International issues

The World Had Already Changed Before November 5th Although many of you will find this hard to believe, a series of events took place this year and last year that, in their level of global importance and future impact, trumped…

Quezon City, Philippines  — Yesterday, November 15, 2024, advocates from various sectors gathered to amplify the call for a Climate Emergency Declaration in response to the escalating impacts of the climate crisis. This Global Day of Action for Climate Justice,…

The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement on climate change, was signed on January 11, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan to limit the amount of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Although the protocol entered into force in 2005, its achievement remains…

On November 6, many of us woke to the reality that our nation is even more corrupt and dangerous than we had realized as a majority of  U.S. voters embraced and voted for a fascist, racist, convicted rapist and felon,…

With the UN climate talks in full swing in Baku, new research by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) exposes the EU’s climate hyCOPrisy, using COP29 to greenwash Azerbaijan’s gas as more climate friendly so it can justify doubling imports and still claim to…

When Donald Trump takes office on January 20th, all his campaign promises to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and almost as quickly end Israel’s war on its neighbors will be put to the test. The choices he…

David Swanson, the Executive Director of World Beyond War and campaign coordinator of RootsAction.org, was awarded the Real Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 in a touching ceremony held on November 10, 2024, in Oslo. I had the pleasure of sitting…

Abidjan, the seat of government and main city of Ivory Coast will be the venue of a new conjunction of the West African Humanist Forum. The conclave will be held on December 1, 2024, under the theme “The West Africa…

Just days after Donald Trump won a landslide victory in the US presidential election, Ambassador Humayun Kabir, a credible commentator on foreign affairs, said in an interview with an independent newspaper Prothom Alo that the bilateral relationship with Bangladesh and…

Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations COP29 Climate Change Conference Elnur Soltanov has been recorded by Global Witness apparently agreeing to help facilitate fossil fuel industry deals at the summit, reported The Guardian. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes A member of the campaign organization posed as a fake oil…