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The White House, Washington, USA
American double standards
An exceptional nation
Satoko Kishimoto was elected mayor of Suginami last June - the district's first-ever female leader, fighting Japan's sexist attitudes
The unexpected win for Satoko Kishimoto
A mini-evolution in Tokyo
EU leaders and members of the European council
New tasks and funding channels for the EU
The historic decisions of July 2020
President Barack Obama takes a tour of the Acropolis in Athens
Inspirational always: Barack’s second coming
Public health and medicine not the same on the Acropolis and altar to an unknown god
The Statue of Liberty draped in the American flag, wearing sunglasses
The United States and the world (dis)order
Their achievements in foreign policy
A close-up of American currency and the print
Religion and empire
Idolatry willing to destroy us all
Sculpture of a person sitting on coins and thinking deeply
Rethinking economic growth
Examining the economy through various analytical lenses
Hanna Fitz at Cap Maison, St. Lucia, Caribbean
An interview with Hanna Fitz
An International Brand Strategist says success comes from the heart
The United States and China are economically interconnected
What to expect in 2050
The global balance of power
Statue of justice in front of the flag of Brazil
The financial drain in Brazil
The effects of wealth inequality
The Chinese and American containers clashing on the trade and economic front
The struggle for global dominance between USA and China
What this battle between these two superpowers could mean for the world?
The planet Earth is being destroyed by fossil fuels
The case against the carbon cartel
Nothing so far has countered the greed of fossil energy industries
Destruction in Ukraine after Russian attacks
Will the Ukraine war be the undoing for the European Union?
The European Union's missed opportunities and self-destructive path
A young Venezuelan with her hand-painted in the colors of the flag
National conciliation
The path to the democratic emancipation of Venezuela
Journalist Imran Riaz Khan
The arrest of Imran Khan and the Pakistani military
Pakistani civilians need to be tried within legal boundaries
Mother Nature, dying in the desert wastelands
Balancing social and ecological justice
Key to global sustainability and ecological civilization
Guillermo Lasso, president of the Republic of Ecuador
The future of Ecuador
"Crossed-death" or Presidential "suicide"?
Pro-regime rally in Tehran, Iran
The right to peacefully assembly and expression in Iran
And what about democracy?
Illustration by the graphic artist Paola Bilancieri
The enduring cost of war
And “The dance,” by the poet Atom Yarcharian
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964; directly behind Johnson—Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy (directly behind King) and John Lewis (to the left of Abernathy)
America’s culture war
The fight for civil rights continues today
Execution by hanging in Austin County jail, Texas, USA
A kingdom of bloody retribution
Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
Children live in poverty and in the streets all over the world
Stop austerity!
It is far more useful to fight wealth and inequality than to try and reduce poverty
Gas pipeline project underway
Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline
A reliable project for African citizens
An aerial photo of buildings near the coast of Luanda, Angola
Angola: Africa’s rising powerhouse
Leading the way in the continent’s oil and gas sector
Emblem of the World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO should be for all, all could be for WHO
Who is for WHO and who is more for Who's Who?
Police forces used to suppress democratic dissent - intensifying under the current regime @ Ashish Kothari
Democracy or demagogracy?
Is the world’s largest democracy sliding towards autocracy?
The hands of diversity touch the world
Human dignity and world order
A conscious evolution
A dove of peace above the graves of hundreds of fallen soldiers
War and peace
It’s not only a novel
The South China Sea is vital to the economic interests of countries in south-east Asia
The South China Sea
The dispute over maritime control
Currency and growth, the future of economics?
A paradigm shift in economic analysis
Radically concentrated power
Hydro wind energy is an alternative source of energy in Ukraine beyond oil and gas
The energy market of Ukraine
Why does the energy market attract investors from all over the world?
Statue of Liberty with a nuclear explosion in the background
Civilization’s suicide: should we do more to block it?
Thinking about the bang and the whimper
Man holding the globe with his hand
Is world peace possible?
With the right steps, it can be
Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, October 2019
Changing Middle East
Is Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) an ‘Arab Deng Xiaoping’?
