SURREY, England, July 1 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Airfreight rates show signs of easing By Damian Brett Airfreight rates are finally showing signs of easing following the US-Iran ceasefire and resulting decline in fuel prices. The latest Baltic Air Freight Index figures based on data from TAC Index show that average global airfreight prices last week declined by 5% compared with the prior week, although they remain 31.3% up on last year's levels and higher than the peak season rates recorded in each of the last th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 (TNSrpt) -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on June 29, 2026, by Managing Editor and Director of Content Ken Braun: * * * Enemies of Energy: Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) RMI isn't yet a widely known brand in the anti-energy movement. But its ballooning revenue and war against natural gas stoves has turned it into a major player. Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Enemies of Energy, a research report created for the Capital Research Center. - While not nearly as well-known as o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary by senior editor and journalist Agnieszka Filipiak: * * * Armenia's New Pro-Russian Opposition Leader As Armenia cemented its shift to the West in June's election, a new Kremlin-aligned opposition emerged, giving Moscow a way to build influence and sow division. - While Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won almost 50% of the vote on June 7, and his Civil Contract party secured another parliamentary majority, a political movement built around Russian more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 30, 2026, by journalist, author and filmmaker David Axe: * * * Europe Should Buy Ukrainian Flamingos Any idea that Tomahawk missiles can be deployed at scale across Europe are now dead. But there is an alternative. - Europeans need cruise missiles. Ukraine makes them. It's a deep-strike problem with an obvious solution. Despite the missile's immaturity, despite the political costs and despite the prospect of eventual European-made alternat more PR

SURREY, England, July 1 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * ECS adds first Lebanon office By Damian Brett The ECS Group has launched operations in Lebanon as part of efforts to expand its offering in the eastern Mediterranean. On 1 July, the company will open two offices in the country, one located onsite at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport and the other in downtown Beirut. The branches will serve a mix of narrowbody and widebody airlines with "full commercial and compliance support to carriers looking to expand th more PR

SURREY, England, July 1 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Emirates SkyCargo takes delivery of first converted freighter as fleet continues to grow By Damian Brett Emirates SkyCargo has continued to rapidly expand its cargo fleet with the arrival of its first converted Boeing 777 freighter. The carrier took delivery of the first of 10 converted Boeing 777-300ERSF freighters two weeks ago and will today deploy the aircraft (A6-EBK) on its first commercial flight from Dubai to Hong Kong carrying 100 tonnes of cargo. The air more PR

SURREY, England, July 1 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * FIATA calls for delay to IATA changes to direct air waybill framework By Damian Brett Freight forwarder association FIATA has called for a delay to amendments to the IATA Direct Air Waybill (DAWB) framework to allow for a proper review to be carried out. FIATA exercised its formal right under the Cargo Agency Conference (CAC) Resolution 801c to request a review of the proposed changes to the DAWB but said that it has not been possible to complete the process in time more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, July 1 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary by Mark Nayler, freelance journalist and critic based in Malaga, Spain: * * * How to Spend It The EU's next seven-year budget will be the most contentious to date. - Every seven years, the EU approves a new budget, known as a Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The next MFF will cover the period 2028-34, and has been described by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen as "the most ambitious ever proposed." It has to be approved more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Four Headlines That Tell You Why Republicans Are So Scared of Losing in NY-17 * Just one week into the general election in New York's 17th District, things are already looking awfully bleak for vulnerable Republican Mike Lawler. National Republicans spent $1.5 million in dark money trying to handpick Lawler's opponent for him, but NY-17 voters didn't take the bait. Now, the fake moderate and MAGA lapdog is stuck running against  more PR

HAMPTON, Virginia, June 30 -- Hampton University posted the following news: * * * Hampton University Mourns the Loss of Tony Brown, Dean Emeritus of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism & Communications * A giant of Black journalism, education, and truth-telling, dies at 93. Hampton, Va. (June 30, 2026) -Hampton University mourns the passing of Tony Brown, Dean Emeritus of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications, who passed away on June 17, 2026, at the age of 93. A pioneering broadcaster, educator, author, and civil  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 29, 2026, by journalist Giorgi Menabde in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Georgian Dream Uses Espionage Cases to Project Neutrality Executive Summary: * The State Security Service of Georgia detained Gulbaat Rtskhiladze, the head of the pro-Russian non-governmental organization (NGO), the Eurasia Institute, and Irakli Chikhladze, founder of the Tbilisi-registered Caucasian Center for Civil Hearings, under charges of espionage in favor of Ru more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 30 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * Penn Professor Dolores Albarracin Is New Director of Annenberg Public Policy Center * In June 1993, publisher, philanthropist, and ambassador Walter H. Annenberg announced what was then the largest gift to private education in U.S. history, $365 million, to several institutions. The gift included $120 million to his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania - $100 million to endow the Annenberg Schoo more PR

NEW YORK, June 30 [Category: Media] -- ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, issued the following news release: * * * ProPublica's Local Reporting Network Names Four New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative * ProPublica has selected four new partner newsrooms and local journalists for its Local Reporting Network. This is the fifth group selected as part of the organization's 50 State Initiative, a commitment to selecting a partnership with one newsroom from each state by 2028. The reporters  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Student Press Law Center issued the following news: * * * Deleted photos, silenced voices: ICE walkouts most censored story of the year * Nervous laughter and then fear overcame Mansfield High School seniors Soriyah Jennane and Lacey Hughlett when their principal and assistant principal quickly approached them and demanded their cameras this past February. They were there to photograph a historic student walkout for the yearbook, just as they did for many major events at their Texa more PR