WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke at a press conference in Canberra announcing a Day of Reflection to honor victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack and plans for a National Day of Mourning in consultation with the Jewish community. Albanese also said the government will establish a national gun buyback scheme, expand policing and intelligence efforts to counter antisemitism and extremism, and pursue reforms aimed at reducing firearms and strengthening  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The House Homeland Security Committee released the following testimony by Michael Glasheen, operations director of the National Security Divisions at FBI, from a Dec. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland": * * * Good morning, Chairman Garbarino, Ranking Member Thompson, and members of the committee. I am Michael Glasheen. I oversee the Bureau's National Security Divisions. I am honored to be here, representing the people of the Federal Bureau of  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 20 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * 'Theocrat' U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace utilizes Christian nationalism in bid for S.C. governor U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" for the blatant and eager Christian nationalism s more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following news: * * * Hear From the Photographers Featured in 'A Year in Photos' * Have you ever seen an image and wondered what it must have been like to get that shot? As part of our annual " Year in Photos " publication, we ask the featured photographers to contribute an optional artist statement. The prompt typically consists of something along the lines  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 19 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF looks at restoring state rivers; UNM signs check for Coach Eck * This week on New Mexico in Focus, two environmental experts tell us why they are pushing state officials to invest more heavily in river restoration. Correspondent Elizabeth Miller sits down with Dan Roper, an advocate from nonprofit Trout Unlimited, and docuseries filmmaker Renea Roberts, to talk about the importance of car more PR

PARIS, France, Dec. 20 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Sale of French magazine Challenges to luxury conglomerate LVMH: RSF and unions launch double offensive to uphold pluralism rules * The sale of French weekly business magazine Challenges, to luxury goods group LVMH -- which is already a shareholder in several business publications -- is set to be finalised by the end of December 2025. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the French National Unio more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 19 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Shireen Abu Akleh Prize launched: IFJ and UPF honour the courage and commitment of women journalists worldwide * The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Union of the Francophone Press (UPF) reaffirm their commitment to press freedom and the safety of women journalists with the annual Shireen Abu Akleh Prize, a EUR5,000 award recognising the co more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 19 -- The University of Technology Sydney issued the following news: * * * The Year in Media Transition 2025 Author: Alexia Giacomazzi, CMT Events and Communications Officer The Year in Media Transition is now on Double Take. In this episode, Sacha Molitorisz unites journalist, broadcaster and podcaster Joe Hildebrand with ABC's managing editor of standards and compliance Sashka Koloff for an energetic conversation about one of the biggest forces reshaping journalism  more PR