Advocates Look Forward to the Removal of Dangerous Goods with Banned Substances Being Sold Online 26 June 2025, Quezon City.  The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition welcomed the implementation of Republic Act No. 11967, or the Internet Transactions…

by Shahidullah Faraizee Putting a garland of shoes on a former Chief Election Commissioner in public is not merely an insult to an individual; rather, it’s a brutal practice of existing vengeance in society and an attempt to obliterate human dignity.…

Laguna, Philippines — Conversations continue to grow around the proposed 1,400 MW Ahunan Pumped Storage Hydropower Project, as concerned residents, farmers, and civil society organizations in Pakil, Laguna, highlight the possible devastating impacts it poses on the Sierra Madre mountain…

Ultimately, the St Petersburg International Economic Forum remains one of the foremost platforms for global dialogue on economic cooperation, investments, innovation, and inclusive growth. The 2025 theme – Strengthening Multipolarity for Sustainable Development – is not only timely, but central…

The United States has followed Israel’s bombing with attacks on Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, using B‑2 bombers and submarine-launched cruise missiles. President Trump praised the operation as a “spectacular military success,” while Tehran condemned it as a grave violation of…

A ruling destined to mark a turning point in European case law: the court on the island of Samos has acquitted 11 asylum seekers of charges related to facilitating irregular immigration. The accusations stemmed solely from the fact that they…

GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa hosted Global South member state delegates in an online panel discussion titled “Advancing a Robust Financial Mechanism for the Prospective Plastics Instrument” on 24 June 2025. The event comes at a critical juncture in…

Normally, New York City’s mayoral elections are predictable and, frankly, a little dull. But this time, a wave of possibilities, challenges, and uncertainty made democracy feel alive again. Today, that wave delivered a historic outcome. Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Muslim…

The wisdom of an old Punjabi proverb—”While busily searching elsewhere for the thief, I looked back and found the donkey tied under the banyan tree”—rings painfully true in today’s world. It perfectly captures the absurdity of the recent Iran-Israel conflict,…

While bombs and invasions draw widespread condemnation, economic sanctions—marketed as peaceful and humane alternatives—continue to inflict mass suffering, largely unchecked. From Iran and Venezuela to Gaza, sanctions quietly devastate civilian populations, while entrenching the very global inequalities they claim to…