International issues

President Trump’s decision to cut funding to USAID revealed the extent to which the US government has been financing media, protests and other means to hijack civil society around the world. In Ukraine, USAID had a key role in toppling…

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are crucial to economic growth – yet gender inequality in these fields remains widespread. “Despite the progress, women still make up only one-third of the global scientific community and face significant barriers in funding, publishing and…

Ironically, the so-called Honeymoon period of Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi hegemony collapsed by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement in July 2024 which drastically affected two trusted neighbors unprecedentedly that had never been seen before in the history of Bangladesh and…

“Take your money with you,” said Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, when told about Trump’s plans to cut aid to Latin America, “it’s poison.” By John Perry and Roger D. Harris USAID (US Agency for International Development) spends around $2 billion…

According to a new report from BloombergNEF, global clean power costs could fall between 2% and 11% this year, despite tariffs. By Paige Bennett Even with potential trade barriers, the “Levelized Cost of Electricity” report estimated that clean energy costs…

The ANC’s long track record of political mistakes and policy failures is finally catching up to it precisely at the moment when the party finally started prioritizing South Africa’s participation in global processes, thus creating the pretext for the US…

“All of these changes, we can plot them and if we look exponentially, we see really catastrophic effects in the next few years, certainly in the next decade or two the world will be completely different… I think we’re at…

Tensions between Mexico and the United States have escalated since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with the two nations clashing over strategies to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a scientist-turned-politician who assumed office…

In this insightful conversation, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Dubai BRICS Investment Forum, academician Konstantin Klimenko-Bogdanov, highlights the primary importance of the forthcoming corporate business forum within the context of geopolitical situation and offers a distinctive roadmap…

DENR Cites EcoWaste as a “Steadfast Ally and Partner” 7 February 2025, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition celebrated its historic 25th year of service to the Filipino people and Mother Earth by recognizing its indispensable partners from various sectors and affirming…