GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 16 -- The United Nations International Organization for Migration issued the following news release: * * * 325,000 Ukrainian Returnees Risk Displacement Again as Winter Energy Crisis Deepens, IOM Chief * Geneva/Kyiv, 16 February 2026 - As Ukraine prepares to enter the fifth year of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February, ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure continue to strain living conditions for millions. According to new data from the International Or more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 16 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Multinational corporations weigh 'de-risking' strategies for navigating political unpredictability in China * LAWRENCE -Globalization has blurred the lines between politics and business. Now multinational corporations must navigate all manner of diplomatic disruptions. This has become a major source of tension when doing business with China in particular. "If political relations between the U.S. and Ch more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 14 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Munich Security Conference: Governor Newsom reinforces climate partnerships as Donald Trump abandons long-standing American allies What you need to know: On Day 2 of the Munich Security Conference, Governor Newsom deepened long-standing transatlantic partnerships with leaders from Ukraine, Germany, and Spain--reinforcing California as a reliable and stable international partner. * MU more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Sens. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, and Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, and Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following readout of their meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference: * * * READOUT: Ranking Member Shaheen, Senators Tillis, Kelly, Represent more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, and Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following readout of their meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference: * * * READOUT: Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Tillis, Representative Jacobs Meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb MUNICH, GERMANY - Today, U.S. Sena more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 16 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * Secretary General in Munich: NATO is strongest since end of the Cold War * Secretary General Mark Rutte attended the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Friday and Saturday (13-14 February 2026). In his meetings and engagements during the conference, Mr Rutte stressed the importance of a strong Europe within NATO and continued support to Ukraine. The Secretary General told reporters that he believed NATO was stronger than  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: * * * Secretary of State Calls on European Leaders to Defend Western Civilization in Munich Security Conference Speech Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the Munich Security Conference in a speech championing the leading role of the U.S. on the world stage, the Trump Administration's American First foreign policy, and America's deep commitment to the future of Europe and Western Civilization. Secretary more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks by Secretary Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference: * * * Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation - actually, it was on a continent - that was divided against itself. The line between communism and freedom ran through the heart of Germany. The first barbed fences of th more PR

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a joint news availability on Feb. 16, 2026, by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at Carmelite Monastery: * * * MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. May I extend my most cordial welcome to all of you, and may I extend my most special welcome to His Excellency Mr. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States of America, at the press more PR

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a joint news availability on Feb. 15, 2026, by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico: * * * MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Please, welcome to our press conference after mutual meeting of the Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico and Secretary of State of the U.S. Marco Rubio. So, Prime Minister, please, you have the word. PRIME MINISTER FICO: more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Secretary Marco Rubio's meeting with G7 foreign ministers in Munich, Germany: * * * Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with G7 foreign ministers in Munich, Germany. The leaders discussed pressing issues such as ongoing conflicts threatening peace and stability in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as challenges to regional security in the Indo-Pacific more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of Secretary Marco Rubio's interview with John Micklethwait of Bloomberg News: * * * QUESTION: Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, thank you for talking to Bloomberg. You've just made this rather remarkable speech where you talked about the destiny of Europe and America always being intertwined. You talked about the alliance which has stretched all the way, culturally, from Michelangelo to the Rolling Stones - a more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 16 [Category: Religion] -- The Conference of European Churches posted the following news: * * * Unity, peace and Europe at centre of CEC-Patriarch meeting * Ecumenical cooperation, peace efforts, and European engagement were at the centre of a meeting between CEC President His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, CEC General Secretary Rev. Frank-Dieter Fischbach, and His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinop more PR

MONROVIA, California, Feb. 13 (TNSrpt) -- World Vision International issued the following news release: * * * Ukrainian Children Face Worsening Learning Loss in Fourth Winter of War, World Vision Warns KYIV, Ukraine - As Ukraine endures its fourth winter of full-scale war, new findings from a rapid survey conducted by World Vision reveal that more than half of families report disruptions to their children's education due to harsh winter conditions, ongoing insecurity, and widespread power out more PR