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WURI Foundation Hosts 2024 Meeting and Webinar: Inspiring Innovation for the 2025 Global Rankings

By Genevieve Balance Kupang The World University Network of Innovation for Presidents (WUNI-P), Leaders (WUNI-L), and Experts (WUNI-E) participated in an enlightening webinar organized by the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) on December 5, 2024. Before this webinar, the…

Bangladesh-China ties to reach a unique height

Over the years, there have been regular high-level bilateral talks and visits between the two countries. Ministers of both countries have historically taken the lead in helping to establish this link. In an effort to build closer ties with Beijing,…

Courage to Responsibility: War Conformity Threatening Democracy

The militarization of international politics leads to hostility instead of more peace between societies. By Michael Müller, Peter Brandt, Reiner Braun as a guest article for the Berliner Zeitung “All the mischief that happens is not only the fault of…

Looking Ahead to the Arctic Century: Greenland as Kingmaker

Let us be clear: we are soon entering the Arctic Century, and its most defining feature will be Greenland’s meteoric rise, sustained prominence and ubiquitous influence. Over the coming decades, developments in Greenland and the wider Arctic will impact every…

United States: The New Kodak?

Kodak, founded in 1888 by George Eastman, became synonymous with photography for over a century. Eastman revolutionized the industry with a portable Kodak camera and the slogan, “You press the button, we do the rest.” This invention democratized photography for…

World Humanist Forum, of a permanent character. Words by Antonio Carvallo

We publish here the words with which Antonio Carvallo introduced today’s virtual assembly of the World Humanist Forum: “The Forum is an ambit of exchange and discussion among humanists and likeminded people around the world to study and develop positions…

Our Ability to Think in Terms of Numbers Is Universal and Independent From Language

Most people learn to count and do basic arithmetic at a young age and don’t give these skills a second thought. But numerosity or numeracy, the ability to think about and use numbers, is more than a basic skill: It…

World Leaders Remain Committed to Paris Climate Agreement Despite Trump’s Withdrawal

On the second day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, European leaders spoke out against President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 Paris Agreement, saying they would remain firmly committed to the…

Trump’s sanctions threats against Russia usual routine – Kremlin

The Kremlin views US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose sanctions against Russia if a deal on the Ukrainian conflict settlement is not reached as the usual routine, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. “We do not see…

The Non-Discrimination Roundtable at the World Humanist Forum

On Saturday, January 25, 2025, the first Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will take place online. At this meeting, various Thematic Tables will be put into dynamics that will have an international and intercultural character. Context and framework of…

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