SWANSEA, Wales, July 23 -- Swansea University issued the following news: * * * "I didn't even know there was a Welsh language" -- Refugee graduates with master's in Welsh * A former asylum seeker who arrived in Wales without knowing the country had its own language is celebrating his graduation from Swansea University with a master's in Welsh. Originally from the Ivory Coast, Joseff Gnagbo, 52, was forced to flee his homeland in 2011 due to political unrest and conflict. After spending six years in Morocco and a short period in England, more PR

SURREY, England, July 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Airfreight leads the way for K+N in Q2 By Damian Brett Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) reported a rapid rise in airfreight revenues in the second quarter of the year as airfreight rates rose due to the Middle East conflict and the company benefited from growth in the semiconductor and cloud infrastructure market. The Switzerland-headquartered forwarder saw its airfreight business increase turnover by 16.1% year on year in the second quarter to Sfr2.4bn, while earnings before in more PR

ASHLAND, Ohio, July 22 -- Ashland University posted the following news: * * * AU alumnus named World's Best Designer in international news design competition * ASHLAND, Ohio - Tyler Remmel '13 has reached the pinnacle of visual journalism. The former Ashland University student and design editor of the Collegian and current senior product designer for The Washington Post took home the highest individual honor-World's Best Designer-at the Society for News Design's annual competition. A panel of 41 judges from newsrooms and organizations aro more PR

SURREY, England, July 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Avianca and DSV team up on Caracas aid flight By Damian Brett Freighter operator Avianca Cargo and forwarder DSV have teamed up to transport 58 tons of humanitarian aid to Venezuela in response to the recent devastating earthquakes that hit the country. The two earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter Scale, hit outside capital Caracas on the evening of 24 June, causing widespread destruction and resulting in the deaths of more than 5,000 people and leavin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on July 23, 2026, by Michael Watson, research director and managing editor for InfluenceWatch: * * * An Epitaph for a distinctly American labor movement, at 30 In 1996, a former trade unionist came not to praise the American labor movement but to bury it, as its radicalization to the left against what was then an increasingly conservative mainstream of American public life demonstrated that a uniquely "American" labor unionism was no more. In the decades since more PR

SURREY, England, July 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * CharterDesk carries out first cargo charters By Damian Brett Recently launched CharterDesk has completed its first two cargo charter operations. The company, which began operations at the end of last month, organised flights in response to urgent logistics challenges faced by automotive and perishable cargo customers. The first flight took place towards the end of June and was carried out on behalf of a leading car manufacturer and an international integrator. Th more PR

SURREY, England, July 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * CharterSync supports Venezuela earthquake relief effort By Damian Brett Charter portal CharterSync is the latest company to lend its expertise to Venezuela relief efforts following the two devastating earthquakes that hit the country in late June. The charter firm worked with freighter operator Atlas Air Worldwide to arrange the transport of humanitarian aid from Panama to Simon Bolivar International Airport (CCS) in Caracas using a Boeing 767 freighter to support  more PR

NEW YORK, July 24 -- Columbia University Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Columbia Journalism School Names Pallavi Gogoi Executive Director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism NPR's chief business editor will soon lead the world's preeminent fellowship program for mid-career journalists devoted to the study of business and economics. - Columbia Journalism School (CJS) has appointed longtime newsroom leader and educator Pallavi Gogoi executive director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellow more PR

NEW YORK, July 24 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism issued the following news: * * * Four Journalists Win Investigative Reporting Grants From Newmark J-School McGraw Fellowships for Business Journalism awarded to support in-depth stories that "Follow the Money" - Four veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. Each of the winning projects will receive editorial support and a grant of up to $15,000. The new McGraw Fellows will explore subjects r more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, July 24 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary by Mark Nayler, freelance journalist and critic based in Malaga, Spain: * * * In the Shadow of the Rock The Gibraltar-Spain fence is down--but what happens now? - At midnight on July 15, just over a decade after the UK voted to leave the EU, the fence that has separated Spain from Gibraltar since 1908 was dismantled. The result of an agreement signed last June by Spain, the EU, Gibraltar, and the UK, its disappearance will create a fluid fro more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks Delivers Opening Remarks at Committee Hearing with Ambassador Waltz * Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at a full committee hearing entitled " United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First Foreign Policy Through Strategic Diplomacy and Burden Sharing more PR

