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Now or never master in our house! was the French-speaking Quebec liberal Party slogan in 1962 The US elected President Donald Trump’s threat Trudeau government over the last few weeks to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports to the…

Time Magazine should have named WAR instead of Donald Trump as “Person of the Year.” In 2024, war propaganda took center stage in political and international relations, dominating the discourse and shaping global actions. All forms of conflict—whether it be…

27 December 2024, Quezon City.  As 2024 comes to a close, the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and the EcoWaste Coalition are urging the Filipino people to ditch firecrackers and fireworks to herald the New Year, noting our shared responsibility…

For your inspiring words of wisdom That has helped me And countless others On the way, on this path   As we transit through This time and space Both wondrous and monstrous Both beauteous and hideous   Where night and…

Ocean acidification, a growing global concern linked to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, is having increasingly profound effects on marine ecosystems, particularly in regions like the Bay of Bengal. As the atmospheric concentration of CO2 increases due to fossil-fuel combustion,…

The progressive regional current, the “Pink Tide,” could be better called “troubled waters” in 2024. The tide had already slackened by 2023 compared to its rise in 2022, when it was buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil. Then,…

TALKING ABOUT “THE AMERICANS”: BURYING GAZA BABIES On December 9, 2024 — I talked with several of the nearly 50 protestors holding a mock funeral on a plot of grass at the front of the Syracuse Federal Building. It was a…

by Maruf ul Alam Humanist Movement, Uttara Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence for granting me the opportunity to partake in an experience so rare and transformative. This journey…

The United States, Turkey and Israel all responded to the fall of the Assad government in Damascus by launching bombing campaigns on Syria. Israel also attacked and destroyed most of the Syrian Navy in port at Latakia, and invaded Syria from the…

Earlier this month, the company that brings us ChatGPT announced its partnership with California-based weapons company, Anduril, to produce AI weapons. The OpenAI-Anduril system, which was tested in California at the end of November, permits the sharing of data between…