Why Gutting This Agency Amounts to Playing With Fire
Author Bio: David McCall is the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Credit Line: This article was produced by the Independent Media Institute. Paul Wines helped to kick in the door of the warehouse and heard a sound like a freight train…
MIKIS THEODORAKIS: THE GLOBAL GREEK
By Isidoros Karderinis Mikis Theodorakis, who was born on the island of Chios on July 29, 1925 and hails from Galatas, Chania, on the island of Crete, on his father’s side, and from the coastal city of Cesme, Asia Minor,…
IOC Coordination Commission completes first venue visit for French Alps 2030 – where sports heritage meets the future of the Olympic Winter Games
03 December 2025 – Few places embody the spirit of winter sports like the French Alps. From its legendary slopes to the iconic Olympic moments witnessed there, the region has long been a destination for athletes and fans alike. Over the last…
Lamborghini few−offs: when a rarity turns into a passion
The Swiss collector Albert Spiess reveals how his passion for Lamborghini and limited-series cars came into being Sant’Agata Bolognese, 26 November 2025 – The concept of few-offs, cars built in a very limited number, is part of Lamborghini’s DNA. The Reventón in…
A Call for People-Centered Development and Reparatory Justice in African Union (AU)-European Union (EU) Engagements
LUANDA, Angola, November 20, 2025/ — 1. Introduction: Why the Church’s Voice Matters As the AU–EU Summit convenes in Luanda, the Catholic Church in Africa, represented by the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (https://SECAM.org/), reaches out to all…
Polack Post: Caribbean Disaster – Poor Jamaica
By Peter Polack Peter Polack Jamaica has had a difficult week with the unexpected loss of their national football team to a smaller island, their Miss Universe entrant falling off the stage in Thailand and last but not least, their…
Polack Post: Caribbean Business – Killing The Golden Goose
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The mainstay of Caribbean businesses are usually tourism, remittances and some other, but lesser, industries. The tiny tax havens overwhelmingly rely on the financial sector and their underwhelmingly supported tourism pillar. Jamaica was even called…
Polack Post: Caribbean Emperors – No Clothes
By Peter Polack Peter Polack Sometimes the past is closer to the truth than the present. Take the Jamaican government response to hurricane Melissa. Slow like molasses. Pilloried by the opposition, civil society and the usually silent diaspora, the government…
OVEP launches new toolkit for Dakar 2026
31 October 2025 – “The Road to Dakar 2026” features 15 activities designed to engage with young people across Africa. As part of the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP), a new toolkit of activities has been launched to engage young people across…
Cayman Islands National Museum Monthly Museum News: October 2025
Exhibition Opening: The Sea Is History Taking its name from Derek Walcott’s iconic poem, The Sea Is History explores the Cayman Islands’ enduring connection to the sea. The exhibition showcases historical and contemporary artefacts—some mysterious, others well-documented—retrieved from the ocean or found…
