LONDON, England, July 31 [Category: Environment] -- Greenpeace International, a coordinating organization of Greenpeace, issued the following news release: * * * As war on Iran drives monster Q2 profits for Big Oil, communities struggle with extreme weather and soaring costs * Amsterdam, Netherlands - Chevron and ExxonMobil today reported combined profits of more than US$26 billion for the second quarter, closing another bumper earnings season for the world's largest oil and gas corporations as the illegal war on Iran drives up oil prices a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 31, 2026, by editorial intern Sofia Slonovska: * * * Generation Flee: Luring Home Ukraine's Young War made Ukrainians seek new lives abroad. How can Kyiv tempt them back? Sofia Slonovska talks to the Gen-Z diaspora. - "I'm done exploring the world. I don't mind traveling, but I want to live in Ukraine," said Oksana, a 25-year-old from southern Ukraine who has lived in Germany since 2022. She has learned the language, found work, and secur more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 31, 2026, by journalist Alison Mutler: * * * Russia's Shadow War Surges Southward The Kremlin's on-again-off-again campaign to intimidate and disorientate European allies is picking up once more. - Russia's shadow war against NATO allies has moved southwards, with three drone breaches of Romanian airspace in as many days, and a surge of other incursions in recent weeks. Together with another attack on Poland, where a Russian cruise missil more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 31, 2026, by Alexander Motyl, professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark: * * * Ukraine-Poland: Testing History to Destruction The two neighbors are mutually dependent in fighting the Russian menace. They should remember this when historical disputes erupt. - 2026 is the Year of Jerzy Giedroyc. Americans may be forgiven for not recognizing one of Central Europe's leading 20th-century democratic intellectuals, but Poles hav more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Critical Questions Q&A on July 30, 2026, involving former Europe, Russia and Eurasia Program team members Donatienne Ruy and Emma Buelte: * * * A Far-Right Breakthrough? Germany's AfD on the Brink of State-Level Governance In September, Saxony-Anhalt, one of Germany's 16 states, might witness a first for the country since World War II: A far-right party could win the absolute majority of seats in a state parliament, appoint the minister-president,  more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, July 31 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * Equipping Medical Outreach in Bangladesh, Supporting Venezuela Earthquake Recovery, and More * Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 612 shipments of requested medical aid to 47 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 9.6 million defined daily doses of medication. Medications and supplies shipped this week included diabetes treatments, N95 respirators, backup power equipment, prenata more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on July 31, 2026, by Miles Yu, director and senior fellow of the China Center, to the Hoover Institution: * * * Abe's Final Victory: Japan's Defense Revolution and the End of Postwar Pacifism For nearly eighty years after World War II, Japan defined security by what it refused to become. It would not wage war. It would not project military power. It would not possess offens more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on July 31, 2026, by David Traugott, office manager and program associate for Eurasian Studies, in the foundation's Jamestown Perspectives: * * * Ukrainian Ideas of Victory Diversify and Expand as Russia's War Drags On Executive Summary: * Years of loss and military deadlock have broadened Ukrainians' understanding of victory beyond the original goal of a military success that restores Ukraine's legal 1991 borders. * Interviewees described three main visions of more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 7 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Russia: new law expands the Kremlin's legal persecution of exiled journalists * Bank accounts frozen, consular services blocked... On 24 July, the Russian parliament unanimously adopted a new law targeting Russians in exile who have been designated as "foreign agents" or who cooperate with organisations labelled "undesirable" -and the vast majority are journalists. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this latest addition to Russia's re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Hugh Hewitt Show. On the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act: "[T]here's a huge ... desire to do this for Lindsey and as a tribute to him, but also because it's the right thing to do for the country ... we've really got a chance to do something that helps shift the playing field in ... Ukraine ...  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Opening Remarks for Nominations Hearing for Key Foreign Affairs Positions Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks during a committee hearing on the nominations of Sarah Rogers to be the CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Rebekah Jurata to be the United St more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 7/24/2026-7/31/2026 * Combatting Russia's Murderous Invasion of Ukraine [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U. S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) along with U.S. Senators 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 U more PR

LONDON, England, July 31 -- Shell plc, an oil and gas company, issued the following news release: * * * Shell agrees to sell BG Cyprus Limited Shell has reached an agreement to sell its 100%-owned subsidiary BG Cyprus Ltd. to MOL Group for up to $720 million, subject to customary adjustments and milestone-linked contingent payments. BG Cyprus Ltd. holds a 35% non-operated interest in the Cyprus Offshore Block 12, containing the Aphrodite gas field in the eastern Mediterranean. All produced gas is expected to be sold to the Egyptian Natural  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12721) by Russian and European Affairs analyst Andrew S. Bowen: * * * Ukrainian Military Leadership Changes On July 15, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Ukraine's minister of defense, Mykhailo Fedorov, after six months in office and amid a wider government overhaul. Zelensky then appointed Evgeniy Khmara, head of the Security Service of Ukraine, as acting defense minister. Changes in Ukraine's military lea more PR

PRETORIA, South Africa, July 31 -- The University of Pretoria issued the following news: * * * UP participates in online event centring the case for open access, science and education Africa is not the only continent whose universities are contending with budget cuts and rising costs, according to speakers who delivered the keynote address 'Making the case to connect the opens' at the Knowledge Equity and Open Scholarship Week, in which the University of Pretoria (UP) recently participated. Europe is experiencing similar constraints, they  more PR