A policer officer holding up the police tape for the crime scene investigators
Crime in London on the rise
It is getting harder to feel safe
The Eden Project in Cornwall, UK where they took a worked-out quarry and transformed it using regenerative sustainability practices into numerous thriving gardens and habitats.
Ecological value, ownership and justice
Path toward an ecological civilization
Joe Biden lobbying on behalf of his democratic agenda
Lobbying and democracy
Interest representation
King Mohammad VI at the Africa India summit, New Dehli, India, 2015
Regulating religious institutions in Morocco
The role of the Commander of the Faithful
Ruins of a war-torn area, with military helicopter flying overhead
20 years after the Iraq invasion
War is a racket
A young man holding up a pro-gun control sign
America’s gun culture
How did we end up here?
A division of the Soviet army marching in WW2
Nazis in WW2 and Ukraine
The Soviet plan
Mahatma Gandhi displaying his peaceful leadership style
Leadership styles of Gandhi, Mandela, and Trump
The study of power
A beautiful sunset over a land full of trash, birds circling over the garbage, elephants looking for food in the distance. Sri Lanka
Sustainable development and just transition?
On the many dilemmas for linking the environment to social justice
According to the UN Charter, the Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security
Who is afraid of the wolf?
The five powers that monopolize the use of force
Tanks displayed for observation
How corporate media serves arms manufacturers
The case of Ukraine
A room filled with students pursuing higher education
Higher education for knowledge economy
What universities are expected to offer students
Some staff members of the NHS in the UK
The National Health Service (NHS)
Facing a tidal wave of hurdles and obstacles
Interpack showcases cutting-edge technologies and packaging trends along the entire value chain
Interpack
Inspiring the global processing and packaging industry
Vietnam's "golden bridge" in Ba Na Hills
Steer clear of red herrings: Grant v Mahler
Hygiene’s philosophical advice to the World Health Assembly
Man sitting at a table with a phone and laptop
Three techniques to earn on the web
From outsourcing to blogging and YouTube
Nuclear explosion as seen from space
Nuclear Insanity
The threat of being turned to radioactive ash
Aliens Space Station, the first residential project in Hyderabad and one among the first in India to receive Green Building Platinum Pre-certification by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). In the name of 'solutions', elite consumerisms are finding new avenues, which aid agencies need to challenge @Ashish Kothari
Decolonising aid
Radical transformation of international cooperation agencies
Who is governing the global order of the world?
To govern the globe
World orders past and future
Chile's future depends on the battle between Chilean President Gabriel Boric of the left-wing coalition 'Apruebo Dignidad' (I Approve Dignity), and Jose Antonio Kast of the far-right Republican Party
The worst defeat of the Chilean left
The Republican Party sweeps Chile in the election for the Constitutional Council
Author writes a letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden
Letter to Joe Biden
When did liberal democrats become arms dealers and when do we decide to make peace?
A bachelor of arts student working hard on a project while trying to find a job
Finding a job in Spain as a bachelor in arts
A journey of self-discovery
A map of the world, with pins located in areas of US and Europe in higher concentration
Global power shift
Who’s in charge?
The value of cryptocurrency could threaten one day established ones like the US dollar
Gold of the 21st century
What was the purpose of creating cryptocurrency?
Rather than investing money in clean energy, geoengineers, and others are trying to manipulate nature as a Plan B solution to climate change, such as 'solar dimming'
Can bubbles, tiny umbrellas and moon dust fix the climate?
Or should we just stop using fossil fuels?
Democracy in ancient Greek times, does it still convey the will of the people?
Man and true democracy: is it achievable?
Is the government for the people or against it?
Some emphasize individual behavior, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, drug use, diet, exercise, vaccine hesitancy and general health behavior, to explain differences in longevity
The worrisome longevity divide
Exploring the factors of mortality
A man dangling his legs over a cliff smiling and taking in the breathtaking scenery in Phú Quốc, Vietnam
Intrapersonal perceptions of success and failure
How and why we view our own performance along others’ terms
Two women validating their idea buy testing it on a validation board
How to validate your startup idea?
A face-to-face approach to the reality of your business
Nationalism of Brazil is strong among the people
Brazil: an actor in world politics?
