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On Friday, February 6, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order—the thirteenth since taking office—to protect New York’s immigrants from the Trump administration’s abuses. New York is a so-called “sanctuary city,” which limits cooperation with ICE and refuses to detain or refer undocumented immigrants for deportation. This order reinforces the direction it…

Several years ago, I read an interesting article about a place where urban planning had favored the periphery over the center; this concept gave rise to modern network cities, a system of nodes where each becomes a center. The idea immediately struck me as much more democratic and horizontal than the classic vision of a…

Last week, the US government announced it would be sending $6 million in aid to Cuba, on top of the $3 million it sent in January after Hurricane Melissa. This aid package might appear contrary to the significant escalation of the 66-year-long US criminal blockade, which has expanded all-out fuel blockade since December, with attacks…

The following report was written by La Ruta del Clima, a leading Latin American NGO on climate change, focused on political advocacy to promote citizen participation, with international recognition and standing. On January 14, 2026, we began the year with an event that was deeply relevant to the political, social, and environmental context facing the region.…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh’s interim government is poised to sign a tariff agreement with the United States on 9 February(Monday), just two days before the country’s 13th national parliamentary election. The move has sparked unease among business leaders, economists, and political observers over transparency, timing, and long-term implications. The agreement, expected to…

Building together a path for our cities On February 7 and 8, 2026, Cecina, in the province of Livorno,  will host the National Coordination of organizations involved in the construction of the Fourth World March for Peace and Nonviolence, an event conceived not as a simple organizational meeting, but as a space for convergence, listening,…

Since Trump reassumed the presidency, the rank and file of the Democrats have been busy criticizing, for good reason, Trump’s unhinged exercise of power. Given Trump’s onslaught on just about every norm of America’s political, cultural, and economic way of life, the Democrats cannot possibly exhaust the range of criticism they can level at Trump…

(Moscow Bureau) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has reiterated the official statement on expanding visa-free travel between Russia and Africa, signaling Kremlin’s earlier position on facilitating people-to-people movement and raising cultural interaction. The question of ‘visa-free’ travel and tourism dominated discussions during the first and second Russia-Africa summits, as a step to embrace new…