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Geneva, 23 March 2026: Another radio professional was killed in the Philippines last Friday, spreading panic among the media fraternity in the island nation. The victim, identified as Julio Calo (49), was shot dead by a miscreant in front of…

EcoWaste Coalition discovers another Pakistan-made skin lightening product with extremely high mercury content 23 March 2026, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition has detected mercury at over 30,000 parts per million (ppm) in a Pakistan-made facial cream that promises “fairer skin…

Between March 19 and 21, Pressenza participated in the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America, hosted by CIESPAL in Quito, Ecuador — a regional forum for reflection and exchange on community, grassroots, and alternative communication, understood as a…

(Moscow Bureau) – Russia is pursuing, during these contemporary times, a new form of economic architecture and is simultaneously portraying military power in the world. While Russia stands against Western hegemony and dominance, and against NATO, Israel maintains a complex…

A Library Departs: History of ideas as lived experience   I have just learned of the death of the German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas. Jürgen Habermas ist tot. What a pity that such a library has departed! Habermas was a major figure of…

Talk presented as part of Pressenza’s panel titled “Nuclear Weapons, Existential Threats, and Journalism: Looking to the Future” during the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America CIESPAL, in Quito, Ecuador, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Nuclear weapons have…

Geneva/Delhi, 22 March 2026: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over sealing of the office of United News of India (UNI, one of the country’s oldest news agencies) in New Delhi on Friday…

The Federal Council has halted the shipment of arms to the United States, a nation engaged in war against Iran. The Council has ordered a suspension of all exports of weapons and military components to that country, citing the “principle…

By G M Forhadul Mazumder (Dhaka Bureau) While Bangladesh’s contribution to global carbon emissions is negligible, the country stands at the forefront of nature’s severe retaliation as one of the most affected regions in the world. Situated across the vast…

The National Book Development Board (NBDB) held its fourth edition of the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) from March 12 to 15 at the Mega Trade Hall of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City. This year’s theme is Gubat ng Karunungan, Rainforest…