WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Group of Senators Announce Agreement to Move Forward on Major Sanctions Legislation Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Darline Graham (R-SC), Katie Britt (R-AL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Jim Risch (R-ID) announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to hold major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable for supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and extend sanctions that restrict funding fo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 28, 2026, by Stephen Blank, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute: * * * No Road Back to Putin, the Shakespearean Villain Ill-considered European statements about talks with Russia demonstrate confusion and lessons still unlearned. - Thanks to Ukraine's aerial offensive or logistical lockdown of Russia, Western observers have belatedly grasped that Ukraine both has cards to play and may also be turning the tide. All too p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 28, 2026, by the Daily Beast columnist Julia Davis: * * * Russian Mass Mobilization? A Non-Denial Denial When Putin's mouthpieces talk about something, there's always a reason. Russians have renewed cause to worry. - It has been a long time coming, but ordinary Russians are now experiencing a fraction of the horrors inflicted by their regime upon their neighbor. Now too, they're hearing their state-directed media hint about a darker futur more PR

STRASBOURG, France, July 29 -- The Council of Europe issued the following news: * * * A continent and a city shaped by Churchill How the British leader's blood flows through the seat of the Council of Europe - In September 1946 Winston Churchill took to the podium at the University of Zurich to deliver the first of what would become a series of speeches that in many ways defined the European landscape that would develop today. Despite having led the United Kingdom during the Second World War, it was not triumphal. Most of the continent la more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Council on Foreign Relations issued the following report in July 2026 by Jason Ladnier entitled "Conflict-Driven Chokepoint Disruptions". Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Conflict-driven disruptions of critical supply chain chokepoints have become a recurring feature of the world today--from Russia's 2022 blockade of Ukraine's grain exports via the Black Sea, to the Houthis' attacks on boats in the Red Sea that began in 2023, to Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz following U.S.-Israeli stri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on July 9, 2026 by Jeffrey Mankoff entitled "Managing the Long-Term Russian Threat to Europe." Here are excerpts: * * * Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has touched off the gravest security crisis in Europe since World War II. With the fighting grinding on into a fifth year, Russia has overhauled its military capabilities while mobilizing its economy and people for an enduring confrontation. Moscow has been clear from the be more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on July 1, 2026 by Seth G. Jones and Riley McCabe entitled "Russian Blood and Treasure: The Ballooning Costs of Putin's War." Here are excerpts: * * * The Issue Russia has lost the military initiative in Ukraine as costs continue to mount. The Russian military has suffered 1.4 million battlefield casualties and as many as 450,000 deaths since its February 2022 full-scale invasion, according to new CSIS data. Russia's territorial  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on July 7, 2026 by Marcus Welsch, Yasir Atalan, Benjamin Jensen and Erik Tiersten-Nyman entitled "The Geography of Coercion: Russian Missile and Drone Campaigns in Ukraine." Here are excerpts: * * * The Issue Russia's missile and drone campaign in Ukraine is a coercive strategy built around geography. CSIS Futures Lab analysis of oblast-level damage reports from 2023 through early 2026 shows that reported damage in Ukraine has inc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Slams Trump Administration's $88 Billion Supplemental Request While The President, Secretary Hegseth Have No Strategy To End War With Iran * July 27, 2026 #In his speech on the Senate floor, Durbin also called for the release of previously appropriated funds for Ukraine and Baltic nations WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, today delivered a rebuk more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 28 -- The European Union issued the following joint statement with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: * * * Joint statement by European Commission and High Representative marking the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Today, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the European Union reaffirms its full commitment to the Convention, to its values and principles, and to ensuring that refug more PR

JERUSALEM, Israel, July 28 (TNSjou) -- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem issued the following news: * * * What October 7 Taught Hospitals About Preparing for Modern Warfare A new study of an Israeli hospital's response to the October 7 attacks shows that while years of disaster training enabled staff to continue treating patients under rocket fire, real wartime conditions exposed critical gaps in communication, staffing, logistics, and casualty distribution. The findings offer practical lessons that could help hospitals worldwide prepare fo more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 28 -- LOGITECH EUROPE S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12694538 B2, initially filed Oct. 24, 2023) developed by six inventors Oleg Ostap, Camas, Washington; Henry Levak, San Mateo, California; Miguel Angel Maestre Trueba, Portland, Oregon; Viktor Sakharchuk, Volyn, Ukraine; Yaroslav Vasilovich Tereshchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine; and Ihor Okhrimenko, Kyiv, Ukraine, for "Image enhancement system." more PT

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, July 28 -- The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions issued the following news: * * * Meet the 2026 Emerging Leaders At this year's World Library and Information Congress, 16 colleagues from around the world will be participating as Emerging Leaders. From different geographies, career stages and specialisms, they will both be sharing their own experience and insights, and learning from others. - They will play a key role in the launch of IFLA's centenary celebrations - IFLA100 - kicki more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 28 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news release: * * * IU McKinney Welcomes Two New Visiting Professors for 2026-2027 Academic Year * IU McKinney School of Law welcomes two new visiting professors for the upcoming academic year: Blaize Hiatt, J.D. '24, and Irene Massimino, LL.M. '05 and S.J.D.' 26. Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor Hiatt returns to the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law after practicing as a litigator at a national law firm, where she fo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on July 28, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Ukrainian Drone Attacks Lead Moscow to Revive Idea of Buffer Zone in Border Areas Executive Summary: * Ukrainian drone strikes into the Russian Federation have prompted the Kremlin to revive the idea of creating a buffer zone in western Russian regions and in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine to prevent or at least limit su more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 28 -- DTCC DIGITAL (US) INC., Jersey City, New Jersey has been assigned a patent (No. US 12695623 B2, initially filed Jan. 14, 2025) developed by four inventors George Daniel Doney, Riva, Maryland; Ihor Yermakov, Arlington, Virginia; Ilya Shkapo, Kharkov, Ukraine; and Oleksii Korzhuk, Kharkov, Ukraine, for "Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for authentication and authorization of networked data transactions." more PT

