WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing on the National Defense Strategy * Watch Video Here WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a hearing on the Department of Defense's 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS). Chairman Wicker questioned Elbridge Colby, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, on how the NDS will shape U.S. defense p more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 3 -- IMPRIVATA, INC., Waltham, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12567971 B2, initially filed July 29, 2024) developed by seven inventors Victoria Seniuk, Lviv, Ukraine; Boris Boruchovich, Carlisle, Massachusetts; Rostislav Samoulyk, Lypivka, Ukraine; William Hann, St. Augustine, Florida; Henry E. Walsh, Stow, Massachusetts; Niteen Borge, Westford, Massachusetts; and Andrew Harrison, Newport, United Kingdom, for "Enterprise authentication with virtuali more PT

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 3 -- The United Nations International Organization for Migration issued the following news release: * * * EU and IOM Set Course for Continued Strong Migration Cooperation in 2026 * Brussels, 3 March 2026 - Amid a rapidly evolving mobility landscape marked by persistent crises, regional conflicts, loss of life along migration routes and rising humanitarian needs in a resource constrained environment, the European Union (EU) and the International Organization for Mig more PR

GUILFORD, England, March 3 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * Expert Q&A: The real economic risk of the ongoing conflict in the Middle-East * The following expert comment was written by Dr Eric Golson, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey, on the global economic impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Dr Eric Golson Is Iran now effectively able to hold the global economy hostage via energy routes? Given the threat to more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Risk of Human Trafficking and Coerced Recruitment of Bangladeshi Men into Russia's War in Ukraine - A report from Fortify Rights, Belfast, Maine - March 2026 (62 pages) * * * Fortify Rights issued a report documenting allegations that Bangladeshi civilians were deceived, recruited and transported to participate in Russia's war in Ukraine under false promises of employment. The report examines recruitment practices that allegedly targeted vulnerable workers  more ST

SYDNEY, Australia, March 4 -- Greenpeace Australia Pacific issued the following news: * * * Gas price shocks from Middle East crisis proves Australia must unhook itself from volatile fossil fuels As the Middle East crisis sends global gas and oil prices surging, Greenpeace Australia Pacific warns that peace and security will remain at the mercy of geopolitics as long as we remain hooked on fossil fuels. Experts have warned the outbreak of war in the Middle East, and the effective closure of  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 3 -- AISDR, INC., San Francisco, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12568061 B1, initially filed Feb. 25, 2025) developed by Yuriy Zaremba, Lviv, Ukraine, and Oleg Zaremba, Lviv, Ukraine, for "Generative artificial intelligence electronic message generation, transmission and AI generated electronic message response." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 3 -- An inventor from Kyiv, Ukraine, Araik Khachatrian has been awarded a design patent (No. US D1115442 S1, initially filed Oct. 4, 2023) for "Grill grate mount." more PT

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 3 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * In the Pacific, 25th ID Soldiers lead Army's push for faster, data-driven capability * SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -25th Infantry Division Soldiers concluded Lightning Surge 2 Friday, Feb. 27, a week-long event focused on evaluating the Army's Next Generation Command and Control prototype. The operational prototyping and training event was intended to improve Soldier lethality by rapidly delivering d more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following news release on March 3, 2026: * * * MCGOVERN ON ONE YEAR OF UNIFIED REPUBLICAN CONTROL Today, Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA) delivered the following opening remarks at a meeting of the House Rules Committee: Thank you, Madam Chair. On today's Republican agenda: control women, reward special interests, and prioritize the powerful while doing nothing to help regul more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 3 -- AJAX SYSTEMS CYPRUS HOLDINGS LTD, Nicosia, Cyprus has been assigned a patent (No. US 12566093 B2, initially filed Aug. 9, 2022) developed by Oleksii Yulianovych Biliavskyi, Novograd-Volynskyi, Ukraine, for "Method for detecting an object motion." more PT

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 3 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * NATO Secretary General praises North Macedonia's contributions to the Alliance and stability in the Western Balkans * On Tuesday (3 March 2026), NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, visited North Macedonia. He met with President, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, Prime Minister, Hristijan Mickoski, and the President of the Assembly, Afrim Gashi. The Secretary General thanked North Macedonia for its contributions to Euro-Atlantic more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 3 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Press freedom report: Increasingly hostile environment for journalism in Europe * Press freedom continued to be under sustained pressure in Europe in 2025, driven by legal threats, physical attacks and intimidation, attempts of media capture and transnational repression, according to the annual report of the partner organisations to the Council of Europe's Platform to promote the protection  more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 2 [Category: Media] -- The European Broadcasting Union issued the following news release: * * * Press freedom report: increasingly hostile environment for journalism in Europe * On 3 March, the partner organisations of the Council of Europe's Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists released their annual press freedom report. The report outlines how press freedom continued to be under sustained pressure in Europe in 2025, driven by more PR

NEULLY-SUR-SEINE, France, March 4 -- Thales Group, a French aerospace and defence corporation specialising in electronics, issued the following news release on March 3, 2026: * * * Thales reports its 2025 full-year results * Order intake: Euros25.3 billion, matching 2024 record level (+1% on an organic basis/1) * Sales: Euros22.1 billion, up 7.6% (+8.8% on an organic basis) * Adjusted EBIT/2: Euros2,740 million, up 13.3% (+14.0% on an organic basis) * Adjusted net income, Group share/2: Eu more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 3 -- An inventor from Odesa, Ukraine, Ivan Ulinich has been awarded a patent (No. US 12564288 B2, initially filed Aug. 4, 2020) for "Universal device for heat treating food products." more PT

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Sen. Schiff Urges Congress to Assert War Powers to End Trump's Illegal War in Iran: "Have We Learned Nothing?" * "We are at war once again without Congressional authorization. [...] I believe the Founders' worst fears have come to pass." Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) denounced President Trump's illegal war with Iran which began without congressional authoriza more PR