NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- The United Nations Development Programme posted the following news: * * * Belgium's new funding to UNDP to advance innovative development solutions * New York - The Government of Belgium announced a multiannual contribution of EUR 30 million for the period 2025-2028 to UNDP's core resources, a flexible form of funding that enables the organization to respond rapidly to crises and plan for long-term development. With this contribution, Belgium confirmed its continued comm more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 13 -- The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office issued the following speech: * * * Foreign Secretary statement on Iran: 13 January 2026 * With permission Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to update the House on unfolding developments in Iran. Horrific reports suggest that potentially thousands of people have been killed, and many more arrested in the most brutal and bloody repression against public protest in Iran for at least thirteen years. On 28 Decembe more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Russia Loses Venezuela, the Avocado Ally The Kremlin has waved goodbye to another ally, at a low-ish cost in rubles but a higher price in political currency. By Alexander Kolyandr Half a dozen years ago, the Kremlin indicated it would be willing to drop its support for Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, said Fiona Hill, an adviser to Preside more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Russia's Propagandists: Welcome to 2026, the Year of the Savage Humanity's base nature is once again triumphing, say Putin's commentators. Say hello to the return of cruelty, greed, and bloodlust. By Julia Davis For Russia's propaganda mouthpieces, the political is personal. Having returned from their winter vacations, Russian state media frontmen and women complained that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Trenches and Razor Wire: Ukraine's Defensive Spine Drones steal the headlines, but ground fortifications are playing a crucial role in slowing Moscow's "meatgrinder" assaults on Ukraine's frontline. By David Kirichenko South of Novotoretske in Donetsk, dozens of bodies of Russian assault troops lie scattered across a field as drone operators track and strike survivors conti more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Would Air Strikes Against Iran Work? By Clayton Swope As of January 13, 2025, President Trump is reportedly considering air strikes, among other retaliatory measures, in response to growing evidence that Iranian efforts to suppress widespread anti-government protests had led to hundreds of civilian deaths. To date, there is no sign that the president would conside more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, Jan. 14 -- Direct Relief posted the following commentary: * * * 'Medicine in Its Purest Form': Saving Limbs in Ukraine's Hospitals By Noah Smith Dr. Andrew Bauder first went to Ukraine to support a pediatric surgical case requiring specialized microsurgical skills. After a week with colleagues at a local children's hospital and a regional hospital, it became clear that the country's medical system would need far more support to address the volume of patients suffer more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- WARGAMING.NET LIMITED, Nicosia, Cyprus has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1109177 S1, initially filed Sept. 27, 2024) developed by four inventors Fiodar Harbachou, Vilnius, Lithuania; Dmitry Kotlyarov, Kyiv, Ukraine; Danylo Parashchyn, Nicosia, Cyprus; and Michail Ritvinsky, Vilnius, Lithuania, for "Display device portion depicting a graphical user interface." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, South Korea has been assigned a patent (No. US 12524065 B2, initially filed Sept. 8, 2022) developed by five inventors Artem Shcherbina, Kyiv, Ukraine; Ivan Bondarets, Kyiv, Ukraine; Oleksandr Trunov, Kyiv, Ukraine; Viacheslav Olshevskyi, Kyiv, Ukraine; and Volodymyr Savin, Kyiv, Ukraine, for "Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof." more PT

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 13 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary by Fabian Zuleeg: * * * Greenland is Europe's credibility litmus test - it must show Trump that aggression carries a price Donald Trump's intervention in Venezuela is not a one-off shock. It epitomises his approach of interventionist isolationism based on a revisionist, neo-nationalist agenda in which power is exercised bluntly, international rules are optional and alliances are transactional. In such a d more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, San Jose, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12524120 B2, initially filed June 4, 2024) developed by five inventors Vasyl Mandziy, Pustomytydistrict, Ukraine; Andriy Maharyta, Lviv, Ukraine; Oleksandr Karpin, Lviv, Ukraine; Mykhaylo Krekhovetskyy, Lviv, Ukraine; and Volodymyr Bihday, Lviv, Ukraine, for "Hover detection for touchscreens." more PT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on Jan. 13, 2026, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow Uses Oreshnik for Psychological Pressure By Yuri Lapaiev Executive Summary: * The use of ballistic missiles against Ukraine on January 8-9 had a demonstrative effect, aimed at Ukraine and its Western partners, as well as at the Russian domestic audience. * Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in winter indicate the continuation of terror more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on Jan. 13, 2026, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia and India Formalize Arctic Partnership By John C. K. Daly Executive Summary: * During Russian President Vladimir Putin's December 2025 visit to New Delhi, Russia formalized Indian military access to Arctic naval ports, training in polar operations, and logistics support under a five-year agreement, deepening Russia-India military cooperation in the Arc more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on Jan. 13, 2026, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * War Spending Accelerating Russian Infrastructure Collapse By Paul Goble Executive Summary: * Most of Russia is located in the Far North, where cold winters put a strain on infrastructure, causing transportation delays and breakdowns in the delivery of heat, electricity, and even water to homes, schools, and hospitals. * This year, those problems have been in more PR

