There is a historical parable, sometimes attributed to accounts of slavery on plantations, that reveals a dark core of social psychology. An enslaved man sees another enslaved man from a neighboring estate, happy, riding a horse his master has given…

PRESS RELEASE An Urgent Appeal for the Rule of Law and Peace! Since the announcement of the alleged military coup on November 26, 2025, the constitutional order of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau has been violently gravely undermined by a succession…

1 December 2025, Quezon City.  Parents beware: button batteries used to power some toys may pose serious health risks to your children and must be kept out of their sight and reach at all times to prevent kids from playing…

Guwahati: Curtains came down for the  9th Chalachitram National Film Festival at the Jyoti Chitraban premise in Kahilipara on 30 November 2025. Distinguished guests of the closing ceremony handed over the awards along with the certificates and cash prizes to…

The NGO Forum on the ADB network and allies expresses deep alarm over the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) newly announced amendments to its 2021 Energy Policy, now endorsed by the ADB Board through the R-paper. Despite ADB’s framing of the…

The United States of America was unofficially represented at COP30, the annual UN climate conference (November 10-21) in Belem, Brazil by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). He was not granted the privilege of officially representing the U.S. The State Department refused…

Good governance is a right. A new day of street protests was staged today by various groups from Generation Z, the Callao Bloc, the CGTP Callao (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), the Ama sua ama quella Independent Bloc, workers, social…

US President Trump ordered the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela “closed in its entirety” on November 29. By Roger D. Harris Yet the US has as much legal and moral authority to shutter the skies over Venezuela as the Venezuelans…

Trust is the invisible foundation of a country. It’s what sustains everything: the rule of law, the economy, democratic coexistence. When trust is broken, it’s not just a symbolic bond that is severed: the entire structure upon which communal life…

This year, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, November 29th, fell close to Thanksgiving Day, the most celebrated holiday in the United States, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November. Along with Thanksgiving, every year comes…