SAN FRANCISCO, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amid growing concerns around AI transparency, fairness, and societal impact, Zenolabs.AI CEO Rohan Sharma today launched the Equitable AI Trust Index™—the first public framework scoring AI systems on democratic legitimacy, transparency, and civic accountability. The release aligns with Sharma’s Springer Nature book, AI and the Boardroom, recently featured in DirectorsToday.
“Boards and policymakers urgently need a single, clear lens on AI risk,” Sharma said. “Our Index integrates NIST, OECD, and EU AI Act standards into a transparent, easy-to-use scoring system. For the first time, stakeholders gain immediate visibility into where algorithms are accountable—or critically falling short.”
WhyItMatters Recent surveys reveal 46% of users distrust AI and 64% of firms lack visibility into model risk. With the EU AI Act’s enforcement deadlines approaching in 2026, the Equitable AI Trust Index™ equips organizations with policy-ready tools to meet stringent transparency and accountability requirements, critical for responsible scaling across enterprises, cities, and governments.
HowtheIndexWorks The Index offers a clear, actionable framework for assessing AI fairness and accountability:
PublicTrustMetric: first-of-its-kind score measuring community trust in AI through public input.
ProactiveRiskAlerts: real-time insights to ensure compliance with global standards, months ahead of deadlines.
FairnessFocus: prioritizes equity for underserved communities and public services.
Policy-ReadyReports: instantly generate EU AI Act, NIST, and OECD-aligned audit reports.
AboutRohanSharma Sharma has led AI, data and digital programs at Apple, Disney and Thermo Fisher Scientific. A recognized authority on AI governance, Sharma advises Stanford Seed and UCLA Anderson, contributes regularly to Forbes and the World Economic Forum, and serves on advisory councils including Harvard Business Review and Frost C Sullivan. His TEDx Yale talk and peer-reviewed chapters on AI governance and ethics have reached global audiences from Hollywood to Washington, D.C.
EquitableAITrustIndex™:AnalysisofMajorAIModels The first comprehensive assessment of leading AI models using the 11-point Index reveals a democratic-legitimacy crisis in AI governance:
KeyFindings Our analysis reveals a democratic legitimacy crisis in AI governance, with only 20% of leading models meeting exemplary civic trust standards.
20%: of leading models meet exemplary civic trust standards
59-point: governance gap between best and worst performing models
Boilerplate The Equitable AI Trust Index™ is a public-good initiative maintained by Zenolabs.AI, created to make algorithmic trust measurable, transparent, and comparable. Zenolabs.AI is a venture studio dedicated to advancing responsible AI governance and public accountability.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lucidworks, the leading AI-powered search and product discovery provider, today announced that Lucidworks’ Neural Hybrid Search has been selected as the winner of the “Enterprise AI Search Solution of the Year” award in the 8th annual AI Breakthrough Awards program conducted by AI Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) market today.
Lucidworks’ unique Neural Hybrid Search technology utilizes AI to understand better what people are searching for, regardless of how they phrase or express it. The technology combines semantic and keyword search, and its “truth-grounded AI” architecture operates with any LLM or ML model while remaining anchored to an organization’s authoritative data. The company’s retrieval augmented generation (RAG)-enabled orchestration engine also helps provide accurate and relevant search results, improve customer satisfaction, and streamline access to organizational information.
Other features of Lucidworks’ advanced AI-powered search model include neural network search which harnesses the power of neural networks to understand the nuances of language and data; AI-powered search precision that leverages deep learning to understand user intent and deliver hyper-relevant results; Intelligent search results that deliver contextual, insightful search experiences; Vector search engine that transforms data into vectors for lightning-fast, semantic search; and Advanced search algorithms that continuously learn and adapt.
Lucidworks’ foundational ecosystem powers three no-code, drag-and-drop Studios that address the complete AI search lifecycle:
Commerce Studio transforms e-commerce experiences with AI-powered merchandising that understands shopper intent across 50+ languages, enabling merchandisers to make data-driven decisions from AI-powered recommendations.
Analytics Studio delivers actionable intelligence from search data through predictive analytics and AI-driven business intelligence, automatically uncovering opportunities for optimization.
AI App Studio enables organizations to rapidly build and deploy custom AI-powered agents, such as interactive product Q&A and tech spec interrogation, with no coding expertise required through pre-built templates, rapid prototyping tools, and AI orchestration capabilities.
“The Lucidworks platform empowers non-technical users to harness advanced AI capabilities, harmonizing hybrid search and generative AI across an organization. This AI search technology has been purpose-built to solve real business challenges while eliminating the trust issues that plague most implementations,” said Mike Sinoway, CEO of Lucidworks. “Thank you to AI Breakthrough for this important accolade in this complex space. Many AI solutions promise revolutionary results but deliver marginal improvements. Our newest offerings illustrate our strategic vision for intelligent enterprise search and discovery, delivering measurable business outcomes for our valued global clients.”
The AI Breakthrough Awards shine a spotlight on the boldest innovators and most impactful technologies leading the charge in AI across a comprehensive set of categories, including Generative AI, Computer Vision, AIOps, Agentic AI, Robotics, Natural Language Processing, industry-specific AI applications and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 5,000 nominations from over 20 countries worldwide, underscoring the explosive growth and global importance of AI as a defining technology of the 21st century.
“Lucidworks doesn’t just improve search, they have fundamentally reimagined what’s possible with AI-integrated enterprise discovery,” said Steve Johansson, managing director, AI Breakthrough. “By resolving fundamental trust issues in AI search, Lucidworks is accelerating enterprise AI adoption. Their approach transforms search from a lookup function into an intelligent assistant for critical customer interactions. That makes Lucidworks our choice for the 2025 ‘Enterprise AI Search Solution of the Year’ award.”
About Lucidworks Lucidworks transforms complex data into actionable insights through AI-powered search and product discovery solutions. Clients achieve 391% ROI and are 2.5x more likely to deploy AI initiatives successfully. Global leaders like Lenovo, Morgan Stanley, and American Express rely on Lucidworks to power digital experiences that drive business results. Learn more at Lucidworks.com.
About AI Breakthrough Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the AI Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in Artificial Intelligence technologies, services, companies and products. The AI Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the achievements of AI companies and products in categories including Generative AI, Machine Learning, AI Platforms, Robotics, Business Intelligence, AI Hardware, Computer Vision and more. For more information visit AIBreakthroughAwards.com.
Tech Breakthrough LLC does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our recognition programs, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with award designations. Tech Breakthrough LLC recognition consists of the opinions of the Tech Breakthrough LLC organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Tech Breakthrough LLC disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this recognition program, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
IRVINE, Calif., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Irvine, CA headquartered Kanchi Technologies 2i LLC d.b.a KT2i, a trusted innovator in IT and Engineering consulting services, today announced a strategic acquisition of Denver, CO headquartered T4S Partners, a premier National IT and Business Solutions Consulting organization, specializing in seamless connections between people, processes, and systems with insight for client growth, to form a stronger, more dynamic organization with expanded capabilities, resources, and reach.
This merger unites two companies with complementary strengths and a shared vision to deliver exceptional value to customers, employees, and partners. The combined organization will offer a broader suite of solutions, deeper technical expertise, and enhanced capacity to serve a growing global customer base. The combined company will operate under the KT2i name.
“We’re bringing together two talented teams with a deep focus on innovation, service, and customer success,” said Sunil Kanchi, CEO and Founder of KT2i. “This is an exciting moment — not just for our companies, but for everyone we work with. Our Aktionable AI platform is creating impact for our combined customers.”
“This merger is a natural evolution of our shared values and commitment to delivering excellence,” said Rob Ash, CEO of T4S Partners. “Together, we are stronger, more agile, and better positioned to help our customers thrive.”
About T4S Partners
T4S Partners is a premier National IT and Business Solutions Consulting organization, specializing in seamless connections between people, processes, and systems with insight for client growth. We help our clients create compelling new customer solutions, optimize IT assets, transform service management functions, and leverage cloud technology into a competitive advantage, as well as achieve Digital Transformation objectives.
About KT2i
KT2i is a next-generation global strategy and technology firm, specializing in enterprise transformation. We’re a precision strike team for enterprise transformation through CIO Advisory, Digital Transformation and Innovative Mechatronics Engineering solving the toughest problems at speed. Our consultants fuse deep industry knowledge with Aktionable AI, automation, and agile delivery to solve the most critical business problems. Founded on a commitment of excellence in everything we do, our skilled team of passionate engineers and IT professionals leverage the latest technology to develop tailored solutions for unique challenges. At KT2i, we believe in creating impact through innovation with integrity with a global delivery teams in US, Germany & India.
