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Small transfers can help families cope with shocks. Fixed fees can make that flexibility expensive. A transfer fee can change how much help reaches a family and when that help arrives. When a service charges a fixed amount for each payment, sending four small sums costs more than sending the same total once. Waiting saves…

Five paints analyzed to contain 113,000 to 184,000 ppm of lead, way above the 90 ppm limit 4 October 2026, Quezon City.  Ahead of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) on October 18 to 24, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition revealed paint product imports with shocking lead levels in gross violation of the…

By Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau) At an age when he should be holding books and going to school, Durjoy Sana spends his days catching crabs and fish in the rivers of the Sundarbans. On a day with a high tide, he earns 500 to 600 Baka, while on low tide days, he sometimes returns home…

GUBAT, SORSOGON, PHILIPPINES — Art became a platform for environmental awareness and community action as fisherfolk, coastal residents, photographers, artists, poets, and environmental advocates gathered in Gubat, Sorsogon on October 3, 2026 to highlight the importance of protecting coastlines and the communities whose lives and livelihoods depend on the sea. The gathering, “LAKAT-LENTE nan RAWIT-DAWIT…

Asif Shawkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) A deep sense of anxiety and anticipation currently prevails in Bangladesh’s political landscape. Amidst this situation created around the potential return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for the first time, an official and realistic acknowledgment has come from India. However, conscious citizens and political analysts emphasize prioritizing legal pathways…

One of the most consistent claims Israel has made over the years is that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is the most moral military in the world — a claim taken for granted by Israelis themselves and by many others around the world. In his speech at the UNGA on September 24, Netanyahu reiterated the…

(Moscow Bureau) – In current global politics, substantial multidisciplinary measures are necessary to control the United States ‘rules-based order’ and hegemony, and the world needs to think about what should be done to avoid the most catastrophic scenarios, with humanity on the brink of survival primarily due to multiple pressing problems in the world, Russian…

Rohingyas, critical minerals, and a war in which the ground is worth more than those who live on it. “When a land contains strategic minerals, its inhabitants risk becoming the least valuable part of the territory.” I. THE MINERAL There are seventeen chemical elements grouped under the name rare earths. They are not simply minerals…