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Julian Assange’s words float over Rome as Meloni meets Zelensky

During the bilateral meeting at Palazzo Chigi last night (9/1/2025) between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a few pacifists in Rome hoisted, next to the Colosseum, a gigantic banner bearing Julian Assange’s famous quote, “If wars can…

Jehovah’s Witness Jailed in Kyiv for Conscientious Objection to Military Service

Today Jehovah’s Witness Volodymyr Baranov was placed to pre-trial detention by Darnitsky District Court of Kyiv, judge Olha Prosalova. The court decided he could be released on the bail 180 000 UAH. It was not a public hearing, I was…

“Let’s call it Mexican America”: President Sheinbaum hits back at Trump’s comment on renaming Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday mocked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America,” referring to the United States. Sheinbaum gave her daily press conference in front of a…

EcoWaste Coalition Laments Out of Control Littering in Traslacion 2025

Environmental watchdog group scores the non-enforcement of the national and city ban on littering. 9 January 2025, Quezon City.  While awed by the unsurpassed outpouring of faith, the environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition lamented the widespread littering that again blighted…

Tens of Thousands Flee Deadly Wildfires in Southern California

Wildfires fueled by strong winds in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, California, have scorched a quickly growing area of Los Angeles County, killing at least two people. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The fierce and unpredictable fires have forced roughly 70,000 evacuations and destroyed approximately…

Fostering Peace: BCU Graduate Students Unite for Social Responsibility

First in a Series of Two (1/2) By: Charlyn P. Banaken and Emelita C. Pis-oyen Baguio Central University’s Graduate School doctoral students took a bold step toward fostering global peace and understanding with their ‘FOSTERING PEACE: A Peace Forum Initiative…

Northeast India: Engineers’ Forum Expresses Concern over Tibet Dam

Guwahati: Expressing anxiety over the recent earthquake that hit the Tibetan plateau killing over 125 residents and injuring several others, a forum of graduate engineers in northeast India apprehended probable damages in the Brahmaputra valley if the China-made massive hydropower…

Young Peacebuilders, Champions, and Artists Get together to Illustrate their Heartfelt Images of Peace and Non-violence

“The Ka-PEACE-tahan: Cultivating a Culture of Peace” Poster-Making Competition by  Karina Lagdameo Santillan and Genevieve Balance Kupang A pre-World March for Peace and Non-violence event was held, organized by the Supreme Student Council of Baguio Central University. The council was…

The flower of transformation blooms in South Africa

Communities and civil society groups unite for land rights and climate justice for a sustainable future As a young person growing up in India in the 1970s and 80s, the struggle of southern Africans against apartheid—an institutional form of race-based…

Rural Texas Receives USDA Funding for 400 MW Solar, 200 MW Battery Storage Project

At the end of December 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded $1.4 billion in grant and loan financing to San Miguel Electric Cooperative, a utility provider that operates in rural Texas. The financing will go…

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