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South Africa and the world remember Mandela on the tenth anniversary of his passing into immortality

It is 10 years since the physical death of South African leader Nelson Mandela. This tenth anniversary offers South Africa and the world an opportunity to reflect, to assess what has been achieved and what has not been achieved in…

Brussels: Great march for climate

On the 3rd of December more than 20.000 climate activists marched in Brussels. Text and Photos by Dimitrios Karyamis The march was organised by the Climate Coalition which is an organisation that brings together a wide range of NGO’S and…

Creating Safe Spaces for Tri-peoples' Dialogue in Mindanao, Philippines

by Ma. Teresa “Marites” Guingona-Africa, Ph.D. Dec. 3, 2023, Sunday. ISIS forces detonated an explosive device on a…

The two-year lobbying campaign to sabotage pesticide-reduction

The corporate lobbying drumbeat kept banging ever louder — and in the end led to a dramatic downfall of…

Uniting Forces: From Warheads to Windmills - Bridging the Gap in Environmental Activism

Astonishingly, many environmental activists today are unfamiliar with the intricacies of nuclear weapons. Historically, the primary focus of the…

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Food is firmly on the climate agenda

The 28th Climate Summit (COP28) is being held at Expo City Dubai (Image by Unfccc) A total of 134 countries, including Spain, on Friday endorsed a declaration at the 28th Climate Summit (COP28), being held in Dubai (United Arab Emirates),…

Health

SHOPPING ALERT: Refrain from Buying and Gifting Hazardous Skin Lightening Products to Pregnant Women

Amidst the bustling holiday shopping season, BAN Toxics issues a cautionary advisory against the purchase and usage of skin-lightening products containing toxic chemicals, readily available in local markets and online platforms. The toxic watchdog expresses grave concern over the proliferation…

Migrants

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) (center) stands with CPC Deputy Chair Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) (left) and CPC Whip Greg Casar (D-Texas) (right) outside the White House in Washington, D.C.

House Progressives Vow to Oppose Spending Bill With Anti-Migrant Policies

“Progressives reject Republicans’ cynical attempt to imperil the lives of people seeking safety to pass this supplemental funding bill,” said leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. By Brett Wilkins The U.S. Congressional Progressive Caucus said Monday that most of its…

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COP28: Methane Pledge by the ‘Giants Behind the Climate Crisis’ Falls ‘Well Short’ of What Is Needed

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday [3 December 2023] sent a strong message to the oil and gas industry: the pledges made at COP28 in Dubai fall well short of what’s needed to meaningfully tackle the climate crisis. As the…

Migrants

Rescue ship Humanity 1 detained based on lies by the Italian authorities

On Saturday evening, December 2, 2023, the rescue ship Humanity 1 was detained in Crotone, southern Italy, after disembarking 200 people rescued from distress at sea. The Italian authorities’ justifications for this blockade are based on a series of lies,…

Politics

Für die Medienelite war der Kriegsverbrecher Henry Kissinger ein großer Mann

For Media Elites, War Criminal Henry Kissinger Was a Great Man

For U.S. mass media, Henry Kissinger’s quip that “power is the ultimate aphrodisiac” rang true. Influential reporters and pundits often expressed their love for him. The media establishment kept swooning over one of the worst war criminals in modern history.…

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Countercurrents

Reducing road accidents to half will save 650,000 human lives a day, prevent 1750,000 injuries

International issues

Pressenza New York

To Save Gaza, Invoke the Genocide Convention

Ecology and Environment

Robert Hunziker

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or Conference of the Parties (“COP”) is being held.

Hypocrisy Sours COP28

Interviews

Humanism and Spirituality

Olivier Turquet

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Claude AnShin Thomas: "The process is not to attempt to change the world but to realize that as I change then the world changes"

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Anna Polo

Ella Keidar, junge israelische Kriegsdienstverweigerin aus Gewissensgründen: "Trotz dieser schrecklichen Situation gibt es noch Hoffnung"

Ella Keidar, young Israeli conscientious objector: “Despite this horrible situation there is still hope”

Human Rights

Waging Nonviolence

‘Only democracy can solve this problem’ — a conversation with Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi

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Attack on Pressenza, Mazzeo: Are we on proscription lists?

