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Watchdog group decries nonstop sale of poisonous cosmetics online 8 July 2026, Quezon City. Even though Republic Act No. 11967 (the Internet Transactions Act) took full effect on June 20, e-commerce and social media platforms are still inundated with listings for mercury-contaminated imported skin lighteners, including those already flagged by health regulators and advocacy groups.…

By Genevieve Balance Kupang The 6th Annual Conference of the Hanseatic League of Universities and the 2026 WURI Global Ranking Ceremony. National Chi Nan University, Puli, Taiwan. The 6th in a series of nine. If you missed the 5th, the link is: https://www.pressenza.com/2026/05/6th-hlu-annual-conference-wuni-l-assembly-on-collaboration-innovation-and-shared-futures-5th-of-9-series/ The speaker and two circles he was standing between… Dr. Cho, Honorary President…

For the past few months, my son has been constantly talking about moving to Spain. According to him, Spain is one of the few countries that remains open to diversity of ideas and one of the few countries opposes to the militarization of the world as a means to resolve global conflicts. When he told…

By Dimitra Staikou When India placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the April 22, 2025 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, much of the international commentary portrayed the decision as the weaponisation of water. That interpretation, however, mistakes the consequence for the cause. The Indus Waters Treaty was never merely a legal instrument allocating…

The latest phase of Myanmar’s civil war, the Rohingya issue, and the “Arakan Army” are the three greatest obstacles to closer Bangladeshi-Myanmarese cooperation. The Chinese Foreign Ministry reported that President Xi Jinping and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman discussed the creation of an overland trade corridor between their countries through Myanmar last month. The larger context concerns…

Political leaders Alfonso López Chau (Ahora Nación), Roberto Sánchez Palomino (Juntos por el Perú), and Ricardo Belmont Cassinelli (Partido Cívico Obras), along with senators and representatives from the three caucuses in the new Congress of the Republic, signed a pledge “to the Peruvian people” to exercise “firm, vigilant, and responsible political oversight” from both chambers…

On Saturday, July 4, Americans celebrated the nation’s 250th anniversary with the familiar fanfare: fireworks, flags, patriotic speeches, and ritual invocations of liberty. Yet at this extraordinary milestone, when the country is more deeply divided than at any time in recent memory over the meaning of democracy itself, it is worth asking what, precisely, we…

The AI for Good Global Commission will be launched at the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit 2026 (7-10 July) in Geneva, Switzerland.  The Summit is part of Digital Week where a series of digital cooperation events is taking place which includes the first UN-mandated Global Dialogue on AI Governance. The AI for Good Global…

(1st of two series) Calasiao, Pangasinan, July 3, 2026. The Philippine College of Science and Technology (PhilCST) concluded its week-long In-Service Professional Development Training on July 3, 2026, with the theme “Innovating for Impact: Future-Forward SDG-Responsive Higher Education.” Dr. Genevieve Balance Kupang, the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) Historian, Secretary of the WUNI-Leaders, and Dean…