China has often been subject to catastrophic flooding. Previously such floods, as they have experienced this year, would have led to tens of thousands of deaths, massive loss of farmland and the threat of famine. When China decided at the end of the last century to build the Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam of […]
Unit 1 of the UAE’s Barakah plant — the Arab world’s first nuclear energy plant — has connected to the national power grid, in a historic moment enabling it to provide cleaner electricity to millions of residents and help reduce the oil-rich country’s reliance on fossil fuels. “This is a major milestone, we’ve been planning […]
Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche delivered the keynote address to an August 15, Spanish-language international videoconference organized by the Schiller Institute for the nations of Ibero-America and Spain, as part of the drive to build a worldwide chorus of voices calling for a summit of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to […]
As the Democrats are showcasing at their convention their commitment to remain within the geopolitical geometry which is driving the world toward war, it is especially urgent that the summit of the Permanent 5 members of the U.N. Security Council proposed by Putin take place, as soon as possible. A New Paradigm committed to a […]
The following resolution was presented by Helga Zepp-LaRouche to the August 15, 2020 Spanish-language conference of the Schiller Institute, and has begun to circulate internationally. We, the undersigned, strongly endorse the Schiller Institute’s call for the heads of state of the Five Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (P-5) to meet urgently to […]
Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nation’s, told the U.N. Security Council that “We are ready for international cooperation with all interested partners in the development and production of vaccines and treatments to ensure a coordinated global response to the spread of Covid-19 and a common victory over the pandemic.” Nenbenzia’s remarks came after […]
PANEL I (Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT)Overcoming Geopolitics: Why a P-5 Summit Is Urgently Needed Now Helga Zepp-LaRouche (Germany), founder and President, Schiller Institute: Keynote Address Andrey Kortunov (Russia), Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Dr. Edward Lozansky (U.S.), President, American University in Moscow; Professor, Moscow State and National Research Nuclear […]
With civilization on the edge of an abyss from a confluence of crises, a summit of great powers, combined with a serious realistic discussion of why war is unacceptable, are essential if we are to end the age of barbarism. In her weekly dialogue, Helga Zepp LaRouche pointed to President Trump’s statement that he is […]
According to the Asian Development Bank, the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to massive losses in remittances sent home by foreign workers, which could end up totaling some $110 billion by the end of the year, a nearly 20% decline from what was expected before the crisis. Total remittances hit a record $554 billion in 2019. […]
At yesterday’s virtual daily press conference in Geneva, World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Director Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported that a WHO team of experts had returned from their three-week visit to China, as a result of which the Terms of Reference have been drafted for the work program and long-term study by a new international […]