Astronomers discover a rocky exoplanet about the mass of Earth, suitable for searching for signs of life. A group of astronomers, led by Diana Kossakowski of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany, in a paper published in the journal Astronomy &...
The Chinese end their New Year celebrations today with the Lantern Festival, where light is the protagonist thanks to the first full moon and the lanterns displayed in every corner of the country. The final event of the season falls on the 15th day of the first lunar...
On Saturday, February 4, thousands of demonstrators gathered in the centre of Lima for the so-called March of the Cones, which brought together demonstrators from the south of the country and demonstrators from the suburbs of the city of Lima. The demand for early...
ICE officials treated deportation as sport U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and dismissed reports of abuse, internal documents obtained by advocacy and activist groups through a Freedom of...
There must be no economic incentives for animal experiments. Testbiotech, Institute for Independent Impact Assessment in Biotechnology, has already successfully appealed several times in similar cases at the EPO in the past. A patent covering genetically engineered...
The details of the new worldwide initiative for Julian Assange’s freedom are being defined: in support of the demonstration in London organised by Dont Extradite Assange for 11 February, all the groups, committees, political and social formations calling for the...
France’s President Emmanuel Macron wants to raise the retirement age by two years. However, 72 percent of French people are against the pension reform—and the trend is rising. Since mid-January, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets and workers...
The vote of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party in the European Parliament alongside the French extreme right is increasingly inexplicable from the point of view of human rights and ethics. A vote against freedom of information and expression in Morocco. The...
The wave of resignations and dismissals of senior Ukrainian officials is just the latest jolt in a broader political earthquake that is rocking Kiev. It began with the resignation of Oleksij Arestovych, one of President Volodymir Zelensky’s most prominent advisers,...
The Republican Party’s latest wave of attacks against anyone who threatens the white supremacist patriarchy is couched in false concern for health and well-being. By Sonali Kolhatkar Republicans are resorting to their age-old tactic of manufactured moral outrage to...
By Berliner Zeitung, February 4, 2023 The original at the link above is in German. This translation was provided to World BEYOND War by Roger Waters. Roger Waters can rightly claim to be the mastermind behind Pink Floyd. He came up with the concept of and wrote all...
Joênia was the first indigenous woman in Brazil to practice law, and also the country’s first indigenous federal deputy. (Image by Agência Brasil) The National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI) will be chaired by an indigenous person for the first time since...