Palestine and Palestinians should not be defined by Mahmoud Abbas

The brief encounter in Moscow between Argentina’s legendary footballer Diego Maradona and the Palestinian Authority President generated...

 Elon Musk appears to have lost the plot

If there is an international award for Jerk of the Year, Elon Musk would win hands down. The entire world is still celebrating the extraordinary...

Mestni park: Zaradi posameznikov prepoved vsem kolesarjem

Gorska kolesa, na njih pa do zob zaščiteni kolesarji, s čeladami, poveznjenimi preko glav, drveč med sprehajalci. Ni kakšna tekma v gorskem...

Putin-Trump summit: Not Munich, Pearl Harbor or Yalta, just Helsinki

Gary Kasparov, the former Soviet chess grandmaster turned anti-Russia rabble-rouser, probably best conveyed the madness. "I'm ready to call this...

(FOTO in VIDEO) Nogometna evforija v Zagrebu: "To zmorejo le Hrvati"

Pričakovali smo velik sprejem za svetovne podprvake v Zagrebu, a da bo ljudi toliko in da bo rajanje trajalo tako dolgo, si v kabinetu predsednice...

Keep the Internet Free

After two and a half years of discussions, the Knesset is expected to pass the so-called Facebook Law this week. The bill’s sponsors, Justice...

Trump-Putin summit was a troubling media circus

US President Donald Trump clearly showed weakness in his high-profile meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin. It was a diplomatic mistake made on the...

Malaysia to replace ’embarrassing’ tourism logo

THE Visit Malaysia 2020 logo, which initially caused an online kerfuffle when it was announced, will be reworked. The post Malaysia to replace ’...

The Egyptian Fantasia

Famous Egyptian actor, Youssef Wahbi, once said in a film that “life is nothing more than a big stage.” The phrase has since become an Egyptian...

Milan Mandarić: "V Olimpiji še nisem končal posla"

Marsikaj se pri Olimpiji ves čas menja, a ena stvar ostaja ista: Milan Mandarić je prevzel klub, da bi ustvarjal dober posel. In uspeh tega posla...

To so najbolj razsipni narodi letošnjega svetovnega prvenstva v nogometu

Imetniki kartice Visa so na stadionih, na katerih se je odvijal turnir, v povprečju na transakcijo porabili 1.408 rubljev (približno 19 evrov),...

Odpadki in birokratski manevri

Godlja z odpadno embalažo, ki se je znova znašla na dvoriščih centrov za ravnanje z odpadki, ni nič novega. Ponavlja se že vsaj tri leta. Tudi...

Priprave na daljšo pot: Dokumenti, postanki, kraje …

Po odločitvi, kam na dopust, je za manj stresa v avtomobilu potrebna tudi priprava na pot in preživljanje počitnic. Resda sodobni sistemi v...

Ptujsko jezero: Ladja Čigra se vrača na Dravo

Ptujska občina in Občina Markovci sta s skupnimi močmi pričeli gradnjo vstopno-izstopnega mesta Ribič, ki bo staro mestno jedro znova povezalo...

UKC Maribor: Danko še vedno brez službe

Tudi dober mesec dni po tem, ko je Višje delovno in socialno sodišče zavrnilo pritožbo Univerzitetnega kliničnega centra (UKC) Maribor, ki se...

Deložacija iz stanovanja je skrajni ukrep

Družba Nepremičnine Celje, d.o.o., je neprofitna stanovanjska organizacija, ki jo je ustanovila Mestna občina Celje z namenom zadovoljevanja potreb...

Ulysses začenja teatrsko odisejado

Od sinoči, 16. julija, do 28. avgusta bo na Brionih poseben gledališki festival, ki ga je zasnoval igralec Rade Šerbedžija s pisateljem...

Mariborski ragbisti raje prvi na vasi kot ...

Mariborskim ragbistom je po sedmih letih, odkar je RK Maribor bolj zavzeto pristopil k delu in začel nastopati v tekmovanjih pod okriljem...

Maribor: Anonimnež branil strelca pred policijo

Konkreten premik na sojenju Matjažu Ferliču, ki je zaradi streljanja na Dejana Gjerkeša že šestnajst mesecev v priporu, je pričakovati na...

