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Meeting at the UN headquarters of the Base Team with peace organisations

On 15 October 2024, part of the core team composed of Alessandro Capuzzo from Italy, Juan Gomez from Chile and Vanessa Vaglio from Costa Rica, met in New York at the United Nations headquarters of the Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University…

BAN Toxics commends FDA against Thailand-made Dr. Yanhee Facial Set of Skincare Beauty Products Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics applauded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for issuing public health warnings against the purchase and use of unauthorized cosmetic products,…

Recognising Asomiya as a Classical Language

Now it’s official– Assamese (Asomiya) is a classical language. The Union Cabinet on 3 October 2024 approved to confer Classical Language status to the Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Bengali (Bangla), and Assamese languages. The classical languages serve as a custodian of…

The Shriveling Mighty Amazon River Drying Out

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are taking the world’s time-honored ecosystems, like the world-famous Amazon River, down onto their knees. The problem is greenhouse gases like CO2 and CH4 trap heat and excessive levels like we’ve been experiencing, create extreme heat;…

Emergency housing: the case of Hurricane Milton

In modern times, the climate crisis has made its presence felt in every way: from rising temperatures to extreme weather events (floods, hurricanes, etc.), every year there are at least two or three cases of natural disasters that sound the…

Does Your Feminism Include Palestine?

Women’s Marches are being planned across the country ahead of Election Day to “show the strength of our feminist movement.” However, curiously missing from the talking points around the strength of the feminist movement is the women of Palestine –…

Mapping the Solidarity Economy

The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations. By Damon Orion In July 2024, the Council Office of Financial Analysis (COFA) reportedthat Chicago, Illinois, was witnessing a struggling job market, a decrease in multifamily housing starts,…

Take seriously the global risk at this moment

The fear of World War III is becoming more pronounced in contemporary times due to the complexity of global political, economic, and military forces. In particular, the geopolitical crisis in Europe, the China-Taiwan tensions, the North Korea-South Korea Tensions, the…

Scientists Successfully Breed Adult Corals to Improve Heat Tolerance

Coral reefs throughout the world have suffered immensely from global heating due to human-caused climate change. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — the largest coral reef system in the world — has experienced four mass bleaching events in seven years, leading to die-offs in up to half of…

Global Green Growth Week 2004 Kicks Off in South Korea

On October 14, 2024, the annual Global Green Growth Week 2024 started its 8th hybrid conference in Seoul City, South Korea, bringing together policymakers, investors, innovators, thought leaders, and delivery agents from the public and private sectors to offer insights…

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