR). The Government of Chad closed its border with CAR May 12, 2014. Only citizens of Chad returning home will be able to cross the Chad-CAR border. U.S. citizens who have[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces $20 Million in Funding to Support Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Mary 1, 2015. The Department of Justice today announced a $20 million Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Pilot Partnership Program to respond to the immediate needs of local and tribal law enforcement organizations. The investment includes $17 million in competitive grants for the purchase of body-worn cameras, $2 million for training and[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 30, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 – 1:22 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. Let me do one quick thing at the top, Jim, and then we’ll go to your questions. As you may have seen in the statement from the President, earlier today he had[Read More…]
Senators Wyden, Schumer, Feinstein, Casey, Merkley, Brown, Warner Introduce Bill to Protect Communities from Oil Train Accidents
New Bill Paves Way for Safer Transportation of Oil-by-Rail Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Bob Casey, D-Penn., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Mark Warner, D-Va., today introduced legislation to protect local communities by getting unsafe oil trains off[Read More…]
Dept. of Interior Finalizes Effort to Improve Fairness, Clarity for the Valuation of Oil Produced on American Indian Lands
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Advancing President Obama’s ongoing commitment to work with tribal leaders to build strong economies, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released final regulations that will ensure tribal communities receive all the royalties they are owed from oil production on their lands, reduce administrative costs[Read More…]
Nepal: Quake’s Impact on Food Security Likely ‘Very High,’ Warns UN Agency
A woman feeds her infant, who was injured during the massive 25 April earthquake, at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in the capital, Kathmandu. Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ2015-1014/Nybo GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–30 April 2015 – Some eight million dollars is urgently needed to help disaster-struck Nepalese farmers rapidly recover lost agricultural inputs and resume preparations for[Read More…]