LAGRANGE, Ga., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At a time when business owners across the country are fighting against red tape and delays, Community Bankshares, Inc. is delivering where others stall – closing complex government-guaranteed loans in as little as 30 to 45 days. In the first half of 2025, the Georgia-based financial institution closed 57 SBA and USDA loans totaling$256,038,702, reinforcing its position as one of the fastest-moving mission-driven lenders in the nation. Community Bankshares is the holding company of Community Bank & Trust, Phoenix Lender Services, and Thomas Financial Group.
In Q2 2025 alone, the company closed:
25 SBA loans via Phoenix’s SBA team totaling $48,765,200 in 15 states.
10 USDA loans via Phoenix’s USDA team totaling $111,376,215 in 5 states.
2 USDA loans via Thomas Financial Group’s team totaling $24,715,000 in 2 states.
“We’re not just providing capital, we’re providing it quickly,” said Chris Hurn, President & CEO of Community Bankshares and Phoenix Lender Services. “Closing a government-guaranteed loan in 30 to 45 days isn’t just rare, it’s transformative. It means our clients can grow, hire, and build when it matters most.”
These record-setting Q2 results build on a powerful Q1, bringing Phoenix’s year-to-date total SBA loans closed to 41 loans for $70.6 million, and Phoenix’s total USDA loans closed to 14 loans for $160.7 million.
As of Q3 of the federal government’s fiscal year FY25 (October 1, 2024 through June 1, 2025), Community Bank & Trust (sister company of both Phoenix and Thomas Financial Group) ranks as the #36 Most Active SBA Lender in the Nation with 86 SBA loan approvals totaling $146,051,200. Even more impressively, CB&T remains the #1 SBA lender headquartered in Georgia, with nearly twice the production of the second place, in-state lender.
“Phoenix Lender Services and Thomas Financial Group have built a reputation on doing what others say can’t be done – fast closings, rural deals, food supply chain projects, and many more, all done with precision,” said Jeremy Gilpin, Chairman of Community Bankshares, Inc. and President and CEO of Community Bank & Trust. “We’re not just financing businesses, we’re building futures.”
Closing loans across 20 states and 1 U.S. territory year-to-date, Community Bankshares, Inc. is fueling growth in industries ranging from construction and energy to healthcare, franchising, and logistics. Recent highlights include:
USDA Commercial – Agriculture Scientific: A South Carolina-based Sustainable Agriculture Project creating high-tech jobs, boosting food security, reducing dependence on imported produce, and reducing carbon emissions.
SBA 7(a) – Comprehensive Therapy Children’s Center: SBA 7(a) loan enabled a successful ownership transition for this trusted pediatric therapy clinic in Canton, Georgia, ensuring continued care for children with developmental and neurological needs.
Bridge Lending – Hospitality Project: Closed Over $34 Million in Bridge Loans for USDA B&I loan takeouts in under 40 days.
“Community Bank and Trust’s professionalism and support during the loan process was beyond perfect,” said Tammy Knoop, Owner of Bel-Mar Lanes. “Their kindness and easy mannered approach is a gift.”
“Thomas Financial Group was instrumental in our acquisition of The National Exchange Hotel and the Holbrooke Hotel—not just because they understood the nuances of hospitality lending, but because they delivered when time was critical. Under a tight deadline, they demonstrated incredible speed, efficiency, and unwavering commitment. Their ability to move decisively while maintaining a personal, solutions-oriented approach sets them apart. In a world where delays can derail opportunity, their partnership made all the difference,” said James Gould, Principal at Horizon Hotel Group.
About Community Bankshares, Inc. Community Bankshares, Inc. is transforming access to capital for small businesses and rural America. Through its subsidiaries – Phoenix Lender Services; Thomas Financial Group; and Community Bank & Trust – the company delivers customized SBA, USDA, and commercial lending services nationwide. Our mission is rooted in empowering local economies, preserving family-run businesses, and supporting job creation through bold, fast, and impactful lending.
About Phoenix Lender Services Phoenix Lender Services is a nationwide leader in government-guaranteed lending operations, offering full-service loan origination, underwriting, servicing, and regulatory support. PHX specializes in SBA and USDA loans and acts as a trusted Lender Service Provider (LSP) for banks and credit unions across the country.
About Thomas Financial Group Thomas Financial Group is a high-performance USDA and commercial loan originator, offering sophisticated financing solutions for complex business, hotel, infrastructure, and development projects, particularly in rural or underserved areas.
About Community Bank & Trust Based in LaGrange, GA, Community Bank & Trust provides personalized financial services to individuals and businesses across the Southeast and nationwide. As the top-producing SBA lender headquartered in Georgia, CB&T is committed to expanding access to capital and economic opportunity in communities of all sizes.
MEDIA CONTACT: Abigail Davison Uproar by Moburst for Community Bankshares, Inc. abigail.davison@moburst.com
NEW YORK, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fundbox, the leading capital infrastructure provider for the digital SMB economy, today announced the opening of its New York City office. Located in the Meatpacking District, the new office underscores Fundbox’s continued investment in expanding its reach within one of the world’s most important financial centers.
Since its founding in 2013, Fundbox has reimagined access to capital by integrating directly into the SMB platforms that business owners already use. With more than $6 billion in capital unlocked for over 150,000 SMBs, Fundbox continues to lead the industry in enabling fast, seamless access to capital.
“Opening a New York City office represents a meaningful next chapter in Fundbox’s journey,” said Anchit Singh, Chief Business Officer at Fundbox. “As we deepen our relationships with key platform partners, the NYC office positions us to better serve our growing partner ecosystem and attract top talent in product, engineering, and finance. This expansion is a tangible reflection of our commitment to scaling the capital infrastructure needed to power the next decade of SMB innovation.”
In addition to Fundbox’s presence in San Francisco, Dallas, Tel Aviv, and Tbilisi, the New York City location will serve as a strategic hub for cross-functional collaboration and business development. Situated in a key financial market, it brings Fundbox closer to platform partners, investors, and capital providers. This move complements the company’s broader momentum as a full-stack capital engine delivering embedded capital products across vertical SaaS, commerce, accounting, and payments ecosystems.
About Fundbox Fundbox is the pioneer of embedded capital products for SMBs, offering fast, simple access to credit through the tools businesses already use. Since 2013, Fundbox has helped over 150,000 small businesses unlock more than $6 billion in capital. As a leading capital infrastructure provider behind the digital SMB economy, Fundbox is focused on enabling platforms to embed financial tools directly into their user experiences.
For press inquiries, please contact fundbox@avenuez.com
NEW YORK, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Satellogic, Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in satellite manufacturing and high-resolution Earth observation data, today announced that it has been added as a member of the U.S. small-cap Russell 3000® Index, effective after market close on June 27, 2025 as part of the 2025 Russell indexes constitution.
The Russell 3000® Index is a comprehensive, market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. public companies. Membership in this widely recognized index means automatic inclusion in either the large-cap Russell 1000® Index or small-cap Russell 2000® Index, as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies.
Inclusion in the Russell 3000® Index marks a significant milestone for Satellogic, aligning our capital markets presence with the company’s sustained growth and progress as a leader in the earth observation and satellite manufacturing industry. This addition is expected to enhance Satellogic’s visibility within the investment community, providing greater exposure to institutional investors and increasing liquidity for its shares. It further underscores Satellogic’s strong fundamentals and business performance, validating its vertically integrated approach to democratizing access to high-resolution Earth Observation data. Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies.
“We are incredibly honored to join the Russell 3000 Index,” said Emiliano Kargieman, CEO & Co-Founder of Satellogic. “This inclusion is a testament to our team’s dedication, the robust performance of our scalable Earth Observation platform, and our commitment to delivering accessible and affordable insights to customers worldwide. We believe this will significantly increase our visibility among a broader base of institutional investors, supporting our continued growth and our mission to help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges, from climate change to energy supply and national security. We look forward to this new chapter and the opportunities it presents for our shareholders.”
