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Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has told CBS News that the conflict in Ukraine may be approaching a turning point, and that Chinese-brokered peace talks could begin by the end of 2023. “Now that China has entered the…

“The masses are never bellicose unless they are poisoned by propaganda.” Albert Einstein “It is murder. They always kill the son of a mother.” Juergen Todenhoefer It’s a Christian commandment. And it seemed non-negotiable to me when I started thinking…

The Sorsogon State University College of Teacher Education and Midwifery in partnership with Kurit-Lagting Art Collective and Concerned Artists of the Philippines Bicol Chapter (CAP Bicol) conducted a free workshop on Promoting Sorsogon’s Literary Traditions through the Children’s Theater from…

The 9th Symposium of the World Centre for Humanist Studies “Crisis and Overcoming: crossing the Frontiers of Thinking” has come to an end and the feeling is one of profound gratitude to those who made it possible with their presentations,…

Juan Guaidó continues to advocate punishing the Venezuelan people with US coercive economic measures. Recently shipped to Washington DC, the former “interim president” of Venezuela pleaded, “You can’t use a kind or soft approach,” such as easing the suffering, because…

Governments alone will not deliver us peace, nuclear disarmament, or deeper international cooperation and unity. Those goals can only be achieved with pressure from below. By Joseph Gerson Editor’s note: The following is based on a speech—entitled “17th Strategy Conference of…

Media organisations across the globe are marking World Press Freedom Day with a re-energised push for the release of award-winning Australian publisher Julian Assange. US President Joe Biden is facing growing pressure to drop charges against Assange as Australia’s Media…

On environmental and biodiversity issues, the influence of indigenous peoples is more important than ever at the international level, says a member of the Karen indigenous people of Myanmar. “In indigenous cultures, we look at a woman’s cooking. If she…

The French took to the streets again on Friday to show their rejection of workplace accidents in the European country. Around 200 people demonstrated in front of the Labour Ministry in Paris against fatal accidents at work and for the…

Nuclear war is unthinkable, but also uncontrollable once a spark is lit. There’s no turning back once that big misstep occurs. Indeed, the film Dr. Strangelove (Director Stanley Kubrick, 1964 Columbia Pictures) is all about what could happen if the…