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Small transfers can help families cope with shocks. Fixed fees can make that flexibility expensive. A transfer fee can change how much help reaches a family and when that help arrives. When a service charges a fixed amount for each…

It’s remarkable that there are still a notable though dwindling amount of people who think that European (and Canadian) leaders like Ursula von der Leyen (EU President), Fred ‘BlackRock’ Merz (Germany’s leader), Andy Burnham (England’s PM), Emmanuel Macron (France’s PM)…

Bill McGuire, emeritus professor, Geophysical & Climate Hazards, University College London, is unique within the scientific community. He claims that scientists have a public duty to tell the unvarnished truth, no matter how alarming. According to sources, he embraces the…

“The word ‘security’ is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.” —Justice Hugo Black, New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) By John and Nisha Whitehead…

The oceans are not the same as years ago. They’ve changed a lot. For example, Oceanic Hypoxic Dead Zones, meaning low or depleted oxygen zones, have increased by more than 300%, up from 150 recorded sites in 2000 to over…

By Oliver P. Ngiwas Ubbog Falls. Tucked away in the mountains of Bagu, Bakun, Benguet, Ubbog Falls stands as one of the community’s remarkable natural treasures. Known locally as the “Largest Ubbog,” its crystal-clear waters cascade through the rugged mountain landscape,…

Generations, AI, and the Threshold of a New Epoch Special In-Depth Analysis: Humanist Historiology, Cliodynamics, and the Technological Acceleration of Civilizational Transition “History is not the blind unfolding of mechanical forces, nor is it written in external determinisms. History is…

They were not humanist moments, but they pierced through their era: shared sovereignty and demilitarization have already been tried. By: Germán Osmar González We live in a moment when it seems natural that the only way to organize ourselves is…

by Chrysoula Asteriadou September 27, 2026 will not be just another day of political protest in Pakistan’s turbulent political calendar. The nationwide mobilisation being prepared by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), centred on demands for the release of imprisoned former prime minister…

This week in England and Wales, the Home Office published new statutory guidance for Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews, the process previously known as Domestic Homicide Reviews. The change sounds bureaucratic, but it reflects something much more significant. A death…