Visitors: 414 [themify_box]Ajay Ghosh[/themify_box] (Washington, DC: April 28, 2017) The growing influence of doctors of Indian heritage is evident, as increasingly physicians of Indian origin hold critical positions in the healthcare, academic, research and administrative positions across the nation. With their hard work, dedication, compassion, and skills, they have thus carved an enviable niche in […]
Visitors: 550Prof Richard Falk, PhD The pre-Trump establishment is anxiously discussing among themselves such questions as ‘is this the end game of liberalism’ and ‘how best to revive liberalism under present conditions?’ The contrary question I pose is the one assumed by the Washington/New York elites, that is, whether liberalism in its present and recent […]
Visitors: 662Prof Richard Falk, PhD The pre-Trump establishment is anxiously discussing among themselves such questions as ‘is this the end game of liberalism’ and ‘how best to revive liberalism under present conditions?’ The contrary question I pose is the one assumed by the Washington/New York elites, that is, whether liberalism in its present and recent […]
Visitors: 395Pepe Escobar (SputnikNews)[themify_quote]In the end, there was hardly a reset; rather a sort of tentative pause on Cold War 2.0. Interminable days of sound and fury were trudging along when President Trump finally decided NATO is “no longer obsolete”; still, he wants to “get along” with Russia.[/themify_quote] Just ahead of meeting US Secretary of State Rex […]
Visitors: 548Pepe Escobar (SputnikNews)[themify_quote]In the end, there was hardly a reset; rather a sort of tentative pause on Cold War 2.0. Interminable days of sound and fury were trudging along when President Trump finally decided NATO is “no longer obsolete”; still, he wants to “get along” with Russia.[/themify_quote] Just ahead of meeting US Secretary of State Rex […]
Visitors: 426Rene Wadlow The United Nations (UN) together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland which have often led humanitarian issues in the UN system held a high-level pledging conference in Geneva on April 25, 2017 to again draw attention to the deepening humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen, currently the largest food security emergency in […]
Visitors: 504Rene Wadlow The United Nations (UN) together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland which have often led humanitarian issues in the UN system held a high-level pledging conference in Geneva on April 25, 2017 to again draw attention to the deepening humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen, currently the largest food security emergency in […]
Visitors: 415The consumer price index (CPI) of Tokelau increased 0.7 percent for the March 2017 quarter. The Tokelau National Statistics Office released this figure today. Some of the items that contributed to the rise in CPI in this quarter were biscuits and crackers (up 61 percent), cheese-flavoured corn snacks (up 50 percent), and corned beef […]
Visitors: 408The consumer price index (CPI) of Tokelau increased 0.7 percent for the March 2017 quarter. The Tokelau National Statistics Office released this figure today. Some of the items that contributed to the rise in CPI in this quarter were biscuits and crackers (up 61 percent), cheese-flavoured corn snacks (up 50 percent), and corned beef […]
Visitors: 401Baher Kamal It all happened on the very same day—4 April. That day, indigenous peoples were simultaneously characterised as fundamental allies in the world’s war on hunger and poverty, while being declared as collective victims of a “tsunami” of imprisonments in Australia. See what happened. Australia must reduce the “astounding” rates of imprisonment for […]
Visitors: 591Baher Kamal It all happened on the very same day—4 April. That day, indigenous peoples were simultaneously characterised as fundamental allies in the world’s war on hunger and poverty, while being declared as collective victims of a “tsunami” of imprisonments in Australia. See what happened. Australia must reduce the “astounding” rates of imprisonment for […]
Visitors: 3602017-04-21 The conclusion of the regional trade negotiations, known as PACER-Plus, offers little for Pacific Island Countries in guaranteed benefits but burdens them with legally binding costs, with the real winners in this poorly designed trade agreement are Australia and New Zealand, argues the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). “What has been concluded is […]
Visitors: 444Robert J. Burrowes While much of the world is engulfed in violence of one sort or another (whether violence in the home or on the street, exploitation, ecological destruction or war), a global network of individuals and organizations is committed to ending this violence in all of its manifestations. With individual signatories in 100 […]
Visitors: 440Robert J. Burrowes While much of the world is engulfed in violence of one sort or another (whether violence in the home or on the street, exploitation, ecological destruction or war), a global network of individuals and organizations is committed to ending this violence in all of its manifestations. With individual signatories in 100 […]
Visitors: 564Onkareshwar Pandey Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has got minor relief and major headache. The Pakistan Army which had successfully ousted him on 12 October 1999 under the command of General Parvez Musharraf after the Kargil war with India, will probe that whether Sharif and his family is guilty of amassing illegal wealth abroad. […]
Visitors: 592Onkareshwar Pandey Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has got minor relief and major headache. The Pakistan Army which had successfully ousted him on 12 October 1999 under the command of General Parvez Musharraf after the Kargil war with India, will probe that whether Sharif and his family is guilty of amassing illegal wealth abroad. […]
Visitors: 486(RPI) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday accused Iran of sending troops to fight in Syria and of destabilizing the region. He did not mention that Iranian troops were invited into the country while US troops are in Syria illegally. Tillerson condemned Iran as a leading human rights abuser while praising Saudi Arabia — […]
Visitors: 490(RPI) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday accused Iran of sending troops to fight in Syria and of destabilizing the region. He did not mention that Iranian troops were invited into the country while US troops are in Syria illegally. Tillerson condemned Iran as a leading human rights abuser while praising Saudi Arabia — […]
Visitors: 574Roger Kotila PhD SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2017 – Democratic World Federalists need your help. The goal is to persuade the United Nations General Assembly to take a critical look at the aging and fundamentally flawed UN Charter in order to “upgrade the global operating system” to “UN 2.0” as one young world federalist […]
Visitors: 752Rosa Dalmiglio For the past 40 years the UNESCO World Heritage Convention has conserved protected and presented the Outstanding Universal Value of our shared heritage. These unique natural and cultural wonders represent our past and present and belong to all. World Heritage properties are important travel destinations that if managed property have great potential […]
Visitors: 849[themify_quote]“He who would understand the Plains must ascend the Eternal Hills, where a man’s eyes scan Infinity. Be he who would make use of understanding must descend on the Plains where Past and Future meet, and men have need of him.” — Talbut Mundy, Om-The Secret of Abbor Valley[/themify_quote] Talbot Mundy was born in England […]
Visitors: 758Rene Wadlow UNESCO is stressing global citizenship education to meet the challenges of the 21st century by developing a sense of belonging to a common humanity, sharing values and responsibilities. Global citizenship education aims to give a profound understanding that humanity will respond creatively to the challenges of our times. Global citizenship education promotes […]
Visitors: 557[themify_box] Kate Raworth She is a renegade economist focused on exploring the economic mindset needed to address the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges, and is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries. She is a Senior Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on the Masters […]
Visitors: 376 If anyone is worried whether the prospect of a major war, which many of us considered almost inevitable if Hillary Clinton had attained the White House, is back on track, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to Moscow was cold comfort. From his remarks together with his counterpart Sergey Lavrov, there is now […]