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The Grumpiest Cat on Earth: Celebrating the Pallas Cat
by: Assaf Levy, BioDB International Pallas’s Cat Day, celebrated every April 23, holds significant importance for several reasons, each contributing to the conservation and awareness of this unique and relatively unknown species. By dedicating a day to celebrate this…
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
The nonviolence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, we were briefed about what we might encounter on this voyage. “We have to be…
No evidence yet of Israel’s claims against UNWRA: Colonna report
Israeli authorities have provided no proof yet following their three-month-old claim that a dozen UN staff colluded with Hamas in the 7 October attacks in Israel, according to the final report of an independent review of the UN relief agency…
New Data: Plastic Production Must Be Cut by 12% to 17% Per Year to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
Global Leaders to Meet This Month to Negotiate Production Cuts in Plastics Treaty Berkeley, CA, USA– In advance of the fourth round of United Nations negotiations for an international plastics treaty in Ottawa April 23-29, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (LBNL)…
The United States in Ukraine and Gaza: double standards, really?
Should not the silence of the West in the face of the genocide currently underway in Gaza prompt skepticism about the loud cries of moral indignation of this same West in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Some people…
Veterans to Biden U.S. Law Says No Weapons to Nations With Bombs if They’ve Not Signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty
In a letter today to President Biden and top members of his administration, Veterans For Peace cited existing federal law that gives the President “…no discretion whatsoever to allow any military assistance of any form to be delivered to Israel,” based on…
The relevance – and necessity – of a humanist vision
On 16 April 1993, Mario Rodríguez Cobos, better known by his literary pseudonym SILO, gave a lecture at the Autonomous University of Madrid entitled “Current Vision of Humanism”. Thirty-one years after this event, it is worth asking whether it would…
Interview: Colonel Matos Gomes on the Carnation Revolution
This article is part of the series “50 Years After: Long Live the Carnation Revolution”, published by Pressenza since mid-March 2024. The “Carnation Revolution” of 1974-75 brought freedom to the Portuguese after 48 years of fascism and independence to the…
Night’s Guardians Unveiled: The Enigmatic World of Bats
by: Assaf Levy, BioDB Every year on April 17, the world turns its attention to the skies at dusk to celebrate Bat Appreciation Day. This special day is not just a tribute but a call to recognize these nocturnal…
Mario Aguilar, President of the Chilean Teachers’ Association, elected to Education International’s Executive Committee
The President of the Chilean Teachers’ College, Mario Aguilar, has been elected to the Executive Committee of Education International for Latin America, EILA, for the period 2024-2028. In his first speech to the General Assembly, the Chilean teacher leader reviewed…
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