GLASGOW, Scotland, April 24 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news: * * * 42 lost pages of the new testament manuscript discovered * An international team of academics led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow has successfully recovered 42 lost pages from one of the world's most important early New Testament manuscripts: Codex H. The manuscript, a 6th-century copy of the Letters of St Paul, was lost to history when it was disassembled at the Great Lavra Mo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Combat Russia's Attack on Religious Freedom * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) joined Helsinki Commission Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), Helsinki Commission Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), and Mike Quigley (D-IL) to introduce Counteri more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Big Tech CEOs Cozy Up to Trump * Big Tech companies have spent at least $653 million cozying up to President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress, according to a new report from Public Citizen. This funding is part of a deliberate effort by tech CEOs to ingratiate themselves with the Trump administration by heaping excessive praise on the president while going along with his unpopular an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by Miro Sedlak, associate research fellow at the Institute for Central Europe and a security and defense studies doctoral candidate at the Armed Forces Academy of Gen. M.R. Stefanik in Slovakia: * * * Europe's Defense Factories: More Urgency Please The EU's new defense industry program has the right architecture. The factories, the workers, and the political will are another matt more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 21, 2026, by Jurek Wille, a master's student at School of Advanced International Studies, and Friedrich Conradi, journalist and a master's student in international relations, both from the Johns Hopkins University: * * * Germany: Time to Step Up Germany can lead Europe but it needs to convince its allies and change its attitude to hard power. * On Good Friday, Germany's Foreign Minister more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by Globsec associate fellows Maksym Beznosiuk and William Dixon: Dixon is also a senior associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute> * * * Orban Lost But Populism is Still Winning The defeat of Hungary's longtime leader has been seen by some as a watershed for European populism. But it still threatens a collective continental security policy. * Viktor Orban has con more PR

LONDON, England, April 23 [Category: BizMedia] -- Civil Society Media, an independent media company that says it is dedicated to supporting the charity sector, posted the following news: * * * Charities wound up and PS1.4m redistributed to sector after founder sanctioned * Two charities have been wound up and PS1.39m redistributed after their founder was sanctioned following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Kantor Foundation (KF) and Kantor Charitable Foundation (KCF) were dissolved a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 22, 2026, by William Alan Reinsch, Scholl Chair emeritus with the Economics Program: * * * The Rule of Holes The first rule of holes is that when you are in one, stop digging. This is something that Trump has apparently forgotten or never known. It is obvious that the Iran war is not going exactly as the administration expected. I suspect Trump and his advisers thought it would  more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, April 24 -- Dow, a materials science company that says it serves customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications, issued the following news release: * * * Dow reports first quarter 2026 results FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS * Net sales were $9.8 billion, down 6% year-over-year, reflecting flat sales in Performance Materials & Coatings and declines in the other operating segments. * Volume decreased 2% year-over-year, driven  more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 23 -- The European Investment Bank posted the following news release: * * * EIB Group accelerates Europe's clean energy drive as part of EUR10 billion in new financing * * EIB Group Boards approve EUR2 billion to reinforce Europe's energy autonomy. * Focus on renewables, energy savings and grid upgrades. * European Investment Fund unlocks more financing for Europe's tech leadership and competitiveness. The Boards of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group a more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 24 -- WindEurope issued the following news: * * * Electrify Europe now: homegrown electricity is the way out of Europe's energy crisis The second day at the WindEurope Annual Event 2026 is all about electrification. Europe must move from crisis to confidence - replacing fossil imports with homegrown electricity. Fast. Electrification must become a strategic priority for Europe, not a policy footnote. That's the only way to protect households and industry from fossil p more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 24 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * EP President Metsola to EU leaders: "Europe cannot face a new era with an old budget" At the European Council, President Metsola addressed three main topics: the situation in the Middle East, the 'One Europe One Market' Roadmap and the Multiannual Financial Framework. Speaking to EU leaders, Parliament President Metsola focused on three topics: The situation in the Middle East and its impact on en more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 23 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary on April 22, 2026, by Editor Jessica Moss to Euractiv: * * * Bulgaria's election tests how far the EU can contain pro-Russia drift Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria party has won