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An Underhand War

Peace is not the antithesis of war. Peace is all-encompassing. The example of world leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi has taught us great lessons. One of them is that the search for peace is…

“There seemed to be no limits”: CIA allegedly planned to abduct Julian Assange from Ecuador’s London embassy and assassinate him, report reveals

The investigation was conducted by Yahoo! News, which relied on interviews with more than 30 former Trump administration officials. The CIA allegedly conspired to kidnap Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2017, and some senior officials in…

South African and Bolivian Presidents Highlight Global Vaccine Inequity at UNGA

At the United Nations General Assembly, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa repeated his call for waiving intellectual property rights on vaccines. He also criticized wealthy nations for hoarding vaccines. President Cyril Ramaphosa: “It is an indictment on humanity that more…

There is still a future: 40 years on, this message is being sent out again

Twelve years later, in 1981, with the impulse of The Community for Human Development and accompanied by a group of friends from different parts of the world, Silo spoke again, this time on an international stage. From Madrid to Mumbai…

How AUKUS May Damage NATO

The fallout over the AUKUS deal, as we are now seeing, has been a severe rift in relations between two historic allies, the U.S. and France. And the collateral damage may also include NATO. By James W. Carden Only weeks…

Clear Away the Hype: The U.S. and Australia Signed a Nuclear Arms Deal, Simple as That

On September 15, 2021, the heads of government of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of AUKUS, “a new enhanced trilateral security partnership” between these three countries. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Britain’s Prime…

Rally Against Human Rights Abuse in Poland

As President Andrzej Duda addressed the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, activists rallied outside in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza for human rights in Poland. The activist coalition held Pride flags and stark images of the victims…

Meet the Biden Advisor Who Wants a Cold War with China

As a longtime Hawaii resident, I have always wondered how the former President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was so ineffective when it came to foreign policy matters. His efforts to right the wrong of the unauthorized armed invasion…

The Spy Who Came in Through Your Phone

Is the phone in your pocket spying on you? As cell phones have become ubiquitous, government intelligence agencies have poured vast resources into hacking them, remotely stripping people of their privacy in the name of national security. Now, a burgeoning…

More African Countries Register Russia’s Sputnik Vaccine. What Next After The Registration Campaign?

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a specialized technical institution of the African Union (AU) that strengthens the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions as well as partnerships to detect and respond quickly and…

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