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Transcending the Borders: A Virtual Meeting Between India and Pakistan

On October 4th, 2025, at 11:00 AM CET, the webinar “Transcending the Borders: An Interdisciplinary Analysis on the Indo-Pakistani Conflict in a Peace Construction Perspective” was held online via Zoom. By Federica De Luca The event was part of a…

The Unblinking Eye: Fifty Years Along the Afghan Fault Line

My story is not one of a warrior, but of a witness. It begins in the hushed, anxious darkness of a village courtyard, under a canopy of indifferent stars. I was in the fifth class, a child nestled amidst the…

The Recent Sino-US Dispute Over Taiwan’s Post-WWII Status Is A Sign Of The Times

As the New Cold War shifts from the US prioritizing Russia’s containment in Europe to China’s containment in Asia, so too is the trend of the US gradually revising the results of WWII in order to give it an edge…

Korea-based Indigenous Jumma People’s Community Calls for Justice in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Condemning Atrocities by the Bangladeshi Army

On 4 October 2025, the indigenous Jumma People of the Chittagong Hill Tracts living in South Korea organized a public rally in central Seoul against the attack and killing of their fellow people in southeastern Bangladesh by the Bangladesh Army…

CHED-CAR Recognizes BCU for Excellence In Internationalization During the FLAIR-UPLIFT Masterclass 2025

FLAIR-UPLIFT Part III CHED-CAR’s Gawad Parangal sa Pandaigdigan Kahusayan The Upscaling Programs and Projects, Leveraging Internationalization and Futures Thinking (UPLIFT) Masterclass 2025 is a key initiative led by CHED-CAR in collaboration with Saint Louis University and the Cordillera Association of…

Groups Deplore Sale of Banned Medicinal Patch Containing High Levels of Lead and Mercury

7 October 2025, Quezon City, Philippines/Penang, Malaysia.  Malaysian and Filipino civil society groups advocating for consumer and environmental health deplored the online sale of a traditional Chinese skin patch to relieve swelling and pain that has been analyzed to contain…

Toxics Watchdog Exposes Hidden Chemicals Lurking in Kids’ Toys, Warns of Serious Health Risks

In commemoration of Consumer Welfare Month, Chemicals and Waste Watchdog BAN Toxics has released its findings on the presence of health-damaging chemicals in toys, reminding the public to keep their eyes out for children’s products laden with toxic substances. In…

The Sea Kept Giving, Until it Couldn’t

by George Banez “Wake up!” I heard my late mother say.  I remember not budging.  The faint flashes my half-opened eyes caught appeared more like midnight stars. We, four children and mom, likely went to bed at eight that night because…

Two Years of War in Gaza: Unprecedented Massacre Among the Media

Geneva, October 3, 2025 (PEC). Two years after the start of the war launched by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the toll of violence suffered by the media is extremely heavy. At least 217 Palestinian journalists were killed by Israeli…

23rd Chuseok International Sports Day Brings Together Migrants and Locals in South Korea

Annually hosted in Inchon city on the first day of Chuseok, also known as Korean Thanksgiving Day, the 23rd Chuseok International Sports Day was held on October 3, 2025, at the Namdong Neighborhood Park Stadium and Yeonsu Sports Park. The…

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