About Satellogic
Founded in 2010 by Emiliano Kargieman and Gerardo Richarte, Satellogic (NASDAQ: SATL) is the first vertically integrated geospatial company, driving real outcomes with planetary-scale insights. Satellogic is creating and continuously enhancing the first scalable, fully automated EO platform with the ability to remap the entire planet at both high-frequency and high-resolution, providing accessible and affordable solutions for customers. Satellogic’s mission is to democratize access to geospatial data through its information platform of high-resolution images to help solve the world’s most pressing problems including climate change, energy supply, and food security. Using its patented Earth imaging technology, Satellogic unlocks the power of EO to deliver high-quality, planetary insights at the lowest cost in the industry. With more than a decade of experience in space, Satellogic has proven technology and a strong track record of delivering satellites to orbit and high-resolution data to customers at the right price point. To learn more, please visit: http://www.satellogic.com
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Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) our ability to generate revenue as expected, including due to challenges created by macroeconomic concerns, geopolitical uncertainty (e.g., trade relationships), financial market fluctuations and related factors, (ii) our ability to effectively market and sell our EO services and to convert contracted revenues and our pipeline of potential contracts into actual revenues, (iii) risks related to the secured convertible notes, (iv) the potential loss of one or more of our largest customers, (v) the considerable time and expense related to our sales efforts and the length and unpredictability of our sales cycle, (vi) risks and uncertainties associated with defense-related contracts, (vii) risk related to our pricing structure, (viii) our ability to scale production of our satellites as planned, (ix) unforeseen risks, challenges and uncertainties related to our expansion into new business lines, (x) our dependence on third parties, including SpaceX, to transport and launch our satellites into space, (xi) our reliance on third-party vendors and manufacturers to build and provide certain satellite components, products, or services and the inability of these vendors and manufacturers to meet our needs, (xii) our dependence on ground station and cloud-based computing infrastructure operated by third pirates for value-added services, and any errors, disruption, performance problems, or failure in their or our operational infrastructure, (xiii) risk related to certain minimum service requirements in our customer contracts, (xiv) market acceptance of our EO services and our dependence upon our ability to keep pace with the latest technological advances, including those related to artificial intelligence and machine learning, (xv) our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates or consummate acquisitions on acceptable terms, or our ability to successfully integrate acquisitions, (xvi) competition for EO services, (xvii) challenges with international operations or unexpected changes to the regulatory environment in certain markets, (xviii) unknown defects or errors in our products, (xix) risk related to the capital-intensive nature of our business and our ability to raise adequate capital to finance our business strategies, (xx) uncertainties beyond our control related to the production, launch, commissioning, and/or operation of our satellites and related ground systems, software and analytic technologies, (xxi) the failure of the market for EO services to achieve the growth potential we expect, (xxii) risks related to our satellites and related equipment becoming impaired, (xxiii) risks related to the failure of our satellites to operate as intended, (xxiv) production and launch delays, launch failures, and damage or destruction to our satellites during launch, (xxv) the impact of natural disasters, unusual or prolonged unfavorable weather conditions, epidemic outbreaks, terrorist acts and geopolitical events (including the ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, in the Gaza Strip and the Red Sea region) on our business and satellite launch schedules and (xxvi) the anticipated benefits of the domestication may not materialize. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of Satellogic’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed or to be filed by Satellogic from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Satellogic assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Satellogic can give no assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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The new fonts empower self creators and agencies with a diverse range of high-quality typefaces
NEW YORK –Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), the leading SaaS website builder platform globally1, today announced a strategic partnership with Monotype Imaging Inc., a global leader in type design and technology, extending Wix’s font library. The newly curated typeface collection is now available to Wix users, self creators and agencies – offering them a broader spectrum of high-quality typefaces to elevate their content and match their vision, including greatest hits like Helvetica® and Avenir®, and a host of new classics such as Recoleta, Kibitz Pro, and Aether.
In consultation with type design experts at Monotype, Wix has carefully selected a diverse array of fonts that cater to a variety of use cases, ranging from professional business needs to playful, personal projects and agencies building bespoke web experiences with a variety of fonts. The expanded library helps ensure that users from around the world have access to the typography they both need to express themselves and their unique brand identities, and to grow their businesses.
“Typography is an important aspect of web design, and by expanding our font offerings, we empower creators to produce visually compelling websites and content that truly reflect their brand’s personality,” said Hagit Kaufman, VP of Brand and Design at Wix . “Monotype’s expertise in the world of typography is invaluable as we continue to enhance our platform for creators around the globe. Our strategic partnership with Monotype underscores our commitment to providing the best design tools for our users to succeed in their creative and professional endeavors.”
“At Monotype, we know the profound impact the right typeface has in communicating a brand’s identity. By providing its users with a wider library of quality typefaces, Wix demonstrates its commitment to helping creators tell their brand’s story. Through this partnership, with classic typefaces such as Futura® and newer fonts like Beatrice, Wix users will truly be able to craft a digital presence that showcases their vision,” said Charles Nix, Senior Executive Creative Director at Monotype.
The new fonts are now live and accessible to all Wix and Wix Studio users.
About Wix.com Ltd.
Wix is the leading SaaS website builder platform1 to create, manage and grow a digital presence. Founded in 2006, Wix is a comprehensive platform providing users – self-creators, agencies, enterprises, and more – with industry-leading performance, security, AI capabilities and a reliable infrastructure. Offering a wide range of commerce and business solutions, advanced SEO and marketing tools, the platform enables users to take full ownership of their brand, their data and their relationships with their customers. With a focus on continuous innovation and delivery of new features and products, users can seamlessly build a powerful and high-end digital presence for themselves or their clients.
For more about Wix, please visit our Press Room Media Relations Contact: PR@wix.com
1 Based on number of active live sites as reported by competitors’ figures, independent third-party data and internal data as of H1 2024.
About Monotype Monotype Imaging Inc. brings brands to life through type and technology that consumers engage with every day. We offer a library of over 250,000 fonts from over 4,500 talented designers and foundries across the world. We work with the biggest global brands and individual creatives, offering a wide selection of solutions that make it easier for them to do what they do best: design beautiful brand experiences. Further information is available at www.monotype.com.
Nokia Corporation Managers’ transactions 8 July 2025 at 16:00 EEST
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About Nokia At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.
As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs, which is celebrating 100 years of innovation.
With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future.
Inquiries: Nokia Communications Phone: +358 10 448 4900 Email: press.services@nokia.com Maria Vaismaa, Global Head of External Communications
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ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CAI, a global services firm, announced today the launch of its cyber insurance assessment to evaluate organizations’ cybersecurity postures. Designed to consolidate 15 critical cybersecurity categories into one comprehensive form, the results can be used to ensure compliance, remediate vulnerabilities and leveraged when applying for insurance or updating existing carriers.
More than $9.8 billion in cyber insurance premiums were reported in 20231, and with global cybercrime costs projected to escalate to multitrillions by the end of 20252, organizations continue to take precautions. The cyber insurance assessment gauges data privacy and security, governance and policies, logical access controls, AI, among others. Aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, the audit serves information security officers who are interested in understanding and bolstering their cyber resilience.
Extensive NIST CSF 2.0 coverage: Features six main functions within the framework including identify, protect, detect, respond, recover and govern.
User-centric design: Streamlines the assessment process by minimizing redundancies, making it faster and more efficient for organizations of all sizes to complete.
“We recognized a significant gap in the industry where companies, especially smaller organizations, struggled with the intricacies of cyber insurance assessments,” said Rex Johnson, vice president, Cybersecurity and Cloud Services at CAI. “Our universal assessment provides a standardized approach, empowering organizations and their security leaders with accurate, crucial and fast cybersecurity evaluations they can trust.”
CAI is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1.3 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what’s right—whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.
Contact: Madison Oler Sr. PR & Communications Specialist CAI Madison.oler@cai.io
ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CAI, a global services firm, announced today the launch of its cyber insurance assessment to evaluate organizations’ cybersecurity postures. Designed to consolidate 15 critical cybersecurity categories into one comprehensive form, the results can be used to ensure compliance, remediate vulnerabilities and leveraged when applying for insurance or updating existing carriers.
More than $9.8 billion in cyber insurance premiums were reported in 20231, and with global cybercrime costs projected to escalate to multitrillions by the end of 20252, organizations continue to take precautions. The cyber insurance assessment gauges data privacy and security, governance and policies, logical access controls, AI, among others. Aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, the audit serves information security officers who are interested in understanding and bolstering their cyber resilience.
Extensive NIST CSF 2.0 coverage: Features six main functions within the framework including identify, protect, detect, respond, recover and govern.
User-centric design: Streamlines the assessment process by minimizing redundancies, making it faster and more efficient for organizations of all sizes to complete.
“We recognized a significant gap in the industry where companies, especially smaller organizations, struggled with the intricacies of cyber insurance assessments,” said Rex Johnson, vice president, Cybersecurity and Cloud Services at CAI. “Our universal assessment provides a standardized approach, empowering organizations and their security leaders with accurate, crucial and fast cybersecurity evaluations they can trust.”
CAI is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1.3 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what’s right—whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.
Contact: Madison Oler Sr. PR & Communications Specialist CAI Madison.oler@cai.io
TAMPA, Fla., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rise8 announces its selection to deliver a modern, cloud-native path to production for the U.S. Space Force’s Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program in support of missile warning and tracking. Over the next three years, Rise8 will enable continuous software delivery to support current and future ground or space-based infrared systems.