The $247 trillion global debt bomb

WASHINGTON – The untold story of the world economy — so far at least — is the potentially explosive interaction between the spreading trade war...

An unlikely union: Israel and the European far right

In November 2017, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) hosted a gala dinner in New York City honouring Stephen Bannon, US President Donald...

How can Japan-made chips survive?

Akira Minamikawa, director at British data and information services company IHS Markit, spoke with The Yomiuri Shimbun about recent global trends...

Not ‘Single Parents.’ Gay Parents

Netanyahu’s support for surrogacy for ‘single parents’ as a way to enable it for LGBT people isn’t enough; it casts doubt on those kinds of...

Biele kone a dobrí anjeli

Šokujúci prípad postupne odhaľuje podvody, miestnych mafiánov, bieleho koňa, podozrivo rýchlu kúpu pozemku v sume 1 800 eur, hoci teraz sa...

Why the ICC is worth defending

Twenty years ago today, the international community achieved what had seemed impossible. Following negotiations over seemingly endless days and...

America’s narcissistic national disorder

Donald Trump’s visit to Europe over the past week was phenomenal, to say the least. The U.S. president not only ridiculed the German chancellor...

Make human rights a priority

By Bernard Rowan Before the historic Kim-Trump summit, human rights figured to be on its agenda. Various mentions in the media and officials'...

Vojna v kibernetnem svetu

Te Velike peterice danes (in že dolgo) ni več, zato pa se je na drugem koncu zahodne obale pojavila neka druga, ki je še večja in univerzalnejša....

Birokratske borbe pri zdravljenju otrok

Zdravniška zbornica Slovenije je včeraj ministrstvo za zdravje obtožila, da je onemogočilo delovanje Nacionalnega inštituta za otroške srčne...

Diet should not allow Moritomo, Kake scandals to simply go away

With less than one week left until the end of the regular Diet session, the legislature is preoccupied with deliberations on bills the ruling camp...

The Long Human-Rights March

NEW YORK – There has been a lot of bad news lately on the human-rights front. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has resumed air strikes on his...

Trade war sends unsentimental markets hunting for winners and losers

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste”, said former US president Barack Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel back in 2008. In truth,...

We’re all taking the global trade war far too lightly

Hot and sultry summer days somehow conduce a belief in the idea of a “phoney war”. Rumblings of trade battles can be dismissed as the sound of...

Denar za župana v senci iz Nizozemske

Gospodarski svetovalec mariborskega župana Marko Kovačič še zmeraj ne želi pojasniti, zakaj je njegov zasebni izobraževalni zavod Svarog od...

Obiskovalci žalske fontane spili že 67 tisoč litrov piva

Med tistimi, ki jim gre deževno poletje precej na živce, so Žalčani. "Ko dežuje, je obiska pri fontani takoj za polovico manj in takšnih dni je...

Mariborsko letališče: Kitajski napisi morajo dol

Na terminalu mariborskega letališča Edvarda Rusjana so se v minulih dnevih na informativnih in usmerjevalnih tablah pojavili tudi kitajski...

Tesla share price drops after Elon Musk’s ‘pedo’ comment

SHARES in the US-based luxury electric vehicle brand Tesla dropped in value by 4 percent on Monday, after its CEO Elon Musk called a hero of the...

G7 ministers call on Russia to account for ‘role’ in MH17 crash

FOREIGN ministers of the powerful G7 countries have called on Russia to account for its alleged role in the downing of the doomed Malaysia Airlines...

Three Cheers for Regulation

CAMBRIDGE – One of the striking changes any rich-world traveler to low-income countries cannot fail to have missed during the past decade or so is...

Enter the dragon: Understanding Xi Jinping’s ‘new era’

A DRAGON'S kiss can be deadly, even if proffered in friendship. Though the Chinese dragon of mythology does not breathe fire, China’s cultivated...

Duterte needs Trump to counter Chinese naval threat

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Labour under pressure from pro-Israel proxies over ‘chaotic’ definition of anti-Semitism

A Jewish organisation which has acted as a proxy for the Israeli Embassy in Britain and lobbies on its behalf is putting pressure on the Labour...

¿Quiénes no cantan la Marsellesa?

