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Digital Gladiators: Why We Still Cheer for Violence

As I scroll through my phone, absorbing the relentless updates about the Iran-Israel conflict, I’m confronted by images that blur the line between reality and simulation. Towering buildings reduced to rubble, missiles streaking across skies like something out of a…

China is the Iron Bank, with only commercial interests, not political ambition in the West(eros)

So China will not get itself involved in the Israel-Iran War It’s only June of 2025, but the past few months feel very long. On top of the trench warfare in Ukraine, unending deaths and struggles in Gaza, a historic air…

Crossing Into The Forbidden Zone (Beyond the Valley of the Neocons)

Preface to a Farewell  Over the course of the last 3 and ½ years, my Pressenza articles have been primarily concerned with two things: 1) shedding a light on the incredibly dangerous, ideologically driven perpetual war-path that the US has…

Early Weather Warning: A Shield for Farmers’ Survival

Report by Journalist Zahida Parvez Chhanda from Dhaka Every year during the monsoon season, the agricultural workforce of Bangladesh, especially those living by the rivers, is gripped by fear of excessive rainfall and early floods. This time of the year,…

G. Varoufakis in the European Parliament: “How Europe fell into the arms of warmongering, and what we must do”

On Tuesday, June 10 2025, I addressed a meeting at the European Parliament, an event organised by The Left and M5S Europa, on the theme of “The Economic Conditions for Peace”, alongside Jeffrey Sachs and Giuseppe Conte. My talk can be watched and…

Bangladesh on The Election Train!

After 18 months, the nation will go for an election in February 2026. Since the Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus took charge of the Interim Government last August, he faced several hiccups in running the administration. One of the challenges…

The World University Network of Innovation for Leaders (WUNI-L):  Elevating Collaboration, Innovation, and Leadership

by Genevieve Balance Kupang In a rapidly transforming world, higher education leaders are called to re-imagine their roles—not just as stewards of their own institutions, but as architects of global collaboration, innovation, and resilience. The World University Network of Innovation…

Mike Ferner: A quick and easy way to starve to death

It only took 20 days. I didn’t have to sleep on the cold, wet ground, live in a tent; relieve my bowels and bladder in the open like everyone around me; watch my children burn to death or die in…

Solar Power in UK Surges 42% With Sunniest Spring on Record: Analysis

Solar farms and rooftops in the United Kingdom generated a record 42 percent more electricity from January through May 2025 than during the same period in 2024, according to a new analysis by Carbon Brief. The UK also just had its sunniest spring since record keeping began in 1910,…

Celebrating the Dedication of BCU Research Presenters at RISE 2025 — The 3 Ls of Growth

By Genevieve Balance Kupang, Graduate School Research Coordinator Be Intentional: Create Memories That Matter (Olea P. Romero) Talk of inclusivity reminds us that it is best to celebrate collaboration, dedication, excellence, and sacrifice beyond awards. A five-word synthesis for inclusivity could…