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EcoWaste Coalition: Some Toys Sold Outside Public Schools Pose Choking and Other Safety Hazards

Consumers Reminded to Observe Safety Tips When Buying Toys 30 July 2024, Quezon City.  Some cheap toys being offered for sale outside public elementary schools in Metro Manila pose choking hazards and other safety issues. The environmental and health watchdog…

PRESS RELEASE: UN Recommends the Abolition of the Prosecution Sanction Regime

                        Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) and Human Rights Alert (HRA) heartily welcome the recommendation of the UN Human Rights Committee (Committee) to the Government of India…

Philanthropist and Ex-banker Harihar Talukdar Passes Away

Guwahati, India.  Harihar Talukdar, former managing director of the Industrial Co-Operative Bank Limited and Union Co-Operative Bank Limited, passed away July 30, 2024, after suffering from a brief illness. Talukdar, who was a leading figure in urban cooperative banking of…

China’s Lightning-Fast Renewable Triumphs

A few years ago, China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua and U.S. climate envoy John Kerry shook hands on a pledge to triple renewable energy by 2030. China took the challenge seriously, very seriously, it will meet its end-of-2030 emissions target…

August 4th: Pressenza at the Annual Bon-Odori Festival in Kingston NY

Pressenza is very please to be involved with the 14th Annual Bon-Odori Dance Festival For Peace, in Kingston NY on August 4th, 2024 79 years have passed since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and…

Sat. August 3rd, Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance: A Call for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament at the Hudson Valley Park of Study and Reflection

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance: A Call for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament is an annual event to commemorate the tragic atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. While this event serves as a solemn reminder of the devastating impacts of nuclear warfare,…

Peace Gathering to Commemorate 79th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

79 years have passed since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is estimated that the bombs killed 210,000 citizens by the end of 1945 and, over the years, have ruined the health…

Canada and the Atom Bomb Photo Exhibition at Toronto City Hall

The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition is launching a “Canada and the Atom Bomb” photo exhibition inside Toronto City Hall on August 2. The exhibition of 100 photographs reveals the Canadian government’s participation in the American Manhattan Project which developed the…

July 30th: World Day against Human Trafficking

Every 30 July, the world comes together to commemorate World Anti-Trafficking Day, a key date to reflect on this serious problem that affects millions of people around the world. Under the theme ‘Reaching Every Victim of Trafficking’, the International Organization…

Baloch National Gathering Faces Severe Disruption by Pakistani Authorities

Gwadar, Balochistan, June 28 — The Baloch Yakjahti Committee has announced its Baloch National Gathering today in Gwadar, Balochistan. People from various cities have been preparing for the event, but their participation has faced significant obstacles. Yesterday, Pakistani authorities blocked…

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