The One Speech Netanyahu Will Never Make to Diaspora Jews

It’s truly a gift to see so many of you here for this dialogue between our two Jewish communities, North American and Israeli Jewry. I realize...

No more dissident voices: Succumb to Facebook & Twitter’s demands or get banned (or both)

On Thursday last week, Facebook purged more than 800 pages and accounts, accusing them of engaging in “inauthentic behaviour” and violating...

Kaj poraz v Münchnu pomeni za Berlin

66 let ni bilo tako slabega rezultata za CSU, za SPD na Bavarskem pa celo sto let ne Rezultati po vseh preštetih glasovih so potrdili, da je CSU...

Kolesarska infrastruktura v Mariboru: 50 kilometrov novih kolesarskih stez

Mariborska občina bo do leta 2020 uredila 50 kilometrov novih kolesarskih povezav. Kot je povedal Marjan Lep iz Fakultete za gradbeništvo, bo...

Izgubljeni sin je nazaj

Po dveletni odsotnosti je 29-letni Koprčan Dean Bombač znova v slovenski rokometni reprezentanci, ki se bo zbrala čez teden dni v Zrečah in...

Slovenija na robu ekološke katastrofe

"Zatajil je nacionalni sistem ravnanja z odpadki," je gorko resnico, na katero v slovenskih komunalah in družbah za ravnanje z odpadki opozarjajo...

Kabaret in dvojni cede Marka Vezoviška

V osemdesetih letih je v Mariboru delovala legendarna rockovska skupina Skakafci. Pevec in frontman Marko Vezovišek se je po njenem razpadu posvetil...

Družina ugrabljenega bogataša ponudila nagrado za informacije

Mohameda Dewjija so zamaskirani ugrabitelji ugrabili v mestu Dar es Salam. Policija je od njegove ugrabitve prijela več kot 20 ljudi, a motiv...

Aktivist Jašar: "Nič me ne more ustaviti"

Ker je višje sodišče v Mariboru razveljavilo oprostilno sodbo zanju, sta bila zagovornika legalizacije konoplje Sanjin Jašar in Tomaž...

S tragédiou v batohu

Ťažko povedať, či šéf SNS a predseda Národnej rady Andrej Danko svoju hrozbu odchodu za medveďmi tentoraz myslí vážne, alebo mu to len tak...

Vládny debakel v Česku

Inak to nebolo ani teraz. Absolútnym víťazom sa stala ODS. Potvrdilo sa tak, že občianskym demokratom, ktorí sa po kauze Nagyová prepadli...

An American General to Head the Israeli Army?

The answer lies in whether it was right to appoint the Wharton School’s Amir Yaron to run the central bank

From Brazil to Bosnia, right-wing strongmen score wins

The next president of Brazil, Latin America’s giant, is all but certain to be former army captain Jair Bolsonaro — who was relatively unknown,...

The Egyptian army is not a SEAT, President Sisi

Every year when October comes around, the knives come out in every direction to stab the 6 October 1973 War and turn Egypt’s victory into a...

Laugh now at Trump’s follies, but climate change isn’t funny

For those of us resigned to the lunacy of US President Donald Trump’s antics, last week was either comic relief, a harbinger of doom, or both if...

Harry bo zibal: Vojvodinja Meghan je noseča!

Končno! Iz Londona prihaja težko pričakovana novica. Vojvodinja Meghan, žena princa Harryja, je noseča. Rodila bo spomladi. Novica o...

Napadi za zastraševanje

Dvanajst let po umoru ruske preiskovalne novinarke in zagovornice človekovih pravic Ane Politovske svet pretresa vse več dokazov o umoru...

Veselje, da bo prihodnje leto ukinjeno premikanje ure, je očitno bilo prehitro

Veselje, da bo prihodnje leto ukinjeno premikanje ure na zimski in poletni čas, je očitno bilo prehitro. Prve razprave diplomatov držav članic EU...

Če ima otrok izbruh, je vsaki mami težko

"Kot bi bili vsi na urgenci," o neprestani dosegljivosti po mobilnih telefonih in drugih pametnih napravah pravi specialna pedagoginja Branka D....

A Pasture, a Pickup and Two Don Quixotes: Who Damaged the Left-wing Activists' Truck?

