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EcoWaste Coalition Pushes the 3Ps for Waste- and Toxics-Free Christmas and New Year Celebrations

Group Calls for a People-, Pet- and Planet-Friendly Christmas and New Year 23 December 2025,  Quezon City.  With Christmas and New Year just around the corner, the EcoWaste Coalition urged families and communities to bear the 3Ps in mind towards…

If Jesus Were Born Today, Would He Survive the American Police State?

“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins: to find the lost,…

What Christmas Once Meant—and What It Could Mean Again for a Divided America

From ancient solstice rituals to shared Abrahamic ethics, the season offers a forgotten civic language of compassion, duty, and renewal. When we think of Christmas today, what comes first to mind? Twinkling lights along Main Street, the ceaseless hum of…

How China’s initiatives are paving a new path to a better world

The Global Development Initiative focuses on the shared development needs of humanity, and directly addresses the real development challenges. The Global Security Initiative is dedicated to eliminating the root causes of international conflicts and improving global security governance. The Global…

Christmases Past: A Bittersweet Walk Down Memory Lane

When I woke that morning, I craved Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), a chain I had not visited for many years in Japan.  As a graduate student living close to the campus, I had choices: “Shokudo” diner, train station food stall,…

The Story of Colonel Osmani and Two Photographs at Bangladesh Hospital

By Rita Bhowmick  These are two historical photographs from the Liberation War of 1971. In one, Colonel M.A.G Osmani (Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani), the Commander-in-Chief of the Bangladesh Forces under the Provisional Government of Bangladesh, is seen signing autographs during…

Can United States Boost Economic Relations With Russia

(Moscow Bureau) – Despite the complexities posed by Russia-Ukraine crisis, United States has been taking conscious steps to improve commercial relations with Russia. Unsurprisingly, Russia, on the other hand, is also moving to restore and normalise its diplomacy, negotiating for…

How the Kamko app, created by a journalist in rural Nepal, is helping Nepalis gain digital literacy

In many villages of Nepal, young people now use smartphones for important work. They apply for jobs, check documents, and search for information online. But many still do not know which websites are official and which ones are not. This…

The Doomsday Glacier Flunks 2025 Checkup

Thwaites, the most studied glacier in the world, commands attention because it is not only the widest in the world at 80 miles but also the shakiest. And its nickname “The Doomsday Glacier” certainly sets it apart from the 500…

QUILL AND THE FLAME: Handing Down the Torch of Journalism

by Ruther Ray C. Ruado “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel,” the philosopher Socrates famously believed. On December 6 and 13, 2025, at San Vicente Elementary School (SVES) in Baguio City, Philippines, that…

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