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Caspian Media Forum Marks its 10th Anniversary in Astrakhan

With more than 700 people as well as an estimated 3,000 participants online, the 10th Caspian Media Forum under the theme: “The History of the Caspian: from the Past to the Future” was held in Astrakhan’s Opera and Ballet Theatre.…

Dealing with Bangladesh’s Bad Loan Crisis

Bangladesh’s banking sector is living with a problem everyone knows about but too many prefer to look away from: non-performing loans (NPLs). By the end of 2024, distressed assets such as loans that are defaulted, rescheduled, or written off had…

In Genoa, 50,000 people greet the Global Sumud Flotilla boats departing for Gaza.

Yesterday was an exciting day in Genoa, with a huge celebration that began in the afternoon at the Music for Peace headquarters, one of the collection points for the 300 tons of aid brought by the Genoese and arriving from…

Catalans rally en masse for the Global Sumud Flotilla, which bids farewell to Barcelona

During the weekend of August 29-31, the port of Barcelona was the scene of a moving event in support of Palestine, organized to bid farewell to the Global Sumud Flotilla. On Sunday, August 31, at 3:35 p.m., the boats set…

Sinigang Through Time: The Filipino Sour Soup with Many Faces, One Soul

by George Banez “Keep your passport with you — in your pocket — all the time.” My eldest brother reminded me to be alert as I finally said goodbye after checking in. He must have seen me drop my passport near…

Stop genocide

  Since the last Meeting of FMs and Adh, held on July 27, an ad hoc Team was formed to coordinate a campaign regarding the genocide in Gaza, which included a denunciation document that was sent to the Israeli Embassies…

A Country of Living Jungle: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Historic Bet

Among the most significant advances promoted by President Claudia Sheinbaum, the creation of the Biocultural Corridor of the Great Maya Forest transcends the borders of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. With the signing of the agreement on August 15, 2025, a…

Kidnapping is kidnapping: Chile and its unresolved debt with the disappeared

Chile carries a wound that has never healed. The disappearance of people under State custody does not belong solely to the dictatorial past: it persists as a covert practice in democracy, tolerated by legal loopholes and by the continuity of…

Universal Basic Income: economic solidarity, and cultural change

In the context of the 24th Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), which is taking place in Brazil, the Humanist Network for Universal and Unconditional Basic Income organised a panel discussion on 28 August entitled ‘Universality of basic…

Antarctica on Alert!

Over the past year, several studies about highly dangerous signals of Antarctica on the edge of major abrupt change have appeared in scholarly publications. These studies in premier publications expose rapid changes, e.g. (1) discovery of the western Antarctic Peninsula…

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