TEMPE, Arizona, Aug. 5 -- Arizona State University issued the following news: * * * New ASU center to help protect America's agriculture industry from foreign threats Center for Agriculture and National Security dedicated to securing US food systems and strengthening national resilience * ASU opens Center for Agriculture and National Security * Center is dedicated to helping secure U.S. food systems * Expert says U.S. food systems are vulnerable to attacks By Scott Bordow In 2022, Alicia Ellis and her husband leased a farm near Queen Cr more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 4 -- The Uniformed Services University posted the following news: * * * As MHSRS 2026 Opens, USU Research Looks to the Future Fight * In This Article * Rethinking How Medics Train for a Blocked Airway * Tracking Hidden Brain Injury More than 4,000 scientists, clinicians, and military leaders filled the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Florida, on Aug. 3 for the opening of the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 4 -- The Uniformed Services University posted the following research news: * * * As MHSRS 2026 Opens, USU Research Looks to the Future Fight More than 4,000 scientists, clinicians, and military leaders filled the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Florida, on Aug. 3 for the opening of the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) were among them, bringing work on battlefield airway care, brain health, and drug-resistant infe more PR

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, Aug. 5 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Bard College Acting President Jonathan Becker Delivered 2026 Commencement Address at Kyiv School of Economics KYIV, UKRAINE--On August 1, 2026, Jonathan Becker, acting president of Bard College, delivered the commencement address at Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)'s graduation ceremony, at KSE Obolon in Kyiv. Diplomas were conferred on 249 students across the departments of Economics, School of Engineering, Social Sciences, Computer Science, and the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet Joins Legislation to Hold Putin Accountable for Religious Persecution in Ukraine * Washington, D.C-Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, joined the Countering Russia's War on Faith Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expose and punish Russia's systematic persecution of religious communities in Ukraine, including territory Russia illegally occupies. Senators John Kennedy (R-L more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Wilson Center, an organization that provides nonpartisan insights and analysis on global affairs to policymakers and the public through deep research, open dialogue and independent scholarship, issued the following news release: * * * Building Economic Infrastructure in the Developing World * The demise of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has prompted a robust debate about how best to redeploy United States Government resources overseas. While there is more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 3, 2026, by editorial intern Sofia Slonovska: * * * Russia Is Far from Defeated Despite Ukraine's multiple successes in recent months, Moscow is increasing pressure on Ukraine's front lines, cities, and logistics. - The phrase "quantity has a quality of its own" is often attributed (possibly incorrectly) to Joseph Stalin, and captures a persistent feature of Russian and Soviet warfare. Mass comes first, and everything else follows. Vladim more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 4, 2026, by democracy fellow Lera Burlakova: * * * Ukraine Is Failing Its Foreign Heroes Foreign volunteers came to Ukraine to fight for freedom, but are too often snared by the country's bureaucracy. - We were sitting in a radio studio in central Kyiv, where an American volunteer soldier and I were being interviewed about the challenges faced by foreign troops. As a Ukrainian veteran who sometimes helps them navigate these issues, I shar more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 3, 2026, by freelance journalist David Kirichenko: * * * No Drone Unturned: Ukraine's Tech Scouts Ukrainian and foreign fighters with experience of the front are scouring the globe to find the best technology to see off Moscow's forces. - Ukraine, with limited manpower, needs asymmetric advantages wherever they can be found. Innovation is decentralized across many Ukrainian units, and across the country, volunteers, engineers, and soldiers more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 4 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * Change of Command at NATO Security Assistance & Training for Ukraine (NSATU) * In Wiesbaden on Monday (3 August 2026), NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Alexus G. Grynkewich, welcomed a new commander of NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU). Lieutenant General Guillaume N. Beaurpere took over from Lieutenant General Curtis A. Buzzard, who had served as commander since 2024. NSATU is the command that coordinates the provision of milita more PR

STRASBOURG, France, Aug. 5 -- The Council of Europe issued the following news: * * * Council of Europe marks World Day against trafficking in persons with renewed commitment to protecting children of Ukraine Rights of children must remain central to response to Russia's war - On the World Day against trafficking in persons, the Council of Europe reaffirms its commitment to protecting children of Ukraine from trafficking and exploitation. Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has created and exacerbated vulnerabilities, leaving childre more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary by Mark F. Cancian, senior adviser with the CSIS Defense and Security Department, and Chris H. Park, research associate for the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy: * * * Six Reasons Why the United States Is Low on Munitions The United States' shortage of key munitions has entered the national debate and reportedly become a major element in presidential decisionmaking in the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran. Use during the war against Iran more PR

