Pressenza Hong Kong

Veterans For Peace is appalled by the ongoing acts of political violence in Brussels, Belgium, in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey, in Iraq, in dozens of other places across the globe and most recently in Lahore, Pakistan. As a community of veterans, military families and friends, many of us know the… »

Dear people, I’m writing to you from the Nuclear Security Summit here in Washington, D.C. with exciting news: Leaders from Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sweden, Turkey and other nations are urging Summit attendees to take bold action to eliminate nuclear weapons. Our message is breaking through. This comes on… »

 Why seed storage is necessary Yearly production of grains, pulses, and vegetables depends on a reliable supply of quality seed. This is true for the farmer growing a crop to feed their family as well as for the agricultural worker evaluating and growing out seeds of a new crop species… »

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, will hold a press conference in Ankara on 14 April at 10 am. During this press conference the Commissioner will make public his preliminary observations based on his visit to Turkey, which starts next week. The visit focuses on counterterrorism,… »

Hi There, When Antoine Deltour, an employee of multinational audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, decided to leak some of the biggest financial secrets in history, he probably didn’t know what he was getting into. [1] He exposed secret tax rulings in Luxembourg that allow hundreds of multinational corporations like Amazon to… »

What would you make of news that Israel, Saudi-Arabia and others are talking about nuclear weapons? That they talk about how to fight Iran that has just signed an internationally binding agreement about not acquiring nuclear weapons? How strong is Iran? How strong are they? Is a new belligerent Sunni-Salafist-Zionist coalition taking… »

    The general post-Brussels mainstream media discourse has shown the same profile as virtually all others since September 11, 2001: • Emphasis on who did it, the circumstances where it happened and how the crime was carried out; • The fate of the victims, the mourning of the nearest… »

  – Tonight, FRONTLINE will be premiering their new documentary on Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Uncovered. This television program is libelous trash and you should not watch it! The filmmakers spend all their time interviewing troublemakers and ne’er-do-wells and ignore the truth told by me and my… »

Today is Good Friday, a major holiday in the Western Christian traditions. My family being mixed Christians always had two Christmas holidays and two Easters and so on. For us children growing up in the Bethlehem area, there was a nice rhythm and special feelings of religious holidays even though our families were not… »

 In this election year, it’s clear that a seismic political shift is rumbling through America.  Widespread discontent for the status quo is surfacing from both the left and right.  A year ago, it would have been impossible to envision a card-carrying socialist and a pre-WWII style populist mounting legitimate presidential… »