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Zohran the tiger
What’s a “watch party“? That’s what my friends from Italy ask me on WhatsApp. What do I tell them? That I’m in a mega-club in Brooklyn, and that while I dance, pretending to be twenty-five myself, on a giant screen two hosts talk, make faces, and show comedy sketches that enlivened the latest New York…
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Bridging the Social and Natural Sciences Divide: Reflections on the Book, “Halo Halo Ecologies”
by George Banez “Biologists seem to care more about eagles than the people living in the forests with them.” The executive director of the Social Development Research Center (SDRC), an anthropologist, told me that in 1989. The young me, a budding environmental biologist, disagreed. I explained that we protect eagles because of the role they play…
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Seoul Celebrates the Spirit of Wellness at the Korean Ginseng Festival 2025
For over 2,000 years, ginseng has been cultivated, extracted, and has benefited countless people in East Asia and around the world. It’s often called the “root of life,” symbolizing vitality, longevity, and spiritual balance. In recent years, Korean ginseng, locally called insam, has become a fascinating topic that bridges traditional medicine, modern science, and cultural…
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The July Charter ushers the hope of a solution to the political dilemma in Bangladesh
by Shamsul Basunia After the July 2024 uprising, people in Bangladesh expected to have shining days for their lives. But they still don’t have it, even until the writing of this report on November 6th on 2025. The National Consensus Commission (NCC) was formed to build consensus on the July Charter and the proposed political reforms…
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Bangladesh-Sudan: Not a safe homeland for those of other faiths
by Dimitra Staikou At present, the international community is experiencing one of its greatest contradictions. Incidents of Islamophobia are being condemned in Europe, while in Asia and Africa, Muslims are oppressing religious minorities who have the misfortune of living near them beyond all limits. On September 9, 2025, nine mosques in the greater Paris area…
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Philippine Toxics Watchdog Warns the Public against Chemical Hazards Lurking in some Holiday Decorations
As malls and public markets fill the atmosphere with colorful lights and decorations for the early holiday shopping season, toxics watchdog group BAN Toxics warned the public to be mindful of the presence of hazardous chemicals such as cadmium, lead, and mercury in some holiday products. In a recent market sampling, the group tested 36…
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Relatos educativos de paz y no violencia
En el oeste de Kenia, en la tranquila aldea de la comunidad de Lela, cerca del Lago Victoria, Dorothy Adenga, humanista, hija de una familia campesina, donó un terreno, una tierra ancestral que le había sido cedida a su marido, por su difunto padre, para fundar una escuela: «miré a mi alrededor y vi a niños abandonados,…
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4Days4Peace
4Days4Peace – Barcelona, October 23–26, 2025Organized by the International Peace Bureau (IPB) and the Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau From October 23 to 26, 2025, Barcelona hosted 4 Days 4 Peace, a series of events co-organized by the Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau and the International Peace Bureau (IPB), with the support of…
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SIPRI leads two side events at UN First Committee
SIPRI co-organized two side events during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee in New York at the end of October.
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Lace Up for Learning – NLP, NCCA opens LISM 2025 at MET
The National Library of the Philippines (NLP), in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), officially opened the 35th Library and Information Services Month (LISM) at the historic Metropolitan Theater in Manila on November 5, 2025. This year’s celebration carries the theme “Lace Up Libraries – A Hub for Cultural Exploration…