WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Kaveh Farzad, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for international affairs, from a June 23, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for considering my nomination to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs. I am deeply honored to appear before this Committee with its long record of bipartisan accomplishmen more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon, Kaptur, Fitzpatrick, Quigley, McCaul, Costa Introduce Bipartisan Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act to Increase Security Cooperation and Strengthen Defense Capabilities Between the United States and Ukraine * Washington, DC - Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 30, 2026, by non-resident senior fellows Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov: * * * Death and the Kremlin The sudden death of Sergey Ivanov, one of Putin's closest allies and his former KGB colleague, has revived discussion about the post-Putin Kremlin. - Those considering Russia's future must look at the facts, something Ivanov's death has only made more urgent. The former KGB general was 73, the same age as his more junior KGB colleague, P 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

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 30, 2026, by Victoria Paige, a PhD candidate in history at Ohio State University: * * * Putin Orders Russian Women to Retreat Vladimir Putin likes to portray his war on Ukraine as a continuation of World War II, but not for Russian women. - Since the 2022 full-scale invasion, the number of women in the Ukrainian military has increased by 40% to approximately 100,000. The much bigger Russian military contains only around 40,000 women, and t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary by Maciej Bukowski, head of Energy and Resilience Program at the Casimir Pulaski Foundation in Warsaw, Poland: * * * The Wind and Solar Surprise: Renewables Keep Winning The political mood across the US and Europe suggests that renewables are in retreat. It's false. - Climate policies have become targets in election campaigns. Governments are revisiting net-zero emissions commitments. Populist parties frame wind, solar, and hydro as symbols of el more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 30 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * Deputy Secretary General addresses the Istanbul NATO Parliamentary Summit * On Monday (29 June 2026), NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska took part in the NATO Parliamentary Summit in Istanbul, Turkiye, where she discussed key policy priorities and preparations for the upcoming NATO Summit, to be held in Ankara on 7-8 July. In her address to the Speakers of Allied Parliaments, the Deputy Secretary General outlined the NATO Summit agenda, focused on increasin more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 30 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Briefs June 2026 * Florida State University's distinguished faculty are central to the mission of the university. Faculty excellence in scholarship, research, and creative activity is critical to the quality of student learning and makes a difference in the lives of others. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members across campus. Faculty and Staff Briefs are produced monthly to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSres) -- Gallup, a research-based and performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: * * * Russian Economic Outlook Most Negative in 20 Years After an initial rally effect, the war's toll is starting to show By Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray LONDON -- With no end to Russia's war with Ukraine in sight, a record-high 60% of Russians interviewed between March and May said their local economic conditions are getting worse. Less than half as many (27%) said things are getting better. This marks the f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on June 30, 2026, by Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III distinguished fellow in strategy and statesmanship, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * The Russian Reckoning The Ukraine war, less oil revenue, and restive ex-Soviet republics all shrink Moscow's sway. - Could Russia be losing its hard-won post-Cold-War status as a great power? As the bad news for Vladimir Puti 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

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 30, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * More Central Asian Countries Swapping Territories to End Border Disputes Executive Summary: * Many of the countries of post-Soviet Central Asia are now taking the next and more difficult step of agreeing to swap small border areas to overcome problems created by Soviet map-making following commitments to resolve border dispute more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 30, 2026, by Alexander Taranov, an expert on Russian military and nuclear affairs, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia and Belarus Held Major Nuclear Drill Executive Summary: * From May 19-21, the Russian and Belarusian militaries conducted a major strategic and non-strategic nuclear drill that included joint presidential participation. The exercise focused on the preparation and employment of nuclear forces under simulated aggression more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 29, 2026, by David Traugott, office manager and program associate for Eurasian Studies, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia Intensifies Strikes and Bluster as War Against Ukraine Falters Executive Summary: * Russia's targeting of prominent Ukrainian cultural heritage sites during a massive overnight attack on June 15 may indicate the beginning of a more brazen strike campaign against symbols of Ukrainian identity. Moscow's simultaneo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on June 29, 2026, by Pavel K. Baev, senior researcher at the International Peace Research Institute Oslo, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Ukraine's Expanding Strike Campaign Undercuts Putin's Claims of Steady Progress Executive Summary: * Ukraine has intensified long-range strikes against Russian energy, industrial, and logistics targets, including a gas processing plant in Orenburg and a defense plant in Volgograd during the last week, while al more PR

STAFFORDSHIRE, England, June 30 -- Keele University posted the following news: * * * Keele researcher secures funding to help treat war-related burn injuries in Ukraine * A Keele University scientist has secured international funding for research that could help improve treatment for patients suffering severe burn injuries caused by the war in Ukraine. Dr Oksana Kehoe has partnered with researchers at Ternopil National Medical University, in Ukraine, on a project investigating innovative cell-free regenerative therapies for burn wounds.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * McCaul, Kaptur, Fitzpatrick, Quigley, Costa, Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act to Increase Security Cooperation and Strengthen Defense Capabilities Between the United States and Ukraine * WASHINGTON - Today, Chairman Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul introduced the bipartisan Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act with Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 30 -- BRITE-LITER INC., Hughesville, Pennsylvania has been assigned a patent (No. US 12670805 B2, initially filed May 26, 2022) developed by seven inventors Benjamin Kranz, Hughesville, Pennsylvania; David Boyle, Montoursville, Pennsylvania; Michael Dubinovsky, Mesa, Arizona; Ashley N Patterson, State College, Pennsylvania; Shari B Michael, Hughesville, Pennsylvania; Igor G. Kajun, Dnepr, Ukraine; and Anton Tkachenko, Boryspil, Ukraine, for "Method and device for literacy development." more PT

