An Israeli Pathology

This wicked delight in causing additional suffering to the Palestinians is an Israeli pathology that needs clinical rather than journalistic treatment

Western Media Promotes Color Revolution in Asia

Just as the US has done across the Arab World and in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia faces political subversion aimed at transforming the region to...

US imposes 1-year ban on new Filipino workers

FILIPINO workers seeking jobs in the United States under the federal H-2A and H-2B programmes will no longer be allowed to do so after the United...

One percent wealth tax could educate every child and save 3 million lives

THE world’s 26 richest people own as much as the poorest 50 percent, a new report from Oxfam has found, as the charity pushes for a one percent...

Hong Kong should keep its elderly healthy and in work – not eligible for welfare

With improved medical science and a rising standard of living, most countries have seen a steady increase in life expectancy. Someone born in Hong...

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The Women’s March and the End of American-Jewish Liberalism

New U.S. missile defense strategy could launch space arms race

U.S. President Donald Trump’s new missile defense strategy has raised the disturbing prospect of a futile arms race in space. The Trump...

Is it in Netanyahu’s interest to indict him before the General Election?

Israel’s Attorney General is close to concluding the investigation into the corruption case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Known in...

And if Iran Doesn’t Give In?

Eight months after Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal both sides continue to hang tough

Libya turns into battleground between France and Italy

Western newspapers have talked about the fierce political and security rivalry between France and Italy over Libya, amid a hindered political...

Dvakrát meraj...

Teraz hrozí, že sa rovnaký scenár zopakuje aj v prípade obedov zadarmo. Voči samotnej myšlienke nemožno nič namietať. Primárnym cieľom...

86-year-old alpinist Miura proof of power of positive thinking

"When did I gain all this weight?" a shocked Yuichiro Miura asked himself. The celebrated alpinist was around 60 years old at the time. With his...

ne Rosa, stanovanjska politika

Ko sem v Berlinu, bivam na trgu, ki nosi ime po Rosi Luxemburg. V stoletju, ki je minilo od njenega uboja, je ta trg zamenjal pet imen. To pove...

Surgical robotics is here to stay. But who’s to blame when things go wrong?

Time was when the requisite qualities for a surgeon were distinctly biological – “eye of a hawk, heart of a lion and hands of a lady”. But in...

Ameriške pohvale diktatorjem

Odveč je reči, da je bilo veliko regionalnih voditeljev opazno nezadovoljnih zaradi njenega govora, zlasti ker je sledil le dve leti po ameriški...

How Chinese companies can survive in the US

For Chinese companies planning to do or doing business in the United States, the climate looks rather bleak. A slew of high-profile accusations of...

Will US Interfere with China’s Plans in Africa?

For many years now China has been actively expanding its economic presence in Africa. Accomplishments of the “Celestial Kingdom” are truly...

Trump, Macron, and the Poverty of Liberalism

DAVOS – No Western liberal would disagree that Donald Trump’s election was a disaster for American society, while that of Emmanuel Macron was a...

The Gaza protest casualties are not just statistics; where is the colonial context, UN?

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories (OCHA) released statistics on Monday showing...

‘Violent gentrification’ in Turin as 800 merchants banished from flea market

A fearful Europe needs to grow up, and wise up to China

Europe finally woke up to China’s rise last year. President Xi Jinping’s scrapping of term limits turned into a global news event that put a...

Modi: the strongman losing his grip

A Potential Danger on the Northern Front

The missile that was fired from Syria toward Israel and Israel’s response to it seem like another localized incident, despite the potential for a...

Arab MKs Must Not Shy Away From Seeking Power

If the Arab representatives announce in advance that they will always sit on the opposition benches, there is no point to their being in the Knesset

Chinese companies offer single female employees ‘dating leave’

THE trend among many of China's women waiting later in life to get married has inspired some companies to give their female employees extra time...

Global financial capitals no longer immune to property slump

ONCE thought immune to the worst of property market fluctuations, the world’s financial hubs are feeling the pinch as new data from global cities...

What to look out for at Davos 2019

THE world’s business and political elite are descending on the snowy streets of Davos in the Swiss Alps for the opening day of the annual World...

Could Vietnam’s political clamp down threaten its economic growth?

VIETNAM has been on average the most rapidly growing economy in Southeast Asia for more than a decade. Its economic growth of 6 to 7 percent a year...

False ‘Victories’: Is the PA Using the ‘State of Palestine’ to Remain in Power?

The ‘State of Palestine’ has officially been handed the Chairmanship of the G-77, the United Nations largest block. This is particularly...

Can Sudan protests succeed without a leader to replace Al-Bashir?

A month after a spontaneous protest in the Northern Sudan of Atbara, known as the “City of Iron and Fire,” morphed into a series of organised...

Despite Brexit, I’m still proud to be a Brit

LONDON - This is a fine time to be British. Indeed, to be proud to be British. You would not, to be sure, think so from the last week in London —...

Meng Wanzhou case exposes the worst of East and West

China’s “hostage” diplomacy is immoral and reprehensible. But no less sickening is the hypocrisy and moral piety of Western political and...

The world’s think tank dilemma

Without the high quality research that independent think tanks provide, there can be no effective policymaking, nor even a credible basis for...

Where is the European Union’s Brexit policy?

NEW YORK - At the moment, despite strong competition from the United States, Britain leads the industrialized world in political breakdown. Prime...

Competitive culture brings out the worst in scientists

NEW YORK - The researcher who reportedly created the first gene-edited babies might be afflicted with a form of ethical Dunning-Kruger syndrome —...

An optimist’s guide to climate change

WASHINGTON - During a recent commute to work, as my car inched along in rush-hour traffic, I watched a heron stalk the banks of the Potomac River....

Morality and Money Management

NEW HAVEN – The death on January 16 of Jack Bogle, the founder of the investment company Vanguard Group, was met with a slew of flattering...

Cooperation for a New Age of Volatility

JAKARTA – Managing an economy is not for the faint of heart. Policymakers must constantly monitor the ever-evolving global economic landscape,...

The Right Way to Rebalance Trade

BEIJING – The US-China trade dispute reshaped the world’s economic and financial landscape in 2018, and it might continue to do so for years to...

The Arabs are paying the price for peace with Israel

In the past few years, Israel, the alien state in the region, has been sleeping in peace in a way that it has never dreamt of since it was founded...

A Franco-German political spring

Germany and France are renewing their partnership after 56 years. But the new Treaty of Aachen is more than political folklore. DW's Christian F....

May debería poner fin al absurdo teatro del "brexit"

Ha pasado una semana desde la derrota de la primera ministra británica en la votación de acuerdo del "brexit" en la Cámara de los Comunes de...

Bogotá y La Habana: el conflicto está servido

A la Plaza de la Revolución no le cabe una preocupación más. Cuba está hundida en una profunda crisis económica que ha agudizado el...