By U.S. Department of State Under Secretary Stengel: “The question brought into sharp focus by the harsh sentences given to journalists in Egypt now arises: As the newly-elected leader of a great nation, what kind of Egypt does President al-Sisi hope to build?” DipNote
Source: Dept. Of State – Highlights
Tiger Brands, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Department of Basic Education, kicked off Nelson Mandela Day Month on Friday with the distribution of over 17 000 food parcels to primary school pupils in Alexandra township in Johannesburg.
Source: South Africa.info – News
Media Note
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that the sixth meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) will be held in Beijing, China, July 9-10, 2014.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, as President Obama’s Special Representatives, will be joined for the Dialogue by their respective Chinese co-chairs, State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vice Premier Wang Yang, along with members of the U.S. delegation and their Chinese counterparts.
The Dialogue will focus on addressing the challenges and opportunities that both countries face on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global areas of immediate and long-term economic and strategic interest.
The schedule of press events will include but is not limited to an opening session on Wednesday, July 9, and a U.S. press conference on Thursday, July 10.
Deputy Secretary Burns will travel to Beijing July 8 to co-host the fourth Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD) with his Chinese counterpart, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui.
Senior civilian and military officials will exchange views on a range of security issues of strategic importance to both countries.
The U.S. Department of State also announced today that Secretary Kerry will participate in the fifth annual U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) in coordination with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong.
The CPE will be held July 9-10 in Beijing, China.
The CPE promotes and strengthens people-to-people ties between the United States and China in the fields of education, culture, science and technology, sports, and women’s issues. It provides a high-level annual forum for government and private-sector representatives to discuss cooperation on exchanges in a broad, strategic manner
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Source: Dept. Of State – Releases
By info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine)
The high-tech blanket monitors brainwaves and changes colour to show when passengers are at their most relaxed in the sky
Source: Business Traveller
By info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine)
Both Star Alliance airlines, who had been due to move into Heathrow’ new terminal on Wednesday, will now begin operating out of T2 later in the summer
Source: Business Traveller
By Breaking Travel News Video: Breaking Travel News visits the corporate headquarters of Emirates, the Dubai based airline, for this edition of Travel Talk to look at the way they use the sponsorship of sport and in particular football to market their global brand. Phil Blizzard talks to Boutros Boutros about their association with football, the FIFA World Cup and how that has evolved. He also talks about the way the Emirates brand has moved from being purely an airline brand and into a broader one focused around ‘lifestyle’.
Source: Breaking Travel News – News
By Breaking Travel News With mere days to go before the Grand Départ of the Tour de France, the excitement in England surrounding the Grande Boucle is already palpable. Stretching along the whole route from Yorkshire to Cambridge, momentum is steadily building.
Source: Breaking Travel News – News
