International issues

July 23, 2024 – In a groundbreaking move, the Zero Waste Cities Network (ZWCN) has formally launched its Philippine chapter, uniting local government officials and zero waste advocates in a collaborative effort to advance sustainable waste management nationwide. Supported by GAIA…

Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to converge in D.C. tomorrow for a national mobilization to demand the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu. The demonstration will begin at 11:00 a.m. at 3rd St. NW and Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Buses will…

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is the world’s leading epicenter of toxic radioactive water released into the ocean. Yet, these activities are no longer closely monitored by mainstream media. As it happens, Tokyo Electric Power Company is the electric utility…

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock and grief over the killing of a young reporter in the Bangladesh capital during a nationwide protest demonstration against the job quota system in the South…

The monthly interchange among the 3rd World March organizing teams and supporters in the Asia-Pacific– India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Philippines, and friends from Australia and Europe– was held on July 14, 2024. 19-20 participants attended. Rafael de La…

The interview was conducted by Tanja Stopper, technical support by Kristine Karch. Dear Ann, thank you for taking the time for this interview. Ann, you served in the US Army/Army Reserves for 29 years and retired as a colonel. You also spent…

Geneva: Expressing utter dismay over the relentless killing of journalists in Pakistan, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights organization, urges the highest government authority in Islamabad to investigate all relevant cases to unearth the truth…

July 14, Sunday. It was proposed in February this year by the South Korean Ministry of Unification to designate the 14th of July as a national day in honor of North Korean refugees. As such, the first North Korean Refugee…

The future of Venezuela’s 25-year-old socialist movement will be decided in the upcoming July 28 election. Venezuelans will go to the polls knowing that a vote for incumbent President Nicolás Maduro means no relief from US unilateral coercive measures. By…

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge regarding the two crashes of 737 Max airplanes that caused the death of 346 passengers on two flights: a Lion Air flight out of Indonesia in October 2018 and…