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Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s newly elected president, has made a bold and defining move in her first year in office: addressing Donald Trump head-on with a letter that is as diplomatic as it is uncompromising. Her powerful message lays out a…

When loneliness bites you What do you do Do you do nothing Or do you try to sing Mournful melodies may seep Tears may roll down, in a heap Do you do something that can bring Remorse and relief From…

“Runaway ice loss causing rapid and catastrophic sea level rise is possible within our lifetimes.” (Source: Our Science, Your Future: Next Generation of Antarctic Scientists Call for Collaborative Action, Australian Antarctic Research Conference, November 22, 2024) Hundreds of scientists gathered…

India’s billion-plus population is watching an initiative under the ‘one nation, one election’ policy by the Union government in New Delhi proposing simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha, State legislative assemblies, and local government bodies across the country to reduce the…

The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation. By Daniel Hunter It’s important we squarely face Trump’s victory and what there is to do about…

Following the outbreak of the heaviest fighting in Syria in several years, Kurdish areas are now under acute threat from attacks by jihadist groups cooperating with Turkey. While the Islamist group Haiat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda…

By Maxine Lowy Along the north shore of the Biobío River, in the Chilean southcentral city of Concepción, illegal waste dumps and overgrown bushes proliferated. A short distance from there were modest neighborhoods where families crowded in flimsy houses. Rodents,…

NATO might be willing to test Putin’s patience by crossing yet another of Russia’s perceived red lines in spite of its updated nuclear doctrine and new Oreshniks. The NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine might be on the brink of an…

A Conversation with Tulsi Sigdel, Base Team Delegate for the 3rd World March The World March for Peace and Nonviolence came to Nepal in 2009, 2019 and, lately in 2024, bringing its message of humanizing the earth by ending all…

Dangerous Product Claims it can Make a Miracle, Brighten Skin in Just One Week November 28, 2024, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition today announced it has detected mercury, a forbidden chemical in cosmetics, in one unauthorized skin-lightening…