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Tens of Thousands Flee Deadly Wildfires in Southern California

Wildfires fueled by strong winds in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, California, have scorched a quickly growing area of Los Angeles County, killing at least two people. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The fierce and unpredictable fires have forced roughly 70,000 evacuations and destroyed approximately…

Fostering Peace: BCU Graduate Students Unite for Social Responsibility

First in a Series of Two (1/2) By: Charlyn P. Banaken and Emelita C. Pis-oyen Baguio Central University’s Graduate School doctoral students took a bold step toward fostering global peace and understanding with their ‘FOSTERING PEACE: A Peace Forum Initiative…

Northeast India: Engineers’ Forum Expresses Concern over Tibet Dam

Guwahati: Expressing anxiety over the recent earthquake that hit the Tibetan plateau killing over 125 residents and injuring several others, a forum of graduate engineers in northeast India apprehended probable damages in the Brahmaputra valley if the China-made massive hydropower…

Young Peacebuilders, Champions, and Artists Get together to Illustrate their Heartfelt Images of Peace and Non-violence

“The Ka-PEACE-tahan: Cultivating a Culture of Peace” Poster-Making Competition by  Karina Lagdameo Santillan and Genevieve Balance Kupang A pre-World March for Peace and Non-violence event was held, organized by the Supreme Student Council of Baguio Central University. The council was…

The flower of transformation blooms in South Africa

Communities and civil society groups unite for land rights and climate justice for a sustainable future As a young person growing up in India in the 1970s and 80s, the struggle of southern Africans against apartheid—an institutional form of race-based…

Rural Texas Receives USDA Funding for 400 MW Solar, 200 MW Battery Storage Project

At the end of December 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded $1.4 billion in grant and loan financing to San Miguel Electric Cooperative, a utility provider that operates in rural Texas. The financing will go…

Around Feminism and Islam: Intercultural Dialogue Between Pakistan and Senegal in the Outskirts of Dakar

On January 6th, in the deliberation hall of the Municipality of Malika (Dakar), a training meeting took place with the facilitators and animators of the project “Résaux de Femmes: Empowerment of Women and Gender Rights in Senegal,” promoted by Energia…

Reflections on the Ongoing Global Conflict

The overthrow of the regime in Syria and the passing of the Syrian state into the US-Western camp are the latest episodes in the long-running battle between unipolarity and multipolarity. The former represents American policy, while the latter represents the…

Israeli conscientious objector Netta Lannes Arbel: “I refuse to close my eyes. There’s another way”

Netta Lannes Arbel, 24 year-old from Emek Hefer, who refused to reenlist in the Israeli army in Ir HaBahadim Camp in southern Israel on December 29, was tried today for 8 days in military detention for his refusal. Lannes Arbel…

EcoWaste Coalition: It’s High Time to Toughen Firecracker Laws to Prevent Senseless Injuries and Deaths; Curb Toxic Pollution

7 January 2025, Quezon City.  The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition bewailed the rise in the number of people, especially young children, who were injured or killed in firecracker-related incidents, prompting it to call for stronger regulations to…

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