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Amok Time 66% of Israel’s population wants Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of office.(1) Meanwhile, close to 90% of the same population is in agreement with the amount of force Netanyahu and the IDF are using in Gaza against its’…

The 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which took place on 6 and 9 August 1945, remains a grim reminder of the destructive consequences of nuclear weapons. By Thalif Deen The bombings are estimated to have…

Re-elected President Nicolás Maduro, after winning the election on Sunday, July 28, announced that he will call for new general elections to elect 335 municipal governments and 23 regional governments on August 25. By Ollantay Itzamna In this way, despite…

The World Conference is taking place between August 3-9 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki under the theme: “Together with the Hibakusha, let us achieve a nuclear weapon-free, peaceful and just world — for the future of the humankind and our planet”.…

The real possibility of a new stock market crash would have gone unnoticed for most rating agencies due to the disconnection with reality that would lead them to justify the irrational exuberance of markets, thus fulfilling the famous phrase of…

by Mohammad Nazrul Islam The area reverberated with the chanting of slogans before any speeches were made. When someone came on the megaphone to shout a slogan, the rest of the crowd harmonized. Saturday, hundreds of thousands of students, parents,…

To end U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, cold, hard calculations about war spending versus domestic programs could have greater resonance in an election year. By Sonali Kolhatkar What will it take to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza? That’s…

A Tipping Point Has Been Reached In Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its “Special Military Operation”, has reached a tipping point. It is now being acknowledged, even by many Western mainstream news outlets, that Ukraine is in a dire and…

4 August 2024, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group urged the public not to buy and apply a lipgloss product following a public health warning issued by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). In an advisory posted on its website…

“The new regulation for mercury by the European Union (EU) is a significant development in the global effort to reduce and eliminate mercury pollution. It highlights the importance of international and regional cooperation in addressing the human health and environmental…