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Alpha-Dialogue Building Bridges between Russian and African media

Empowering senior African media executives, raising their orientation towards geopolitical developments and learning more innovative skills of disseminating information to the public audience are the main components of the first short-term training programme planned in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It also…

Happy Blooming Day Event with Refugees: Wes Anderson Photo Exhibition in Seoul

On the afternoon of April 9, 2025, I joined a group of ten refugees and their supporters at the Ground Seesaw Seochon gallery in Seoul for Happy Blooming Day: Wes Anderson Photo Exhibition—an immersive event featuring mesmerizing photographic artworks inspired…

Roots of Filipino Humanism: (4) May Pag-asa

May Pag-asa– There is hope. Palaging may-pag-asa– Always hopeful.  Pag-asa ng bayan– Hope of the nation. May pag-asa pa para sa iyo– There’s hope for you yet. May Pagasa ba ko? Do I have hope? Pag-asa ang huling namamatay. Hope…

Indian Journalist Found Dead in Andaman Islands, PEC Demands Fair Investigation

Geneva:  Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed serious concern over the suspected killing of online journalist Sahadev Dey at the Diglipur area of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 29 March 2025 and demanded…

Foreigner Arrested for Illicit Visit to Andaman’s Isolated Area

Guwahati: London-based global outfit dedicated to indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights, Survival International (SI) expressed relief that a foreigner was arrested after landing on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean to make contact with the uncontacted Sentinelese people. Terming…

1st Korea-Kurdistan Region of Iraq Cultural Performance in Siheung City

On March 28, a Korean fan dance troupe featuring Kurdish students captivated the audience with a mesmerizing performance that blended improvised traditional Korean music and customs with Kurdish popular dance and traditional attire. This unique cultural exchange was part of…

JFA Insists On Defining The Term ‘Working Journalist’

Guwahati: In a democratic country, every citizen who expresses his views constructively through any medium (now in the abundantly used digital platforms) can be termed as a journalist, who may be associated with any profession and not necessarily employed by…

Exploring physician anti-nuclear war activism

Countway Library exhibit Prescriptions for Peace highlights role of health care professionals in anti-nuke movement. In 1961, at a time of high Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, a group of physicians and medical students in…

Roots of Filipino Humanism (2) “Bayanihan”

The bayanihan spirit. It’s an age-old Filipino tradition of helping others without expecting anything in return, a core value of Filipino culture, a palpable sense of  community and cooperation, that is still alive today. The word bayanihan comes from the…

Blind death

“Blind Death” is a cartoon fairy tale about the need to overcome hatred between people and in society, about the need for forgiveness and unity, as well as about the importance of art in this. Citizens of Ukraine, Russia and…

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