Rise8 will establish a secure, repeatable path to production, enabling third-party developers to deploy software efficiently from development to operations. This includes scaling IL5 and IL6 cloud environments and implementing a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline with an ongoing authorization for continuous delivery, fully aligned to NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).
“This FORGE Path to Production contract is a significant milestone for Rise8 as we bring our expertise in continuous delivery with ongoing authorization to our largest project to date,” said Bryon Kroger, CEO, Rise8. “Our approach is centered on delivering scalable capabilities rapidly and securely, ensuring that advanced ground or space-based infrared systems can operate seamlessly while meeting evolving threats.”
Led by SSC, the FORGE program leverages industry best practices, commercial and government off-the-shelf products, and free or open-source software to accelerate capability delivery for the joint warfighter.
AboutRise8 Rise8 develops custom software for critical missions to create a future where fewer bad things happen because of bad software. Rise8 is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with headquarters in Tampa, FL, and a fully remote workforce. Learn more at https://www.rise8.us/ and on LinkedIn, and X.
The views expressed are those of Rise8 and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or positionoftheU.S.SpaceForce,theDepartmentoftheAirForce,theDepartmentofDefense, or the U.S. government.
MediaContact: Casey Dell’Isola REQ for Rise8 rise8@req.co
TAMPA, Fla., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rise8 announces its selection to deliver a modern, cloud-native path to production for the U.S. Space Force’s Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program in support of missile warning and tracking. Over the next three years, Rise8 will enable continuous software delivery to support current and future ground or space-based infrared systems.
Rise8 will establish a secure, repeatable path to production, enabling third-party developers to deploy software efficiently from development to operations. This includes scaling IL5 and IL6 cloud environments and implementing a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline with an ongoing authorization for continuous delivery, fully aligned to NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).
“This FORGE Path to Production contract is a significant milestone for Rise8 as we bring our expertise in continuous delivery with ongoing authorization to our largest project to date,” said Bryon Kroger, CEO, Rise8. “Our approach is centered on delivering scalable capabilities rapidly and securely, ensuring that advanced ground or space-based infrared systems can operate seamlessly while meeting evolving threats.”
Led by SSC, the FORGE program leverages industry best practices, commercial and government off-the-shelf products, and free or open-source software to accelerate capability delivery for the joint warfighter.
AboutRise8 Rise8 develops custom software for critical missions to create a future where fewer bad things happen because of bad software. Rise8 is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with headquarters in Tampa, FL, and a fully remote workforce. Learn more at https://www.rise8.us/ and on LinkedIn, and X.
The views expressed are those of Rise8 and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or positionoftheU.S.SpaceForce,theDepartmentoftheAirForce,theDepartmentofDefense, or the U.S. government.
MediaContact: Casey Dell’Isola REQ for Rise8 rise8@req.co
SAN FRANCISCO, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Picus Security, the leading security validation company, today announced it has been recognized with two Visionary Spotlight Awards from ChannelVision Magazine: Cybersecurity Business Technology and Channel Program of the Year 2025. These prestigious awards celebrate excellence in innovation, growth and customer value creation across the communications and IT industries.
ChannelVision’s recognition highlights Picus’ dual impact — enabling its global partner ecosystem to deliver impactful cybersecurity solutions and empowering a focus on truly exploitable exposures using evidence-based adversarial exposure validation.
“Exposure validation is transforming how enterprises and service providers manage cyber risk, replacing assumptions with evidence and helping teams focus on what truly matters,” said Jason Kirkland, director of channels and alliances at Picus Security. “By combining rich training and enablement with industry-leading technology, we’re committed to supporting our partner ecosystem so they are best positioned to drive stronger security outcomes for their customers and scale their businesses faster.”
ChannelVision’s annual competition is designed to highlight contributions to businesses, service providers and the channel market overall. Recognition includes products, services, deployments and channel-related achievements across multiple categories. Each year, ChannelVision’s editors and an independent panel of judges evaluate entries based on key categories such as overall innovation, future industry impact, creativity, feature set differentiation, ease of use and interoperability.
Picus Security was determined to exemplify aggressive innovation, demonstrating a myriad of opportunities for channel partners to enhance their own roles as trusted partners for business success.
Driving Cybersecurity Innovation With Exposure Validation
Amid an overwhelming volume of high- and critical-severity vulnerabilities — more than 40,000 new CVEs were published in 2024 alone — Picus Security Exposure Validation helps organizations move beyond static risk scores to pinpoint the threats that truly matter. The platform continuously simulates real-world attack techniques against live defenses to determine exploitability within each organization’s unique environment. The result is a transparent, environment-specific Exposure Score that quantifies actual risk and enables teams to focus on the vulnerabilities that are genuinely exploitable.
This modern approach eliminates patch backlogs and significantly reduces mean time to remediation. As a result, partners and their customers can act earlier, fix less and be confident in their cybersecurity program.
Delivering Channel Program Excellence
In addition to bringing innovative solutions to market, Picus has dramatically expanded and enhanced its global channel program. In 2024, the company launched a full-scale partner portal with value-added partner enablement and marketing resources; introduced flexible licensing models for MSSPs; and created persona-specific toolkits and training certifications that accelerate sales and services delivery.
Partners now have access to end-to-end enablement, ranging from prebuilt marketing campaigns to demo licenses to automation tools. These investments help partners and service providers transform client offerings from point-in-time assessments to continuous validation, while unlocking recurring revenue and stronger customer engagement.
About Picus Security Picus Security, the leading security validation company, gives organizations a clear picture of their cyber risk based on business context. Picus transforms security practices by correlating, prioritizing and validating exposures across siloed findings so teams can focus on critical gaps and high-impact fixes. With Picus, security teams can quickly take action with one-click mitigations to stop more threats with less effort. Offering Adversarial Exposure Validation with Breach and Attack Simulation and Automated Penetration Testing, working together for greater outcomes, Picus delivers award-winning, threat-centric technology that allows teams to pinpoint fixes worth pursuing.
About ChannelVision Magazine ChannelVision Magazine (www.channelvisionmag.com), which operates under its parent company, Beka Business Media, is a bi-monthly publication and website that is read by channel partners that sell all manner of voice, data, access, managed and business services — both on premise and “in the cloud” — as well as technology gear and equipment, primarily in the SMB space. ChannelVision offers a highly focused and efficient way for service providers and hardware and software companies to reach experienced channel partners targeting the small/medium business space. More than two-thirds of ChannelVision’s subscribers (plus an additional and growing Web-based readership) are telecom agents and equipment VARs. The company is also the driving force behind the annual CVxEXPO(www.cvxexpo.com) community gathering, each November. In 2025, CvxEXPO will take place Nov. 3-5 in Glendale, Arizona.
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Source: International Marine Contractors Association – IMCA
Headline: IMCA delegation briefs European Parliament and European Commission on marine contractors’ vital role in securing critical offshore infrastructure
IMCA delegation briefs European Parliament and European Commission
News
A delegation of senior IMCA representatives briefed Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and senior representatives from the European Commission at a lunchtime briefing on the marine contracting sector’s essential role in securing critical offshore infrastructure.
The event, hosted by Walter Beke MEP at the end of June, continued IMCA’s ongoing work to inform elected representatives and civil servants of the offshore contracting sector’s critical role as a strategic enabler of Europe’s energy and climate ambitions.
The interest among EU audiences was strong, with 13 MEPs in attendance from the European Parliament’s Security, Energy, and Transport Committees, and from theSeas, Rivers, Islands & Coastal Areas (SEArica) intergroup. They were joined by two senior officials from the European Commission, and two representatives from EU member states, testament to the growing importance of this topic.
Submarine communication cables carry 99% of inter-continental internet traffic, while submarine electricity cables are key to energy security, connecting electricity markets and bringing offshore renewable energy to shore.
However, Mr Beke welcomed guests to the briefing, held under the title ‘securing critical offshore and underwater infrastructures’, by outlining the growing threat to this marine infrastructure from malicious actors.
In his welcome address, IMCA PresidentLuca Gentili, from the global contractor SAIPEM, outlined the essential role of Europe’s marine contractors in delivering a “safe, more sustainable energy mix”, and pledged that IMCA “through its technical work, and as an advisor to regulators and governments” stood ready to “contribute to the security of Europe”.
The meeting then heard two presentations, from IMCA CEO Iain Grainger on protecting undersea infrastructure, and from IMCA Director of Strategy and Energy TransitionLee Billingham, who outlined the findings of IMCA’s recent Economic Impact Assessment, authored by PA Consulting.
Brussels 2025
They were supported with insight fromIMCA Vice-PresidentHugo Bouvy from DEME Offshore, Michel Hendriks from IMCA Board member Heerema, Jack Wattel from IMCA Board member N-Sea, and by IMCA Head of Communications Patrick Clift.
