Why are trees being ordained as monks in Thailand?

Through rituals like tree ordinations, some monks in Thailand are integrating Buddhist principles into the environmental movement in order to...

Competitive cum complex examination system in Pakistan

To choose applicants worthy of an equitable means, an egalitarian method was devised (i.e, characterized…

Premalo škode za državne odškodnine

Na kmetiji Klasinc pri Marjeti na Dravskem polju, kjer na dobrih 25 hektarjih površin pridelujejo koruzo, pšenico, ječmen, buče, tudi krompir,...

Brez namakanja ne gre

Kmetje na Ptujskem polju so se letos pritoževali predvsem zaradi obilice dežja in zato zelo vlažne pšenice, ki jo je napadla tudi plesen, in...

Mazda6 z novo podobo: Svežina in udobje

Zanimivo - že drugi popravek, tokrat izdatnejši, so namenili Japonci svojemu največjemu (evropskemu) modelu (na trgu od 2012), ko bo le ta...

Strop a čo ďalej?

Hoci slovenskí pedagógovia sú oproti ostatným vysokoškolsky vzdelaným ľudom u nás odmeňovaní slabo, aj medzi nimi existujú značné...

Turkey crisis a threat to Europe's economy?

Investors are losing faith in former economic reformer Tayyip Erdogan. It's not rule out that the current crisis may end badly for him, but also...

Many Cubans are using abortion as birth control

Abortion can sometimes carry major health risks. The lack of availability of either condoms or contraceptive pills means that many Cuban women...

Sistem so ljudje

In vendar je treba o smrti otročka v ljubljanski bolnišnici, hudo bolnega dojenčka, nekaj reči. Nikakor ne v smislu prejudiciranja razlogov ali...

Many Cubans using abortion as birth control

Abortion can sometimes carry major health risks. The lack of availability of either condoms or contraceptive pills means that many Cuban women...

State of Korean traditional music

By Bernard Rowan These days, gugak, Korean traditional music, has experienced something of a renaissance. There are several prominent artists....

Dealing with Japan

By Choi Sung-jin As the cliche here goes, Korea and Japan are so near, geographically, yet so far away, emotionally. A recent public survey shows...

Why Asian currencies won’t follow the Turkish lira into free fall

While the struggles of the Turkish lira illustrate a number of issues, markets should be wary about bracketing other Asian currencies in the same...

The US plan to fight China’s ascent in Asia takes shape

When Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2017 he appeared to open the door to Chinese domination of the Asia-...

China’s power to interpret and change Hong Kong laws is supreme

The Sino-British Joint Declaration, on the negotiated settlement of the question of Hong Kong, was named a “declaration” and not an...

Philippines: More minors caught carrying fake passports to work abroad

AUTHORITIES in the Philippines say they are seeing an alarming trend of underage Filipino women attempting to leave the country with forged...

1MDB scandal: After seizing superyacht, Malaysia eyes custody of private jet

AFTER gaining the custody of a US$250 million superyacht, the Malaysian government is looking to claim a private jet that is also purportedly owned...

Otvorené vrátka

V tejto rovnici je však ešte jedna premenná – a tou je Čína. Keďže Peking vyhlásil odvetné opatrenia na americké clá týkajúce sa aj...

Will they end the Korean War at the next inter-Korea summit?

LEADERS of North and South Korea will meet for the second time in September. The announcement came Monday but was surprisingly thin on details, not...

US Space Force merely symbolic

US President Donald Trump's plan for a Space Force will not change the way we explore beyond our planet. The development of civilian space travel...

China must escape traps for all our sakes

I am such a rude and ungrateful person so this column is something of an apology. An opinion page editor of the English-language China Daily sent...

The day the Egyptian conscience died

The Rabaa Al-Adawiyya and Al-Nahda massacres still linger in my mind, and my heart refuses to let them go. The five years that have passed were...

How China and the Philippines can both win through resource cooperation

Two years after a landmark ruling in their dispute over maritime territory in the South China Sea, the Philippines and China appear to be making...