Antes del mundial de fútbol de 1998, el líder del Frente Nacional francés, Jean Marie Le Pen, declaraba que los jugadores del seleccionado nacional...

How a West Bank Highway's Roadsign Captures the Israeli Psyche

The Evolution of Global Governance

The Western-led international order is in disarray, with this year’s chaotic G7 summit being an obvious case in point. But for Jim O’Neill, chair...

Seoul’s mayor to move into disadvantaged neighbourhood

MAYOR Park Won-soon of the South Korean capital Seoul will soon move into a small apartment in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in order to formulate...

Apple announces $300m clean energy fund for China

CALIFORNIA tech giant Apple announced last week a US$300 million clean energy fund in China to invest in renewable energy that could power almost 1...

India’s aggressive push to regain its glory as the world’s top education hub

WHILE Indian students make up the bulk of international students worldwide, the same can hardly be said about the number of foreigners enrolling in...

Let There Be More Than Light

PRAGUE – For the well-off in both rich and poor countries around the world, lives are enriched by plentiful access to energy that provides light,...

Bird flu: are viruses still in the air?

AVIAN influenza, also called “bird flu”, is a disease caused by viruses transmitted from poultry to humans, sometimes going by way of pigs. There...

History shows trade wars cause world wars. Will this time be different?

US President Donald Trump’s conviction that “trade wars are good, and easy to win” certainly runs against well-established economic doctrine...

Saudi-Iranian Relations after the Rise of Mohammad Bin Salman

On a recent trip to the United States, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman – known to most as MbS – declared that his efforts...

Loving China can start with a passion for its food

If we relied on Western pop songs for our knowledge of the world, life would be scary indeed. Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir has a line about eyes...

Helsinki Fiasco Proves Bibi’s Adulation for Trump Is Miscalculated

Denial & guilt: US liberals collectively lose their minds over #Treasonsummit

This is especially the case for someone my age, born less than a decade after the United States Air Force vaporized hundreds of thousands of...

As GOP Recoils From Trump and Putin, Netanyahu Gloms On

Even for Israel – where 'normal' never is – there was something exceptionally peculiar in the prime minister's response to the Trump-Putin meeting

Is Japan a land of contradictions or opportunities for immigration?

It is often said Japan is a land of contradictions, a society where the reality on the ground is substantially different from the facade presented...

Helsinki Confirmed: Netanyahu Was Right All Along to Invest in Putin

Israel is prepared for the post-Helsinki reality: With Trump so beholden to Putin, for whatever reasons, Russia alone is calling the shots in Syria...

Exciting Nagoya tournament now all about sumo’s next generation

Xin is the protagonist of "Kingdom," a Japanese manga series set in China's Warring State Period in the third century B.C. An impoverished orphan...

Hun Sen is tempting fate in Cambodia's election

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Razsipnost po katarsko: navijači za evro na uro

Gremo štiri leta naprej. Se vam zdi nora odločitev, da bo svetovno prvenstvo v nogometu namesto poleti od 21. novembra do 18. decembra? Ah, ko...

Izvoliti bo treba novega ustavnega sodnika ali sodnico

Med prvimi kadrovanji novoizvoljenim poslancem in poslankam slej ko prej predstoji ustavnosodniško. Ker se konec letošnjega leta zaključi...

Trump: Slaughterer of Sacred Cows or Prattler?

It is not clear how the conflict in NATO will end and how the trade war with China will be resolved – both of them issues targeted by...

How to Protect Workers Without Trade Tariffs

NEW HAVEN – According to a Washington Post/Schar School poll of Americans published on July 11, only 39% of respondents approved of US President...

Sanje o medalji za mlade Slovence niso prepovedane

Vzdušje na treningu v Laškem, ki so ga mladi rokometaši odprli za javnost, je bilo sproščeno. A v četrtek ob 19.30, ko se bodo slovenski upi,...

Rdeči alarm za Slovenijo - prihaja največja poletna nevihta!

Strele bodo prepolovile cene poletnih kolekcij priznanih blagovnih znamk za kar polovico. Res je, … V trgovinah XYZ PREMIUM FASHION STORE,...

Putin spet zmagal

Še preden je ameriško predsedniško letalo Air Force One s svojimi dragocenimi potniki, v prvi vrsti predsednikom ZDA Donaldom Trumpom in prvo...

