Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday she had spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump and proposed a broad agreement encompassing security, immigration and trade. Speaking at her daily press conference at the National Palace, Sheinbaum said the...
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A ‘Profound Mistake’: Senate Republican Rollback of IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits Would Cost Jobs, Raise Energy Prices and Bring More Climate Extremes
The United States Senate Committee on Finance has released draft legislation that would quickly end or scale back most major tax credits for clean energy, solar panels, electric vehicles (EVs) and other benefits provided by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). By...
Why Washington Targets Iran and Venezuela: Empire, Energy, and Ideology
Venezuela and Iran hold the largest and third-largest petroleum reserves in the world, respectively. Both have also been targeted for regime change by Washington. The two commonalities are not unrelated. By Roger D. Harris Of course, the world’s hegemon would like to...
Nonviolence is as American as Apple Pie
“The real American tradition isn’t war—it’s the people’s resistance to it.” On June 16, Rolling Stone reported on the recent “No Kings” demonstrations that revealed something profound about American values. In the article they noted that Saturday’s protests drew...
“Io brucio, svanisco, divento fumo”: la storia di Parnia, giovane poetessa iraniana uccisa da un attacco aereo israeliano
Questa giovane ragazza è Parnia Abbasi, poetessa, traduttrice, insegnante iraniana. Difficilmente ne parleranno sulla nostra stampa di guerra e di propaganda. Non possono parlarne perché come ogni soldato all’interno di una guerra, devono eseguire gli ordini che gli...
A Humanist Perspective on Peace Efforts and Trump’s Dilemma
One positive action of Donald Trump’s administration was facilitating a ceasefire between Pakistan and India, preventing both countries from escalating into destruction—similar to what is now happening between Iran and Israel. If we set aside debates over who...
Mountain Healing Program: A Day at Bukhansan National Park with Rangers in Seoul City
In a time when the world is burdened by conflicts driven by greed, hatred, and unhealthy competition, the need for healing spaces has never been greater. Throughout history, humanity has turned to the mountains and forests in search of refuge, peace, and inner...
Three Countries Nominate Lead Chromates for Listing in the Rotterdam Convention
19 June 2025, Manila, Philippines/Gothenburg, Sweden. The International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) lauded the Governments of Switzerland, Morocco and Cameroon for nominating lead chromate pigments for Rotterdam Convention listing, while urging other...
The Stars and Stripes Diplomacy of the Vatican: Leo XIV Inherits Pope Francis’s Chinese Legacy
Fuzhou, June 2025 – The appointment of Bishop Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou by the Vatican marks a turning point in Sino-Vatican relations. Under the guidance of Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, the Holy See has fully implemented the controversial 2018...
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 combat between two nuclear powers with a...
No Justice for Journalist Couple’s Murder in 13 Years
by Md. Burhanuddin The journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and his wife Meherun Runi were brutally murdered 13 years ago in Bangladesh, yet justice remains elusive. Journalist Sagar Sarwar and his wife Meherun Runi who were brutally murdered 13 years ago. The investigation...
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 been and is still on so far...