BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 25 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * 350.org responds to EU-US trade talks: 'This is not a trade deal, it's a hostage situation' * Campaigners at 350.org are raising concerns over ongoing EU-US trade negotiations, warning that the proposed agreement risks locking Europe into decades of fossil fuel dependency while exposing hou more PR

NORTH SYDNEY, Australia, March 25 -- The Australian Industry Group issued the following statement on March 24, 2026, by Chief Executive Innes Willox: * * * Australian Industry Group welcomes the long-awaited conclusion to the Australia-EU FTA The signing of the Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement today is a welcome boost to big parts of the Australian economy at a time when global trade is under severe stress driven by geopolitics, wars and heavily disrupted supply chains. There ha more PR

LONDON, England, March 25 -- The British Film Institute issued the following news release: * * * BFI UNVEILS STRATEGIC PLANS FOR THE EXPANDED UK GLOBAL SCREEN FUND AS BUDGET INCREASES FROM pound sterling7M TO OVER pound sterling18M PER YEAR FOR 2026-29 * FURTHER SUPPORT FOR UK SALES AGENTS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FILM SALES MINIMUM GUARANTEE STRAND * NEW DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT FOR UK GAME DEVELOPERS VIA THE VIDEO GAME RELEASE STRAND * MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTION STRAND LAUNCHING IN SEPTEMBER  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- EMPLOT TOV, Kyiv, Ukraine, won a federal contract award for $70,200 from the Department of State. Contract Award Number: 19UP3026C0004; ueiSAM: GXE2LPJADN56; NAICS Code: 517111 ; Product Service Code (PSC): Dg10; Solicitation Number: 19UP3026C0004; NONE - No Set aside used more CTR

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 25 -- The European Union's European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control issued the following news: * * * Enhancing laboratory preparedness in Eastern Partnership countries to address respiratory health threats * Workshop under the EU-funded Health Resilience in the Eastern Partnership project aim to help countries turn lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into practical actions for stronger, more resilient public health laboratories. "The European Centre for Di more PR

LONDON, England, March 25 -- The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued the following news: * * * Farming and food leaders unite to drive growth in British agriculture * Senior leaders from farming, food and retail met today (Wednesday 25 March) for the inaugural Farming & Food Partnership Board, marking a major moment and a clear shift in how British agriculture is led and supported. Chaired by Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds with Farming Minister Dame Angel more PR

LONDON, England, March 25 -- The British Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government issued the following news release: * * * Government to make 'plug-in solar' available within months From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP and The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP * 'Plug-in' solar panels to be in shops within months, offering households chance to significantly cut energy bills * Move comes as g more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on March 24, 2026, by senior fellow Douglas J. Feith to the National Review: * * * "Imminence" Is the Wrong Standard for Iran Insisting on "imminence" for military action would consign international law to irrelevance. * On March 18, Senate Intelligence Committee members grilled National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabba more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on March 24, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow's 'Narva People's Republic' Hoax Exposed, Potentially Helping Kremlin Executive Summary: * Given Russian history, memories of some in the West asking in the 1990s, "Who will die for Narva?," and Russian President Vladimir Putin's desire to keep the West off balance, Moscow has uns more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on March 24, 2026, by Vasif Huseynov, senior fellow at the Center of Analysis of International Relations and an adjunct lecturer at Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * European Union and Azerbaijan Deepen Strategic Cooperation Executive Summary: * European Council President Antonio Costa's March 11 meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev highlighted Baku's growing r more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on March 24, 2026, by Syed Fazl-e-Haider, contributing analyst at the South Asia desk of Wikistrat, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Iran Conflict Disrupts Central Asian Trade Routes Executive Summary: * Central Asian states have maintained neutrality while calling for de-escalation of the conflict in and around Iran. The conflict is indirectly impacting Central Asia, causing regional instability and economi more PR

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, March 25 -- Leiden University issued the following news: * * * How vulnerable is the Netherlands to an energy crisis? The Iran war has pushed up fuel prices and raised concerns about a global energy shortage. How well prepared is the Netherlands? We asked two experts, one in public administration and the other in natural resources. * * * Arjen Boin, Professor of Public Institutions and Governance: 'I think the Netherlands is quite vulnerable' How prepared is the Ne more PR

LONDON, England, March 25 -- The British Ministry of Defence issued the following news: * * * Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard MP, Keynote Speech at DPRTE 2026 * Thanks Jacqueline and good morning everyone. Very good to see you all here today and a very good welcome to DPRTE 2026. A chance for the defence procurement industry to come together, a chance for us to forge new bonds, and to move us all to warfighting Readiness. Because as a government, it is our state more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 25 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * NATO and Ukraine activate next steps for UNITE - Brave NATO innovation programme * Following its announcement in November 2025, NATO and Ukraine have unveiled the next steps for the first Ukraine-NATO Innovation, Technology and Engineering (UNITE) - Brave NATO competition. NATO and Ukraine will fund a collective EUR10 million in contract awards to teams of Allied and Ukrainian companies. Innovators from across the Allianc more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 24 -- The United Nations World Health Organization posted the following news: * * * New WHO Guidance Helps Countries to Institutionalize Simulation Exercises to Strengthen Health Emergency Readiness * From pandemics to radiological threats, countries are better prepared when they move from ad-hoc drills to structured programs In an increasingly unpredictable world, emergencies are no longer rare events, they are recurring tests of national resilience. From pandem more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Warner Sounds Alarm on Rising Energy Costs from Trump's War of Choice * BROADCAST-QUALITY VIDEO OF SEN. WARNER'S SPEECH IS AVAILABLE HERE WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, delivered a speech on the Senate floor about high energy costs and broader economic impacts following President Trump's war of choice  more PR