Nadstrešek čevljarjev za občino Turnišče sporen

Turniški čevljarji, ki jih je bilo nekoč v kraju vsaj trideset, so s kolesi vozili čevlje in škornje s "sarami" ter jih prodajali v bližnji in...

Japan and EU: New leaders on global trade

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Zdesená Európa

Prečo „Trump dôveruje bývalému agentovi KGB viac ako vlastným tajným službám" (Guardian) si môžeme iba tipnúť, nik totiž nevie, čo si...

Trump’s Empty Threat to the International Order

He talks the talk, but don’t worry: He has neither the intellectual nor the leadership tools to make it happen

Putin and Trump couldn’t make their relationship work

BERLIN – Given the weeks of apocalyptic speculation that preceded the Helsinki summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President...

Soccer makes its fans unhappy in the long run

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS – Many people feel devastated after their favorite team loses. Sometimes they have trouble sleeping. (Yes, I speak from...

What does the Helsinki summit mean for Syria?

The July 26 meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki was meant to signal a thaw in...

Na ceste k suverenite

Význam Deklarácie sa u nás tradične preceňuje alebo ignoruje. V každom prípade o zániku spoločného štátu rozhodli občania oboch...

Mandelovi vďaka

Kníhkupcov pohľad len úprimne odrážal stáročia trvajúci oficiálny výklad dejín. Kolonizácia afrických krajín sa v JAR pretavila do...

Mexico’s economic woes likely to continue with Lopez Obrador

With the election of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as president of Mexico, the perennial question resurfaces: Might Mexico see a higher rate of...

Five myths about North Korea

By Choi Sung-jin Five weeks have passed since the landmark summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in...

‘Strong and powerful’ Putin charms Trump into submission

A Revolution is Brewing in Iran but What Comes Next?

Since December 2017, Iran has seen more anti-governments protests, strikes, sit-ins and uprisings than any other country in the world. By all...

Hong Kong’s stamp duties have worked to stabilise the housing market

It’s been said there are only two sure things in life: death and taxes. Since November 2010, the Hong Kong government has implemented roughly half...

El Mundial de Rusia, no de Putin

¿Cambió a Rusia este Mundial? Sí. ¿Será duradero ese cambio? Probablemente no. El torneo expuso ante el mundo un país colorido en vez de uno...

AMLO, Trump y la amapola

La reunión cumplió las expectativas. Fotografías, saludos, encuentros en tiempo y forma. La comitiva de Estados Unidos llegó la Ciudad de...

Nogometaši Olimpije v Bakuju: "Nas se bo vprašalo, kdo napreduje"

Na pol prazno letalo z veliko prostora za raztegniti noge (ali pisati članke), pijača in bonboni še pred vzletom, dve malici na štiriurnem...

UKC Maribor: Izguba na račun zaposlitev, ki jih še ni dovolj

V UKC Maribor ob koncu leta pričakujejo 4,7 milijona evrov izgube, kar je za slab milijon več kot lani. Na seji sveta so včeraj potrdili...

Europe is largely gun-free. Matteo Salvini wants to change that.

Analysis. Matteo Salvini was always the reference politician for the 2,500 companies in the gun sector as well as of the over one million Italian...

Who wants a deal on Cyprus?

Who is pro-settlement regarding Cyprus and who is not? To put it frankly, aside from Turkish Cypriots, there appear to be no subscribers to a...

What to do in the face of the Israeli escalation in Gaza

I am writing this as Israeli missiles are destroying buildings in Gaza, killing children and frightening civilians under the pretext of tackling...

Zgodbe, ki so zaznamovale mundial

Eni so za, drugi so proti. "Zdi se mi, da nas ni premagalo boljše moštvo, ampak tudi tehnologija," je po porazu proti Franciji bentil avstralski...

Za "vatrene"! Za koga drugega pa?

Po šivih ni pokal samo osrednji zagrebški Trg bana Jelačića, temveč tudi širša okolica. Najti parkirišče v središču mesta je bilo že dve...

How the Middle East Can Escape the Middle-Income Trap

WASHINGTON, DC – For developing countries, achieving middle-income status is both a blessing and a curse. While extreme poverty and deprivation...

