BRONX, New York, Nov. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * CITES CoP20 Decision Allows International Trade in Saiga Horn, Strongly Opposed by WCS * Samarkand, Uzbekistan, No v. 28, 2025 - Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) today voted to allow international commercial trade in saiga horn from Kazakhstan under newly established quotasa move strongly opposed b  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Joint Civil Society Statement on Ukraine's Unlawful Suspension of the Mine Ban Treaty * This statement has been signed by 5 humanitarian disarmament coalitions and 77 civil society organizations across 39 countries. As civil society coalitions and organizations working to reduce the catastrophic impact of war through humanitarian disarmament, we are deeply alarmed by Ukraine's decision to unl  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW: "AS DEMOCRATS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO LOWER THE HIGH COST OF LIVING" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's The Weekend, where he emphasized that Democrats are committed to protecting everyday Americans in the face of rising costs, including by extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits.EUGENE DAN  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) posted the following news release: * * * Malnutrition persists as winter sets in, threatening children's lives and wellbeing in Gaza High levels of malnutrition continue to endanger the lives and wellbeing of children in the Gaza Strip, compounded by the onset of winter weather accelerating the spread of disease and increasing the risk of death among the most vulnerable children. Nutrition screenings conduct  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (MSCG), New York, has applied to the U.S. Department of Energy for the renewal of its authorization to export electric energy from the U.S. to Canada. The application requests a five-year renewal of its current export authorization. MSCG stated that it does not directly own any electric generation or transmission facilities, nor does it possess a franchise or service territory for the transmission, distribution, or sale of electri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSFR) -- Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, have received a federal determination from the U.S. Department of State that clears the way for the temporary exhibition of various cultural objects. These objects are intended for display in the exhibition "Marcel Duchamp." The determination applies to objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements established with their foreign owners or custodians. The determination also al  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * PEN America Mourns Death of Playwright Tom Stoppard, a Tenacious Defender of Free Expression * (NEW YORK)PEN America today mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the most influential playwrights of the last century and a tenacious defender of free expression. The writers and free expre  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Aging in Place: The Impact of Community during the Holidays" at 3 p.m. on Dec. 3, 2025, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Members * Chairman Rick Scott (Republican-Florida) * Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat-New York) Witnesses * John Offerdahl, President, Offerdahl's Hand-Off Foundation, Oakland Park, FL * Jason Resendez, CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The Joint Economic Committee released the following testimony by Standard Bots CEO Evan Beard from a Nov. 18, 2025, hearing entitled "Frontier Technologies, Industrial Efficiency, and Pro-Innovation Policies": * * * Chairman Schweikert, Ranking Member Hassan, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Evan Beard, and I'm the Co-Founder and CEO of Standard Bots, an American robotics manufacturer headquartered in Glen Cove, New   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * States Should Protect Civilians, Defend International Law from Challenges to Mine Ban Treaty * The four years since Russia's full-scale invasion have left Ukraine littered with antipersonnel landmines that will endanger civilians for years to come. In that period, Russia's extensive and unlawful use of landmines has caused hundreds of civilian casualties. Despite being a state party to the 1997  more

BRONX, New York, Nov. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * WCS and ICCN Welcome CITES Decision to Prohibit the International Trade of Endangered Okapi * Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 The Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) commends today's decision by Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flor  more