PHOENIX, Arizona, April 9 -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release on April 8, 2026: * * * Commissioner Thompson Announces Significant Temporary Bill Credit for UNS Electric Customers; Average Customer Will See a Roughly $38 Reduction Per Month in Their Bill this Summer Compared to Last Commissioner Kevin Thompson announced Wednesday, April 8, 2026 that the Arizona Corporation Commission voted to approve an approximate $18.50 temporary bill credit for UNS Electr  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 9, 2026, by senior fellow David M. Cattler: * * * New Ways to Win Wars - Proposals for the West For decades, Western defense strategy assumed that technological superiority ensured victory. That assumption proves false in modern conflict. * Conflict is being shaped less by the performance of advanced systems than by the ability to produce, sustain, and regenerate them at scale. Mass is t  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 8, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow Volodymyr Dubovyk: * * * Zelenskyy's Drone Diplomacy Wins New Arab Friends Behind the headlines of his Middle Eastern trip, Ukraine's leader has underlined Ukraine's nimble and quick-witted diplomacy. * Volodymyr Zelenskyy's triumphant Middle East tour made two things clear. Firstly, while countries under threat might want to ignore Ukraine's hard-w  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 9, 2026, by Emil Avdaliani, research fellow at the Turan Research Center and a professor of international relations at the European University in Tbilisi, Georgia: * * * Russia to Armenia: Do as We Say Armenia has few options despite its rapprochement with Azerbaijan and Turkey and ties to the EU. None provides Yerevan with viable security. * When on April 1, Armenia's Prime Minister Nik  more

LVIV, Ukraine, April 9 -- The Ukrainian Catholic University issued the following news: * * * The Centre for Digital Humanities was opened at UCU At the Ukrainian Catholic University, the Centre for Digital Humanities was inaugurated on 2 April. The opening of the Centre was combined with the conference "Artes Digitales: Forum of Digital Humanities." The event brought together researchers, lecturers, and students from across Ukraine who work at the intersection of the humanities and digital me  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 9 -- The European Investment Bank posted the following news release: * * * EIB Group at IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings: Strengthening partnerships for global stability and sustainable growth * * EIB Group President Nadia Calvino will lead an EIB Group delegation to join fellow Multilateral Development Banks and global partners in Washington DC * The European Investment Bank (EIB) is backing new agreements for strengthened cooperation with fellow Multilateral Deve  more

NEW YORK, April 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following commentary by Executive Director Philippe Bolopion to Al Jazeera: * * * War Crimes Are No Longer Shameful. That Should Terrify You. Disturbing Disregard for Civilian Life in Escalating Middle East Conflict * For decades, leaders who were responsible for war crimes tended to plead ignorance or insist it was a mistake and their hands were clean. What has changed in the Middle East is the swaggering contempt  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 9, 2026, by Taras Kuzio, professor of political science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and an associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Ukrainian Military Offers Lessons Learned to NATO (Part One) Executive Summary: * In March, a senior North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military delegation led by Supreme Allied Com  more

LONDON, England, April 9 [Category: BizMedia] -- Taylor and Francis Group, a publishing company, posted the following news release: * * * Lack of diversity in food sources makes us all vulnerable, says UK politician * Book publication announcement 10th April 2026 Natalie Bennett suggests society needs to unlearn many foundational ideas in current scientific, economic and political thinking Half of all the calories we consume come from just three crops, grown in only a handful of locations.  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2026: * * * Meeks, Keating Introduce Bill to Terminate Russian Oil Licenses and Sanction Russian Oil Companies Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and William R. Keating, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Europe, today introduced the "End Russian Oil Windfalls Act" to curtail   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 10 -- Catholic Legal Immigration Network issued the following news release: * * * Over 100 organizations, alongside Alianza Americas and CLINIC, urge DHS to correct misinformation affecting Salvadoran TPS holders Chicago, IL - More than 100 transnational, national, state, and local organizations are urging the newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph B. Edlow to  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12389) on April 8, 2026. The white paper is written by African affairs specialists Alexis Arieff and Lauren Ploch Blanchard, Middle Eastern affairs specialist Christopher M. Blanchard and Russian and European affairs analyst Andrew S. Bowen. Here are excerpts: * * * Russia's Security Operations in Africa Thousands of Russian security personnel have deployed to Africa over the  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 10 -- The European Union issued the following news release: * * * SAFE: final green light for financial assistance to Czechia and France The Council today adopted implementing decisions making financial assistance under SAFE available to two more EU member states: Czechia and France. SAFE is an EU financial instrument supporting member states in investing in defence industrial production through common procurement of priority capabilities. Today's decision follows tw  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 9 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Ukrainian Catholic University Leader Visits Seton Hall * Seton Hall University recently welcomed Halyna Protsyk, Ph.D., Deputy Vice Rector for Global Outreach at Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), for a campus visit that highlighted the growing collaboration between the two Catholic institutions and their shared commitment to global engagement. Protsyk's visit came as part of UCU's participation i  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Woskob family's philanthropic legacy grows with latest $1M commitment * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Penn State alumnus George Woskob, and his wife, Nina, are continuing their family's philanthropic investment in the College of Agricultural Sciences with a new $1 million commitment to the Woskob New Century Fund. Since its creation, the Woskob Ukraine New Century Fund has supported the exchang  more