Screws don’t just disappear and the garage owner had no doubt: It was sabotage

Israel's History Is Filled With Benevolent ‘Moles’

In the name of transparency, or more simply in the name of life, I call for the disclosure of any plans on file that deal with the future of the...

Self-Fulfilling Financial Crises

BERKELEY – The 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession left the Global North 10% poorer than it otherwise would have been, based on 2005...

Did social media aid Gulalai Ismail’s release in Pakistan?

When Pashtun human rights activist Gulalai Ismail was arrested at the Islamabad airport last Friday, activists flooded social media with calls for...

An AI Wake-Up Call From Ancient Greece

STANFORD – In discussions about the implications of artificial intelligence (AI), someone almost always evokes the ancient Greek myth of Pandora’s...

Be loud, proud of Cantonese – don’t play second fiddle to Mandarin

Every now and then, the political rumour mill in Hong Kong is abuzz with talk of replacing Cantonese with Mandarin as the medium of instruction in...

Taking sides -- US or China

International Relations Theory and the ‘Islamic State’

This article has been shortlisted for the 2018 Article Award The Islamic State (IS), conventionally known as ISIS/ISIL, was formally launched in...

Understanding US politics and perception is key to Palestinian statehood

No one believes that there will be a seismic shift in how American politicians or the voting public views Palestine, Israel or the Arab world as a...

Po porazih slovenskih nogometašev: "To je velik krč, ena velika črna luknja"

Trije porazi v novoustanovljeni Uefini ligi narodov, pred tem pa v prijateljskih tekmah dva poraza in ena zmaga, to je bilanca slovenske...

America’s deepening gender divide and the midterm elections

WASHINGTON – The 2018 U.S. midterm elections are shaping up as a dramatic test not only of sentiment about the Trump administration, but also of...

Trade war shows China needs a new monetary policy model

It is time for China to show more monetary mettle. Striking the right balance on interest rates between China’s highly industrialised economy...

Svoboda medijev in korupcija

Kako pomemben je pogovor o svobodi medijev, ki se odvija ob umoru Viktorie Marinove v Bolgariji? "Zelo. Povečanje zavedanja o korupciji in...

The Martyrdom of Jamal Khashoggi

AMMAN – The London-based daily Al-Araby Al-Jadeed recently published a cartoon, by the Jordanian artist Emad Hajjaj, depicting a faceless man...

Isolation drove parents to confine ill, disabled children

Cases of disabled and mentally ill children who long remained confined in their homes by their parents have recently come to light in succession....

Iraq against the Kurds, from genocide to ‘linguicide’

Language is not just a means to communicate ideas between people, but is also part of the identity of individuals and communities. Nations and...

Pohorje: Gondola tudi od Habakuka do Bellevueja

Marprom, ki želi posodobiti žičniške naprave na Pohorju in do leta 2024 izenačiti prihodke od zimske in letne sezone, bo jutri mestni svet...

Why Meghan and Harry’s Australia visit is causing controversy

BRITISH royals Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle arrived in Sydney, Australia on Monday for their first official overseas tour as a married...

1MDB: Why Malaysia fell victim to the biggest heist in history

IT'S a story so lavish, so audacious, and so reckless it would make Roman emperors blush. It’s been dubbed one of the biggest financial heists in...

Belligerence in all directions: Trump seeks to reassert control of Latin America – Ken Livingstone

Recent years have seen a resurgent of the right wing in Latin America. The first stage in the election of the next president of Brazil showed the...

Začenja se prodaja NLB

Najprej bodo malim vlagateljem v Sloveniji v nakup ponudili deset odstotkov delnic NLB, nato pa 90 odstotkov delnic institucionalnim vlagateljem....

Kdo najboljši na celini je tej

Kralj je odšel v NBA? Živel novi kralj! Ja, tudi po odhodu čudežnega dečka evropske košarke Luke Dončića, ki je v lanski sezoni evrolige...

Solving global warming is mission impossible

WASHINGTON – If there were any doubt before, there should be none now. “Solving” the global climate change problem may be humankind’s...

An American and an Arab journalist walk into a Saudi Consulate

An American and an Arab journalist walk into a Saudi consulate, Thomas Friedman in New York and Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. One comes out smiling...

Martyr in heart of darkness still offers hope

The elevation to sainthood of slain Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero is no surprise to anyone who follows these things. In 2014, a year after...