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We present the 2026 US Peace Prize. But first, I want to share a few words about our country and the mission of the US Peace Memorial Foundation. By Michael D. Knox, PhD, Chair, US Peace Memorial Foundation The U.S. is obsessed with celebrating a military that has invaded well over 30 countries since the end of…

“Canada does not need to choose only one table.” “Geography places Canada next to the United States. Economics forces it to trade with it. But neither requires Ottawa to close the other doors of the planet.” I. THE SHIELD HAS A DOOR On September 22, 2026, in New York, fifteen governments signed a new declaration…

I think everyone knows the German tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. That piper with his magical flute who makes all children follow him hypnotized to disappear in a mountain. In its most original version he is a kind of magician or the devil himself. That magician has reappeared in the world since around…

Dhaka, 29 September,  Ensuring the education, health, safety and rights of girls requires meaningful engagement and active participation from families and communities. Ahead of Girls’ Child Day 2026, Nari Unnayan Shakti and Young Women for Development Rights and Climate jointly organized a two-day training programme on 28–29 September 2026 for 20 disadvantaged mothers from the…

Today, Tuesday, September 29, at the headquarters of the Lima Bar Association (CAL), the Citizens’ Forum “Pro-Crime Laws? Dialogue among Parliamentarians, Experts and Affected Citizens” will be held, featuring a well-rounded panel of specialists such as Carlos Rivera, Erika Solís, Ricardo Soberón and Cruz Silva del Carpio, speakers with extensive experience in defending human rights;…

Mynul Hasan Sohel (Dhaka Bureau) The concise yet highly significant four-day visit of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly has generated a widespread response in international diplomatic and economic circles. Participating in over 30 high-level meetings and official engagements during this brief New York trip, he…

(Moscow Bureau) – On the sidelines of the 81st UNGA, Sergey Lavrov and Belarus’s Maxim Ryzhenkov launched work on a “Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century,” with an open expert group and a first in-person round in Minsk by end-2026. According to the official report, Russia and Belarus say Eurasia lacks…

Trump calls for the unrestricted development of AI and labels critics of it as “sick.” He himself, however, has not even begun to understand the global risks this could pose. By Axel Fersen and Klaus Moegling Doonbeg, County Clare, Sunday, September 13, 2026. Donald Trump stands at the starting tee of the Irish Open, on…

Dhaka, 28 September: Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP)  organized a national consultation titled “Skills, Migration and Mobility: The Way Forward for Bangladesh” at Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka on Monday to present key findings from research conducted under the GS4S project. The consultation brought together policymakers, skills-development experts, researchers, international organisations and migration stakeholders to discuss…

By Sheikh Muntaqim Ahmed Al Hasib Every dry season, Dhaka faces a familiar environmental problem: deteriorating air quality.  The city’s pollution levels are particularly severe during the months when rainfall is limited, and fine particulate matter can remain concentrated in the atmosphere. The scale of the problem is reflected in recent measurements. According to IQAir’s…