COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 13 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * AHCJ invests in training opportunities by hiring its first program manager * Jyoti Madhusoodanan, an award-winning journalist with more than 13 years of experience, joins AHCJ as its first program manager. In this role, she will work to enhance AHCJ's varied fellowship programs, helping journalists grow by providing them with training and opportunities that give them   more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, May 13 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Bard College Holds One Hundred Sixty-Sixth Commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2026 Peabody- and Emmy-Award Winning Journalist and Author Fareed Zakaria to Give Commencement Address * Bard College will hold its one hundred sixty-sixth commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Bard President Leon Botstein will confer 501 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2026 and 197 graduate degrees. Bard will als  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, May 13 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Brick by Brick speaker series to focus on American Revolution * Clemson Libraries Clemson University Historic Properties is once again partnering with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and the Annual Giving Book Series to host " Brick by Brick: Constructing America's Identities," a summer speaker series featuring authors and historians. In celebration of the 250 th anniversary of the America  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 13 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown University's 258th Commencement set for Sunday, May 24 * Brown President Christina H. Paxson will preside over the University's 258th Commencement on Sunday, May 24, on the College Green. The ceremony concludes Brown's three-day Commencement and Reunion Weekend 2026, which will bring more than 10,000 people to College Hill.  Brown Commencements have been major events in Providence since the 18th cen  more

SURREY, England, May 14 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Cargo volumes on the up at Brussels By Damian Brett Brussels Airport saw its cargo volumes continue to improve in April, led by increases in the full-freighter segment. The Belgian airport saw cargo volumes reach 73,964 tonnes in April, an increase of 6.2% compared to the same period in 2025. In a press release, the airport said that the increase was fuelled, in particular, by growth in express services (1.9%) and   more

SURREY, England, May 14 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * DSV highlights limited widebody freighter capacity and IT switch By Damian Brett Freight forwarder DSV has highlighted shifting trade lanes and limited incoming widebody freighter capacity as key air cargo trends to watch at its capital markets day. The Denmark-based forwarding giant's head of the air and sea division, Frank Sobotka, said that airfreight demand is this year expected to grow at around 3% in line with   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 13 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Gayle wins Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize * The winner of the 2026 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize is "Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State" by Caleb Gayle (Penguin Random House). For two decades, the Center for Great Plains Studies' book prize has celebrated the most outstanding work about the Great Plains during the past year, chosen by  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Political] -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * Rights Groups, Journalists, and Whistleblowers Call for Courtney Williams' Release * A coalition of more than two dozen press freedom and human rights groups, members of the media, military veterans, and ex-government whistleblowers, has authored an open letter calling for the immediate release of U.S. Army veteran Courtney Williams, who has been arrested and charged under the Espionage   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 [Category: Political] -- The Ripon Society posted the following news release: * * * Senator Young: America Must Out-Compete China on Trade, Technology, and Shipbuilding * "Today, advancing freedom requires a unified national economic strategy." Senator Todd Young (R-IN) addressed a luncheon meeting of The Ripon Society on Tuesday, delivering a wide-ranging address on trade policy, technology competition, and American industrial capacity.  On the current trade environmen  more

LOS ANGLES, California, May 14 -- TikTok, a destination for a short-form mobile video, issued the following news on May 13, 2026: * * * TikTok and FIFA Introduce the FIFA World Cup 2026(TM) Creator Correspondents Thirty global TikTok creators will deliver behind-the-scenes access, live perspectives, and fan-led storytelling throughout the FIFA World Cup 2026(TM) * TikTok and FIFA today announced the FIFA World Cup 2026(TM) Creator Correspondents -- a globally representative cohort of 30 Tik  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13 [Category: Law/Legal] -- Fortify Rights, a team of human rights defenders, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's China Test: Free Prisoners, Defend Taiwan * By Benedict Rogers in UCA News As US President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing today, there will be much on his mind as he prepares for his summit with China's leader Xi Jinping tomorrow. The big issues around Iran, the global economy, tariffs and technology will be on the agenda. Two issues whi  more

PARIS, France, May 13 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Two years after the EU anti-SLAPP directive, member states still slow to protect journalists * European Union member states had two years -until May 7 2026 -to bring their national laws in line with a directive protecting the press from abusive lawsuits known as SLAPPs (an acronym for "strategic litigation against public participation"). Yet it is clear that only a handful of them have fulfi  more

NEW YORK, May 13 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Venezuela: Exclusions, Procedures Mar Amnesty Law * (Washington, DC) - Venezuela's new amnesty law has serious shortcomings that exclude many people who have been arbitrarily detained and is being applied in ways that may deny release to people who should be eligible, Human Rights Watch said today. The law is ostensibly an effort to help Venezuela move forward from years of political repressio  more

WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- West Chester University posted the following news: * * * WCU Associate Professor Jeremy McCool's New Book on Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Releases May 14; Public Signing Set for May 15 in Phoenixville West Chester University Associate Professor Dr. Jeremy C. McCool and award-winning journalist Earl Hopkins are set to release their new book, Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. The book,  more