PERTH, Australia, March 25 -- Murdoch University posted the following news: * * * Our interest in electric vehicles has grown due to oil price spikes. And it's likely to remain * This article was originally published in The Conversation by Associate Professor Tauel Harper. The US military action in Iran may have an unintended secondary effect - ending the cultural dominance of the internal combustion engine and ushering in the age of electric vehicles. Back in the 1970s, a sudden increas more PR

STRASBOURG, France, March 26 -- The Parliamentary Assembly, an arm of the Council of Europe, issued the following news: * * * PACE President and the members of the Presidential Committee met the President of Cyprus PACE President Petra Bayr, accompanied by the members of the PACE Presidential Committee - comprising the Chairpersons of the five PACE political groups and PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou - today held an exchange of views with Nikos Christodoulides, the President o more PR

LONDON, England, March 25 (TNSjou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * War in Iran has already produced emissions equivalent to a year of Iceland's carbon output New analysis involving Queen Mary researchers estimates more than 5 million tonnes of CO2e generated in just two weeks of conflict * New analysis involving researchers from Queen Mary University of London, Lancaster University and the Climate and Community Institute estimates that the first 14 days o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Agriculture is Such an Important Part of Our Economy * Senator Marshall Joins RFD TV Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Eliza Petry on RFD TV's Market Day Report to discuss his work advocating for Kansas farmers and ranchers in Washington, D.C., including his Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, the Homegrown Fertilizers Act, and the USDA's "Product o more PR

LONDON, England, March 25 -- The British Ministry of Defence issued the following news: * * * Shadow fleet set to be interdicted in UK waters in latest blow to Russia * * UK forces given permission to board sanctioned ships transiting UK waters * Move is the latest blow to Putin's shadow fleet operation, fuelling his illegal war in Ukraine * Comes as the Prime Minister addresses the Joint Expeditionary Force Summit in Helsinki today, reiterating the UK's steadfast support for Ukraine  more PR

LONDON, England, March 25 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * Shadow fleet set to be interdicted in UK waters in latest blow to Russia * * UK forces given permission to board sanctioned ships transiting UK waters * Move is the latest blow to Putin's shadow fleet operation, fuelling his illegal war in Ukraine * Comes as the Prime Minister addresses the Joint Expeditionary Force Summit in Helsinki today, reiterating the UK's steadfast support  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by John Squires, under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the agency: * * * I. Introduction Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Methods and Systems for Security Enhancement in Artificial Intelligence Model Interactions via Automated Injection and Proxy Server Implementation ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 24 -- WITNESSAI, INC., Mountain View, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12587529 B2, initially filed Sept. 9, 2024) developed by four inventors Mathew Solnik, Dallas, Texas; Samuel Kimama, Daly City, Califo more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Gas Turbine Engine and Fuel Cell Assembly ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 24 -- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, Ohio has been assigned a patent (No. US 12584445 B2, initially filed Jan. 4, 2024) developed by six inventors Honggang Wang, Clifton Park, New York; Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, Ohio; Michael Anthony Benjamin, Cincinnati, Ohio; Richard L. Hart, Broadalbin, New York; Randy more ST

LONDON, England, March 25 -- The British Department for Culture, Media and Sport issued the following news release: * * * UK Government and European Commission join forces to help protect Ukrainian cultural heritage Culture Minister attends first UK-European Commission cultural high-level meeting to take forward commitment to collaborate on culture * UK Government announces pound sterling250,000 for the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Fund, match funded by the European Commission * Funding will more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Ukraine Caucus Statement Calling for Stronger Russia Sanctions Following New Report Implicating Rosneft and Gazprom in Abduction and Militarization of Ukrainian Children * Washington, DC - Today, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus-Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Joe Wilson (SC-02)-along with Ukraine Caucus Member Representative Greg more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman, Walkinshaw demand answers on uscis processing delays affecting ukrainians seeking humanitarian parole & work authorization requests * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Representatives Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) and James Walkinshaw (Va.-11) led a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph B. Edlow demanding answers about delays affecting Ukrainian humanitarian parole  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The White House issued the following news on March 24, 2026: * * * First Lady Melania Trump Launches Fostering the Future Together, 45 Member Nations Attend the Inaugural Coalition Summit "As people we dream. As leaders we progress. As nations we will build. Beginning today, let's accelerate our new global alliance--this bond--to positively impact the progress of our children." First Lady Melania Trump welcomed a room filled with international leaders and tech visionar more PR