International issues

15 August 2024, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has requested the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to convene a multi-stakeholder summit to tackle the persistent trade of mercury cosmetics across the country. The group put forward the…

Mobilizing Asia-Pacific for Rapid Methane Reduction and Sustainable Waste Management 12 August 2024 — As the climate crisis escalates, the spotlight is on a potent but often overlooked greenhouse gas: methane. With approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted annually…

Temperatures for the entire month of July in Antarctica were 50°F above average, but it also experienced days when temperatures spiked up to 82°F above average. Yes, Antarctica is the world’s deep freeze and it is the dead of winter.…

Aug. 11, 2024 (EIRNS)—Scott Ritter issued a 12-minute video on Aug. 8 regarding what happened during the FBI raid on his house on Wednesday, Aug. 7, and then used his regular two-hour Friday interview (“Ask the Inspector”) with Jeff Norman…

Gaza’s Glimmer of Hope Hamas, like all resistance groups, from the African National Congress to the Irish Republican Army, has been misunderstood and demonized. Contrary to what Israeli and US leadership say, Hamas is not a terrorist organization. Hamas is…

As the world commemorates the horrific nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 79 years ago, the threat of nuclear disaster remains ever-present today. During the weekly online meeting of the International Peace Coalition on Friday, August 9, 2024, Steve Leeper…

Violence goes around in a circle and then leaves that circle to form another circle. In this way, these circles rotate and expand on all sides. Those who sow hate or lead from hate unconsciously understand and continue to sow…

The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reached a crucial point with the recent ceasefire agreement between the DRC and Rwanda. This agreement is the result of the second ministerial meeting on the security and peace situation…

The delay in ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking asylum or stay in destination to North America, the United Kingdom or Europe, has caused the elites in India’s South Block and Indian Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi to bite…

Since the horrific Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, we have been hearing every day of more and more crimes and atrocities that would have been unthinkable in the not-too-distant past. Tens of thousands of civilians killed,…