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WASHINGTON – This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now…

Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The…

Citing officials, the Financial Times said on Sunday: Brazil and Argentina plan to create a common currency. By Countercurrents Collective According to the newspaper, this move could finally create the world’s second-largest currency bloc with roughly 5% of global GDP, if the…

Group tells manufacturers to label their products and provide hazard warnings 18 January 2023, Quezon City.  As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition cautioned luck seekers from purchasing charms and amulets containing highly hazardous…

B’tselem published a video on the case of Raed Na’saan, 21, who was killed by Israeli soldiers as he fled the scene of unequal clashes, stones against bullets. https://t.co/HsOiJSHhOf pic.twitter.com/nN7LQjl1PP — B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم (@btselem) January 17, 2023 The facts…

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu has recently been mentioned frequently in the media while talking about US relations with South Asian nations. This time his visit to Dhaka has generated a buzz in…

The European Council, the Commission and the Parliament have agreed on the main points of the new EU Pay Transparency Directive. The directive aims to end the pay gap between women and men. In the future, companies with more than…

By Urariano Mota * I retrieve the post-scripted chapter that I published in the American edition of the novel “Never-Ending Youth”, in the last pages of Peter Lownds” translation, “Never-Ending Youth”, I added these lines: Posters have taken over the…

Farmers, Environmentalists, and Experts Stand Against Waste Incineration On January 9, 2023, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific together with Ecowaste Coalition and the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustianability (IDIS) – Davao and in partnership with Ecoteneo,…

By Angelo Baracca and Giorgio Ferrari. An international press campaign is currently underway celebrating the results of work carried out in the United States in the field of controlled nuclear fusion; a dream (a promise) pursued since the early days…