SURREY, England, April 25 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * AmWorld Group swoops on Crossflight to expand offering By Damian Brett Logistics and e-commerce fulfilment firm AmWorld Group has taken over courier company Crossflight in order to expand the range of services it can offer. UK-based AmWorld Group explained that following the takeover, it would be able to offer customers the courier, mailing, storage & fulfilment, and project & events services offered by Crossfligh more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed a news conference in Sydney following a National Cabinet meeting to update the public on Australia's energy security during the ongoing Middle East conflict. Albanese confirmed that the nation's fuel supply remains secure in the near term, with petrol stocks increasing to 46 days of supply. The government is working with states and territories to prepare contingencies for potential supply disruptions while diversifyin more PR

SURREY, England, April 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * CharterSync tackles charter pricing visibility challenge By Damian Brett CharterSync has updated its digital pricing platform to provide a clearer overview of the price customers will pay to charter an aircraft. The tech firm said that its enhanced quote format addresses several "long-standing challenges" within the air cargo charter process, where the price initially quoted did not include all supplementary costs  more PR

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry issued the following news: * * * ESF Students Spotlight Climate Storytelling at Planet Forward Summit in Washington, D.C. SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- April 24, 2026 -- Twenty-five students from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) immersed themselves in three days of multimedia storytelling at the 2026 Planet Forward Summit in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. Planet Forward, more PR

SURREY, England, April 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * EU responds to jet fuel concerns as Lufthansa announces flight cuts By Damian Brett The European Union (EU) has introduced a series of emergency measures in response to rising concerns that the bloc could start to see jet fuel shortages over the coming weeks as a result of the Iran war. Brussels' AccelerateEU response plan spans various fuel types and includes a fuel observatory and improved coordination across mem more PR

SURREY, England, April 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Forwarders welcome Cathay Cargo's new medium-haul fuel surcharge By Damian Brett Hong Kong-based freight forwarders have welcomed Cathay Cargo's decision to introduce a separate fuel surcharge for medium-haul routes but reiterated complaints about recent increases in surcharges. At the outbreak of fighting in the Middle East, at the end of February, Cathay Cargo had two Cargo Fuel Surcharges (CFS) - one for long-ha more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 25 -- Politico issued the following news release: * * * Full Transcript: Veteran News Executive Tammy Haddad for "The Conversation with Dasha Burns" This is a full unedited transcript of POLITICO's interview with veteran news executive Tammy Haddad for "The Conversation with Dasha Burns" Tammy Haddad: This dinner is so important because on this weekend, all of these folks are talking to each other. They don't really get the chance to do that. Dasha Burns: Hello, h more PR

PARIS, France, April 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Hong Kong: French journalist Antoine Vedeilhe detained and deported Ahead of the May 2026 release of French journalist Antoine Vedeilhe's latest documentary for French public broadcaster France Televisions, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing an exclusive, first-hand account of his detention and deportation from Hong Kong in November 2025 due to his work on the film. He is at leas more PR

SURREY, England, April 25 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Improved stability helps slow rate increases By Damian Brett Improved stability in the aviation market has helped slow the rate increases registered since the start of the war in Iran. The latest figures from data provider WorldACD show that the average air cargo spot rate increased by 1% week on week in the week ending 19 April (week 16) to $3.73 per kg. In the eight weeks since the start of the war in Iran at th more PR

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 24 [Category: Media] -- The International Media Support, an organisation that says it works to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict and facilitate dialogue, issued the following news: * * * IMS convenes media and experts in Copenhagen to develop joint responses to FIMI * Participants used the Charette to share knowledge of successful models that are currently being used to counter disinformation operations. Experts have co-created four results that c more PR

PARIS, France, April 24 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * In the DRC, a third journalist detained in a shipping container, then forced to produce propaganda for the M23 * Just days after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) revealed that at least two journalists had been secretly in shipping containers in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the director of a local community radio station, Espoir Mbata, was abducted, detained in the same co more PR

PARIS, France, April 23 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Journalist Amal Khalil killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon: RSF retraces events and denounces war crimes * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, whose body was found on 22 April 2026 after Israeli airstrikes on the building where she had taken refuge in southern Lebanon. The strikes also injured her coll more PR

SURREY, England, April 25 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * K+N sees airfreight revenues and profits slide in Q1 By Damian Brett Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) kicked off the year with a decline in airfreight revenues and profits despite a slight uplift in volumes. The Switzerland-headquartered freight forwarder recorded a 9% year-on-year decline in first-quarter revenues to Sfr1.6bn, while earnings before interest and tax (ebit) was down 4.3% to Sfr111m. Volumes, meanwhile, increase more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 24 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Kuwait: Free Ahmed Shihab-Eldin * The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has welcomed the acquittal of Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on 23 April. The American-Kuwaiti journalist had been detained in Kuwait for seven weeks after commenting on videos and images related to the US-Israeli war with Iran.  Shihab-Eldin was visiting his family in Kuwait at the star more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 24 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF discusses President Trump's funding cuts and potential war crimes * This week, New Mexico in Focus heads to the Institute of American Indian Arts. For the second time in as many years, the institute's future is uncertain as President Trump threatens to cut billions in funding for higher education, including more than $350 million from minority-serving programs. That puts IAIA squarely in more PR

VIENNA, Austria, April 24 (TNSbrep) -- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe posted the following news release: * * * OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media warns of structural shifts reshaping information and threatening democracy * Presenting his third report to the OSCE Permanent Council on 23 April, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Jan Braathu, warned that political pressure, technological change, economic disruption, and emerging security c more PR

SURREY, England, April 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Schiphol offers airlines a discount due to challenging market conditions By Damian Brett Schiphol Airport is offering airlines a temporary discount on airport fees in response to the rising costs the industry faces as a result of the Middle East conflict. The discount of more than 10% is temporary and will run from 27 April to 31 March next year. It only applies to daytime flights as the airport would like to disc more PR

NEW YORK, April 24 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Taliban Restrictions Haunt Afghan Women Outside Afghanistan * While corresponding with a local journalist in Afghanistan around a recent report I had authored, I received a shocking request: "Can we please have a video clip on your new report-not from you, but from a man from Human Rights Watch?" I reread the message in anger. Although I was the report's author as Human Rights Watch's Afghan more PR