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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…

“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…

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…

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…

Netta Lannes Arbel, 24 year-old from Emek Hefer, who refused to reenlist in the Israeli army in Ir HaBahadim Camp in southern Israel on December 29, was tried today for 8 days in military detention for his refusal. Lannes Arbel…

7 January 2025, Quezon City.  The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition bewailed the rise in the number of people, especially young children, who were injured or killed in firecracker-related incidents, prompting it to call for stronger regulations to…

Ancient India’s visionary strategist Chanakya gave six-fold policy deals on war and peace with the neighboring states, how a king should assess his power, and what actions he needed to take to deal with the states. Nearly 2316 years ago,…

January 6, 2025. Manila, Philippines. Late last night at 11 pm Manila time, the 3rd World March for Peace and Non-violence held its closing ceremonies in San Jose, Costa Rica. This after traveling for three months, marching across the world,…

Rob Fersh talks about collaborative problem solving and his new book, co-authored with Mariah Levison “From Conflict to Convergence: Coming Together to Solve Tough Problems” – As our country divides up its wealth between a few gazillionaires and the rest of us…

Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, a Palestinian born in Jabalia in 1973, is a pediatric consultant and currently the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. He is a leading figure in the health sector and is responsible…