Iain outlined the scale of Europe’s undersea infrastructure, which includes 1,200 active oil and gas facilities, 20,000km of oil and gas pipelines, and over 10,000km of cables. The EU’s target to generate 300GW of offshore renewable energy by 2050 could necessitate the construction of an additional 20,000 wind turbines, dramatically increasing the amount of infrastructure that could be targeted by saboteurs.
The owners of telecoms cables have mature strategies in place to manage repairs – including through cooperative agreements such as ACMA, a non-profit cooperative subsea maintenance agreement of nearly 60 members that has three repair vessels on permanent standby in North America, the Caribbean, the North Sea, and West Africa, and MECMA, a similar body covering the Mediterranean region.
However, power cables are much more challenging to repair at speed, Iain said, given the absence of such ‘repair clubs’, and the additional complexity of fixing them.
Iain highlighted that Europe’s offshore sector had 61 vessels capable of laying and repairing cables, more than any other country or region in the world. To enable the fleet to invest and play its part in protecting undersea infrastructure, he highlighted:
Presenting the results of IMCA’s Economic Impact Assessment, Lee Billingham outlined that the European marine contracting industry was a world leading, highly specialised fleet of vessels that are critical to meeting Europe’s clean energy ambitions. Using the example of Dogger Bank A in the North Sea, he illustrated that it required 49 individual vessels, each including specialised workers and equipment, to install a single 1.2GW wind farm.
Citing data from Clarksons, he said that Europe’s fleet comprises around 3,490 vessels, 26% of the 13,372 vessels in the global fleet, and twice the percentage of the next largest regional block, China, which has 13% of the total.
As well as enabling the development of all offshore energy infrastructure, including carbon capture and storage, he revealed that the European marine contracting sector is expected to provide over 490,000 skilled jobs and contribute over €80bn in economic value this year, including indirect effects, in the EU, Norway, and the UK, as well as €15bn in taxes. Its wider contribution includes driving investment in port infrastructure, supporting European energy security, and facilitating international data exchange.
IMCA finished the meeting by delivering a call for EU institutions to:
Offshore sector contribution
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Source: International Marine Contractors Association – IMCA
Headline: IMCA delegation briefs European Parliament and European Commission on marine contractors’ vital role in securing critical offshore infrastructure
IMCA delegation briefs European Parliament and European Commission
News
A delegation of senior IMCA representatives briefed Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and senior representatives from the European Commission at a lunchtime briefing on the marine contracting sector’s essential role in securing critical offshore infrastructure.
The event, hosted by Walter Beke MEP at the end of June, continued IMCA’s ongoing work to inform elected representatives and civil servants of the offshore contracting sector’s critical role as a strategic enabler of Europe’s energy and climate ambitions.
The interest among EU audiences was strong, with 13 MEPs in attendance from the European Parliament’s Security, Energy, and Transport Committees, and from theSeas, Rivers, Islands & Coastal Areas (SEArica) intergroup. They were joined by two senior officials from the European Commission, and two representatives from EU member states, testament to the growing importance of this topic.
Submarine communication cables carry 99% of inter-continental internet traffic, while submarine electricity cables are key to energy security, connecting electricity markets and bringing offshore renewable energy to shore.
However, Mr Beke welcomed guests to the briefing, held under the title ‘securing critical offshore and underwater infrastructures’, by outlining the growing threat to this marine infrastructure from malicious actors.
In his welcome address, IMCA PresidentLuca Gentili, from the global contractor SAIPEM, outlined the essential role of Europe’s marine contractors in delivering a “safe, more sustainable energy mix”, and pledged that IMCA “through its technical work, and as an advisor to regulators and governments” stood ready to “contribute to the security of Europe”.
The meeting then heard two presentations, from IMCA CEO Iain Grainger on protecting undersea infrastructure, and from IMCA Director of Strategy and Energy TransitionLee Billingham, who outlined the findings of IMCA’s recent Economic Impact Assessment, authored by PA Consulting.
Brussels 2025
They were supported with insight fromIMCA Vice-PresidentHugo Bouvy from DEME Offshore, Michel Hendriks from IMCA Board member Heerema, Jack Wattel from IMCA Board member N-Sea, and by IMCA Head of Communications Patrick Clift.
Iain outlined the scale of Europe’s undersea infrastructure, which includes 1,200 active oil and gas facilities, 20,000km of oil and gas pipelines, and over 10,000km of cables. The EU’s target to generate 300GW of offshore renewable energy by 2050 could necessitate the construction of an additional 20,000 wind turbines, dramatically increasing the amount of infrastructure that could be targeted by saboteurs.
The owners of telecoms cables have mature strategies in place to manage repairs – including through cooperative agreements such as ACMA, a non-profit cooperative subsea maintenance agreement of nearly 60 members that has three repair vessels on permanent standby in North America, the Caribbean, the North Sea, and West Africa, and MECMA, a similar body covering the Mediterranean region.
However, power cables are much more challenging to repair at speed, Iain said, given the absence of such ‘repair clubs’, and the additional complexity of fixing them.
Iain highlighted that Europe’s offshore sector had 61 vessels capable of laying and repairing cables, more than any other country or region in the world. To enable the fleet to invest and play its part in protecting undersea infrastructure, he highlighted:
Presenting the results of IMCA’s Economic Impact Assessment, Lee Billingham outlined that the European marine contracting industry was a world leading, highly specialised fleet of vessels that are critical to meeting Europe’s clean energy ambitions. Using the example of Dogger Bank A in the North Sea, he illustrated that it required 49 individual vessels, each including specialised workers and equipment, to install a single 1.2GW wind farm.
Citing data from Clarksons, he said that Europe’s fleet comprises around 3,490 vessels, 26% of the 13,372 vessels in the global fleet, and twice the percentage of the next largest regional block, China, which has 13% of the total.
As well as enabling the development of all offshore energy infrastructure, including carbon capture and storage, he revealed that the European marine contracting sector is expected to provide over 490,000 skilled jobs and contribute over €80bn in economic value this year, including indirect effects, in the EU, Norway, and the UK, as well as €15bn in taxes. Its wider contribution includes driving investment in port infrastructure, supporting European energy security, and facilitating international data exchange.
IMCA finished the meeting by delivering a call for EU institutions to:
Offshore sector contribution
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – On July 3, 2025, the New Development Bank (NDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with State Grid Brazil Holding (SGBH), with the aim of enhancing electricity transmission capacity in Brazil, to meet the immediate needs of the nation’s power sector.
The signing of this Memorandum took place on the sidelines of NDB’s 10th Annual Meeting, held on July 4 and 5 in Rio de Janeiro.
The project, known as the Graca Aranha Silvania Transmissora de Energia (“GATE”), will be implemented by a subsidiary of SGBH.
The implementation of the GATE Project will address immediate needs of the electricity sector in Brazil – increasing power transmission capacity, decongesting the transmission corridor, reducing curtailment of existing renewable energy projects, and enabling investments in future wind and solar projects in the Northeast region of Brazil, and hence leading to a more diversified electricity mix in the country.
Out of the total project capex of around BRL 18 billion, more than two-thirds will be sourced from Brazil, thereby significantly promoting economic and social development, by creating more than 10,000 employment opportunities during construction, in the Northeast (Maranhão and Tocantins) and the Center-West (Goiás) regions of the country.
NDB is considering financing the Project in Chinese renminbi, with an estimated amount of RMB 2,150 million (approximately USD 300 million). The loan demonstrates NDB’s commitment to expanding non-sovereign operations and increasing cross-border use of its member countries’ currencies, as envisaged in NDB’s General Strategy.
“The GATE project signifies a leap in cooperation among NDB member countries and promotes the use of local currencies. When signed, this will be our second cross-border RMB-denominated loan, which will leverage Brazil’s clean energy potential to address urgent electricity demands and benefit millions or people while generating new jobs,” said H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, President of NDB. “By expanding investments in green infrastructure, renewable energy, and sustainable development projects, the New Development Bank aims to support Brazil in achieving its climate goals.”
This strategic partnership marks a significant step toward a more sustainable and efficient energy landscape in Brazil, aligning with NDB’s commitment to supporting development initiatives that foster economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Since its inception in 2015, NDB has approved 29 projects in Brazil alone with USD 7 billion in approved financing. These projects are spread across several states and municipalities in Brazil, helping improve clean energy, transport, water and sanitation, and social infrastructure. NDB also has a growing portfolio of private sector loans in the country.
Background Information
NDB was established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging market economies and developing countries, complementing the existing efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global growth and development.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – On July 3, 2025, the New Development Bank (NDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with State Grid Brazil Holding (SGBH), with the aim of enhancing electricity transmission capacity in Brazil, to meet the immediate needs of the nation’s power sector.
