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August 18, was Sunday and in the ancient and splendid churches and cathedrals of Kiev resounded the evocative melodies of prayers and rites, intoned by the popes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, independent and separate from that of the Moscow…

After the asymmetric punishment inflicted by Israel in Gaza, all basic infrastructure, schools, mosques, hospitals and 90 per cent of buildings were reportedly destroyed by systematic aerial bombardments resulting in over 40,000 Palestinian civilian casualties and several thousand more buried…

Kiev is a very large and very beautiful city, tidy, and clean, with churches, ancient buildings, others of clear Soviet imprint, and finally very modern skyscrapers. I arrived on Saturday 17 August at 5.30 in the morning, after the driver,…

On August 14, 2024, at Riverside Church in Manhattan, the Palestinian Priest of Bethlehem, Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, delivered a powerful speech addressing the silence of American churches and the influence of Christian Zionism. A video of the event can…

I reported a conversation yesterday afternoon with a friend from Rome: “Hi Mauro, but wasn’t there a Russian attack on Kiev last night? Did you hear the bombings? Were you afraid?” “My mother-in-law used to say: “Tempo de guera più…

The Ottawa Pride parade is scheduled for August 25. This year the organizers of the Ottawa Pride parade have decided to boycott Israeli companies that are directly involved in the Palestinian genocide. This decision has prompted several participants to withdraw…

By Maxine Lowy In a sample of the exuberant and infinite creative power of the human being, some 180 variants of two works, made by the same number of artists, cover the length and breadth of the walls of the…

Some parts of the northern hemisphere are experiencing a particularly hot summer 2024. In cities, it is often not easy to escape the heat unless you have air conditioners, which have a high energy and environmental impact anyway. Those who…

We interviewed Ítalo Hernández Ibacache, author of the book in homage to Sergio Tormen, a well-known cyclist arrested in 1974 and disappeared since then. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his detention by state agents. The launch of the…

Spending the last weeks in the Western Balkans, trying to understand trends and tensions in the region on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Dayton Agreement and its ratification in Paris and the celebration of 11 July as…