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The power of future thinking – including thinking about UN reforms

Professor Zhang WeiWei, Fudan University, and Jan Oberg. It was indeed an honour and a joy to have this conversation about the global future with one of the most respected, outspoken and productive Chinese social science scholars, Professor Zhang Weiwei. It…

South Africa tying the Fashionable Knot with BRICS+ 

The South African Delegation will represent the country at the upcoming BRICS+ Fashion Summit, a major international platform shaping the future of the global fashion industry. The delegation includes Stephen Manzini, Founder and CEO of Soweto Fashion Week & SA…

North Africa: The Enduring Jewish-Berber Relationship

For more than two thousand years, Jews and Berbers (Amazigh) lived together across the lands of North Africa, building communities, sharing languages, trading in the markets, and celebrating side by side. In a world that often emphasizes division, their story…

Where can we find hope in the land between the river and the sea? Part Two

Yuli Novak, executive director of B’Tselem, the Israeli non-governmental organization recently cited by many newspapers for the publication of the report “Our Genocide,” wrote: “Genocide does not happen without mass participation, a population that supports it, allows it, or looks…

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) & Women’s Power to Stop War.

In 2015, The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) was celebrating their 100th anniversary. In light of this monumental event, WILPF gave name to the movement it has been advocating for the past 100 years, Women’s Power to…

Israel Attacks Nasser Hospital and Bombards Journalists and Rescue Teams Live: A War Crime in Gaza

On Monday, August 24, 2025, the Nasser Hospital, the main medical center in southern Gaza located in the city of Khan Yunis, was the target of a violent Israeli airstrike that caused the death of at least 20 people, including…

Where to find hope in the land between the river and the sea? Part One

The future never manifests itself at the center first. The future manifests itself at the margins first. Otto Scharmer. Do the strike and the demonstration on August 17 in Israel give a sign of hope for transformation in the consciousness…

Boxing Icon and former Senator Manny Pacquiao Dissociates from China-Made Lead-Containing Paints 

EcoWaste Coalition lauds Pacquiao for supporting the group’s advocacy to uphold the lead paint ban to protect public health 25 August 2025, Quezon City.  Boxing icon and former Senator Manny Pacquiao has distanced himself from imported lead-containing paints bearing his…

The United Nations’ Security Force

In 1983, among the 50 diplomats interviewed, I’d meet a lifelong mentor, Permanent Representative of the UN, and Ambassador to the U.S. Zenon Rossides of Cyprus, and his wise, welcoming wife, Teresa. He was not only a constant outspoken champion…

The World Will Change When the Press Understands Its Power

The recent Putin–Trump spectacle mobilized a thousand journalists to Alaska, leading to an overhyped meeting with European leaders and President Zelensky at the White House. And for what? Nothing happened. Meanwhile, the Trump administration deployed the National Guard in Washington,…

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