The signing of this Memorandum took place on the sidelines of NDB’s 10th Annual Meeting, held on July 4 and 5 in Rio de Janeiro.
The project, known as the Graca Aranha Silvania Transmissora de Energia (“GATE”), will be implemented by a subsidiary of SGBH.
The implementation of the GATE Project will address immediate needs of the electricity sector in Brazil – increasing power transmission capacity, decongesting the transmission corridor, reducing curtailment of existing renewable energy projects, and enabling investments in future wind and solar projects in the Northeast region of Brazil, and hence leading to a more diversified electricity mix in the country.
Out of the total project capex of around BRL 18 billion, more than two-thirds will be sourced from Brazil, thereby significantly promoting economic and social development, by creating more than 10,000 employment opportunities during construction, in the Northeast (Maranhão and Tocantins) and the Center-West (Goiás) regions of the country.
NDB is considering financing the Project in Chinese renminbi, with an estimated amount of RMB 2,150 million (approximately USD 300 million). The loan demonstrates NDB’s commitment to expanding non-sovereign operations and increasing cross-border use of its member countries’ currencies, as envisaged in NDB’s General Strategy.
“The GATE project signifies a leap in cooperation among NDB member countries and promotes the use of local currencies. When signed, this will be our second cross-border RMB-denominated loan, which will leverage Brazil’s clean energy potential to address urgent electricity demands and benefit millions or people while generating new jobs,” said H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, President of NDB. “By expanding investments in green infrastructure, renewable energy, and sustainable development projects, the New Development Bank aims to support Brazil in achieving its climate goals.”
This strategic partnership marks a significant step toward a more sustainable and efficient energy landscape in Brazil, aligning with NDB’s commitment to supporting development initiatives that foster economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Since its inception in 2015, NDB has approved 29 projects in Brazil alone with USD 7 billion in approved financing. These projects are spread across several states and municipalities in Brazil, helping improve clean energy, transport, water and sanitation, and social infrastructure. NDB also has a growing portfolio of private sector loans in the country.
Background Information
NDB was established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging market economies and developing countries, complementing the existing efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global growth and development.
Nixon declined, but the Republican president sent a generous note in support of the veteran Democrat Stennis.
“Future students and scholars who study there will … familiarize themselves with the outstanding record of a U.S. Senator whose … judgment in complex areas of national security have been a source of strength and comfort to those who have led this Nation and to all who are concerned in preserving the freedom we cherish.”
Nixon’s prediction came true, perhaps ironically, considering the legal troubles over his own papers during the Watergate crisis. Congress passed the Presidential Records Act of 1978 after Nixon resigned.
Now, 55 years later, Mississippi State University holds a body of records from a bipartisan group of officials that has positioned it to tell a major part of the state’s story in national and global politics. That story is told to over 100 patrons and dozens of college and K-12 classes each year.
The papers are fertile ground for scholarly research into Congress’ role in shaping U.S. history, with its extraordinary powers over lawmaking, the economy and one of the world’s largest militaries.
By lending their papers and relative political celebrity, members of Congress have laid the groundwork for repositories like these to promote policy research to enable local and state governments to shape legislation on issues central to their states.
More complete history
When the repositories are at universities, they also provide educational programming that encourages public service for the next generations.
At Mississippi State University, the John C. Stennis Institute for Government and Community Development sponsors an organization that allows students to learn about government, voting, organizing and potential careers on Capitol Hill with trips to Washington, D.C.
Depositing congressional papers in states and districts, to be cared for by professional archivists and librarians, extends the life of the records and expands their utility.
When elected officials give their papers to their constituents, they ensure the public can see and use the papers. This is a way of returning their history to them, while giving them the power to assemble a more complete, independent version of their political history. While members of Congress are not required by law to donate their papers, they passed a bipartisan concurrent resolution in 2008 encouraging the practice.
Users of congressional archives range from historians to college students, local investigative journalists, political memoirists and documentary filmmakers. In advance of the 2020 election, we contributed historical materials to CNN’s reporting on Joe Biden’s controversial relationship with the Southern bloc of segregationist senators in his early Senate years.
While the results contribute to the humanities, the process of archival preservation and management is as complex a science as any other.
“Congressional records” is a broad term that encompasses many formats such as letters, diaries, notes, meeting minutes, speech transcripts, guestbooks and schedules.
They also include ephemera such as campaign bumper stickers, military medals and even ceremonial pieces of the original U.S. Capitol flooring. They contain rare photographs of everything from natural disaster damage to state dinners and legacy audiovisual materials such as 8 mm film, cassette tapes and vinyl records. Members of Congress also have donated their libraries of hundreds of books.
Archival preservation is a constantly evolving science. Only in the mid-20th century was the acid-free box developed to arrest the deterioration of paper records. After the advent of film-based photographs, archivists later learned to keep them away from light and heat, and they observed that audiovisual materials such as 8mm tape decompose from acid decay quickly if not stored in proper conditions.
Alongside preservation work comes the task of inventorying the records for public use. Archivists write finding aids – itemized, searchable catalogs of the records – and create metadata, which describes items in terms of size, creation date and location.
Future congressional papers will include born-digital content such as email and social media. This means traditional archiving will give way to digital preservation and data management. Federal law mandates that digital records have alt-text and transcription, and they need specialized expertise in file storage and data security because congressional papers often contain case files with sensitive personal data.
With congressional materials often clocking in at hundreds or thousands of linear feet, emerging artificial intelligence and automation technologies will usher this field into a new era, with AI speeding metadata and cataloging work to deliver usable records for researchers faster than ever.
For example, West Virginia University has been awarded over $400,000 since 2021 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the American Congress Digital Archives Portal project, a website that centralizes digitized congressional records at the university and a growing list of partners such as the University of Hawaii and the University of Oklahoma.
Past federal grants have funded other congressional papers projects, from basic supply needs such as folders to more complex repair of film and tape.
The Howard Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee used National Endowment for the Humanities funds to purchase specialized supplies needed to store the papers of its namesake, the Republican senator who also served as chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan.
National Endowment for the Humanities funds helped process U.S. Rep. Pat Williams’ papers at the University of Montana, resulting in a searchable finding aid for the 87 boxes of records documenting the Montana Democrat’s 18 years in Congress.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.”
With the current threat to federal grants – and agencies – that pay for the crucial work of stewarding these congressional papers, it appears that these records of democracy may no longer play their role in supporting that democracy.
Katherine Gregory received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a member of the Society of American Archivists.
Nixon declined, but the Republican president sent a generous note in support of the veteran Democrat Stennis.
“Future students and scholars who study there will … familiarize themselves with the outstanding record of a U.S. Senator whose … judgment in complex areas of national security have been a source of strength and comfort to those who have led this Nation and to all who are concerned in preserving the freedom we cherish.”
Nixon’s prediction came true, perhaps ironically, considering the legal troubles over his own papers during the Watergate crisis. Congress passed the Presidential Records Act of 1978 after Nixon resigned.
Now, 55 years later, Mississippi State University holds a body of records from a bipartisan group of officials that has positioned it to tell a major part of the state’s story in national and global politics. That story is told to over 100 patrons and dozens of college and K-12 classes each year.
The papers are fertile ground for scholarly research into Congress’ role in shaping U.S. history, with its extraordinary powers over lawmaking, the economy and one of the world’s largest militaries.
By lending their papers and relative political celebrity, members of Congress have laid the groundwork for repositories like these to promote policy research to enable local and state governments to shape legislation on issues central to their states.
More complete history
When the repositories are at universities, they also provide educational programming that encourages public service for the next generations.
At Mississippi State University, the John C. Stennis Institute for Government and Community Development sponsors an organization that allows students to learn about government, voting, organizing and potential careers on Capitol Hill with trips to Washington, D.C.
Depositing congressional papers in states and districts, to be cared for by professional archivists and librarians, extends the life of the records and expands their utility.
When elected officials give their papers to their constituents, they ensure the public can see and use the papers. This is a way of returning their history to them, while giving them the power to assemble a more complete, independent version of their political history. While members of Congress are not required by law to donate their papers, they passed a bipartisan concurrent resolution in 2008 encouraging the practice.
Users of congressional archives range from historians to college students, local investigative journalists, political memoirists and documentary filmmakers. In advance of the 2020 election, we contributed historical materials to CNN’s reporting on Joe Biden’s controversial relationship with the Southern bloc of segregationist senators in his early Senate years.
While the results contribute to the humanities, the process of archival preservation and management is as complex a science as any other.
“Congressional records” is a broad term that encompasses many formats such as letters, diaries, notes, meeting minutes, speech transcripts, guestbooks and schedules.
