Home & Living: Embracing Sustainable Spaces and Innovative Lifestyles

by Lynn Chavez In today’s fast-paced world, our homes have transformed from mere shelters into sanctuaries reflecting our values, lifestyles, and aspirations. Across the globe, a growing number of people are reimagining their living spaces with sustainability and innovation at the forefront—an evolution that *The Global Tribune* proudly highlights in its Home & Living section….

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The Rise of Interfaith Marriages in Urban Europe

by Amy McIntosh (Belgium) In the heart of Europe’s cities—from Paris to Berlin, Amsterdam to London—a quiet yet profound social shift is taking place. Interfaith marriages, once rare and often frowned upon, are steadily becoming a reflection of urban Europe’s evolving identity: diverse, interconnected, and increasingly open-minded. These unions, where partners come from different religious…

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Climate Pressures are Redefining Macroeconomic Resilience in Asia & the Pacific

A mother and daughter wading through the flood waters in Feni, Bangladesh in 2024. Catastrophic floods disrupted employment, trade and economy. Policymakers should stand ready to implement policies for speedy recovery. Credit: UNICEF/Sultan Mahmud Mukut By Shuvojit BanerjeeBANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 25 2025 (IPS) In the past year, Asia and the Pacific has faced intensifying climate…

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Globalisation Rewired: How Trade Thrives Amid Turbulence

by Andrew Cumings, Birmingham, UK. For years, pundits declared the end of globalisation. Trade wars, rising nationalism, pandemic-induced border closures, and geopolitical fault lines like the U.S.–China rivalry painted a bleak picture of fractured global commerce. Yet, beneath the noise, a quieter truth has emerged—globalisation isn’t dying, it’s evolving. According to a recent Financial Times*…

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The New Age of Geoeconomics: How Global Power Is Redefining Finance

By, Ralph Springton (Alberta, Canada) The world is entering a new era where economic strategies are no longer dictated purely by free market logic or comparative advantage—but increasingly by political power, national interest, and the tectonic shifts in global influence. This is the dawn of geoeconomics: a hybrid domain where states use economic tools—trade, investment,…

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Funding Cuts by Traditional Donors and the Future of Localization: Power, Paradox, and the Politics of Aid

The withdrawal or scaling down of funding by agencies like USAID, FCDO, the Dutch MFA, and Germany’s BMZ raises critical questions about the future of development finance and the feasibility of locally-led development. Credit: WFP/Desire Joseph Ouedraogo By Tafadzwa MunyakaHARARE, Jul 24 2025 (IPS) In recent years, major international donors such as the European Union…

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