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We do what we dream

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“Step Back from the Brink”: Ex-Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy Decries Israel’s Actions in Gaza

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Racing Against Time: Unraveling the Story of the Cheetah, Earth's Fastest Predator

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB In the tough terrains of Africa, a fast and strong hunter quietly moves – the cheetah. Picture an animal so speedy that it can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just a…

Culture and Media

Talented Young Photographer from Sorsogon City secures Honorable Mention in Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photowalk 2023

Sorsogon City, Philippines–Renowned photographer, award-winning author, and CEO of KelbyOne, Scott Kelby, has officially announced the winners and honorable mentions from this year’s highly anticipated Worldwide Photo Walk. Among the celebrated talents is Nash Jamrec Dioquino, a young and gifted…

International issues

Olivia Maurel tell her story, what it was like to be born of surrogate motherhood.

International Conference about Surrogacy at the Czech Parliament

On November 21, 2023, an international conference on surrogacy was held at the Parliament of the Czech Republic, on the initiative of three female members of parliament: Ms. Romana Bělohlávková, Ms. Nina Nováková and Ms. Pavla Golasowská. The first part…

Human Rights

For hotel workers in Los Angeles, the road to an employment contract is long and tortuous

Leticia Ortega de Ceballos lives 170 kilometres away from downtown Los Angeles (henceforth, LA). She told “Counter Punch” that she sleeps in her car so she can work two cleaning jobs: one at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, the other at…

International issues

Close the Foreign Bases in Djibouti

Djibouti is a small East African country with an area of 23,200 square km or a little bit smaller than Haiti, Rwanda, or North Macedonia, or a little bit larger than Belize, El Salvador, Israel, or Slovenia. Within this space,…

Politics

Israel-Jordan Relations In The Wake Of The Gaza War

Under Prime Minister Netanyahu’s leadership, Israel-Jordan relations have hit a new low. Sadly, after 30 years of peace, there is deep sullenness and disappointment between the two countries. The aspiration for strategic partnership has fallen short, except for security collaboration.…

Gender and Feminisms

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Russia: Supreme Court Bans “LGBT Movement” as “Extremist”

Russian LGBT Community in Dire Need of International Support Russia’s Supreme Court ruled today that the “international LGBT movement” is an “extremist organization,” jeopardizing all forms of LGBT rights activism in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. In a…

Gender and Feminisms

Outside the Harvey Weinstein trial in New York City, a group performs “A Rapist in Your Path,” the viral protest anthem created by the Chilean feminist collective Las Tesis.

Think #MeToo didn’t make a real difference? Think again

It takes effort to track the impacts of mass mobilizations like #MeToo, Occupy or Black Lives Matter, but understanding social change is impossible without such work. By Mark Engler and Paul Engler What difference did #MeToo actually make? In 2017 and 2018,…

Health

E-waste forum participants led by Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong (second to the right).

Baguio City, Philippines Ramps Up Advocacy for Safe E-Waste Management

30 November 2023, Quezon City. The Baguio City Government is dead serious in promoting the safe management of electronic waste, or e-waste, to prevent toxic pollution and to protect the health of citizens and the ecosystems. At a lively forum…

Human Rights

Why Poland, is the key to understand the mindset of the Jews and Israel

I went to Auschwitz, the Pain-land. A testimony against antisemitism When I was in London to study political science, I wanted to leave and go to Bristol, because I had found out at that time, that the university there, had…

Peace and Disarmament

Groups Call on the U.S. Sign the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

At a vigil on Thursday, November 30, outside the U.S. Mission to the U.N., the Atlantic Life Community, Nukewatch, NYC War Resisters League, and others will call on the U.S. to be the first nuclear armed state to respond to…

International issues

A Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine

We, the undersigned Palestinian higher education institutions from occupied Palestine unite in a call for justice, humanity, and an end to 75 years of Israel’s regime of settler-colonial oppression and apartheid. We stand resolute, determined to stop and overcome the…

Ecology and Environment

Radar images acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite show the iceberg A23a moving near Joinville Island in Antarctica from Oct. 19 to Nov. 24, 2023.

World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Free in Antarctica

The largest iceberg in the world — A23a, nearly 1,500 square miles, about three times as big as New York City — has broken free of its anchor on the floor of the Weddell Sea and begun to drift toward the Southern…

Politics

Kurt Campbell: A China Warmonger in Diplomat Clothes

President Joe Biden has tapped Kurt Campbell, his administration’s National Security Council Asia coordinator, for Deputy Secretary of State. If the Senate confirms Campbell, he’ll be the latest in a line of American officials who are supposed to serve as…

Culture and Media

The Dalits and the history of their unbridled suffering

It is difficult to discern the history of the genesis of the Dalits, as their history is intermingled with the Indian religious and mythical substances. The historians are not in unison in this case; rather in some issues related to…

Gender and Feminisms

New Report Highlights Severe Spikes in Arrests and Prosecutions of LGBT and Gender-diverse People in 2023

Geneva, 30 November 2023 – Arrests and prosecutions for consensual same-sex sexual acts, and on the grounds of diverse gender expressions, continued to take place across the world in 2023 and in previous years, a report by ILGA World revealed today. Despite…

Peace and Disarmament

Riyad Mansour Palestinian UN rep addresses the 2MSP of TPNW.

The Permanent Observer, currently Riyad Mansour, is charged with representing the State of Palestine to the United Nations.Palestine has signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It was among the original 50 states parties to…

International

A statement by the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network - Dubai - COP28

End wars and end fossil fuels: Demilitarize, Decarbonize, Decolonize We are in a climate emergency exacerbated by global conflict. This past summer, out-of- control forest fires raged across Canada and caused mass displacement and destruction. Canadian communities are facing more…

Ecology and Environment

Sabotaging EU Pesticide Reduction Law (SUR)

Pesticide industry lobby’s reckless assault on biodiversity and health It is make-or-break time for several urgent key topics under the EU’s Green Deal and its Farm to Fork Strategy. In June this year for example, the Nature Restoration Law became…

Peace and Disarmament

US Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), MA State Senator Paul Mark, Outside the visitor entrance to the UN in New York, E46th St and 1st Avenue

Rep McGovern attend the meeting of U.N. #TPNW2MSP Nov. 27

For the first time since the Nuclear Ban Treaty was agreed by 122 countries at the United Nations in 2017, the US Congress is represented at a treaty meeting. The Second Meeting of State Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear…

Politics

Geert Wilders, head of the PVV (Freedom Party) (left) with other politicians at the final television debate before the 2006 Dutch general election

Europe worries about the rise of “populism”, but real specter haunting EU is “maidanization”

In the Netherlands, the PVV (Freedom Party), led by controversial politician Geert Wilders, often described as “far-right” and “populist”, won about 37 of the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament. While talks have started to form the new government, Wilders…

Original content

Second meeting of TPNW States Parties opens in New York

The first day of the second meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opened on Monday 27 November at 10 a.m. and lasted all day at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The…

Peace and Disarmament

Genocide in Gaza, Activists Shut Down Manhattan Bridge. Demonstrators Disrupt Macy’s Parade Over Protest-Filled Weekend

In New York, over 1,000 peaceful protesters held a sit-in protest Sunday at the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge, halting traffic to downtown Brooklyn. Protesters, led by Jewish Voice for Peace, unfurled banners reading “Let Gaza Live” and “The Whole…

Ecology and Environment

Amazon’s Mightiest Apex Predator, The Jaguar

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB In the past, jaguars were revered as deities, but currently, their population is being drastically reduced throughout their habitat. Explore the deep, dense jungles where a stunning and mighty creature resides—the incredible jaguar. This majestic big…

Peace and Disarmament

New York: ICAN activists' meeting

We publish the diary of events around the International Conference of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons taking place these days in New York; the diary is written for Pressenza by Sandro Ciani of the…

Human Rights

Global campaign for Amazon workers' rights. Initiatives exist also in the United States

Globalization has also brought about the regular consumerist Black Friday, which fall on the day following the all-American holiday of Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. Initially characterized by queues in front of shops which reduced prices due to…

Diversity

A young woman protests near the entrance to the Plaza Grande, blocked by the national police. (Photography by Walker Vizcarra)

25N, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

This November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, hundreds of women marched in Quito denouncing violence against women throughout the country, while demanding the implementation of consistent policies.

International issues

Deal with Hamas reveals Israel’s difficulties

After insisting that it would not negotiate with Hamas, Israel finally announced that it agreed to participate in a prisoner swap and temporary interruption of fighting. The terms of the agreement were published by Qatari representatives, with Doha being the place of…

International issues

Nov 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

The United Nations’ International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People stands as a poignant reminder of the enduring quest for peace, justice, and recognition of the Palestinian cause. Observed annually on November 29th, this day serves as a platform…

Human Rights

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Unite now to stop #GazaGenocide and start dismantling Israeli apartheid!

Let’s make November 29th a global day of action to stop #GazaGenocid! Millions of you have taken to the streets for the largest protests the world has seen in the last 20 years! We are grateful to each one of…

Health

CHRISTMAS ALERT: Kiddie Bouncy and Squeaky Plastic Toys Sold in Local Markets Contain Toxic Chemicals

With Christmas fast approaching and shoppers gearing up for their gift-giving, safe toy advocate BAN Toxics issued a warning to the public concerning the sale of bouncy (also known as inflatable hoppers) and squeaky plastic toys that might contain toxic…

Ecology and Environment

Deforestation at Novo Progresso, Pará State, in the Brazilian Amazon. Wikimedia Commons

High-ranking Climate Scientists Rebel against the IPPC

It’s 35 years since the formation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities.” Subsequently, COP21 at Paris ‘15 warned the world not to exceed 1.5°C, and worst case,…

Culture and Media

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"her": The Divine Feminine, Artfully Brought to Life, in the First Solo Exhibit of Filipina Artist, Dawn Almario

A muti-awarded Filipina artist living and working in Dubai returns to her artistic roots. She returns to her true calling and passion by unveiling her first solo exhibit here, in her native country. Entitled “her”, it opened on November 17…

Migrants

Strafanzeige von 12 NGOs für die Untersuchung der Zerstörung des Rettungsschiffs Iuventa

12 NGOs file a criminal complaint to demand an investigation for the destruction of the rescue ship Iuventa

The civil fleet joins the Iuventa-crew in filing a criminal complaint to hold accountable those responsible for the destruction of the Iuventa rescue ship under Italian custody. The 4 Iuventa-crew members, on trial in Trapani for allegedly “facilitating unauthorised immigration”,…

Ecology and Environment

A Clean Gulf Associates 95-foot response vessel skims crude oil approximately 4 miles southeast off South Pass, Louisiana, on Nov. 17, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard.

U.S. Coast Guard Searches for Source of 1 Million Gallon Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching off the Louisiana coast for the source of a leak in a 67-mile-long pipeline that has spilled over 1 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. By Paige Bennett When the…

Politics

The Violence Problem as Seen from Charlottesville

Charlottesville, over six years ago, was in the news around the world because a bunch of Nazis came here. Some of them were from here, a place with more than its share of homegrown problems. But the Nazi problem, the widespread…

Politics

South African Parliament votes to close the Israeli embassy and suspend diplomatic relations. 248-91

The South African Parliament voted on a motion to close the Israeli Embassy in the country. The motion was PASSED with 248 votes for and 91 against. “Free Palestine in Parliament” slogans were chanted. 🇿🇦🇵🇸 South Africa’s Parliament voted to…

Peace and Disarmament

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November 28, 2023 9 AM - Coaltion of U.S. groups hold rally & march from UN to US and Russia Mission

Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, Pax Christi NYS, Peace Action Fund of New York State, Veterans for Peace-Chapter 34 (NYC), Nukewatch, NYC War Resisters League, and other U.S. organizations present: Survivors of Atomic Bombings of Japan, an Indigenous Elder,…

Ecology and Environment

Envi Groups Dismayed over Hijack of Plastics Treaty Negotiations by Petrochem and Plastics Interests

As the third negotiations (INC3) for a global plastics treaty closed earlier this week, civil society organizations from different countries were disappointed over the seeming failure to move closer to a strong and binding global plastic agreement to end plastic…

Culture and Media

Genuine information on major international issues: Ukraine and Palestine

We often hear that official media provide us with objective information, while independent social media are full of all types of materials, but much of it is disinformation, conspiracy theories and hate speech. This is sometimes true, but there’s another…

Politics

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Bangladesh election not likely in early January

The much-awaited national election to the 12th Parliament of Bangladesh is likely to be rescheduled, and not postponed. By Saleem Samad The governing party Awami League’s top leader Obaidul Quader and Minister for Roads and Bridges said on Wednesday that…

Peace and Disarmament

Emergency Forum: No More War Crimes! Economic Development, Not Depopulation!

Join Humanity for Peace November 26 at 11am EST/ 8am PST/ 5pm CET for an Emergency Forum and Exclusive showing of the Documentary 8:15 Hiroshima: From Father to Daughter Register for the Zoom link Speakers Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Founder and Chairwoman, Schiller institute…

International issues

Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures — a Discussion with Noam Chomsky

Professor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as…

Politics

Der Internationale Gerichtshof zu den US-Sanktionen gegen die Republik Kuba

The International Tribunal on the US sanctions against the Republic of Cuba

The extensive political and economic sanctions imposed on the Republic of Cuba since 1960 up to date violate international law. These include, above all, Articles 2(4) and 2(7) of the UN Charter on the protection of sovereignty, self-determination and the…

Education

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Ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece

The New Grand Tour

Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities. By Jan Ritch-Frel All of humanity can now take the Grand Tour: a travel circuit of global sites that help us…

Peace and Disarmament

Photo from left: Museum docent Kevin Carroll; Camillo 'Mac' Bica, Veterans For Peace; Myrna Gordon, NCPG; Rich Morgan, SCPG & Conscience Bay Friends; Bob Keeler, PCLI; and Susan Perretti, NCPG. Not pictured: Anne and Paul Cimino, Brian O'Haire, Chuck Perretti.

Long Island Peace Activists Deliver Message to Museum of American Armor: War is NOT 'Cool'

A peace delegation with representatives from North Country Peace Group, Pax Christi LI, Veterans For Peace LI, South Country Peace Group and Conscience Bay Friends Meeting visited the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage, NY Sunday, November 19th to…

International issues

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L, Front) addresses a Security Council open debate on promoting sustainable peace through common development at the UN headquarters in New York, on Nov. 20, 2023. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday emphasized the significance of development and expressed gratitude to China for organizing a debate on this vital issue at the Security Council.

China calls for promoting peace through common development

China’s ambassador to the UN has called for promoting sustainable peace through common development at an open debate at the UN Security Council on Monday. To achieve basic, inclusive and sustainable development is the foundation for ensuring long-term peace and…

Human Rights

Voices from Gaza: narratives on the genocide of the Palestinian people

A meeting with the CISS (Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud – South South International Cooperation) took place in Palermo on 14 November at the Casa della Cooperazione; present, fortunately returning from Gaza, were Jacopo Intini and Amal Khayal, head of the…

International issues

Genocide: There's a Law to Stop It

Several countries’ governments have accused the Israeli government of genocide and asked the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli officials, but that court answers to the U.S. government and has refused for years to prosecute crimes by Israel or anyone…

Health

EcoWaste Coalition continues to push for the strict enforcement of the lead paint ban.

EcoWaste Coalition Warns against Leaded Paints with “No Pb” Symbol

21 November 2023, Quezon City. Paints containing lead, a chemical element with the symbol Pb, must not carry the “No Pb” symbol as this will constitute a violation of the right of consumers to be given accurate and truthful product…

Culture and Media

First hybrid meeting , in Athens, of the Pressenza agency after the pandemic.

International hybrid meeting of Pressenza editorial offices in Athens

On November 18 and 19, [2023], an international meeting of Pressenza news agency editorial representatives from the different regions of our planet took place in Athens. It was a mixed meeting, attended by many representatives from Asia, Europe, North and…

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Former NATO’s Supreme Commander sees no future for Ukraine but land-for-peace deal

James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, writing for Bloomberg, argues that Washington should learn from “the lessons of South Korea” and negotiate a “land for peace conclusion to combat” in Ukraine. Commenting on his recent visit to Seoul in…

Ecology and Environment

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‘Climate Change Is Here’: Every Part of the U.S. Will Suffer Climate-Related Disasters, Report Finds

Earlier this week, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the United States’ Fifth National Climate Assessment, an overview of the effects climate change is having on the country. By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The main message of the assessment is clear: Every part…

Politics

The "libertarian" Javier Milei will be Argentina's next President

Argentina embraced the far right. Javier Milei, 53, won the second round of Argentina’s elections with 56% of the vote against the current economy minister Sergio Massa, who won 44% of the vote. Massa, the economy minister in a country…

Ecology and Environment

Photo at the INC 3 Post Nov 19,2023. Source: https://www.no-burn.org/.

Plastics Treaty Negotiations Held Hostage by Small Handful of Oil-Producing Countries

Civil Society Raises Alarm about Dysfunction in the Treaty Process Nairobi, Kenya– In the final hours closing a week of negotiations (INC-3- Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee ) for a global plastics treaty, a small group of mostly oil and plastic-producing…

Ecology and Environment

The amazing Great Barrier Reef at the Whitsunday Islands, Australia seen from a helicopter ride. Can people survive without life-sourcing ecosystems, like rainforests, wetlands, the Great Barrier Reef? Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.

Showdown at COP28

“$200 trillion is needed to stop global warming” (Bloomberg New Energy Finance) Buckle up, fireworks will be going off in a couple of weeks in the pristine complex known as Dubai. World leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, and fossil fuel producers…

Culture and Media

They speak of freedom with dirty hands

“The jailers of humanity will not catch me twice with the same net,” said Charly García. At last, it happened. The faithful guardian of planetary democracy and the civil liberties of the world’s peoples, the US State Department, officially accused…

Ecology and Environment

The Marvelous World of Anteaters, Nature's Coolest Bug Busters

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB Did you know there’s a real-life superhero in the animal kingdom? Meet the anteater – not your average backyard creature! These fuzzy, long-snouted wonders are the ultimate bug busters, armed with a secret weapon that’s the…

Ecology and Environment

China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP).

China's water diversion project benefits 68 million people in first decade

The first phase of the eastern route of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project has benefited more than 68 million people in the eastern province Shandong in its decade-long operation, said the China South-to-North Water Diversion Co., Ltd. on Wednesday. The…

International issues

Belgium Overcomes EU Struggles to Send Strong Message on Gaza

EU States Do Not Need Consensus to Support Sanctions, Accountability By Claudio Francavilla Despite the horrific and mounting human costs of the grave violations of international humanitarian law in Israel and Palestine, the 27 EU member states have been unable…

Human Rights

CODEPINK Launches International Campaign Urging ICC Investigation into Israel’s Alleged War Crimes in Gaza

In the wake of alarming statements by Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which have been perceived as incitement to genocide in Palestine, CODEPINK and its international partners are spearheading a global letter-writing initiative calling for an investigation by…

Ecology and Environment

A photo of plastic pollution from the lawsuit filed by New York State.

New York Sues PepsiCo Over Plastics Pollution in Buffalo River

New York State Attorney General Letitia James sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, claiming the corporation had endangered the environment and misled the public regarding its plans to get rid of single-use plastic packaging. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The attorney general’s office found that the food…

Health

Warning Out on Newly-Discovered Aerosol Paints with Extremely High Lead Content

Two more aerosol paints sold online were found to contain extremely high concentrations of lead, a cumulative toxicant that is forbidden in the production of paints. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition revealed that the lead content of the two…

Health

Advocate Mothers Urge Government to Prohibit Banned Toxic Chemicals used in Plastic Toys, Amid New Evidence

“We unknowingly expose our children to plastic toys contaminated with toxic chemicals, which have been prohibited worldwide since 2017. Soft plastic toys like inflatable hopping horses, squeaky toy animals, shrilling chickens, rubber duckies, and dolls containing harmful chemicals called short-chain…

Asia

Resource Person Dr. Jimmy Catanes, CHED Education Supervisor II (3rd line, 6th fr. L), Madam Margarita Cecilda B. Rillera, BCU President and Chair of the Board of Trustees (s/c), are joined for a photo-op by the Board of Trustees members, the Management Team, Research Coordinators, Dr. Bernadette Pal-ec, CHED-CAR UNIFAST Focal Person and CHED Staff Mr. Steven Jan Belgica. Photo credit: Michael Rodriguez.

BCU Undergoes Internationalization Orientation and Capability Building on Research Digital ToolKits

by Marilou Dela Peña & Genevieve Balance Kupang Remaining relevant and competitive in the rapidly evolving educational landscape is a top priority. Universities actively participate in diverse rating assessments to gain a comprehensive understanding of their strengths and areas for…

Culture and Media

Provocations by the US State Department can chill press freedom in Latin America

The headline is provocative: “The Kremlin’s Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America.” This was a statement on the US State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The United States government accused two companies—Social Design Agency and Structura National Technologies—of…

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