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Almost One Million Cigarette Butts Collected on Global ‘No Butts Day’

Utrecht, July 6th, 2025  On July 5th thousands of volunteers around the world collected 964,000 cigarette butts from their streets and nature. No Butts Day is an annual event that mobilises people from every continent. They call on governments to…

The World Humanist Forum invites you to participate in its Third Open Assembly

The Third Open Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will take place virtually on Saturday, July 19, 2025, starting at 10 a.m. Argentina/Brazil (1 p.m. GMT, 7 a.m. Mexico/Central America, 9 a.m. Chile/U.S. East Coast; 1:00 p.m. Ivory Coast, 2:00…

Analyzing Xi’s Absence From The Latest BRICS Summit

This could stimulate US-Brazilian ties, comparatively reduce China’s role in Brazil’s balancing act if India’s role therein soon becomes more significant, and fuel Western media speculation about China’s commitment to the group. Chinese President Xi Jinping declined to travel to…

What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did

Growing up in Venezuela and now living in the United States, I’ve always felt caught between two independence days: July 4th and July 5th. Two celebrations. Two flags. Two very different ideas of what it means to be free. By…

The Future Of Strategic Arms Control Is Dim Due To The Ukrainian Conflict & The Golden Dome

There’ll likely be a much greater potential for future conflict, including between Great Powers by proxy. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov shared some insight into his country’s thinking the future of strategic arms control in an interview with TASS…

International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation: save the glaciers!

The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation to highlight the importance of glaciers and ensure that those relying on them, and those affected by cryospheric (1) processes, receive the necessary hydrological, meteorological, and climate…

Dalai Lama urges peaceful dialogue with China, reaffirms Tibet’s commitment to non-violence and justice

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh India), June 4 : The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) reported that His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s message for the convention was delivered in Tokyo by Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile…

Warmongering NATO Gathered 2 days in the City of Peace!

The happy warmongers of NATO gathered in the City of Peace, The Hague, which also happens to be the government seat of the Netherlands. If you look at the picture of the European leaders together with the Dutch king and…

NATO’s 5% of GDP military expenditures is a 100% indefensible and stupid Idea

Worse now after NATO Hague Summit, June 2025. We are so far out that millions of taxpayers should refuse to pay and overwhelm NATO/EU legal systems as NATO moves towards Zero Security with this. By Jan Oberg Pathological groupthink towards…

4MM – 2025-2026 Campaign

1- LET´S MANIFEST WHAT WE WANT. To give credibility to what many of us think and feel today, doing it. It is about creating certain conditions by carrying out activities of all kinds that achieve a series of chains of…

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