Jeff Probst Reacts to Rumors of a ‘Golden Survivor’ Season Featuring Older Contestants

Over its almost 50 seasons, Survivor has seen many themed seasons, including editions based on age-divides, but would the long-running CBS reality show ever go all-in on an all-seniors season? The show’s host and executive producer, Jeff Probst,...

Trump’s Caribbean ‘Drug War’: What's Happening, And Is It A Pretext To Topple Maduro?

Last Updated:October 22, 2025, 14:07 IST Framed as a fight against cartels, Washington’s Caribbean offensive has revived fears of US-backed regime change in Latin America The Trump administration believes Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is not...

Banana growers need to be paid a fair price to keep businesses viable

Recently, Fairtrade International announced an increase in the minimum prices of bananas, driven by cost increases for growers. Not only have wages and prices of inputs like fertilizers in producing countries gone up, but growers are also dealing...

How to Just Take the Damn Compliment Already

Last month, I accompanied my niece to church. At one point, the priest looked at the congregation and said, “Jesus loves you just the way you are,” and I teared up. Not because the sermon itself was so moving, but because I felt so wildly...

Hand-rolled vs. machine-made cigars: The great cigar debate

As a cigar enthusiast, you probably know that a fine cigar is more than just a bunch of rolled-up dirt weed in dried leaves. It’s a whole experience. It’s the way it feels when you hold it, the frosty smoke smell as it curls up above you, and that...

As Trump Wages War On The Caribbean, Its Peoples Rise To Defend Peace

Above p: US Marines conduct trial while aboard the USS San Antonio (LPD 17), stationed in the Caribbean. US Marines, 22nd MEU. The people of the Caribbean demand the US military withdraw from the region and that CARICOM take a firm stance against...

Vatican : un renouvellement à petit pas

Il convient de rappeler les réalisations des papes Benoît XVI et François. Le premier avait augmenté de façon notable le nombre des nonciatures dans le but de renforcer la présence vaticane dans le monde ; le second, en dix ans, n’a laissé que peu...

The Pupusa That Stole My Heart at Sabor Montclair

13,000+ Montclair locals are already in the know—are you? Stay informed with our free newsletters for the latest news, events, and local stories. Elisa Ung (center) with fellow public school parents, Yudis and Guadalupe, learning how to make...

Foreign Agent Laws: The Latest Authoritarian Weapon Against Civil Society

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Europe, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters via Gallo Images MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 21 2025 (IPS)...

The Speech A Press Club Banned

Above photo: Chris Hedges speaking in Sydney, Australia on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Cathy Vogan. Hedges delivered the banned speech on Monday in Sydney. This talk is not sponsored by Raytheon, BAE Systems and Thales, which sell weapons to Israel to...

How Should a Buddhist Face War?

Readers of my previous two articles on the relationship between Buddhism and war (or violence in general) will be aware that the historical examples I highlight represent what the Japanese call hanmen kyōshi, or “teachers by negative example.” If...

Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

Pregnant women crossing borders to get an abortion. People who miscarry facing jail time or dying from infection. Doctors who won’t perform lifesaving procedures on a pregnant patient for fear of prosecution. For years, this was the kind of thing...

Global Stock Rally Pauses As Gold, Silver Slide From Record High

US equity futures are flat, reversing a small overnight loss, with small caps seeing some underperformance in what looks more like profit-taking than material de-risking. As of 8:00am ET, S&P and Nasdaq futures are unchanged after the S&P 500...

Designing a Resilient and Data-Driven FinCrime Function in the Age of AI

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Trump trains guns on Venezuela: Why now, options before Maduro

The US is building up military presence in the Caribbean Sea, after striking Venezuelan boats it claimed were carrying drugs into the US. US President Donald Trump has authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to conduct covert operations...

The US Government: The Top “Narcoterrorist” on Earth

Trump is using the “war on drugs” to justify imperialist aggression in Latin America. As he put it, “The cartels are waging war in America, and it’s time for America to wage war on the cartels.” The drug epidemic pulls on the heartstrings of...

President Maduro receives credentials from ambassadors of Cuba and Lebanon

President Nicolás Maduro led the reception of credentials from the ambassadors of Cuba and Lebanon in Caracas, reaffirming the Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace. President Maduro received credentials from new ambassadors as a sign of respect and...

Trump can’t deport them all, so then what?

According to a report from the Pew Research Center published in August, the number of illegal immigrants in the United States surged from a low of 10.2 million in 2019 to 14 million by the end of 2023. Of that total population, about 4.2 million...

Mexico triples oil aid to Cuba. Is Trump looking away?

Andres Oppenheimer President Trump has called Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum “a very wonderful woman” and has praised her for her growing cooperation on migration, drugs and security issues. But he has mysteriously overlooked a glaring fact:...

Hispanic Heritage Month: How Latin Americans Shape the U.S.

Photo: Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library. October 18, 2025 Hour: 6:47 am National Hispanic Heritage Month is a significant celebration in the United States, observed annually from September 15 to October 15. This month-long celebration...