News media in Bangladesh and India were agog due to the news that Prof Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met officially for the first time in a decade on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok,...
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Roots of Filipino Humanism: (4) May Pag-asa
May Pag-asa– There is hope. Palaging may-pag-asa– Always hopeful. Pag-asa ng bayan– Hope of the nation. May pag-asa pa para sa iyo– There’s hope for you yet. May Pagasa ba ko? Do I have hope? Pag-asa ang huling namamatay. Hope is the last to die. Kung saan may buhay,...
Towards the People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, 8th and 9th May. Interview with one of the organisers, Maoz Inon
Exactly one month from today, an event will take place in Jerusalem that the organisers have simply called I’s now, promising to be the largest peace convention ever attempted in the Middle East. And since we think that it will be an important event, we’re starting...
Claudia Sheinbaum leads massive boxing class and Trump shares video of Mexican campaign “Fentanyl kills”
From the Zócalo in Mexico City, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo led the simultaneous start of the National Boxing Class in all the country’s public squares, via a link to the 32 states of the Republic, as part of the focus on addressing the causes of the National...
Thirteen questions searching for an answer
When the population requested investment in health, education and work, the answer was always the same: there is no money and we have to tighten our belts. Where now does so much funding for rearmament come from? If Russia wanted to invade Europe, why doesn’t it do so...
Nicaragua’s opposition media welcome Trump’s new tariffs – and ignore how they were calculated
Five countries in Central America, together with the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, have a free trade agreement with Washington, but this didn’t protect them from the punitive tariffs announced on President Trump’s “Liberation Day.” A minimum 10 per cent tariff...
Sacred Peace Walk 2024 – Live Coverage from the Nevada Desert Experience
Why We Walk series posting 7pm – April 13 – 18 @ 7pm PST / 10pm EST Starting this Sunday — BCR Podcast supported by the Nevada Desert Experience will produce a series of 20 minute videos telling the stories of the participants in the 2025 Sacred Peace Walk [SPW] —...
What Comes Next After The US’ Withdrawal From Poland’s Rzeszow Logistics Hub For Ukraine?
This is meant to symbolize the reduction of American military aid to Kiev, not function as the first step towards a complete withdrawal from Poland or Central & Eastern Europe as a whole. The Pentagon announced on Monday that US forces will withdraw from Poland’s...
Scientist Rebellion co-founders not guilty of the group’s first action at the Royal Society
Crown court jury finds Scientist Rebellion co-founders Mike Lynch-White and Dr. Tim Hewlett not guilty of criminal damage for their non-violent September 2020 protest action at the Royal Society in London. The action – which saw paint daubed over the entrance to the...
Scientists warn – “Glacier at the end of the world” is melting
Antarctica’s so-called “glacier at the end of the world” is melting. A group of scientists warned that Antarctica’s so-called “glacier at the end of the world” is unexpectedly melting rapidly. In two studies published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the researchers...
NASA reveals images of “extremely elongated” asteroid
The object passed close to Earth and its surface appears pitch black. NASA’s Goldstone radar used to investigate objects in the solar system, captured in detail one of the most elongated asteroids ever photographed, the US space agency said on Friday. The asteroid...
“No one can deny that agribusiness damages health, generates illness and death”.
An investigation in eight fumigated villages in Santa Fe, involving 27,000 people, confirmed the link between agrotoxins and cancer. Young people in these towns are 2.5 per cent more likely to get cancer than those living far from areas with pesticide use. An...