A rural art fair’s grassroots-led, mindful, and immersive travel experience embodies a revitalizing tourism approach that a study found has built community resilience, strengthened local identity, and re-energized daily life in a Japanese island village…
Tokyo(Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet)— Buddhist philosopher and peacebuilder Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), issued his 40th annual peace proposal on January 26, 2022. Titled "Transforming Human History: The Light of Peace and Dignity,"…
Political scientist Vipin Narang’s new book, “Seeking the Bomb,” makes sense of the complex history of nuclear weapons programs. By Peter Dizikes CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In 1993, South Africa announced to a largely surprised world…
Abu Dhabi, UAE (RS) - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), to strengthen their existing cooperation on rural electrification and universal access…
Beijing (PRNewswire) -- With the China-Laos Railway recently started operation, the city of Yuxi in southwest China's Yunnan Province, as an important city along the route, is expected to forge itself into an international logistics hub. The…
By Peter Dizikes CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Azraq refugee camp in Jordan hosts about 35,000 people displaced by the Syrian civil war, who live in rows of small white steel sheds. Several years ago, a…