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4Days4Peace
4Days4Peace – Barcelona, October 23–26, 2025Organized by the International Peace Bureau (IPB) and the Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau From October 23 to 26, 2025, Barcelona hosted 4 Days 4 Peace, a series of events co-organized by the Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau and the International Peace Bureau (IPB), with the support of…
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SIPRI leads two side events at UN First Committee
SIPRI co-organized two side events during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee in New York at the end of October.
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Lace Up for Learning – NLP, NCCA opens LISM 2025 at MET
The National Library of the Philippines (NLP), in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), officially opened the 35th Library and Information Services Month (LISM) at the historic Metropolitan Theater in Manila on November 5, 2025. This year’s celebration carries the theme “Lace Up Libraries – A Hub for Cultural Exploration…
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APEC Forum Concludes in South Korea with Call for Economic Cooperation and Balance between the U.S. and China
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum concluded in Gyeongju, South Korea, after two days of intense discussions focused on strengthening supply chains, promoting digital innovation, and advancing toward sustainable and inclusive growth. Under the theme “Building a Sustainable Tomorrow: Connect, Innovate, Prosper,” leaders of the 21 member economies committed to an agenda aimed at economic…
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Chemical Pollution Driving Men’s Health Crisis – Stronger EU Action Needed
Brussels, November 4, 2025. A new report commissioned by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) warns that chemical pollution is fuelling a growing men’s health crisis in Europe. Prostate and testicular cancers and infertility are on the rise. Mounting evidence links these trends to exposure to phthalates, PFAS, pesticides and microplastics with widespread contamination across…
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Bullying: 4 in 5 Countries Have no Laws Protecting LGBTI Youth
Geneva (Switzerland), 5 November 2025 – A large part of the world has yet to adopt explicit legislation to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex (LGBTI) youth in schools against bullying, ILGA World said today. New data published on the ILGA World Database reveals that only 6 UN member States have adopted anti-bullying legislation that protects youth…
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What’s The Real Reason Why The Economist Wants Europe To Spend $400 Billion More On Ukraine?
Federalizing the EU, not the political fantasy of defeating Russia, is the real goal, which requires another four years of proxy warfare and at least another $400 billion to complete. The Economist argued that the EU and the UK should meet Ukraine’s estimated $390 billion financing needs over the next four years. In their words, “Another…
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Sudan’s Civil War Ravages The Core Of Our Humanity
Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, and so far, several rounds of peace talks have been of no avail in bringing an end to the horrific, ongoing conflict. Two generals who were aligned in bringing about the coup of 2021 are now the leaders of the opposing sides: General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is the…
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Earth’s Greatest Enemy Shows Us We Have No Choice
In the opening scene of Abby Martin and Mike Prysner’s new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy, an unhoused veteran sits and plays piano in an encampment in Brentwood, California. He lives in an encampment popularly known as “Veterans Row,” where tents are draped in U.S. flags and people walking by are reminded of how often the…
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How Was This Possible? – A short note by Partha Banerjee, Brooklyn, New York.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory is not just a historic victory for a new-generation immigrant youth. Not just a stunning victory for the son of a Muslim father and a Hindu mother who rose from nothing. Behind this victory is the huge role of America’s socialists who have been working for many years, which the New York…