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Jan. 13 -- Leiden University issued the following news: * * * How minority governments could benefit the Netherlands Minority governments only become an option when attempts to form a government collapse. PhD candidate Corne Smit explored why such governments have become rare in the Netherlands and what advantages they might offer. 'Broad majority coalitions often fail to make substantial progress on key issues.' This article was originally published on 22 September  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, San Jose, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12524112 B2, initially filed Sept. 28, 2023) developed by four inventors Vasyl Mandziy, Schyrets, Ukraine; Oleksandr Karpin, Lviv, Ukraine; Priyadeep Kaur, Dublin, Ireland; and Amitava Banerjee, Cork, Ireland, for "Liquid tolerance using signal profile analysis for an array of capacitance sensors." more PT

NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 14 -- The NATO Allied Command Transformation issued the following news release: * * * NATO and Ukraine: Lessons on Strategy, Deterrence, and Shaping From 7 to 9 January 2026, NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT), in partnership with Wilton Park - an executive agency of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - and the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), convened a strategic-level conference examining how lessons from Russia's war on Ukraine can inform NATO' more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 13 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * PM meeting with President Karol Nawrocki of Poland: 13 January 2026 * The Prime Minister welcomed the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, for his first visit to Downing Street today. The leaders began by reflecting on the strength of the relationship between the UK and Poland. They agreed that both countries would deepen that relationship even further, from defence and security, to tra more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Chairman Risch Statement after Meeting with German Foreign Minister Wadephul Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after their meeting with the Foreign Minister of G more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE, Paris, France has been assigned a patent (No. US 12523427 B2, initially filed Sept. 2, 2021) developed by five inventors Peter Vankampen, Shanghai, China; Dmitriy Chalenko, Kyiv, Ukraine; Manoj Gangadharan, New Delhi, India; Maxim Misyura, Moscow, Russian Federation; and Laurent Kepinski, Cracow, Poland, for "System and method for monitoring and controlling furnaces." more PT

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 14 -- The University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs issued the following news: * * * International Seminar and Adaptive Management Training to Advance EU-Aligned Rural Recovery and Governance in Ukraine On December 1, 2025, partners from Ukraine, Poland, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs convened for the seminar "Ukrainian Village on the Way to the European Union: From Data to Policy Recommendations," an intensive dialogue focused on the strategic c more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- SNAP INC., Santa Monica, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12525139 B2, initially filed March 7, 2024) developed by Ilteris Canberk, Marina Del Rey, California, and Dmytro Kucher, Odessa, Ukraine, for "Virtual tutorials for musical instruments with finger tracking in augmented reality." more PT

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 13 -- Washington University in St. Louis issued the following news: * * * WashU Expert: International alliances, global stability on shaky ground By Sara Savat World leaders were stunned to learn of the U.S. military operation against Venezuela in the early morning hours of Jan. 3 that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The unfolding crisis in Venezuela, as well as President Donald Trump's subsequent threats to countries more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Building Geopolitical Muscle: How Companies Turn Insights into Strategic Advantage - A report from World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland - January 2026 (29 pages) - Authored by Thomas Bedouet, Simon J. Evenett, Nikolaus Lang and Cristian Rodriguez Chiffelle * * * The World Economic Forum issued a report outlining how global companies can institutionalize geopolitics as a core organizational capability to navigate rising uncertainties. The analysis--develope more ST