ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- WIX.COM LTD., Tel Aviv, Israel has been assigned a patent (No. US 12656925 B2, initially filed Oct. 1, 2020) developed by four inventors Michal Baram, Tel Aviv, Israel; Gil Amran, Rehovot, Israel; Jiri Tobisek, Kfar Vitkin, Israel; and Leonid Levi, Kyiv, Ukraine, for "Adaptive user interface for a multimedia creative design system." more PT

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- During the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, British Human Rights Ambassador Eleanor Sanders delivered a statement condemning widespread human rights abuses and the suppression of peaceful dissent by multiple global regimes. Sanders called out Iran for its continued execution of protesters and criticized China for failing to implement recommendations from the Xinjiang assessment while continuing violations in Xinjiang and Tibet. She described the erosion of the rights of wom more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 17 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 16, 2026: * * * Governor Newsom calls out Trump's weaponized DOJ as President rewards his criminal cronies with pardons Trump continues to pardon, protect, and reward convicted criminals, political loyalists, and January 6 rioters What you need to know: Governor Newsom today condemned the Trump administration's politically motivated DOJ investigation, all while President Trump continues to pardon convicted criminals, reward politic more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 16, 2026, by Ilya Timtchenko, fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program: * * * The Siege of Crimea Many observers had written off Crimea and assumed Kyiv would have to surrender the peninsula in any peace deal with Moscow. But the tide is turning. - Ukraine has been forcefully striking strategic routes that act as a lifeline for Russia's military occupation of Crimea. At the same time, the Kremlin talks tough and is in de more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 16, 2026, by Kateryna Odarchenko, president of the PolitA Institute for Democracy and Development, also a political consultant and partner of the SIC Group Ukraine: * * * Ukraine: New Unaccountable Elites? War has reduced the power of the oligarchs who dominated post-independence Ukraine. Will Kyiv seize the chance to curb the influence of the super-rich? - Before Moscow's full-scale invasion of 2022, a small circle of ultra-wealthy busin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 16, 2026, by senior non-resident fellow Andy Pryce: * * * You've No Idea How Much Russia Hates Britain Keir Starmer's refusal to adequately fund defense is opening ever-greater opportunities for Kremlin exploitation. Its campaign is already underway. - In Kremlin demonology, a category almost indistinguishable from Russian spy agency demonology, it is Britain that wears the Devil's face, and Britain that works unceasingly to damage Russia more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, Washington has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1130523 S1, initially filed Jan. 30, 2025) developed by five inventors Wen-Yo Lu, Pasadena, California; Oleksii Shekolian, Kyiv, Ukraine; Matthew J. England, Santa Monica, California; James Siminoff, Pacific Palisades, California; and Yen-Chi Tsai, New Taipei City, Taiwan, for "Device privacy cover." more PT

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Defense has notified Congress of defense sales and support packages valued at more than $8 billion, reinforcing military cooperation with European allies and strategic partners. The latest Federal Register notices cover an expanded maritime patrol aircraft program for Germany, long-range cruise missiles for Denmark, aircraft protection systems for the United Kingdom, air defense sustainment support for Ukraine, and amphibious combat vehicles for Italy. U.S. officials said the proposed transa more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, June 17 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary by Mark Nayler, freelance journalist and critic based in Malaga, Spain: * * * Cutting the Red Tape Spain opposes the EU's deregulation drive. - For the last couple of years, the EU has been on a mission to make European businesses more competitive through a process it calls "simplification." This means slashing red tape--especially in the form of reporting and compliance obligations--by 25% for all companies, and at least 35% for SMEs. Backe more PR

DENVER, Colorado, June 15 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis Visits Volyn Ukraine to Deliver on Sister-State Agreement * VOLYN UKRAINE - Last week, Governor Polis was in Volyn Ukraine to begin action on the Colorado Sister-State agreement signed in late February 2026 that strengthened the mutually beneficial relationship between the Volyn region in Ukraine and Colorado by sharing best practices, technology, educational expertise and culture. "I was honored to be in our Sister-state in  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- An inventor from m. Kyiv, Ukraine, Valeriy Volodymyrovych Molodchenko has been awarded a design patent (No. US D1130551 S1, initially filed May 6, 2025) for "Guitar body." more PT

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on June 15, 2026, by senior fellow Luke Coffey to the Washington Examiner: * * * Russia's Missile Massacre: The West Must Flood Ukraine with Patriot Interceptors Before Winter Last week, Russia launched the largest airstrikes of the war so far, using hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles to strike targets across Ukraine. Civilian targets seem to be Moscow's preference. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on June 16, 2026, by senior fellow Tod Lindberg: * * * Still the One: Review of "The Return of the Great Powers" by Brendan Simms In foreign policy, "realism" is in bloom, with The Return of the Great Powers by Brendan Simms the latest entry. Simms is a professor at Cambridge University in the UK, and the task he has set himself is to make sense of the state of global orde more PR

NEW YORK, June 17 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following commentary by Alice Autin, researcher in the International Justice Program: * * * EU Should Build on Hungary's Recommitment to ICC European Union Should Speak Out Forcefully for International Justice - With Hungary's reversal of its decision to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), the European Union has an opportunity to extend the significance of this moment for international justice well beyond Budapest. EU leaders should state clearly and wit more PR