There is tension between Iran and Russia in Syria, but talk of a split is premature

For months there has been speculation that the Iranian-Russian partnership in Syria is under strain and possibly even on the threshold of a serious...

Klančnik (INTERVJU): Če je zgodba, se pohorski pisker bolje prodaja

Milan Klančnik je dolgoletni oskrbnik Ruške koče na Arehu na Pohorju. Njegova zgodba je preprosta, kot so preproste zgodbe zagnanih ljudi, ki jim...

V Mariboru pomanjkanje medicinskih sester večje kot v Ljubljani

Pred dvema tednoma je javnost razburila novica, da so v UKC Ljubljana zaradi pomanjkanja negovalnega osebja zaprli tretjino oddelka za intenzivno...

The Jewish Nation-state Bill Alienates Israel’s Arab Citizens for Nothing

Just as some of us had been hoping that the Jewish nation-state bill had disappeared in one of the Knesset’s cubby holes, it has reappeared with...

Revenge act sees Indonesian villagers slaughter hundreds of crocodiles

INDONESIAN authorities said a total of 292 crocodiles were allegedly killed by an angry mob at a crocodile farm in Sorong, West Papua, on Saturday...

Trump-Putin summit leaves wake of confusion, outrage in US

President Donald Trump's first summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin left a wake of confusion and outrage in the U.S. After a remarkable 45-minute...

Chinese mobile phone cameras are not-so-secretly recording users’ activities

IT has been widely reported that software and web applications made in China are often built with a “backdoor” feature, allowing the manufacturer...

Will Donald Trump betray US and EU in Putin talks?

What deal are Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin planning to make? Even before the summit in Helsinki, it's clear that the US president may sacrifice...

Trafika pri Starem mostu bo znova oživela

Trafika pri Starem mostu na desnem bregu Drave ne bo več dolgo zanemarjena propadala, ampak bo obnovljena dobila tudi vsebino. Kot je znano, je...

Pacientka v Slovenj Gradcu uspešno prestala inovativno operacijo

Na oddelku za splošno in abdominalno kirurgijo slovenjgraške splošne bolnišnice se je zgodila nova prelomnica, prvi v Sloveniji so 53-letni...

Don’t Soften It, Bury It

The attempts to legitimize and whitewash the nation-state bill do not cease. After President Reuven Rivlin, the attorney general, and the Knesset...

When giants go to war, the epic fallout is felt from Singapore to Seoul

With the world’s two biggest economies in an all-out brawl, it’s easy to miss important warning signs flashing in smaller ones. Take Singapore...

Remembering Israel’s move to install metal detectors at Al-Aqsa

What: Israel installed metal detectors at the entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Where: Jerusalem When: 16-25 July 2017 What happened? On 16...

(FOTO) Brez tega nikar na plažo: Nori trendi poletja 2018

1. Flamingo Lani se je vse vrtelo okoli samorogov in flamingov. Prvi še vedno ostajajo priljubljen način bega iz realnosti, drugi pa so letos...

Changing Syria’s demography

With the fall of Deraa last Friday, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will Bashar al-Assad and his ruling Ba’ath Party do with...

Učitelj smučanja: Tudi poleti na belih strminah

Nekako sicer velja, da so učitelji smučanja sezonski delavci, a tudi takšnih, predvsem iz trenerskih vrst, ne manjka, ki smučanje učijo povsem...

Grossmannov festival in filmska čarobnost navkljub grozljivkam

Morda je to majhen festival, ampak gre za velik projekt," pove Eva Žgajner, ki je del ožje ekipe grossmannovcev, ki so pravkar v Pomurju...

End of emergency rule could open a new page in Turkey

  Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül announced on July 16 that the state of emergency, which was declared two years ago immediately after...

RTFM: Orientacijski vodnik po internetščini

Se vam je kdaj pripetilo, da ste poslušali pogovor dveh najstnikov, celo prebirali dopisovanje med njima? Ste se pri tem počutili nekako tako, kot...

A correction in course with the United States

  We have not seen a bashing of the West from Turkish leadership during the electoral campaign period, a German businessman living in Turkey told...

