SURREY, England, June 9 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * Airfreight rate increases slow in May By Damian Brett Airfreight rates on the transpacific continued to rise in May but increases slowed as the month progressed, while prices on services from Asia to Europe seemed to plateau. Rates on trades affected by the Middle East conflict have been on the rise since the end of February due to a tightening of capacity, longer routings and higher fuel prices. This continued to b  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * CAIR Urges Tribeca Festival to Act After 'Joke' by Elon Gold, Lizzy Savetsky Mocking Rape of Palestinian Detainees The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Tribeca Festival to "take appropriate action" after a sick "joke" made by actor Elon Gold and influencer Lizzy Savetsky at   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * BREAKING: Trump Nominates His Fixer Blanche as Attorney General Donald Trump officially nominated acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer, to be Attorney General of the United States after Blanche ran an aggressive campaign to demonstrate his unconditional loyalty to Trump by doing his personal and political bidding, declaring to Trump in April, "I love you, sir." In res  more

NEW YORK, June 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Human Rights Assessment of the 2025-2026 US Bilateral Health Agreements * In late 2025 the United States launched bilateral negotiations for health aid as part of the "America First" Global Health Strategy. The agreements were negotiated after the elimination of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in early 2025 and raise concerns that health aid is being inappropriately leveraged  more

NEW YORK, June 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * US: Global Health Aid Tied to Harmful Conditions * (Washington, DC) - The United States government is conditioning lifesaving health assistance on broad access to surveillance data and extractive rights to pathogen samples and data for pharmaceutical development, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued an assessment of seven bilateral health agreements signed in late 2025 with E  more

SURREY, England, June 9 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * IATA expands CASS payment service in Latin America By Damian Brett IATA has expanded its CASS settlement service in Latin America as air cargo volumes in the region continue to expand. The airline association announced that CASS will now be available for domestic operations in Mexico and soon Brazil, while it will be available for exports from Paraguay later this year. Explaining the decision to launch domestically  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 8, 2026, by analyst Kassie Corelli: * * * Mobilization Could Lead to More Russian Deserters From Moscow's War Executive Summary: * Russian President Vladimir Putin has only two options regarding his war against Ukraine. He either has to end the war without achieving its goals or announce a new mobilization of both Russian society and the economy. * The number of Russian deserters fleeing to European count  more

SURREY, England, June 9 -- Air Cargo News issued the following news: * * * K+N expands air network with Frankfurt addition By Damian Brett Kuehne+Nagel has expanded its air network with a new connection between Germany and the US to target pharma volumes. The new flight will operate between Frankfurt and Chicago, continuing to Atlanta using one of the forwarder's Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft. "The connection directly links Frankfurt and Chicago, two major pharmaceutical production and d  more

NEW YORK, June 8 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Writers Guild of America East issued the following news release: * * * New York Legislature Passes Landmark Bill to Disclose AI-Generated News to the Public * First-in-the-nation legislation will disclose generative AI in media, reporting, and restore public trust in professional journalism ALBANY, NY (Jun. 8) - Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany), Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-NYC), and the NY FAIR News Act coalition announced that the New York  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following commentary on June 8, 2026, to Fox News: * * * Tiananmen Square tank man taught us to stand up against the worst of China This past June 4, we marked the 37th somber anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, where millions of Chinese citizens peacefully and earnestly asked for political reform and democratic openness. Instead, their hope was met with tanks. On that awful day, the Chinese Communist Party unleashed   more

GOTTINGEN, Germany, June 4 -- The Society for Threatened Peoples issued the following news release: * * * WDR Broadcasting Council Confirms Cancellation of 'Cosmo' A Devastating Signal to the Kurdish Community in Germany - The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) strongly criticizes the decision by the WDR Broadcasting Council to approve the cancellation of Cosmo and, with it, the weekly one-hour Kurdish-language program. "The WDR's decision to cancel the Kurdish program sends a fatal signa  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 9 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Chancellor Haynie Appoints Jeff Stoecker Chief of Staff and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer The appointment consolidates key executive responsibilities; reunites University's communications and marketing divisions. - Chancellor J. Michael Haynie today announced the appointment of Jeff Stoecker to senior vice president, chief of staff to the chancellor and chief communications and marketing officer.  more

STORRS, Connecticut, June 8 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn Waterbury Juneteenth Event Looks at Underground Schools That Powered the Civil Rights Movement * Acclaimed author Elaine Weiss will be the featured speaker at the UConn Waterbury Juneteenth Celebration, organized by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), a learning program for older adults based at UConn Waterbury, and taking place on Friday, June 12 at 6 p.m. on campus. Weiss, a journa  more

NEW YORK, June 8 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Zimbabwe: Opposition Activist Acquitted, Freed After 7 Months * (Johannesburg) - A Zimbabwe court on June 3, 2026, acquitted and released a prominent opposition activist after more than seven months in detention on baseless charges, Human Rights Watch said today. The case underscores the ongoing weaponization of the criminal justice system by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. A Harare  more