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 16 [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: * * * IPI and IMS announce 2026 recipients of World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards * Today, the International Press Institute (IPI) and IMS (International Media Support) are proud to announce this year's recipients of the World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards, who together demonstrate  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on June 16, 2026, by cybersecurity researcher Luke Rodeheffer in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow Concerned About Armenia's Wavering EAEU Membership Executive Summary: * The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is continuing to pursue free trade across member-states, but Armenia's membership is in doubt following the Armenian Prime Minister's pro-Western Civil Contract party's victory in the country's June 7 parliamentary elections. * Trade volume more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on June 16, 2026, by John C.K. Daly, non-resident fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute in Washington, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Putin's PRC Visit Failed to Advance Power of Siberia 2 Executive Summary: * Shares of Gazprom dropped sharply after Russian President Vladimir Putin's May visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) ended without progress on the Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline. * Gazprom lost about $1.4 billion more PR

ITHACA, New York, June 16 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Pew grant project to design hepatitis C vaccine built on natural immunity * A Cornell researcher is seeking to develop a vaccine against the hepatitis C virus by harnessing the body's natural ability to clear the infection on its own, thanks to a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts. Andrew Flyak, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named a 2026 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Scie more PR

LONDON, England, June 16 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * PM meeting with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine: 16 June 2026 * The Prime Minister met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine at the G7 in France this afternoon. The Prime Minister began by updating President Zelenskyy on the UK's latest package of support, including PS210 million of UK Export Finance support to power Ukraine's nuclear power plants, and 70 new sanctions targeting Russia's decrepit shadow fleet, military procurement su more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12656851 B2, initially filed Jan. 29, 2024) developed by five inventors Di Hu, Beijing, China; Xing Fu, Dongguan, China; Dmytro Kutra, Kyiv, Ukraine; Yurii Mariiash, Kyiv, Ukraine; and Zhen Liu, Beijing, China, for "Power consumption adjustment method and apparatus." more PT

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 17 -- The European Committee of the Regions posted the following news: * * * President of European Committee of the Regions visits Kyiv * CoR President meets Ukraine's Prime Minister Svyrydenko as EU greenlights membership talks and prepares for Ukraine Recovery Conference. The President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Kata Tutto, visited Kyiv on 14-15 June for meetings with Ukraine's prime minister and other senior Ukrainian leaders in which she reaffirmed the support of the European Union's region more PR

LONDON, England, June 15 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * Pressure piled on Russia as Prime Minister steps up support to power Ukraine at G7 Summit * Prime Minister Keir Starmer to turn up the pressure dial on Russia as he announces new sanctions and doubles down on energy support for Ukraine at the G7 in France today * Major energy deal to power Ukraine for the next two years through the supply of UK nuclear fuel, supporting hundreds of British jobs in the North West of England * New sanction more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- UNSTOPPABLE DOMAINS INC., Las Vegas, Nevada has been assigned a patent (No. US 12659292 B2, initially filed April 10, 2024) developed by three inventors Braden River Pezeshki, Reno, Nevada; Matthew Everett Gould, Reno, Nevada; and Bogdan Gusiev, Kyiv, Ukraine, for "Resolving and managing blockchain domains." more PT

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following letter to the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 12, 2026 The Honorable John Jovanovic President and Chairman Export-Import Bank of the United States 811 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20571 Dear President Jovanovic: I write today to request that you immediately revise and resubmit the written responses you provided to the q more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on June 16, 2026: * * * United States Announces More Than $1 Billion in Assistance to UNICEF and World Food Program to Address Global Humanitarian Needs Today, the United States announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian and disaster response assistance to UNICEF and the World Food Program (WFP) through new global macro awards, which cover life-saving support in more than 40 countries. This announcement builds directly on the tremendous success of the Trum more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- COREZOID, INC., Wilmington, Delaware has been assigned a patent (No. US 12657076 B2, initially filed March 25, 2024) developed by Oleksandr Vityaz, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, for "System and method for processing data of any external services through API controlled universal computing elements." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- MEDEANALYTICS, INC., Richardson, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12657243 B2, initially filed March 4, 2024) developed by four inventors Christian Lefeve, Nashville, Tennessee; Michael Doeff, San Francisco, California; David Bartley, Brentwood, Tennessee; and Yevhenii Ulianko, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, for "Systems and methods for data prioritization, distribution, and management." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- DBEST LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Kyiv, Ukraine has been assigned a patent (No. US 12658006 B2, initially filed Nov. 7, 2023) developed by Dekel Ben Lulu, Kyiv, Ukraine, for "Systems, devices and methods for network management of remote modification of cards." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Nevada. *** Display Screen or Portion Thereof With a Graphical User Interface ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Las Vegas, Nevada has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1130446 S1, initially filed Sept. 13, 2024) developed by three inventors James Loader, Springfield, Australia; Daria Biggs, Las Vegas, Nevada; and Allon Englman, Las Vegas, Nevada, for "Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface."  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Tennessee. *** Spinal Implant ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, Indiana has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1130745 S1, initially filed Sept. 27, 2024) developed by three inventors Keith E. Miller, Germantown, Tennessee; Colleen Meara Cole Mignogna, Southaven, Mississippi; and Anthony J. Melkent, Germantown, Tennessee, for "Spinal implant." *** Systems, Methods, and Devices for Determining a Status of a Container  more ST

LONDON, England, June 16 -- The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office issued the following news: * * * UK clamps down on shady networks supplying Putin's illegal war with new sanctions package * * UK announces 70 new sanctions targeting Russia's decrepit shadow fleet, military procurement supply chains and illicit finance networks used to circumvent sanctions. * UK ramps up pressure on Russia during G7 Summit following latest abhorrent attacks against Ukraine, killing innocent civilians and destroying holy sites. * The more PR