Ilka išče že shojene poti

Ekipa najboljše slovenske alpske smučarke Ilke Štuhec se je včeraj predstavila javnosti. Medtem ko so bili poleti povečini razkropljeni po...

Diversity can cure bureaucratic disease

There has been a succession of bureaucratic scandals, such as the altering and concealing of official documents, sexual harassment and bribery. Why...

Are you sure climate change is the real cause of ‘natural disasters’?

WITH earthquakes devastating Indonesia, and fires raging in the United States, there has been plenty of discussion of so-called “natural...

Commentary: Five myths about US aid to Egypt

August 14 marks the fifth anniversary of the massacre at Cairo’s Rabaa and Nahda Squares, in which Egyptian security forces killed at least 800...

Israel awaits outcome of talks before hitting Hamas leadership

To deter the ongoing Great March of Return protests that started on 30 March, Israel’s occupation army and Shin Bet intelligence agency prepared...

Mariborčan med Zmaji: "Tudi v Mariboru navijajo zame"

Veliko stvari se v Mandarićevi Olimpiji menja, a ena ostaja: Rok Kronaveter je njen ključni člen. Čim ga trener da na stran, tvega službo, saj...

Jan Mlakar: Veliko pomeni, da smo v formi

Maribor je v tej sezoni na devetih tekmah odigral le en slab polčas, a je ta slab polčas vijoličastim otežil pot do nadaljevanja letošnje zgodbe...

Asia’s most extreme population controls

AFTER a government-issued stamp depicting a family with three children was released last week, speculation has been rife that China may finally be...

Don't count on Beijing to sit still while markets tumble

Five years on from Rabaa Sisi’s massacre continues in North Sinai

Rabaa represents the failed hope of Egyptian democracy and it set a precedent for the despicable brutality of a regime towards its own citizens....

Diplomats license to murder

The term “diplomatic immunity” refers to a principle of international law that limits the degree…

Ecstatic cheers of fans in Koshien Stadium define sound of summer

Osamu Kuroda was a member of the baseball team of Kyoto Prefectural Second Middle School (present-day Kyoto Prefectural Toba High School) on Aug....

1MDB scandal: After seizing super yacht, Malaysia eyes custody of private jet

AFTER gaining the custody of a US$250 million superyacht, the Malaysian government is looking to claim a private jet that is also purportedly owned...

Economic nationalism eclipses Islam as key Indonesian election issue

Zreški Unior v kolesarski špici

Zreški Unior, ki večino svojih izdelkov proda avtomobilski industriji, si utira pot tudi v svetovno kolesarsko špico. Njihov program...

Filipina minors are getting duped into working abroad illegally

AUTHORITIES in the Philippines say they are seeing an alarming trend of underage Filipino women attempting to leave the country with forged...

Plemenitenje tradicije na skrajnem vzhodu

Bogato poletno dogajanje, nekakšen sezonski festival, namenjen najširši javnosti, se je v Lendavi že močno prevesil v drugo polovico. Ta vikend...

India's Regional Renaissance

A popular narrative in the Trump era is that longstanding geopolitical arrangements are being upended. But New Delhi-based author, professor, and...

Principle of fair and free trade must prevail in Japan-U.S. talks

Japan and the United States recently held the first round of their new ministerial-level trade talks in Washington. During the two days of talks,...

Where is the bilateral humanity in US-China trade war?

A China of 1.4 billion people cannot possibly be sewn up into one massive blanket of monochromatic metaphor. And if the Communist Party...

Mestni gozd ali mestno smetišče

Ujet je v oklep mesta in ravno dovolj velik in razgiban, da je odlična rekreacijska površina. A očitno je tudi dovolj osamljen, da nekaterim služi...

Obnova starega ptujskega mostu: Odprt znova prihodnji petek

Približuje se konec dobro leto trajajoče obnove starega ptujskega mostu čez Dravo, ki je predvsem z dolgimi kolonami na edinem preostalem mostu...

Iz moče preskočili v sušo

Žetev in za dobro četrtino nižji pridelek krušnih žit v letošnjem ni vznemiril širše javnosti. To, da bo samooskrba s krušnimi žiti med...