November 25, 2024 My dear friends, I am happy and proud to receive, on behalf of France, your annual award for Peace and Security. I wanted to take the time to tell you this warmly, through this message read aloud—this oral reading remains, in these times of...
Harvard University Loeb House, November 25, 2024 I am honored to announce that Emmanuel Macron, President of France, is this year’s recipient of the Boston Global Forum's World Leader for Peace and Security Award. He has distinguished himself as a political leader and...
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, has called for an exploration of “return hubs” outside the EU in a letter to the bloc’s national leaders on irregular migration, citing a deal between Italy...
CNN - October 19, 2024, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday, according to a Downing Street spokesperson. Starmer said the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is an opportunity to stop the fighting in Gaza and...
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) is set to host the conference "AIWS for New Democracy: Strategies for Democracy to Win in the AI Battle" at Harvard University's historic Loeb House on November 25, 2024. This significant event aims to bring together eminent thinkers,...
Seventy percent of Japanese view Taiwan as an independent country and support establishing formal diplomatic relations between the nations, a poll published yesterday by a Taipei-based think tank showed. The Indo-Pacific Strategic Think Tank (IPST) worked with the...
After this year’s nine nights of worship to the Divine Mother, Amma led celebrations for the triumph of light over darkness. In her message, Amma explained how the goddesses Durgā, Lakṣmī, and Sarasvatī provide the essential human needs—strength, wealth, knowledge,...
The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon...