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Putin’s Trip To India Comes At A Mutually Opportune Time

It’ll strengthen their complementary balancing acts for averting disproportionate dependence on the American and Chinese superpowers amidst the global systemic transition to complex multipolarity. Putin is on his first state visit to India in four years after having last visited…

The UN’s Financing Crisis: Who Pays, Who Doesn’t, and Why China’s Delays Matter

The UN is being systematically starved of funds while the money goes to the insatiable military. If this is not short-sighted, irresponsible and shameful, what is? The United Nations is facing one of the gravest financial crises in its history.…

Chasing Hope Behind the Sun: The Invisible Balochistan

Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest yet most neglected province. It stretches across the country’s southwestern edge, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, with a long coastline on the Sea of Oman—conditions that could have made it a corridor of development and stability. Instead,…

Solidarity on Trial in Greece

Baseless Felony Charges for Saving Lives at Sea Should End in Acquittal  By Bill Van Esveld and Eva Cossé Two dozen humanitarian workers face trial on the Greek island of Lesbos this week on baseless felony charges that carry 20…

Outsourcing Trap for Bangladeshi Youth!

By Maruf ul Alam (Dhaka Bureau) Limited revenue-funded positions, the need for rapid recruitment, and the advantages of project-based work have made the hiring of outsourced personnel a daily occurrence in a lot of government institutions. However, the hidden reality…

The Filipino Diaspora Hopes for a Corruption-Free Homeland

by Maria Veronica “Vernie” G. Caparas* November 30 is Bonifacio Day in the Philippines and among many Filipinos in British Columbia, Canada. Andres Bonifacio, after whom the national celebration is held every year, is one of the Philippines’ heroes whose…

Let Comedians Say Anything: Why Comedy Is Society’s Last Honest Mirror

Comedy exposes the truths society hides most fiercely, illuminating our moral blind spots and political realities without fear or apology. Comedy isn’t merely entertainment—it is a civic instrument, a mirror held up to the collective self, reflecting truths that polite…

Kabylia: Towards Autonomy While Preserving National Unity

Kabylia is not merely a geographic region of Algeria. For several decades, it has embodied a strong aspiration for cultural, democratic, and social recognition within the framework of Algerian national unity. The Kabyles, educated and politically engaged, uphold values such…

Trump Commands Venezuela’s Heavens Closed

US President Trump ordered the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela “closed in its entirety” on November 29. By Roger D. Harris Yet the US has as much legal and moral authority to shutter the skies over Venezuela as the Venezuelans…

BCU Senior High School Science Club Joins International Assembly of Youth for UNESCO 2025

Receives Certificate of Commendation as Esteemed NCBCUP Partner NASUGBU, BATANGAS – The Baguio Central University Senior High School Science Club proudly represented the institution and the City of Baguio at the International Assembly of Youth for UNESCO 2025 held from…

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