Showing posts with label Power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Power. Show all posts
Friday, October 9, 2026

Navanethem “Navi” Pillay is awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law... "Her independence, expertise and steadfastness have made her one of the most respected international jurists of our time."

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  Announcement, Nobel Peace Prize 2026 9 October 2026 ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

"Peace and security. Inequality. Climate. Artificial intelligence. These are the four great power tests of the future. And they are interlinked." - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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"Peace and security. Inequality. Climate. Artificial intelligence. These are the four great power tests of the future. And they are int...
Friday, September 4, 2026

POWER ... a 2026 Poem by Anne Selden Annab

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                  POWER Billionaires hoard wealth in part,  by deploying a small fraction  of their ginormous wealth to persuade- persu...
Monday, August 24, 2026

The Guardian cartoonist Ella Baron on AI (artificial intelligence) and the drought

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Guardian Opinion  cartoon   AI (artificial intelligence) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/aug/23/ella-baron-on-ai-and-...
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Slavery was Legal. Colonialism was Legal. Jim Crow was Legal. Apartheid was Legal. Legality is a matter of Power, NOT Justice

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

"Attacks on critical infrastructure are not only about what is destroyed, but also about the people left without what they need to live. Even wars have limits and they must be respected." ICRC Red Cross

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100 countries, 1 humanitarian mission: to promote respect for the laws of war #IHL and help people caught up in armed conflicts and violenc...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

“From tourism to education to business, Americans have profited enormously from the open global order that international law has enabled. Trump’s return to a world of power politics would mean a more circumscribed and impoverished America.” What would happen if every state acted like Donald Trump’s America? by Kenneth Roth

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"As Washington tramples norms, alliances might give way to grudging partnerships, with allies slow-walking their commitments"   In...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Faith endures: A scene from church today in Gaza - 2025

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Faith endures: a scene from church today in Gaza
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Mark Twain "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it."

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Saturday, March 2, 2024

A tenth child in a Gaza hospital has been registered as dying from starvation and warns 'real figure is likely to be higher'

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© UNICEF/Abed Zagout An 8-year-old child waits her turn to receive food in R...