After the case of the former Russian spy Skripal and his daughter poisoned with a powerful nerve agent, here is another shadow falls on London. A couple in their 40s was poisoned by the same nerve agent who hit Skripal and his daughter and in the same area. The town where the couple was poisoned … More Spy story in London
The abducted female students were freed on 19 February by the Boko Haram terrorist organization. Luckily the girls seem all in good health and they seem to have not suffered violence. But now we must all ask together: how many more girls must be abused and abducted, raped and forced to marry violent men who … More When female education is scary
The SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, has just published an interesting article of study on the arms market. The results of the study of the SIPRI show that the arms market is still much, too, widespread and that buying illegal weapons is not as difficult as it seems. To reflect I leave the link: … More Weapons (too) easy
The new year 2018 has just started and we have all celebrated, hoped and stilled our own list of good intentions. There are, however, some facts that happened at the end of last year but which will certainly aftermath in this new year too, just think of the crisis between the United States and North … More What will happen in 2018
In Nepal the tradition of the Royal Kumari has been renewed: a three-year-old girl, Trish, has been chosen as a living goddess and will have the task to protect Nepal from negativity and to watch over the peace and prosperity of her native country. The legend of the royal Kumari has been handed down in … More The legend of the royal Kumari
I want to make my own an appeal launched by Reporter Sans Frontieres for the creation of a special representative of the United Nations for the protection of journalists, independent and free, which responds directly to the Secretary General. Since 2005 journalists who have lost their lives just because they were doing their job with … More For the protection of journalists
This morning the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii locations that was bombed on 6 December 1941 by the Japanese resulting in the entry of the United States into World War II. Abe said he was very sorry for all the victims of the attack and … More The Japanese Prime Minister’s historic visit to Pearl Harbor
The Syrian city of Palmyra, rich in masterpieces of ancient artwork designed by thousands of archaeologists Worldwide, was retaken by the self-styled Islamic State and all its treasures are again in danger because the jihadist madness has no respect for art, history, culture… Only a few months ago all we rejoiced as we watched the … More Palmyra back in the hands of the Islamic State
The best international political analysts and even the greatest linguistic experts have stated that we are officially entered the era of post truth: Internet information to the general public and social networks able to manipulate reality and in some cases pass false as true. Particularly in point is the definition of post truth given by … More The post truth era
In recent days the number and ferocity of the violence against women have reached alarming levels, which strongly featured the issue of how to protect women. A 16-year-old girl in Brazil was raped by a group of 33 men who then they abandoned alone and wearing all the signs of brutal aggression, in India another … More The shame of violence against women
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