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The World Humanist Forum announces and invites you to its next Open Assembly

The next open Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will be held virtually on Saturday, April 5. Deliberations will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Argentina/Chile/Brazil, with the start time corresponding to 7:00 a.m. in Mexico/Central America and 9:00 a.m. in…

Explainer: Bashkortostan’s Modern Agricultural Technologies and Approaches Useful for Africa

The importance of introducing new technologies, the need for adopting innovative approaches as key drivers for the development of agriculture, as well as the need to develop an agricultural insurance system, in the context of climate change and global challenges,…

India shies over Yunus-Modi talks

India has not declined a meeting with Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Chief adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. South Block in New Delhi did not respond to a request for Yunus-Modi state-level bilateral meeting…

Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing on Global Threats Turns into a McCarthy Hearing of Lies about CODEPINK: Women for Peace

Yesterday, in the US Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on global threats with the five heads of intelligence agencies of the US government, Senator Tom Cotton, accused on national TV a group I have worked with for over 20 years, CODEPINK:…

Europe: Irrelevance Breeds Defiance

A few weeks ago, I paraphrased Marx’s words from nearly two centuries ago: “A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of irrelevance”. Recent events suggest that the spectre is rapidly becoming a reality. While the European Union and Britain…

A Beacon of Harmony: South India’s Inaugural Peace Pagoda Draws Global Celebration

by Mitsutake Ikeda In a historic moment for South India, the region’s first Peace Pagoda was officially inaugurated on February 21, 2025, on a serene site near Sankarankovil. The ceremony marked the culmination of a remarkable Peace March that began…

Dear DOGE: Here’s how to Cut the Pentagon Budget by $100 Billion in 6 Easy Steps

America’s military budget is more than just numbers on a page—it’s a reflection of the priorities that shape our society. Right now, that nearly trillion dollar budget is bloated, inefficient, and far removed from the needs of everyday Americans. We’ve…

Rewilding beyond Borders: The first Southern Cone collaboration to translocate Wild Endemic Birds

In the first international translocation of wild species for release in the Southern Cone, Rewilding Argentina and Rewilding Chile, offspring organizations of Tompkins Conservation, have brought 15 Darwin’s rheas across the Andes from Patagonia Park, Argentina to Patagonia National Park,…

Rohingya Refugees Return Dim, Dimmer, and Dimmest

Three significant developments have occurred in a week which once again brought the much-talked-about Rohingya refugee crisis to the global media. First, last week United Nations Secretary General António Guterres visited the Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in south-east…

Greenland: It’s time for the international community to step in

– We in Greenland have done everything we can to make the Americans understand that they are violating us as a people and our sovereignty through their constant pressure. But nothing has got through to the Trump administration; on the contrary,…

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