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On July 24, tens of thousands of people from across the United States mobilized to Washington, DC to take part in a protest calling for the arrest of war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister arrived this week for a joint-address to Congress in an effort to galvanize additional support for Israel’s…

Ukraine continues to destroy Europe’s economy Slovakia, following Hungary, has stopped receiving Lukoil’s pipeline oil due to tougher Ukrainian sanctions. This was announced on Thursday, 18 July by the operator of the Slovak section of the Druzhba oil pipeline, Transpetrol, as well as by the Slovak Economics Ministry. This may affect the price of petrol…

In July 2024, the United Nations convened its High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York. The HLPF happens at a pivotal moment when we are witnessing the surge of new conflicts and threats, such as the potential scalation of conflicts that could lead to nuclear confrontation, which would endanger human survival, and the perils of…

The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is currently reviewing the draft of a proposed Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), which outlines new operational policies to better address environmental and social risks in ADB projects. This proposed ESF seeks to update ADB’s 15-year old Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) to ensure the relevance…

Bangladesh witnessed an unprecedented anarchy and suffocating situation for more than a week centered on the quota reform movement. In the last four decades, such an anarchic situation has never arisen in the country. A special group, under the guise of the quota reform movement, chose the path of terrible sabotage and terror. The peaceful…

26 July 2024, Quezon City.  Due to the onslaught of the typhoon Carina-enhanced torrential rains which submerged vast communities in the National Capital Region and other areas, the EcoWaste Coalition postponed the “Walang Plastikan” concert-for-a-cause scheduled today in Pasig City. “With typhoon Carina (and the Habagat) putting Metro Manila under the state of calamity, ‘Walang…

Guwahati: As Bangladesh has slowly returned to normalcy after deadly unrest for many days, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an impartial probe into alleged human rights violations across the South Asian nation. He also called on the government in Dhaka to restore full Internet access to enable free communication for…

The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will be held in France from July 26 to August 11. The opening ceremony, traditionally held in the Olympic stadium of the host city, will this time take place on the Seine, the river that runs through the French capital, where each national delegation will parade on a boat.…

From Monday, July 22 to July 26, the Russian city of Ulyanovsk is hosting the BRICS Youth Summit, an event that brings together young leaders and entrepreneurs from the member countries of the BRICS group. This summit offers a platform to discuss current issues and find joint solutions. The initiative to hold this event in…

Ten candidates, backed by 38 parties, are running in this year’s presidential elections in Venezuela [next Sunday, July 28]. However, there is consensus that the race is centered on just two: President Nicolás Maduro and the main opposition bloc, the Democratic Unity Platform (PUD), whose candidate is Edmundo González Urrutia. All the polls place these…