Bulgaria's eighth general election in five years, securing an absolute parliamentary majority and breaking a long cycle of instability. Radev ran on fighting the "oligarchic governance model" and has cast the result as a reject more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 22 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary on April 20, 2026, by Berta Lopez Domenech, policy analyst in the European Politics and Institutions Programme: * * * With Viktor Orban's defeat, Balkan autocrats lose their main ally inside the EU Viktor Orban's electoral defeat on 12 April is both a political and moral victory for the EU. It offers a glimmer of hope for those fighting illiberalism across Europe, including in the Western Balkans, where  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Fitzpatrick Leads Charge to Expose and Punish Russia's Religious Persecution in Ukraine * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, introduced the Countering Russia's War on Faith Act -bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expose and punish Russia's systematic persecution of religious communities in Ukraine and Russian-occu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on April 22, 2026, at a hearing on the U.S. military posture and national security challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region: * * * Today, we continue our posture hearings with INDOPACOM and U.S. Forces Korea. As we meet, our adversaries are deepening their cooperation. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are working together to challenge the United States. Recent r more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following opening statement on April 22, 2026, at a hearing on the U.S. military posture and national security challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region: * * * I'd like to welcome each of our witnesses and to thank them for appearing today. Stability in the Indo-Pacific region is critically important to U.S. national security interests. When addressing regional challenges, our  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on April 21, 2026, by senior fellow Luke Coffey to Defense One: * * * How to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz It will take existing, though battered, diplomatic and military frameworks plus some creative thinking. * One of the biggest geopolitical consequences of the recent U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran is the closure of th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Can Kasapoglu: * * * The Inescapable Truth of Euro-Atlantic Defense: No Way Forward Without Turkiye The grammar of military science is unforgiving. Defense architectures built on European autonomy assumptions and that sideline Turkiye or non-EU NATO nations are doomed to fail more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on April 22, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Can Kasapoglu: * * * Ukraine Military Situation Report | April 22 Executive Summary * Battlefield assessment: High-intensity combat persisted at scale, with Kyiv and Moscow waging 150-200 daily engagements concentrated around Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk. Russia also pressed  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on April 21, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Putin's Duma Candidates Could Lose for Same Reasons Orban's Did in Hungary Executive Summary: * Most international commentaries on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's loss in the Hungarian parliamentary elections and his fall from power have focused on the consequences for European s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on April 22, 2026, by Sergey Sukhankin, senior fellow and an advisor at Gulf State Analytics, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia-Argentina Relations Continue Despite Strain Executive Summary: * Russia continues to pursue a pragmatic strategy toward Argentina despite strong political tensions under Argentine President Javier Milei, maintaining and even expanding economic ties within a model o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 22, 2026, by European University professor Emil Avdaliani in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Armenia Diversifies and Balances its Foreign Policy Executive Summary: * Yerevan has been diversifying and developing a more balanced foreign policy I the past few years, in part through the signing of strategic cooperation agreements with multiple European and Asian countries. * Armenia's defeat  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 21, 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 the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Baku-Moscow Tensions Subdued, but Underlying Distrust Persists Executive Summary: * Azerbaijan lodged diplomatic protests against Russia over President Vladimir Putin's comments on Karabakh durin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 22, 2026, by Beka Chedia, professor of political science for the independent research institute Varieties of Democracy at the University of Gothenburg Department of Political Science in Sweden, and a political scientist from Tbilisi, Georgia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia Threatens Georgia With Sanctions in Case of EU Accession Executive Summary: * Russian Foreign Ministry Spok more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by Vadim Shtepa, editor-in-chief of Region.Expert, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Internet Restrictions Undermine Economy and Spark Protests Executive Summary: * Russia's internet control has intensified, with widespread internet shutdowns, surveillance tools, and platform restrictions surpassing those of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in scope and impact. * Th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur and Bipartisan, Bicameral Coalition Introduce Legislation to Combat Russia's Attack on