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Today officials from Canada sent more than 200 organizations and nearly 500 delegates to Poland military trade show MSPO 2026, using its role as lead nation to promote its defense industry and pursue new partnerships to sell weapons and various military equipment.  The defense Minister David J. McGuinty and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu will…

7 September 2026, Quezon City.  With 9.9 online sales in full swing, the EcoWaste Coalition slammed the rampant marketing of an illegally imported skin-lightening brand from Pakistan.  Despite health alerts from various governments, this mercury-laced cosmetic brand continues to be sold aggressively online. The toxics watchdog group deplored the unrestrained use of e-commerce and social…

by Irshad Ahmad Mughal For centuries, the Arctic was humanity’s final frontier—a realm of perpetual ice, polar night, and the kind of cold that could kill a man in minutes. It was a place nature had reserved for itself. Not anymore. Today, the Arctic is undergoing a transformation so profound that it is rewriting the…

Apo Bukat: A living archive of traditional health, resilience, and quiet service whose hands have anchored the remote mountain communities of Mankayan for over two decades. Photo: Rubenson B. Bilag.​ By Rubenson B. Bilag The Rhythm of the Ridges In the quiet hamlet of Ampontoc, perched high along the ridges of Colalo in Mankayan, Benguet,…

Baguio Central University‘s Dean of the Graduate School and International Relations Officer, Dr. Genevieve B. Kupang, carried BCU’s name onto a national stage on September 4, 2026, delivering a keynote address at the 14th National Student Leadership Assembly and Talent Fair of the Association of Philippine Private School Administrators and Mentors (APPSAM), held at Hotel Henrico in Legarda,…

Vi invitiamo sabato 12 settembre a Casa Rossa per un momento di incontro e partecipazione in vista della quarta edizione della Tre Giorni per la Pace. L’appuntamento è alle ore 18.00, con una riunione di verifica organizzativa in preparazione della manifestazione. A seguire, alle ore 20.00 circa, ci ritroveremo per la cena di autofinanziamento, con…

Colonialism Also Drew the Map “For centuries, we were taught where Africa was. The problem is that we were also taught how much space it was supposed to occupy.” For generations, millions of children walked into a classroom and found the world hanging on a wall. Europe at the top, Africa below it, the Americas…

Viewing foreign policy from a perspective oriented toward peace naturally draws attention to military buildup and rising tensions. But what emerges if, at least initially, we set that judgment aside and look coolly at what international media see or fear in the foreign policy of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi? When she took office in…

Showing its grave concern over the condition of Indian journalists, ‘Reporters Without Borders’ writes: “With a rise in violence against journalists, highly concentrated media ownership, and outlets with increasingly overt political alignment, press freedom is in crisis in “the world’s largest democracy.” Is press freedom in India really in crisis? What do the central government…

“An estimated 82% of the world’s oceans are currently experiencing marine heat waves.” (A Surge of Marine Heat Waves Threatens to Scramble Ocean Life, YaleEnvironment360 d/d Sept. 3, 2026) According to Copernicus, as of August 10, 2026: “July saw exceptionally high temperatures for the month across a large portion of the tropical Pacific, an area…