They also include ephemera such as campaign bumper stickers, military medals and even ceremonial pieces of the original U.S. Capitol flooring. They contain rare photographs of everything from natural disaster damage to state dinners and legacy audiovisual materials such as 8 mm film, cassette tapes and vinyl records. Members of Congress also have donated their libraries of hundreds of books.
Archival preservation is a constantly evolving science. Only in the mid-20th century was the acid-free box developed to arrest the deterioration of paper records. After the advent of film-based photographs, archivists later learned to keep them away from light and heat, and they observed that audiovisual materials such as 8mm tape decompose from acid decay quickly if not stored in proper conditions.
Alongside preservation work comes the task of inventorying the records for public use. Archivists write finding aids – itemized, searchable catalogs of the records – and create metadata, which describes items in terms of size, creation date and location.
Future congressional papers will include born-digital content such as email and social media. This means traditional archiving will give way to digital preservation and data management. Federal law mandates that digital records have alt-text and transcription, and they need specialized expertise in file storage and data security because congressional papers often contain case files with sensitive personal data.
With congressional materials often clocking in at hundreds or thousands of linear feet, emerging artificial intelligence and automation technologies will usher this field into a new era, with AI speeding metadata and cataloging work to deliver usable records for researchers faster than ever.
For example, West Virginia University has been awarded over $400,000 since 2021 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the American Congress Digital Archives Portal project, a website that centralizes digitized congressional records at the university and a growing list of partners such as the University of Hawaii and the University of Oklahoma.
Past federal grants have funded other congressional papers projects, from basic supply needs such as folders to more complex repair of film and tape.
The Howard Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee used National Endowment for the Humanities funds to purchase specialized supplies needed to store the papers of its namesake, the Republican senator who also served as chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan.
National Endowment for the Humanities funds helped process U.S. Rep. Pat Williams’ papers at the University of Montana, resulting in a searchable finding aid for the 87 boxes of records documenting the Montana Democrat’s 18 years in Congress.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.”
With the current threat to federal grants – and agencies – that pay for the crucial work of stewarding these congressional papers, it appears that these records of democracy may no longer play their role in supporting that democracy.
Katherine Gregory received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a member of the Society of American Archivists.
The EUAA has just published a Country of Origin Information (COI) report on Syria. The report provides an update on the situation in Syria following the ouster of Bashar Al-Assad, with a focus on developments between March and May 2025. It examines the security and socio-economic situation in the country and reviews the latest political and human rights developments, including the treatment of specific population groups.
Following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader was appointed Syria’s interim President. He signed a constitutional declaration covering a five-year transitional period until a permanent constitution and elections are established. The declaration introduced a strong presidential system and designated Islamic jurisprudence as the main source of legislation. In March 2025, a new transitional government was formed, composed of ministers from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, though largely dominated by figures with close ties to HTS.
Syria’s security landscape remains fragmented, with numerous armed groups operating with varying degrees of autonomy, despite the caretaker authorities’ efforts to integrate all armed groups into the Syrian government’s army. Notably, negotiations were still ongoing regarding the implementation of a March agreement between the caretaker authorities and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) —a Kurdish-led group controlling most of northeastern Syria’s—aimed at integrating the SDF’s civilian and military structures into Syria’s state institutions.
The security situation remains volatile, with the new authorities struggling to assert full control in certain areas of the country. Incidents of lawlessness, criminality and retaliatory violence are reported to be prevalent in central and western Syria. Large-scale sectarian violence targeting Alawite communities in the coastal areas and Druze communities in southern Syria was reported between March – May 2025. Israel has also continued to launch airstrikes on military facilities and conduct military incursions into southern Syria.
Between March and May 2025, together with the United States of America, the European Union took steps to aid in the economic recovery of the country by lifting almost all Assad-era sanctions. However, according to United Nations sources, 90 % of the population are living in poverty and 16.5 million require humanitarian assistance. Although returns from abroad, as well as of internally displaced persons, increased following Assad’s removal, key challenges to sustainable returns included worsening economic conditions, unemployment, limited access to basic services and widespread infrastructure destruction.
EU Asylum situation for Syrian nationals
Syrian asylum applications have been on a downward trend since November 2024, with a sharp drop in December reflecting the changed circumstances following the fall of the Assad regime, but have been relatively stable since March. In May 2025, Syrians lodged just under 3 100 applications. Between December 2024 and May 2025 Syrian applications (31 000) decreased by over three fifths compared to the previous six months. The main EU+ receiving countries were Germany, Greece and Austria.
Since December 2024 most EU+ countries have suspended (fully or partially) decision making on Syrian cases, which led to a notable drop in first instance decisions: from a monthly average of 12 000 over the preceding six months to 4 200 in December, falling further in January. Since then, the numbers have fluctuated, averaging around 2 600 between March and May 2025. As a result, the number of pending first instance cases were high, standing at 111 000 at the end of May.
Background
The EUAA regularly updates its Country of Origin Information reports, which aim to provide accurate and reliable up-to-date information on third countries to support EU+ asylum and migration authorities in reaching accurate and fair decisions in asylum procedures, as well as to support national policymaking.
The EUAA has just published a Country of Origin Information (COI) report on Syria. The report provides an update on the situation in Syria following the ouster of Bashar Al-Assad, with a focus on developments between March and May 2025. It examines the security and socio-economic situation in the country and reviews the latest political and human rights developments, including the treatment of specific population groups.
Following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader was appointed Syria’s interim President. He signed a constitutional declaration covering a five-year transitional period until a permanent constitution and elections are established. The declaration introduced a strong presidential system and designated Islamic jurisprudence as the main source of legislation. In March 2025, a new transitional government was formed, composed of ministers from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, though largely dominated by figures with close ties to HTS.
Syria’s security landscape remains fragmented, with numerous armed groups operating with varying degrees of autonomy, despite the caretaker authorities’ efforts to integrate all armed groups into the Syrian government’s army. Notably, negotiations were still ongoing regarding the implementation of a March agreement between the caretaker authorities and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) —a Kurdish-led group controlling most of northeastern Syria’s—aimed at integrating the SDF’s civilian and military structures into Syria’s state institutions.
The security situation remains volatile, with the new authorities struggling to assert full control in certain areas of the country. Incidents of lawlessness, criminality and retaliatory violence are reported to be prevalent in central and western Syria. Large-scale sectarian violence targeting Alawite communities in the coastal areas and Druze communities in southern Syria was reported between March – May 2025. Israel has also continued to launch airstrikes on military facilities and conduct military incursions into southern Syria.
Between March and May 2025, together with the United States of America, the European Union took steps to aid in the economic recovery of the country by lifting almost all Assad-era sanctions. However, according to United Nations sources, 90 % of the population are living in poverty and 16.5 million require humanitarian assistance. Although returns from abroad, as well as of internally displaced persons, increased following Assad’s removal, key challenges to sustainable returns included worsening economic conditions, unemployment, limited access to basic services and widespread infrastructure destruction.
EU Asylum situation for Syrian nationals
Syrian asylum applications have been on a downward trend since November 2024, with a sharp drop in December reflecting the changed circumstances following the fall of the Assad regime, but have been relatively stable since March. In May 2025, Syrians lodged just under 3 100 applications. Between December 2024 and May 2025 Syrian applications (31 000) decreased by over three fifths compared to the previous six months. The main EU+ receiving countries were Germany, Greece and Austria.
Since December 2024 most EU+ countries have suspended (fully or partially) decision making on Syrian cases, which led to a notable drop in first instance decisions: from a monthly average of 12 000 over the preceding six months to 4 200 in December, falling further in January. Since then, the numbers have fluctuated, averaging around 2 600 between March and May 2025. As a result, the number of pending first instance cases were high, standing at 111 000 at the end of May.
Background
The EUAA regularly updates its Country of Origin Information reports, which aim to provide accurate and reliable up-to-date information on third countries to support EU+ asylum and migration authorities in reaching accurate and fair decisions in asylum procedures, as well as to support national policymaking.
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments
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MHRA approves elinzanetant to treat moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes) caused by menopause
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 8 July, become the first regulator in the world to approve elinzanetant (Lynkuet) for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes) associated with the menopause.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 8 July, become the first regulator in the world to approve elinzanetant (Lynkuet) for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes) associated with the menopause.
When oestrogen levels drop during menopause, certain brain cells become overactive and interrupt the body’s ability to control temperature, which leads to hot flushes and night sweats. Elinzanetant is a new non-hormonal medication which works by calming these signals in the brain, helping bring the body’s temperature control back into balance.
It may also help improve sleep problems that often come with menopause. This medicine is administered in tablet form, to be taken orally.
Julian Beach, MHRA Interim Executive Director of Healthcare Quality and Access, said:
“Hot flushes and night sweats associated with menopause can have a significant negative impact on quality of life.
“We are therefore pleased to announce our approval of elinzanetant, which has met the MHRA’s standards for safety, quality and effectiveness.