Religious Freedom in Ukraine * Washington, DC - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, joined US Helsinki Commission Chairman Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Helsinki Commission Ranking Member Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), and Ukraine Caucus Co-Chair more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * The Global Guide Quarterly (Quarter 1, 2026) By Geida D. Sanlate, Peter Susser, and Stephan Swinkels The Global Guide Quarterly (GGQ) is a newsletter published by Littler on a quarterly basis to provide high-level and concise coverage of global labor and employment (L&E) law developments in key countries across the Americas, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EME more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Ukraine Considering Robots In Place of Soldiers * WASHINGTON (April 23, 2026) - Ukraine is considering the use of robots to carry out missions, instead of sending soldiers into high-risk combat zones. Last summer was the first time an enemy position was stormed and prisoners were captured using only ground robots and drones. Since then, missions replacing human soldiers with robotic systems more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 23 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * NATO and the European Union call for more sustained, coordinated support to Ukraine at joint meeting * On Thursday (23 April 2026), at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska, together with the Chair of the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Lene Mandel Vensild, led an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council and the Political and Security Committee, with a more PR

CLAREMONT, California, April 23 -- Pomona College issued the following Q&A on April 22, 2026, by Marilyn Thomsen with Kamil Lungu, energy policy expert based in Washington, D.C.: * * * Clean Energy: New Developments to Make It Cheaper and More Reliable California has long been a leader in promoting the transition to clean energy. Reducing dependence on fossil fuels is key to lowering the level of greenhouse gas emissions and, as a result, helping to slow climate change. But, as California fac more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, April 17 -- Rand issued the following commentary by Jacob Parakilas, research leader in the Defence, Security and Justice Research Group, to the Conversation: * * * Robots Just Captured a Russian Position in Ukraine--but Don't Worry About Real-Life Terminators Just Yet Ukraine's increasing use of drones in its defence has received a great deal of attention as Russia's invasion has dragged on. While most of this has focused on aerial and maritime drones, the army's us more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Clyde Introduces Bill to Repeal Backdoor Amnesty * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) introduced the Territorial Protection and Sovereignty (TPS) Act to repeal Temporary Protected Status (TPS) authority, closing a widely abused amnesty loophole. The legislation would repeal Temporary Protected Status, terminate existing TPS designations, and direct TPS holders to depar more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12672) on April 22, 2026, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink: * * * Russia's Nuclear Weapons According to the Pentagon's 2026 National Defense Strategy, Russia "possesses the world's largest nuclear arsenal, which it continues to modernize and diversify, as well as undersea, space, and cyber capabilities that it could employ against the U.S. Homeland." Since Russia's Febr more PR

LOS GATOS, California, April 24 -- Netflix, a content provider, issued the following news: * * * Strange Things Are Happening at McDonald's: The 'Tales From '85' Happy Meal Arrives Soon in Restaurants Worldwide Something strange is happening at McDonald's...and we need your help. Netflix and McDonald's are joining forces to launch a special Stranger Things: Tales From '85 Happy Meal, a global campaign starting this spring and summer that enlists fans to join the crew for a brand-new monster more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, issued the following opening statement on April 15, 2026, at a hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request for nuclear forces and atomic energy defense activities: * * * Thank you, Chairman DesJarlais, and welcome to our panel of distinguished witnesses. Before we begin, I'd like to welcome Honorable Brandon Williams and General White to the subcommittee. There more PR

PORTSMOUTH, England, April 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news: * * * The inconvenient truth about Chernobyl: "Humans are the real threat to nature" Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the nuclear disaster (April 26), a scientist who has spent 36 years unlocking Chernobyl's secrets shares his stories from the Exclusion Zone * Professor Jim Smith was a Green Party member at university, broadly anti-nuclear, when a reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine in April 19 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Wilson Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Combat Russia's Attack on Religious Freedom * Washington, DC - U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), Helsinki Commission Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Mike Quigley (D-IL) introduced Countering Russia's War O more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 23 -- World Relief issued the following news release on April 22, 2026: * * * World Relief Pleads for Reconsideration of Proposal to Send Afghan Allies of the U.S. Military to War-Torn Democratic Republic of Congo Global humanitarian organization urges U.S. government to honor promises made to U.S. allies * Today, various news outlets followed a New York Times report that the Trump administration is considering a plan to remove up to 1,100 Afghan men, women and ch more PR