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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…

World BEYOND War for our 5th annual virtual film festival! Join World BEYOND War for our annual virtual film festival throughout the month of March to explore the untold stories of nuclear weapons, in commemoration of Nuclear Remembrance Day (March…

The year 2025 marks a pivotal moment for Turkmenistan as it commemorates three decades of its established status as a neutral state, coinciding with the International Year of Peace and Trust – a worldwide initiative championed by Turkmenistan itself. This…

12 February 2025, Quezon City/Davao City.  As the official campaign for the midterm Philippine elections gained steam, environmental health and justice organizations wasted no time reminding all candidates for national and local posts to respect the trees and spare them…

Geneva: Expressing serious concern over the abduction of a senior journalist in Manipur of northeast India by some militants early morning of 11 February 2025, Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) demanded his unconditional release. The global media safety and rights body…

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…

When Sheikh Hasina came to power, the new generation (Gen Z) had not seen free, fair, and inclusive elections since 2008. Election observers described the parliament elections under her 15-year autocratic regime as fraud, and the poll results were cropped.…

Millions of Americans expected Trump to go rogue once he reassumed the presidency, but much fewer expected him to issue scores of reckless and damaging executive orders so swiftly. Pulling the US out of several United Nations agencies is one…

“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…