“Elinzanetant offers a non-hormonal alternative for those who may not be able to, or prefer not to, take hormone-based therapies. As with all licensed medicines, we will continue to monitor its safety closely as it becomes more widely used.”
Elinzanetant’s approval is based on results from the OASIS clinical trials, which involved over 1,400 women aged 40 to 65 across several countries. These studies showed that taking a daily 120 mg tablet of elinzanetant significantly reduced the number and intensity of hot flushes and night sweats over 26 to 52 weeks, compared to a placebo.
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects in some people. A full list of side effects can be found in the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) or the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC), available on the MHRA website within 7 days of approval.
Anyone who suspects they are having a side effect from this medicine should talk to their doctor, pharmacist or nurse and report it directly to the MHRA Yellow Card scheme, either through the website (https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/) or by searching the Google Play or Apple App stores for MHRA Yellow Card.
Notes to editors
The new marketing authorisation was granted on 8 July 2025 to Bayer plc.
More information can be found in the Summary of Product Characteristics and Patient Information leaflets which will be published on the MHRA Products website within 7 days of approval.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for regulating all medicines and medical devices in the UK by ensuring they work and are acceptably safe. All our work is underpinned by robust and fact-based judgements to ensure that the benefits justify any risks.
The MHRA is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care.
For media enquiries, please contact the newscentre@mhra.gov.uk, or call on 020 3080 7651.
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Issues of socio-economic development of the region were discussed.
Meeting of Mikhail Mishustin with the acting governor of the Sverdlovsk region Denis Pasler.
From the transcript:
M. Mishustin: Dear Denis Vladimirovich!
This week Yekaterinburg is hosting Innoprom, the leading exhibition of domestic industry. I would like to thank in your person everyone who worked hard and prepared, because this is a very important event for industries and for federal executive bodies. A lot of people, thousands, from all over the country have gathered here.
I would also like to wish you success in your work in your position. In March, the President appointed you acting. You worked as the Chairman of the Government here in the Sverdlovsk Region for many years before that. You led the Orenburg Region. I want you to succeed. Good luck to you in all your endeavors and endeavors.
Tell us what the general situation is in the economy today, what is happening with industry.
D. Pasler: Dear Mikhail Vladimirovich!
Thank you very much for your constant support of the Innoprom exhibition, for your personal presence. Of course, this is important for all industrialists. When you, Denis Valentinovich (Manturov), the leadership of the Ministry of Industry are at the exhibition, the most pressing issues are resolved. This is very important for us. Thank you very much again.
Regarding the economic situation. According to the results of five months, the growth of the industrial index is 102%, for shipped products – 108.9%. Investments, despite all the difficulties, sanctions, restrictions, are more than 104.5%. The construction market – we have a 3 million plan. According to the results of the first half of the year, we have fulfilled the plan, about 1.5 million have already been introduced.
To be continued…
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — An investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Buffalo has resulted in the July 1 arrest of 43-year-old Matthew White. White, of Jamestown, New York, was charged by criminal complaint with communicating interstate threats for allegedly making social media posts threatening to kill ICE personnel. In one post, he allegedly threatened to target an individual’s children.
ICE HSI Buffalo Special Agent in Charge Erin Keegan and U.S. Attorney U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo, of the Western District of New York, announced the charges.
“The defendant stands accused of making vile threats against officers and agents who risk their lives every day to uphold an oath they swore to protect the public — even those who wish them harm. There is no place in our community for such hate against any human beings, including and especially innocent children,” said Keegan. “Let it be known, HSI Buffalo is unflinchingly committed to finding and investigating any individuals who threaten, or who are intent on hurting, members of our law enforcement community.”
According to the investigation and outlined in the complaint:
On April 30, HSI Buffalo personnel learned that an X account, believed to be operated by White, was engaged in publicly posting threats to federal immigration agents and administrators employed by the Department of Homeland Security.
On June 4, White voluntarily spoke with investigators and allowed them to extract and copy the contents of his phone. Investigators recovered a number of threatening posts on X, including:
On April 18, White posted, “Kill them all, ICE is the new age gestapo, stop them.”
On April 29, White shared a video clip of Border Czar Tom Homan posted by an X user “America,” and commented, “Then understand that if your ICE agents don’t show proof of identity and a signed warrant, we will kill them.”
In late April, White posted multiple threatening and violent public comments in response to coverage of several ICE arrest operations, including an ICE arrest operation inside a Virginia courthouse that occurred in April 2025. White posted, “I can’t wait to put a bullet into this guy’s brain, but first his children.”
White made an initial appearance on the afternoon of July 1 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy and was released on conditions.
The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — An investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Buffalo has resulted in the July 1 arrest of 43-year-old Matthew White. White, of Jamestown, New York, was charged by criminal complaint with communicating interstate threats for allegedly making social media posts threatening to kill ICE personnel. In one post, he allegedly threatened to target an individual’s children.
ICE HSI Buffalo Special Agent in Charge Erin Keegan and U.S. Attorney U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo, of the Western District of New York, announced the charges.
“The defendant stands accused of making vile threats against officers and agents who risk their lives every day to uphold an oath they swore to protect the public — even those who wish them harm. There is no place in our community for such hate against any human beings, including and especially innocent children,” said Keegan. “Let it be known, HSI Buffalo is unflinchingly committed to finding and investigating any individuals who threaten, or who are intent on hurting, members of our law enforcement community.”
According to the investigation and outlined in the complaint:
On April 30, HSI Buffalo personnel learned that an X account, believed to be operated by White, was engaged in publicly posting threats to federal immigration agents and administrators employed by the Department of Homeland Security.
On June 4, White voluntarily spoke with investigators and allowed them to extract and copy the contents of his phone. Investigators recovered a number of threatening posts on X, including:
On April 18, White posted, “Kill them all, ICE is the new age gestapo, stop them.”
On April 29, White shared a video clip of Border Czar Tom Homan posted by an X user “America,” and commented, “Then understand that if your ICE agents don’t show proof of identity and a signed warrant, we will kill them.”
In late April, White posted multiple threatening and violent public comments in response to coverage of several ICE arrest operations, including an ICE arrest operation inside a Virginia courthouse that occurred in April 2025. White posted, “I can’t wait to put a bullet into this guy’s brain, but first his children.”
White made an initial appearance on the afternoon of July 1 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy and was released on conditions.
The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank will jointly support 34 energy-related projects in nine EU countries. Funded by revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System, the €3.66 billion investment will help modernise energy systems in the EU to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Headline: ICC announces new leadership of Global Marketing and Advertising body
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Following a robust response to a call for nominations leveraging input from ICC’s global network of national committees, the commission’s new leadership has been confirmed for a three-year mandate, reflecting ICC’s commitment to expertise and effective governance.
The new leaders are:
Chair:
Alice Himsworth, Senior Counsel, Google (United Kingdom)
Vice-Chairs:
Ludovic Basset, Director General, European Advertising Standards Alliance (Belgium)
Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, Managing Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein and Selz PC (United States)
Alexander Montgomery, Principal Corporate Counsel, Microsoft (United States)
Gabriel Peeradon, Founder and Regional Managing Director, Yell International (Thailand)
Victoria N. Uwadoka, Corporate Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainability Lead, Nestlé (Nigeria)
Fayola Ferdinand, Director, Global Policy and Sustainability, Coca-Cola (United States) and Karolina Gutiez, Corporate Communications Senior Manager, Schneider Electric (Brazil) also continue in their roles as commission Vice-chairs.
“This new team brings a wealth of experience across sectors and regions, ensuring that the commission remains at the forefront of shaping responsible marketing practices globally. We are confident that this dynamic leadership will drive ICC’s strategic priorities and further strengthen trust in marketing and advertising standards worldwide.”
ICC Global Marketing and Advertising Commission Manager Georgiana Degeratu
Learn more about ICC’s work marketing and advertising or how to get involved.
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today held a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs of Algeria, Ahmed Attaf, on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They discussed ways to promote ASEAN-Algeria cooperation, following Algeria’s accession to the Treaty of Amity and cooperation in Southeast Asia.
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One Day, I Will is an ongoing series by photographer Vincent Tremeau, capturing children in crisis-affected settings as they dress up as who they want to become in the future. In 2025, one year after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day, Vincent brought the project to local schools, inviting children to share their dreams, fears, and hopes in the wake of disaster. These portraits and testimonies are more than dress-up, they reveal resilience, imagination, and the enduring strength of children who continue to dream, despite difficult circumstances. Each of them reminds us: hope can grow even from the most challenging places. “One Day I Will” is one of the exhibits in the UN Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai. The project was made available by OCHA (UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) with support from KUMON, a global after-school math and reading programme.
