A briefing note to ministers about the Turkey contracts said that a direct award of the vessels "is not legal" but they would still be "looking at future contracts".

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23535453.ferguson-marine-fears-future-state-shipyard-lack-work/?ref=rss

A briefing sheet reviewed by KUT provides a high-level overview of five light-rail alternatives covering less distance than the pitched to voters ahead of the 2020 vote.

Source: https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2023/03/texas-legislature-could-derail-austins-transit-expansion/

According to a briefing note obtained by CBC News through a right to information request, 57 per cent the fires in the region between 2019 and 2022 were considered to be deliberaltely set compared to a provincial average of 35 per cent.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/southeastern-new-brunswick-fire-records-1.6748083?cmp=rss

“According to APEC guidelines and protocol, the organizer should send an invitation to the leader of the respective economies,” Lee said at his weekly media briefing.

Source: https://www.newdelhitimes.com/chinas-top-diplomat-calls-on-us-to-host-apec-summit-that-is-cooperative-not-confrontational/

According to ministry spokesperson Mao Ning during a regular news briefing, China’s Anti-Foreign Penalties Law is imposing the penalties.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news-asia/chinas-defence-minister-under-investigation-for-corruption/

Addressing a press briefing after the cabinet meeting, Union minister Anurag Thakur congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for its efforts.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/centre-announces-national-space-day-on-august-23-to-mark-chandrayan-3s-moon-landing-4339221

Addressing the briefing he said that for the first time prominent Buddhist monks from various countries will visit India and take part in the Summit.

Source: https://pragativadi.com/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-first-global-buddhist-summit-on-april-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pm-modi-to-inaugurate-first-global-buddhist-summit-on-april-20

“Affected by weather forces in addition to its maneuverability being limited, the airship deviated greatly from its expected course, and accidentally entered Latin American and Caribbean airspace,” spokesperson Mao Ning told a press briefing.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1725954/beijing-confirms-balloon-flying-over-latin-america-is-chinese

After briefing House Financial Services Committee members on Friday, the agency on Saturday postponed a meeting with California lawmakers whose districts are among those most affected by the crisis, frustrating the Congress members.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/12/silicon-valley-bank-fallout-washington-00086662

After commissioning is completed, Jupiter 3 will begin providing service from 95 degrees west in the third quarter, Hughes executives said March 8 during a press briefing at the Maxar facility here.

Source: https://spacenews.com/hughes-jupiter-3-preps-for-launch/

After Logan presented the data at the briefing, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks echoed her sentiment, saying incarceration of such recidivists should be a “last resort.”

Source: https://gothamist.com/news/researchers-say-supporting-a-few-thousand-repeat-offenders-could-be-the-key-to-reducing-crime-in-nyc

A grandmother who had been due to reunite with two of her grandchildren died suddenly on the trip and the children had to remain in Russia, Kuleba, Ukraine’s former commissioner for children’s rights, told a media briefing in Kyiv.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-un-charter-news-b2316381.html

Air21 founding chairman and logistics expert Alberto Lina said during a Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food, Inc. (PCAFI) press briefing Wednesday that food prices may be reduced logistical problems are solved.

Source: https://metrocebu.news/innovation-seen-as-key-factor-in-bid-to-improve-agri-logistics-decrease-food-shortage-and-prices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=innovation-seen-as-key-factor-in-bid-to-improve-agri-logistics-decrease-food-shortage-and-p

“A laboratory leak wasn’t found to be possible by authoritative scientific conclusions drawn by joint experts from China and the WHO,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular briefing.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1735792/us-agency-says-covid-19-likely-emerged-from-china-lab-leak-reports

All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/01/05/daily-news-briefing-256/

Ambassador Julianne Smith, the U.S. permanent representative to NATO, said in a briefing that the risk that the crisis in Israel will distract the United States, or the alliance, was negligible.

Source: https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/10/12/zelensky-to-visit-israel-as-a-show-of-support-pentagon-sending-200m-in-ammo-to-ukraine-n584191

A member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee wasn’t satisfied by what he heard from senior Biden administration officials on Monday during a closed-door briefing on the Chinese spy balloon incident.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/02/07/house-republican-blasts-biden-administrations-closed-door-briefing-on-chinese-spy-balloon/

Among the dead was a 40-year-old British national who was shot and killed on Thursday, Police Minister said in a media briefing on Tuesday.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/taxi-strike-santaco-interdict-impounded-taxis/

And as Jean-Pierre left the podium at the end of the briefing, Rosen also shouted, “You told us something six times that turned out to be false.

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/news/do-you-feel-badly-that-you-gave-out-false-information-jean-pierre-ignores-newsmax-reporter-shouting-about-biden-docs/

“And we also found signs that indicate that Hamas held hostages here,” he told a televised briefing.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1859395/israeli-military-says-it-found-signs-hostages-were-held-in-gaza-hospital