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...

The White Helmets, alleged organ traders & child kidnappers, should be condemned not condoned

A recent panel at the UN Security Council in New York revealed the shocking evidence of White Helmet involvement in organ trafficking in Syria. The...

Moonwalking with Theresa May: Unboxing Brexit ‘Plan C’ – George Galloway

No-one can know the significance of that but everyone was clear that Theresa May's Plan B looked remarkably like her Plan A which had the previous...

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...

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...

Brexit Demands a New British Politics

BRUSSELS – The populist revolts in the United States and the United Kingdom have each reached a critical juncture. At the start of his third year...

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...

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...

And if Iran Doesn’t Give In?

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

Western media and depictions of death and injury to 'others'

Last week, when al-Shabab detonated bombs at an office complex and adjoining Dusit Hotel in Kenya's capital Nairobi, photo-editors at The New York...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(POGLED) Bralna značka? Ukinemo kar branje?

Ni prvič, da je bralna značka v slovenskih vrtcih in šolah nekomu spet trn v peti! Ni prvič, da bi Slovenci kako stvar, ki dobro deluje, ki ima...

Na okraji útesu

Britská ekonomika vysiela všemožné signály, že odchod z únie bez dohody by Británia draho zaplatila. Ilúzie, podľa ktorých sa nič...

To the Israel Deadly Forces

The pledge of Israel's new army chief to make the military 'deadly' is a dark reminder of what Israel has become in 2019

Israel’s Gate Crashers Are Beating the Gatekeepers

Amid Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to skirt corruption charges, the country’s moral decay is similar to that of Vichy France

Tales of torture from Israel's prisons

Earlier this month, Israel's Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced plans to "worsen" already horrific conditions for Palestinian prisoners...

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...

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....

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,...

Trump needs a trade deal, China not so much

It’s time to make a trade deal. For China, the trade dispute with the United States is an unnecessary distraction when Beijing is intent on...

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....

How Long have US Ambassadors been Manifesting Symptoms of Imperial Delusion?

Even though the year has just started, we’ve already witnessed yet another outrage of the European community over the way that its so-called allies...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 —...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...