LONDON, England, Aug. 14 -- BP plc, an oil and gas company, issued the following news release: * * * bp awarded Loran Phase 2 licence as bp and Venezuela deepen offshore energy cooperation Caracas, Venezuela - bp and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have signed agreements to advance offshore gas development, including the award of an exploration and production licence for Phase 2 of the Loran field in the Plataforma Deltana area. Loran Phase 2 contains an estimated 4 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas resources. bp more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, Aug. 12 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * Disaster Response Update: Direct Relief Deploys Aid for U.S. Wildfires, Venezuela Earthquakes, and More * As emergency response continues for Colombia and communities impacted by a deadly 7.4-magnitude earthquake this week, Direct Relief is involved in multiple emergency responses across the globe and monitoring others for potential needs. #Tracking Pacific & Atlantic Storms Forecasters are tracking a potential tropical storm, cur more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 13 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * Michael Whatley's Iran War Has Cost NC Families An Extra $558 While He Profits * Since the start of the Iran War, North Carolina households have paid over $558 MORE for fuel - yet DC insider and Big Oil lobbyist Michael Whatley is cheering on the Iran War as it spikes his oil and gas stocks. Daily Wire: * Reporter: "But ever since the war in Iran started, we've seen prices start to creep back up, and there is no doubt that the war in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Community Leaders Call for Shift in National Priorities: Away from War, Toward Our Families * Dorchester presser comes as Trump continues war with Iran and proposes $1.5 trillion military budget while exacerbating affordability crisis and attacks on immigrant communities "It is much easier instead for this man to scapegoat immigrants, to vilify our neighbors, than to make good on his promises... It's much easier to inflate the military  more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 13 -- PEN International posted the following news: * * * Venezuela Returns to the UPR Amid Escalating Attacks on Critical Voices and Deepening Threats to Freedom of Expression Civil society organisations have submitted evidence to the United Nations demonstrating the worsening hostility against the independent press in Venezuela. The risks associated with exercising the right to freedom of expression have reached unprecedented levels, including the imprisonment of 26 media workers in 2025 alone. The submissions by AR more PR