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Foreign and Domestic Policies, Coronavirus and Tourism Development Feature at Putin’s End-of-Year Media Conference
By Kester Kenn Klomegah In his wide-ranging annual media conference held Dec 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin expects the newly elected U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration to build back better relations with Russia and further to cooperate in…
Deregulation and Record Profits for the Super-Wealthy = Restrictions and Evictions for Us
A Report From Roosevelt Field Mall By Mark Lesseraux I was in Roosevelt Field mall last night. I was not there to shop. The mall was completely packed with people. Between 65 to 75% of these people were wearing masks…
UN chief commends ‘swift action’ by Nigerian authorities as more than 300 boys are reunited with their families
The UN chief on Friday welcomed the release of more than 300 schoolboys forcibly taken from their school in northwest Nigeria a week ago, although others reportedly remain missing. After the release of the boys kidnapped by armed men from…
China’s imposition of electricity restrictions this winter gets a chilly reception
Governments have to meet carbon emission quota by end of 2020 Winter has come, yet many regions in southern China — including Hunan, Zhejiang and Jiangxi — have recently issued notifications regarding the limited supply of electricity. Because temperatures in…
It’s time for Africa: Assessing Russia’s relations with the continent
By Kester Kenn Klomegah A Moscow-based public policy advisor specializing in Russia, the Eurasian Union and Africa explains some of the aspects of current Russia-African relations, problems and challenges, as well as its future perspectives. While over the past two…
Algerian Jews between Disenchantment and Nostalgia: uprooting duel and eternal regrets
Desire for the past, and illness from a distant land, two emotions not taken into account as pathological. The origin of the Algerian Jews is very old and little known. As for the whole of North Africa, the Jewish presence…
Intersectionality strives of access fundamental and universal rights: feminist, LGBTQI +, anti-racist and environmental.
The Fórum Social de Migrações (FSM) was born in Porto Alegre in 2004, as a branch of the World Social Forum, with the main objective of building convergences and alternative models of participatory governance of migration. It is a horizontal,…
Climate Chaos Amidst the Pandemic: 5 Years After Paris
It’s been five years since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed, defining the entirely voluntary, unenforceable plan to avert global climate chaos. “We are still not going in the right direction,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said this week, addressing…
Members of Congress Call for Review of Families’ Asylum Cases
ICE plans to begin deporting 26 Black and Brown families with young children who are incarcerated by ICE at the Berks and Dilley family prisons tomorrow, December 18. Earlier this week, a federal court in Washington D.C. lifted the stay…
Seal for “Excellent Engagement” received!
The volunteer platform GoVolunteer honours Pressenza with the seal for “Excellent Engagement”. Every year, GoVolunteer awards social projects that do exemplary work with volunteers. The following criteria are taken into account: Transparency & project presentation Good communication Easy entry &…
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