This morning, I read this piece on hurricanes, climate change and human responsibilities in Social News by Max Fanni Canelles. It made me think of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s recent visit to Derry, the walled city in Northern Ireland, as a guest of the organisation ‘Children in Crossfire’ which is marking 20 years of…
Islamabad seems to be preparing for a slight ‘strategic shift’ as the administration of the President of the United States has concluded on its highly anticipated strategy for Afghanistan. After the announcement of the frequently discussed strategy that extends through to the South Asian region, not just Afghanistan, the authorities in Pakistan have little hope…
The tropical stormes should be a warning to Trump’s intents. Hurricanes are hitting the USA one by one. After Harvey storm that hit Texas, hurricane Irma is already battering in Florida. It has set records for being the strongest hurricane to have occurred in the open Atlantic, and for having sustained wind speeds of at…
The idea that children can be involved into the extremist terrorism of the IS (Islamic State) is horrific. Apart from being victims of bombing attacks on all fronts, children also play an essential role in the ideological war against the West because as a means of winning, propaganda is “more powerful than the nuclear bomb”.…
Parts of the Houston area set a record for rainfall from Harvey storm in the United States. The unofficial five-day total in some Texas locations reached 51 inches on Tuesday. That easily tops the previous five-day record for the contiguous U.S. in Medina, Texas, into 1978. The flooding has resulted in at least 30 deaths,…
Just before yesterday’s murderous and callous attack on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, my daughter had stopped there for coffee. She was preparing to say farewell to Barcelona, her home all summer since, like so many young Irish people, she had moved there in May for the summer. It was her last day. She had intended…
In the past few years, the Islamic State has constantly urged to commit attacks in Europe, by any means, also explicitly mentioning the use of cars or trucks into the crowd. Yesterday at least 14 people were killed and 100 injured on Barcelona’s most popular street in what police confirmed was a terror attack. The…
Syria is bleeding, and the end to internal and external displacement as a result of escalating violence, still seems very far. Unfortunately the political, social and economic impact of the crisis will affect the situation of Syrians for many years to come, especially for fragile and vulnerable social groups such as women, the elderly and…
There is only one natural resource that is now available in larger amounts than in the past: humans. Connecting them, in novel, pervasive, widespread and affordable manners, is perhaps the biggest breakthrough enabled by digital technologies” Fabrizio Sestini Any attempt to perform an analysis of the current political and social crisis in Venezuela, which does not…
Europe, the false myth of invasion of migrants. Eurostat and Istat data point to the need for migration flows: with closed borders Italy would risk the demographic decline. The false myth of invasion “There is an invasion” has become one of the mantras of the current populist demagogy related to the issue of migratory flows.…
