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The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil is an important ecosystem in the world and the deforestation of it affects us all
Brazil: common sense in a chaotic context
Lula on environmental issues, the inequality issue, and the financial chaos
From left to right, Xi Jinping, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and Joe Biden battling in the energy market
The battle of giants for the energy market
The US, China, India, Russia, and Saudi Arabia all compete for dominance
The bristlecone pine tree in California is over 5,000 years old and the oldest tree; The forests we cut down are members of the oldest living community on the planet
Make 2023 the start of a restoration century
Do we need to name an epoch for our mistakes? Instead, let's repair the damages
The EU-CELAC Summit in Brussels, Belgium as the two blocs aim to expand economic ties and reconcile their different stances on the war in Ukraine
EU-CELAC summit in Belgium
How to align Latin America?
“Angels Unaware” sculpture, depicts 140 migrants and refugees from various historical periods traveling on a boat, and includes indigenous people, the Virgin Mary and Joseph, Jews fleeing from Nazi Germany, and those from war-torn countries. Displayed in St. Peters Square
No fear to restart
The journey to inner freedom
A volunteer burns currency in the protest against rising costs of living at King’s Cross in London
London's cost of living crisis
What is happening and what are the politicians doing?
The startup workforce is fully immersed in the day-to-day operations
Effective ways to have a vibrant startup workforce
What entrepreneurs should learn
View of an Australian farm
Australia’s agricultural existential crisis
A big year for farmers
Do you see the face of mother nature when you are in nature? Cape Town, WC, South Africa
Approaching an ecological and social inflection point
The non-linear nature of change
Kurdish women guerilla fighters in the Kandil Mountains @ ANF
Mohandas Gandhi speaks to Abdullah Öcalan
On violence, non-violence, and the state
Power grid, South Africa
Eskom, load-shedding?
Or a political mind game?
A woman places her finger on her already duck-taped lips
The silence of the intellectuals
Issues with an obligation to address
Boy holding Ukrainian flag walks through post-war ruins
Ukraine’s religious war
The hidden conflict
Illustration by Paola Bilancieri, a graphic artist from Argentina
The enigma of Argentina
What is driving the country into the abyss?
Trans advocate Dylan Mulvaney on the red carpet
The era of transgender inclusivity within marketing
How brands such as Bud Light and Nike have angered conservatives by partnering with the transgender community
People rally against hate speech and Islamophobia in response to hate crimes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2016
Regulating hate speech online
Practical nuances worth noting
A road through Florida, with the ocean to one side and a body of water on the other
A divided Florida
How politics is affecting Americans
Two men hold signs that indicate poverty
The sociology of poverty
Challenges for policymakers and society to address
Ban Ki Moon and Irina Bokova from World Education Forum, 2015, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Preserving peace and promoting philosophy
The contributions of Ban Ki-moon and Irina Bokova
Indian rupees banknotes illustration
Challenges of rising India
India's path to global significance: progress and opportunities
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
Statue of justice in front of the flag of Brazil
The financial drain in Brazil
The effects of wealth inequality
The United States and China are economically interconnected
What to expect in 2050
The global balance of power
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
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