SURREY, England, July 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * IATA appoints Saadia Zahidi as director general By Damian Brett IATA has appointed Saadia Zahidi as its new director general to take over from Willie Walsh who is leaving the airline organisation in July. Zahidi, who will begin the role on 1 November, will be IATA's ninth director general and the first woman to hold the role. She joins IATA from the World Economic Forum (WEF) where she is a managing director and member of the managing board. According to her Link more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 23 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * ICYMI: DC Insider Michael Whatley Called the Police on Reporters TWICE in Two Weeks * DC insider Michael Whatley continues to be in the spotlight for calling the police on two reporters in the past few weeks. This comes after he has dodged reporter questions on his record of elevating a convicted child sex predator, pushing FEMA recommendations that benefit his stock portfolio, and having multiple warrants out for his arrest. Read More more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 24 -- The International Service for Human Rights issued the following commentary by Pooja Patel: * * * India: Bail for Kashmiri human rights defenders must be followed by justice The granting of bail to Kashmiri human rights defenders Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj marks an important step after years of arbitrary and unlawful detention, but it does not end the serious concerns surrounding their cases. Khurram Parvez, coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and Chair of the Asian Federat more PR

QUEZON CITY, Philippines, July 24 -- The National Union of People's Lawyer, a voluntary association of human rights lawyers, issued the following statement by Secretary General Josalee S. Deinla: * * * NUPL Welcomes US Lawmakers' Call for Independent Probe into the 'Toboso 19' Massacre, Urges End to State Impunity The National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) welcomes and supports the decisive initiative of United States Representative Pramila Jayapal, together with ten other US legislators, demanding an independent, impartial, and credible  more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 24 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release on July 23, 2026: * * * Emmett Till Day being signed into Illinois law 'is vital to our movement forward as a nation' Professor Chris Benson, a Till historian, author and advocate, is available for interviews - Today (July 23), Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, along with several other members of the Illinois General Assembly, gathered at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ with members of the Till family as he signed into Illinois law declaring July 25 as more PR

SURREY, England, July 24 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Schenker takeover and semiconductor demand boost DSV Q2 air volumes By Damian Brett Denmark-headquartered DSV saw its air volumes, revenues and gross profits improve in the second quarter of the year as it benefited from its acquisition of DB Schenker, higher airfreight rates and semiconductor demand. The airfreight market leader saw air volumes increase 10% year on year in the second quarter to 558,000 tonnes, air revenues for the quarter were up 27.9% to Dkr23.7b more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Fund for American Studies issued the following news: * * * TFAS Announces Seven Recipients of 2026-27 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce the 2026-27 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship recipients. The Fellows are Frannie Block of The Free Press, Faith Bottum, Rago '21, and Mary Julia Koch of The Wall Street Journal, Gilbert Guerra '20 and Grayson Logue '24 of The Dispatch, John Sailer of the Manhattan Institute and Liz Wolfe of Reason. For the first time i more PR

PARIS, France, July 23 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Tunisia: Administrative obstacles are paralysing the work of international media correspondents * Blocked filming permits, suspended accreditation processes, frozen residence permit application procedures... These administrative obstacles, without any formal refusal or official explanation, are compromising the work of international media correspondents in Tunisia. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Tunisian authorities to put an more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 23 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * UK: IFJ and NUJ demand accountability over unlawful surveillance by PSNI * 23 July 2026 [UPDATE 23.07.26] On 25 February, Vincent Kearney, a former BBC journalist and member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland, attended the opening day of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. He and his former employer, the BBC, are bringing a c more PR