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Results at the United Nations Science Summit: Argentina with 100% agrotoxins

The total (100%) of Argentinean participants in international research on pesticides “presented a range of 6 to 13 pesticides in urine, a range of 2 to 10 pesticides in blood and a range of 0 to 18 pesticides in faecal…

Arrest of investigative journalist symbolises deterioration of press freedom in France

The arrest of investigative reporter Arianne Lavrilleux has sparked outrage in France, where attacks on freedom of reporting have increased under Macron’s presidency. The latest example of the liberal drift of Emmanuel Macron’s France. After the disturbing arrest in April…

Delivery giants lose bid to block wage increase for NYC workers

A judge has ruled that Uber, Grubhub, and Doordash must pay food deliverers in New York City a minimum of $18 per hour Food delivery workers in New York City must be paid at least $18 per hour, Acting Supreme…

Perugia debates granting political refugee status to Julian Assange. A gesture that is anything but “symbolic”

The Umbrian capital and host of the International Journalism Festival discussed on Tuesday whether to grant journalist/editor Julian Assange, who is still arbitrarily imprisoned in the United Kingdom, political refugee status. The discussion took place in a hearing called by…

Forum on the 2023 Barangay and SK elections: Learning, Discussing, and Advocating for Responsible Governance

PMPI or Philippine Misereor Partnership Incorporated recently organized a crucial forum dedicated to the upcoming 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections. The event A FORUM ON THE 2023 BARANGAY AND SK ELECTIONS aimed to foster a deeper understanding of…

Landmark ‘David and Goliath’ Youth Climate Trial Begins

In an “unprecedented” climate change case, six young people from areas in Portugal affected by heat waves and wildfires took 32 European governments to court today, arguing that the countries’ failure to take swift action on the climate crisis violated their human rights. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The European Court of…

Scientists on trial for warning of ecological crisis

Scientists in Rebellion & Extinction Rebellion – 26 September 2023 On the morning of 5 October 2023, 7 scientists and activists will go on trial before the Paris Police Court following an action they took in April 2022 to warn…

Family farm in Cuba innovates production with a clean energy mix

Combining technologies and innovations to harness the potential of solar, wind, hydro and biomass allows Finca del Medio to be a leader in Cuba in the use of clean energy, which is the basis of its agro-ecological and environmental sanitation…

“In the name of democracy” “Red Riding Hoods” kidnap students

US President Joseph Biden has sent a letter of welcome to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, pledging his continued support for him “in the name of democracy” and freedom. By Fernando Stepanian Pashinian needs the support of the ‘world’s first…

Monopolistic concentration of technology is a threat to democracies

“We are under fire from (at least) three simultaneous wars: an Economic War unleashed to give another “turn of the screw” against the working class; a Territorial War to ensure control, meter by meter, against the mobilisations and social protests…

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