The giant of South America is emerging as the leader of the region at an international level
A city destroyed by mankind and now left in ruins
Mankind, the savage artist
Built to destroy
A couple stands in front of a field with wind turbines, that produce clean enery
Making energy users energy owners
A global renewable energy transformation; the stakes: enormous investment being unleashed
Children working on a construction site
Between work and school
How child labour affects young people’s futures
African girl in Cape Verde, Africa. Photo by Cesar Chelala
Africa's challenges
The continent of hope
Tsar Bomba, the largest and most powerful nuclear bomb ever created by the Soviet Union
The development of the Soviet atomic bomb
An intelligence issue in a disaster scenario
Members of the LGBTQ+ community marching with their flag in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya
The attacks on LGBTQ+ within the Kakuma refugee camp
Seeking refuge from refugee camps
A woman taking care of a tree is a symbol of the last chance to avoid a climate disaster
Avoiding climate disaster
Our last chance?
Heimtextile 2023 its engaged audience
Heimtextil 2024
The new innovations emanating from the conference
A painting depicting the rise of the Republic in France during the French Revolution
The republic is dead. Long live the Republic
An analysis of the historical context of political transitions
The Mesoamerica Health Initiative is improving the health of the most underprivileged women and children of Central America and Mexico
Costa Rica taking action to increase family planning options
Economic diplomacy for development
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) —also called the Court of Strasbourg— is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR)
The future of European Welfare States
Strengthening the new social paradigm with good ideas against a neoliberal background
The USS warship Liberty
The assault on the USS Liberty
Not a case of mistaken identity
The population might be aging but the economic ecosystem relies heavily on silver currency
Silver economy and the innovation ecosystem
Knowledge economy network (KEN)
Two Africans enslaved by colonialists
Slavery
Its convalescence and renaissance
Workforce uniting in protest for the government not appreciating their value in London, UK
Why is everyone striking?
Evaluating the true value of the workforce labor
Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms
Whither the Monarchy
Long live the King
US and China members of government sorting out the details for the upcoming meeting
It’s time to rethink US-China relations
Toward a global peace initiative
Nuclear explosion in the Pacific Ocean
The nuclear group
Rundown of states with atomic weapons
An offshore rig attempting to extract oil in the depths of the Pacific Ocean
Natural resources challenges
Energy sources consequences
A protester sits on a monument in Kyiv during clashes with riot police
The Ukraine war
Its tragic reality and geopolitical background
Martin Luther King Jr. was hit in the head with a brick and fell to one knee while attempting to hold a peaceful march, the Chicago Freedom March in Illinois, USA in 1966
Is Chicago inherently racist?
Chicago’s mayoral candidates avoided discussing segregation
Wealth comes in many forms today as our markets have become global
Unproductive wealth
We are facing a new system
Ukrainian flag waving proudly in the streets of Kiev, Ukraine
The influence and role of Ukraine in geopolitics
What does Ukraine have to do to become one of the key players on the political map?
Storms batter aging power grids as climate disasters spread, USA
Clean power must be secure
If our future is to be electric, the grid must withstand multiple threats
Members of the women's suffrage movement prepare to march on New York's Wall Street in 1913, armed with leaflets and slogans demanding the vote for women
Struggle for women’s equality in America
A look at how far they have come since the 19th amendment
Victory Day celebrations by soldiers and citizens in Europe back in 1945
The past haunting the future of Europe
A map of a continent's legacy
A man at a crossroads as to which path to take where one leads to failure and the other to success
Success and failure
The pursuit of dreams and nightmares
La Resistencia, a youth emancipation movement fighting against the dictatorship in Caracas, Venezuela
Resistance and conflict
Opposites promote hope through change
Raising funds for a startup is all about keeping the eye on the prize
7 ways to raise funds for your startups
The keys to attracting investors
Women standing together in their cause to combat femicide in Latin America
What is happening in Latin America?
Femicides are on the rise, is this a cultural problem or a political problem?
Daejeo Ecological Park, Busan, South Korea
Ecological civilization
Value-driven by hope
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