Balinarski kolegi v bran obtoženemu umora

J ožef Jurič, obtožen umora prijatelja Zdravka Nadižavca, ki ga je mariborsko sodišče aprila letos obsodilo na kazen 20 let zapora, vendar sodba...

Announcing the Medium Term Program will not fix the market problem

Presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has announced economy was on the table in the first cabinet meeting of the new period and that the Medium...

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Principled Activists or Entitled Brats? What's Wrong With the Birthright Walk-outs

Birthright’s programs are essentially a gift the government of Israel and from wealthy American Jews. The goal of these protests may be noble:...

False stories unfairly blamed Toyama women for 1918 rice riot

It all started with a discussion session among women in a fishing village on the Sea of Japan coast. In July 100 years ago, a series of actions...

What is behind the crackdown on freedom of speech in Pakistan?

Last week, a journalist was suspended after he asked Pakistan's military spokesperson, Major General Asif Ghafoor, an uncomfortable question. "Now...

Is it time for a post-growth economy?

The crowds of protesters that confronted US President Donald Trump during his visit to London last week have channelled the world's outrage at all...

Plotting Japan’s energy future

On July 3, the Abe Cabinet approved a new national energy plan after receiving the final draft from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry....

INSIGHTS into the WORLD / Trump’s unsettling I.S.R.A.E.L. doctrine

The key points of U.S. President Donald Trump’s thinking on U.S. involvement in the Middle East can be best described with the acronym I.S.R.A.E.L....

Moscow blames Democratic ‘saboteurs’ ahead of crucial meeting

Analysis. The presidents of the US and Russia are expected to discuss Ukraine, Syria and possibly even Edward Snowden, though Putin’s spokesman...

Celebrations globally as France wins World Cup

RUSSIA 2018 is officially over, with France defeating Croatia 4-2 on Sunday to become the winners of the World Cup for the second time. The post...

In 1939, the Italians used mustard gas to massacre fleeing Ethiopians

Reportage. In the ‘Cave of the Rebels,’ human bones and spent shells mark the spot where Italian fascists gassed thousands of men, women and...

Japan should end nuke fuel recycling plan, admit failure

The Japan-U.S. Nuclear Cooperation Agreement completes its initial term of 30 years on July 16, whereupon the pact is renewed automatically. The...

Trade war with China to make Make America Great Again caps more expensive

HATS bearing US President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) will potentially double in price due rising...

Vaje iz demokracije

Nanj sem se spomnil, ko je bilo že prepozno. Tak bliskovit odziv v mojih letih ni redek. Bilo pa je takole. Voditeljica Odmevov me je povabila v...

Kahlon’s Smile Risks Becoming the Symbol of Israel's Apartheid

The finance minister’s support for the nation-state bill will distort the meaning of his party’s name, transforming “Kulanu” (all of us) to...

In times of trade war, who will buy Chinese goods? The Chinese

With trade disputes, currency spats, monetary uncertainty and a wavering world recovery, a perfect storm is brewing. That’s bad news for a global...

‘Just a PR stunt’: British cave rescuer slams Elon Musk’s submarine

ONE of the divers involved in saving 12 junior soccer players and their coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand has offered scathing...

Malaysia’s new central bank head is a buy signal

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Asians breathe 9 times more pollution than people in Europe, US

DRIVERS in Asia’s urban centres are exposed to up to nine times more air pollution than their counterparts in Europe or the United States, a new...

Singapore still on top of the world passport rankings

IF you’ve got a Singaporean passport, you can easily travel to the most countries in the world. The post Singapore still on top of the world...

Why Chinese tourists are cancelling Phuket bookings en masse

THE death of 47 people in a tragic boat accident in southern Thailand's resort island of Phuket earlier this month has led to a widescale...

The tools – and weapons – China can use for tech supremacy

Two weeks ago Abacus examined the extent to which China lags behind the world’s advanced economies in technological innovation, and looked at...

Potreboval je nekaj starega

Devetindvajsetletni Koprčan Dean Bombač bo še nekaj časa užival na počitnicah. Zanzibar je sicer že zamenjal za koprske plaže. Konec julija pa...

(FOTO) Rajanje v Parizu: Francija je na vrhu, to si morate zapomniti!

