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The Arctic–Greenland–Florida Conga

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (an agency that is subject to drastic cuts in Trump’s FY2026 budget), from October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern…

Journalist killed in Bangladesh, PEC Demands Thorough Probe  

Geneva (Switzerland):  Engulfed with political unrest while heading for its national election on 12 February 2026, Bangladesh recorded the murder of journalist Rana Pratap Bairagi, who incidentally becomes the first journo-victim across the world this year. The global media safety…

“Reduce Waste at Home, Make Zero Waste A Daily Habit” – BAN Toxics

January marks International Zero Waste Month, a growing global observance that calls for systemic action from governments, industries, and all sectors to reduce waste at its source and prevent pollution. The movement began in the Philippines in 2012 through the…

O’ Canada, how long can your facade stand, while wielding a genocidal hand?

For decades, Canada has carefully cultivated a global reputation for principle, human rights, and moral clarity. However, that image is now cracking, and cracking fast. For too long, Canada has cloaked its inaction and complicity, rather spectacularly, behind political correctness.…

Celebration of Toussaint Louverture, symbol of emancipation – April 2026

‘By cutting me down, Saint-Domingue has only broken the trunk of the tree of black freedom; it will grow back from its roots, for they are many and deep,’ declared Toussaint Louverture on 12 June 1802 in Saint-Domingue, now Haiti.…

Venezuela and the United States, ‘Enough is enough!’

In less than twelve hours after the kidnapping of Venezuelan Head of State Nicolas Maduro by the Trump-led American government, over a hundred cities across the United States mobilised; on Sunday 4 January, another forty joined the protests. I have…

The sovereignty of Canada can be reaffirmed thanks to the Inuit Circumpolar Council values of disarmament, nonviolent conflict resolution, and international cooperation

Today the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom joined Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in defending Greenland’s sovereignty in the wake of Trump’s comments about Greenland.  For decades, Canada and the United States have…

EcoWaste Coalition Assembles in Plaza Miranda to Press for a Waste-Free Conduct of Traslacion 2026

January 6, 2026, Manila City/Quezon City. Three days before the reenactment of Traslacion, the EcoWaste Coalition gathered in Plaza Miranda (a Freedom Park) in front of the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno to reiterate its call for…

On Refuse Single-Use Day, Communities Break Away from the Throwaway Culture

06 January 2026 –  #RefuseSingleUseDay shines a light on a simple idea that feels almost old-fashioned: stop treating things as throwaways in the first place. From plastic sachets to paper cups to misleading bio-based packaging, single-use items continue to strain ecosystems…

Cricket Beyond the Pitch: Indian Hegemony and BD’s Silent Rebuff

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) If the Bangladeshi government’s decision to suspend the broadcast of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is dismissed as an emotional outburst or a reaction born of cricketing disappointment, then the deeper language of South…

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