VALHALLA, New York, July 1 -- New York Medical College issued the following news: * * * NYMC Faculty Undertake Medical Missions to Improve Global Health New York Medical College (NYMC) faculty provide care, free of charge, for the professional and personal satisfaction of giving back - Over mud-packed roads in Yantalo, Peru, on motor taxis and bicycles, parents ferry their children to and from pediatric surgical care. In Lusaka, Zambia, patients line the halls of the country's largest hospital for stroke evaluation or treatment. In Puerto  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 30 -- TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12670488 B2, initially filed March 25, 2024) developed by eight inventors Evgeny Shevtsov, Plano, Texas; Andrei Khaitas, McKinney, Texas; Srija Ganguly, Raleigh, North Carolina; Ievgen Binkovskyi, Kharkov, Ukraine; Viktor Danylchenko, Kharkov, Ukraine; Viktor Ivakhno, Cary, North Carolina; Tracy D. Cate, Durham, North Carolina; and Artem Nagoga, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Point of sale item prediction and valid more PT

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 30 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Poland: Russian cartoonist and artist in exile Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in the street * The Russian artist and cartoonist Semyon Skrepetsky was shot dead in the street in eastern Poland, near the border with Belarus, on 15 June. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins Cartooning for Peace in condemning this brutal killing and calls for a full investigation into what appears to be a political assassination. Skrepetsky, whose  more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 1 [Category: Health Care] -- The International Committee of the Red Cross posted the following news release: * * * Russia: ICRC president arrives in Moscow to discuss critical humanitarian issues The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, arrived in Moscow for a two-day high-level visit to discuss critical humanitarian issues relating to the international armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The visit is also an opportunity to discuss humanitarian c more PR

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 1 -- Saab issued the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * Saab signs contract for Gripen E for Ukraine Saab has today signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for 16 Gripen E fighter aircraft for Ukraine. The order value corresponds to approximately SEK 24.6 billion and the order will be booked in the third quarter 2026. Saab's deliveries to FMV are scheduled to take place 2029-2030. In addition to the 16 Gripen E fighter aircraft the contract also includes spare parts and as more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Secretary Marco Rubio's meeting on June 29, 2026, with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul: * * * Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul. They reiterated the shared U.S.-Germany commitment to upholding safe transit in the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring Iran never develops or obtains a nuclear weapon. The two discussed the upcoming NATO Summit and the importance of  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 30 -- WACOM CO., LTD., Saitama, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12669879 B2, initially filed Aug. 26, 2025) developed by three inventors Viktor Kremin, Lviv, Ukraine; Andriy Ryshtun, Lviv, Ukraine; and David G. Wright, Woodinville, Washington, for "Stylus detection system having touch object detecting mode and stylus detecting mode." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Arizona. *** Cavity-Less Interconnect Component on Glass Core ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 30 -- INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12672562 B2, initially filed Aug. 31, 2022) developed by five inventors Jeremy D. Ecton, Gilbert, Arizona; Hiroki Tanaka, Gilbert, Arizona; Brandon Christian Marin, Gilbert, Arizona; Srinivas V. Pietambaram, Chandler, Arizona; and Suddhasattwa Nad, Chandler, Arizona, for "Cavity-less i more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Detecting an Anomaly in Network Activity ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 30 -- CYBXSECURITY LLC, McKeesport, Pennsylvania has been assigned a patent (No. US 12671621 B2, initially filed Feb. 12, 2024) developed by three inventors Tyler Suehr, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Mycal Pedder, Manor, Pennsylvania; and Thomas Pedder, Jeannette, Pennsylvania, for "System, method, and computer program product more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Data Structure to Support Query Requests ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 30 -- AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, Washington has been assigned a patent (No. US 12670217 B1, initially filed March 31, 2021) developed by Vishal Sirohi, Kirkland, Washington, for "Data structure to support query requests." *** Generating a Request for Reprocessing of a Replaceable Supply Component ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 30 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMP more ST

LONDON, England, June 29 -- The British Ministry of Defence issued the following news: * * * UK drone transformation to strengthen Armed Forces backed by more than PS5 billion * Largest ever drone investment in UK Armed Forces - more than PS5 billion over the next four years - to be included in the Defence Investment Plan.  * Investment will drive a drone transformation for the UK Armed Forces, with new technology and infrastructure to keep the nation at the leading edge of innovation, and back British jobs. * Prime Minister to launch Def more PR

WOLLONGONG, Australia, June 30 -- The University of Wollongong issued the following news release: * * * UOW hosts global experts to tackle forced displacement as an international crime Workshop aimed to identify practical legal responses to forced displacement amid record numbers of displaced people worldwide Story By Kassi Klower The University of Wollongong Future of Rights Centre hosted leading international human rights experts for a workshop to examine how forced displacement can be treated and prosecuted as an international crime. F more PR