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EcoWaste Coalition: Toxic Beauty Kits Contain Facial Creams with High Levels of Mercury

28 August 2026, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged consumers not to buy Pakistan-made beauty kits containing items contaminated with high levels of mercury, a health-damaging chemical illegally added to skin-lightening products. Despite the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) flagging them on October 2, 2025—following a September 1 report that year by…
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NCCA Chair Dr. Eric B. Zerrudo Graces ‘HÁNAG’ Art Exhibit; Showcase Extended by Popular Demand

ILOILO CITY, Philippines – National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Chairman Dr. Eric B. Zerrudo served as the Guest of Honor at “HÁNAG: Emergent Perspectives – Works by Ilonggo Artists and Designers,” a landmark exhibition at the SM City Iloilo North Point Event Center. Driven by popular demand, the ongoing showcase has officially been…
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James Hansen Super-Duper El Niño 2027 Outlook

Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate, New York Times, June 24, 1988: On June 23, 1988, NASA scientist Dr. James E. Hansen testified before the U.S. Senate, stating he was “99 percent certain that human-induced global warming had begun.” Over the intervening 38 years, Dr. James Hansen has proven to be climate science’s most…
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India’s Planned Use Of The Northern Sea Route Next Year Will Revive The Russo-Indo Ring

This concept refers to how the North-South Transport Corridor, the Eastern Maritime Corridor, and the Northern Sea Route form a ring around Eurasia for facilitating bilateral trade as well as their trade with third parties. Joint Secretary in the Indian Shipping Ministry, S. Venkatesapathy told the Arctic-Regions Forum in Arkhangelsk in mid-August that India will…
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The Indo-Pacific Begins Rehearsing Confrontation

Taiwan Practices a Blockade, China Fires Toward the Pacific, North Korea Tests Missiles Again, and Japan Discovers That Russia Also Lives on Its Border “Wars begin long before the first shot is fired: they begin when too many countries start simultaneously practicing how to survive the day someone decides to fire it…” TAIWAN IS NO…
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Appeal to Pope Leo XIV to Organize a Global Leaders Summit to Address the Questions of Peace and Nuclear Disarmament

We appeal to you, Your Holiness Pope Leo XIV, as the leader who has made the greatest effort to speak for humanity as a whole, instead of for specific nations, religions, or constituencies, to call for an emergency international summit to guide the world away from the current path of war and potential nuclear disaster…
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Peru: PUCP initiates disciplinary proceedings against students after protests and breaches agreement

The Federation of Students of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (FEPUC) denounced the breach of the agreement between the students and authorities of the institution, signed on May 21, following nine days of mobilization and occupation of the first floor of the Dintilhac building against the new tuition scale that would affect new students.…
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Sous-financement Humanitaire au Tchad : Implications pour les Populations Vulnérables
In 2024, SIPRI and its partner BUCOFORE carried out research showing that refugee women and girls in the Chad–Sudan border region face considerable threats to their safety, and existing protection measures are inadequate. The research also found that humanitarian funding in Chad remains insufficient to match the scale of need.
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The Humanitarian Funding Gap in Chad: Implications for Vulnerable Populations
In 2024, SIPRI and its partner BUCOFORE carried out research showing that refugee women and girls in the Chad–Sudan border region face considerable threats to their safety, and existing protection measures are inadequate. The research also found that humanitarian funding in Chad remains insufficient to match the scale of need.
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Surmonter les Obstacles à L’intégration des Réfugiés Soudanais au Tchad : Éducation, Emploi et Accès à la Terre
In 2024, SIPRI and its partner BUCOFORE carried out research showing that refugee women and girls in the Chad–Sudan border region face considerable threats to their safety, and existing protection measures are inadequate. The research also found that the socioeconomic integration of Sudanese refugee women is constrained by limited access to education, economic opportunities and…