Of Cockroaches and Humans By Roberto Savio* Rita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian Nobel laureate honoured for her work in neurobiology, once gave a splendid conference with the title “The imperfect brain”. There she explained that man has a brain that is not used completely, while…
Burrowes* While it is now very late in the life cycle of homo sapiens, with extinction now due to consign us to Earth’s fossil record – see ‘Will humans be extinct by 2026?’ – I would like to make a belated pitch for the importance of the human individual and why nurturing each…
Federica Marsi – The National The first UN global agreement setting up a common framework on the management of international migration flows was formally adopted on Monday as a two-day intergovernmental conference began in Marrakech. Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser…
Q&A, Anna Triandafyllidou* Sputnik European Union member states should pay into the EU budget or toward development projects in Africa if they refuse to take in refugees. This is according to a document submitted by France and Germany to EU interior ministers in Brussels…
Editorial Populism has arrived. Telling voters the problems that populist parties raise have no easy solution sounds like an excuse for inaction Across Europe, moderate politicians are anxious about the vitality of their democracies, the sturdiness of their institutions, the…
How the ultra rich could save the world, if they wanted to, in 22 pictures anc charts from Jeremy Leggett Recent compilations of wealth show staggering record inequality, and miniscule engagement by the richest in socially-responsible investment. This presentation explores the…
Luciana Porfirio, David Newth, John Finnigan (*) – The Conversation (**) Ending world hunger is a central aspiration of modern society. To address this challenge – along with expanding agricultural land and intensifying crop yields – we rely on global agricultural trade to meet…
by Kul Chandra Gautam (nepa-laya, Kathmandu, 2018) Book review by Valerie Julliand, UN Resident Coordinator in Nepal Kul Chandra Gautam’s extraordinary memoir resonates on so many levels, depending on one’s perspective. I trekked through its more than 500 pages as a…
Why are you invited? As human being inhabitant of the Earth you are invited to act against the commodification and privatization of any life form.
BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post The U.n. Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, has tended to the needs of Palestinian refugees for nearly seven decades. But if President Trump has his way, it will soon be out of business.