BARCELONA, Spain, July 27 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * More than half of the armed conflicts in 2025 took place while peace processes were underway * The UAB School for a Culture of Peace (ECP) has published Peace Negotiations 2025: Analysis of Trends and Scenarios, its annual report on the global state of peace negotiations. The analysis shows that 53 peace processes were recorded in 2025-the highest figure in recent years. Furthermore, dialogue and negotiation processes were underway in 55% of more PR

LONDON, England, July 28 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * PM meeting with President Zelenskyy: 27 July 2026 * The Prime Minister hosted the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth. The Prime Minister began by paying tribute to the Ukrainian people. Their resilience and perseverance in the face of Russia's ongoing aggression was inspirational, the Prime Minister said. He hoped his decision to host President Zelenskyy as his first international visito more PR

NEW YORK, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following brief on June 30, 2026, by Molly O'Neal entitled "European Strategic Autonomy: The European Union and Vital American Interests." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary European security stands at a perilous crossroads, driven by a dramatic loss of confidence in American leadership during the second Trump administration. European leaders have declined to support the US approach to ending the Ukraine war, while the US maintains territorial  more PR

NEW YORK, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following brief on June 30, 2026, by Mark Episkopos entitled "Revitalizing the Transatlantic Alliance: Principles for a Balanced NATO." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary NATO is a Cold War-era institution stripped from the strategic context that once made it integral to US policy. It is an organization in crisis, threatened by a growing divergence between US and European interests. This brief lays out a sustainable path forward through a com more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 28 -- An inventor from Kyiv, Ukraine, Sergii Tartyshnikov has been awarded a design patent (No. US D1137387 S1, initially filed March 8, 2023) for "Rotation mount for camera gimbal." more PT

LONDON, England, July 28 -- TheCityUK issued the following news release: * * * Mobilising finance for defence: How the UK can strengthen security, resilience and international partnerships At the most fundamental level, UK national defence and resilience, and the resilience of financial and related professional services infrastructure, are an increasingly important foundation for the UK's ability to present itself as a trusted, predictable and stable partner for international trade and investment, and for its role as a leading International  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maryland. *** Detection Systems and Methods of Use Thereof ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 28 -- ENTERPRISE SENSOR SYSTEMS, LLC, Franklin, Tennessee has been assigned a patent (No. US 12693222 B2, initially filed May 19, 2021) developed by Alfred W. League, Travelers Rest, South Carolina, and Damien A. Kerr, Frederick, Maryland, for "Detection systems and methods of use thereof." *** Pickleball Paddle With Surface Ornamentation ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 28 more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Shelter ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 28 -- DLX ENTERPRISES, LLC, Eugene, Oregon has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1137742 S1, initially filed Aug. 9, 2022) developed by three inventors Jonathan Urhausen, Eugene, Oregon; Adam Barr, Eugene, Oregon; and Donald Bierman, Eugene, Oregon, for "Shelter." *** Generating High-Resolution Concentration Maps for Atmospheric Gases Using Geography-Informed Machine Learning ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Ju more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** Transmission Power Control for Beam Failure Recovery Requests ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 28 -- BLOOMSBURY DESIGN LABS LLC, Wilmington, Delaware has been assigned a patent (No. US 12696336 B2, initially filed Feb. 22, 2024) developed by five inventors Hua Zhou, Vienna, Virginia; Esmael Hejazi Dinan, McLean, Virginia; Alireza Babaei, Fairfax, Virginia; Hyoungsuk Jeon, Centreville, Virginia; and Kyungmin Park, Vienna, Virginia, for "Transmissio more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Image-Based Text Translation and Presentation ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 28 -- AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, Washington has been assigned a patent (No. US 12694234 B2, initially filed Sept. 30, 2022) developed by five inventors Sujith Gunjur Umapathy, Berlin, Germany; Nikhil Garg, Berlin, Germany; John Mark Hubenthal, Seattle, Washington; Jose Luis Baez, Fair Lawn, New Jersey; and Pushpendu Ghosh, Vadodara, India, for "Image-based te more ST

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Richard Blumenthal, Darline Graham, Jeanne Shaheen, Jim Risch, Roger Wicker, Announce Agreement to Move Forward on Major Sanctions Legislation, Host Meeting with President Zelenskyy * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Darline Graham (R-S.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10246) by Asian affairs specialist Mark E. Manyin and nonproliferation specialist Mary Beth D. Nikitin. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S.-North Korea Relations Since the breakdown in 2019 of negotiations between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to freeze and dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program, North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK) largely has ignored U.S. and South K more PR