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Aug. 4 -- Furman University posted the following news: * * * Danielle Vinson comments on how Graham bill is picking up speed * Before Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden death on July 11, the South Carolina Republican was working on a bipartisan Russian sanctions framework aimed at pressuring the Kremlin by targeting its energy revenues, sanctions-evasion networks and military supply chain. The World news organization turned to Furman University's Danielle Vinson for comment on the recently named bill, the Lindsey O. Gr more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 4 -- MACPAW WAY LTD., Limassol, Cyprus has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1139393 S1, initially filed Jan. 18, 2025) developed by eight inventors Oleksandr Ahieiev, Kyiv, Ukraine; Dmitry Novikov, London, United Kingdom; Oleksandr Koval, Barcelona, Spain; Oleksandr Zhykharyev, Uzhhorod, Ukraine; Alona Koroleva, Oporto, Portugal; Oleksii Hrzhehorzhevskyi, Kyiv, Ukraine; Maksym Kobzystyi, Kyiv, Ukraine; and Andrii Reshetnik, Kyiv, Ukraine, for "Display screen or portion thereof with three-dimensional graphical u more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 4 -- HARMONIC, INC., San Jose, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12700937 B1, initially filed Nov. 6, 2023) developed by five inventors Adam Levy, Pardes Hana-Karkur, Israel; Gidon Maister, Haifa, Israel; Andrii Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine; Oleksandr Zolotarov, Kyiv, Ukraine; and Eyal Galin, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel, for "DOCSIS R-PHY without PTP." more PT

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 4 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Florida State University establishes new model to foster international research collaborations * Florida State University is pioneering a new model for international research collaboration through its inaugural Visiting Scholars Partnership Program (VSPP), an initiative designed to foster innovation by building lasting research relationships between FSU faculty and leading international institutions. Unlike traditional faculty exchanges, the program p more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 5 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary by Mark Nayler, freelance journalist and critic based in Malaga, Spain: * * * Brexit, Ten Years On The mixed effects on the UK of its historic decision to leave the EU. - In the run-up to the UK's referendum on EU membership in June 2016, extravagant claims were made by both the Remain and Leave campaigns. Leaving the EU, the so-called Remainers warned, would propel the UK into recession and mass unemployment. Brexiteers, as they were dubbed, more PR

MIAMI, Aug. 5 -- The Hackett Group, a consulting and executive advisory firm, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2026: * * * Hackett Group Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a leading AI strategic consulting and digital transformation firm that enables Digital World Class(R) performance, today announced its financial results for the second quarter, which ended on June 26, 2026. "While our second quarter reflected the ongoing transition of our business model, our third-quarter outlook mark more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, posted the following news release on Aug. 3, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Nobel Prize-Winning Economist and Former Economic Advisor to President Zelenskyy Endorse Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act Today, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 received another endorsement from two prominent economists in an op-ed in Project Syndicate. Simon Johnson, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has opened the annual August opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews of dozens of antidumping and countervailing duty orders while announcing updates to its Annual Inquiry Service Lists and revised formatting guidance for review requests. ITA said interested parties, as defined under the Tariff Act of 1930, may request administrative reviews covering antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders, findings, or suspende more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy on Russian sanctions bill: "We need to stop talking and start voting" * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) called on the Senate to pass the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026, a bill that would target Russian oil revenues to combat Vladimir Putin's assault on Russia, in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor. Key excerpts of the speech are below: "The Senate needs to pass the Russian sanctions bill, and we need to do it now more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 4 -- AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, Washington has been assigned a patent (No. US 12701641 B1, initially filed Sept. 29, 2023) developed by nine inventors Sergey Kalita, Kyiv, Ukraine; Danylo Dorofieiev, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Andrii Shekera, Vyshneve, Ukraine; Andrii Uklein, Kyiv, Ukraine; Denys Murenko, Kyiv, Ukraine; Dmitry V Bakin, San Jose, California; Anna Skumina, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Dmytro Vasyliev, Kyiv, Ukraine; and Anton Kyianytsia, Kyiv, Ukraine, for "Power budgeting for zonal adaptive ill more PT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Rep. Pramila Jayapal Holds Roundtable in Seattle on Trump's Cuts to Long-Term Care for Immigrants * No Cuts to Healthcare Coalition Outlines Devastating Cuts to Immigrant Healthcare Coming Oct 1 due to Trump's HR 1 SEIU 775: We urge Gov and Legislature to "authorize emergency spending to stop this catastrophe before it happens" SEATTLE, WA-Yesterday, the No Cuts to Healthcare coalition held a roundtable with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on the impe more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) issued the following statement on children reportedly killed and injured in attacks in the Russian Federation and Ukraine: * * * NEW YORK/GENEVA - "Over the past several days, children have again been killed and injured in attacks in the Russian Federation and across Ukraine. "In the Russian Federation, there are reports of a 13-year-old girl killed and two girls, aged seven and nine, injured when a drone struck near a playground in Belgorod region on Sunda more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 4 -- AUTONOMOUS ENGINEERING, INC., Miami, Florida has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1138872 S1, initially filed Jan. 2, 2025) developed by Mykola Mykolaiovytch Toptun, Semypolky, Ukraine, and Yaroslav Vitaliyovych Dolyniak, Lviv, Ukraine, for "Unmanned aircraft system." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 4 -- BLUE YONDER GROUP, INC., Scottsdale, Arizona has been assigned a patent (No. US 12699948 B2, initially filed Nov. 4, 2024) developed by four inventors Jindrich Dinga, Mountain View, California; Anton Vonorych, Ternopil, Ukraine; Pradeep Baldi, Irving, Texas; and Joerg Beringer, Redwood City, California, for "User interface visualization tool for generating and analyzing supply chain scenarios." more PT