Hvala, Rusija, na svidenje, svetovno prvenstvo, Zemlja se lahko vrne v običajne tirnice. No, najprej je čas za zabavo. Evforija se v deželi...

Pohištvo v otroški sobi naj služi otroku

Opremljanje otroške sobe pri marsikaterih starših preraste v bolj ali manj posrečen projekt. Žal večina že v izhodišču naredi bistveno napako...

V New Yorku je odmevalo: Go, Go, Hrvatska!

Tudi v New Yorku so ljubitelji nogometa spremljali finale svetovnega prvenstva v nogometu.  Nogomet v ZDA ni šport številka ena, vendar pa so...

Jeepov wrangler: Sodobnejši in avtentičen

Poznamo žive in mrtve legende. Tudi v avtomobilski zgodovini. Jeepov wrangler zagotovo sodi med prve, četudi je leta 1986 spremenil ime. Wrangler...

Predsednika z zamudo

Ruski predsednik pred prvim uradnim srečanjem (doslej sta se Trump in Putin sicer srečala dvakrat ob robu drugih dogodkov, najmanj osemkrat pa...

Gostije pri speči Trnuljčici

Ko so možakarji v senci mogočnega drevesa na dvorišču pred gradom Borl okušali golaže iz ovčjega in kozjega mesa, sem že vedela, da je tisti...

Priznanje roparja za milejšo kazen

Za štiri rope, preprečitev uradnega dejanja uradni osebi in nedovoljeno proizvodnjo in promet z orožjem ali eksplozivom si je Koprčan Oleg Đajić...

Akcija redarjev: Prvič opozorilo, nato 200 evrov globe

Številne kršitve določil so razlog, da so se v mariborskem medobčinskem inšpektoratu in redarstvu odločili za poostren nadzor nad kolesarji...

Trump in Putin, ogenj in led

Pričakovalo se je dolgo in veliko, prineslo pa (sorazmerno) malo: današnje srečanje predsednikov ZDA in Rusije, Donalda Trumpa in Vladimirja...

Wages aren’t rising; these theories could explain why

WASHINGTON – It’s a mystery. The U.S. economy seems strong. Since the nadir of the Great Recession, employers have added about 19 million workers....

If the Palestinians Don’t Want to Lose Everything

Debate over the Palestinians’ intentions and the missed opportunities no longer matters. Whatever they sought in the past doesn’t matter anymore....

The Right Name for Jewish Terrorists

A terrorist is someone who fights for a cause that is not accepted by the ruling authorities, and is willing to sacrifice innocent civilians as...

As Trump engages Putin, his deal with Kim collapses

As US President Donald Trump sits down for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, he doesn't seem to have much to show for a month and...

Robots will make life grim for the working class

SAN FRANCISCO – Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and one of the pioneers of the world wide web, once declared: “The spread of computers and...

Case for compromise amid Brexit chaos

Compromise is the loveliest word in democratic politics and beyond — in lasting relationships, labor disputes, international relations. British...

Why we need a food revolution

LONDON – In 1984, I gathered the most successful musicians of the time to form a “supergroup” called Band Aid to raise money for famine relief...

Ďalšie dobré roky?

Existuje však veľa dôvodov, aby sa Trump postupne vrátil od činov k rečiam. Riziká krízy stále sú, ale nateraz niet dôvod na paniku....

Cave rescue highlights the positive power of globalism

BERLIN/NEW YORK – It is often, falsely and cynically, argued that there is no such thing as a “global community.” The events near Chang Rai —...

When a monopoly may be the lesser of two evils

Nobody likes a monopoly, or a dual monopoly in the case of power supply in Hong Kong. The fact that two of the city’s leading business families...

Live the dream: wild swimming Korea

By Andrew Salmon Sometimes, a book starts a movement. So it was with "Waterlog" (1999) by the late British environmentalist Roger Deakin. The book...

Nova obtožnica proti Rotniku

Uroša Rotnika, nekdanjega direktorja Termoelektrarne Šoštanj, bomo v prihodnjih mesecih in letih očitno še veliko srečevali po sodiščih...

In Helsinki, Trump and Putin Just Ripped Europe Apart. The Consequences Will Be Catastrophic

America constructed and sustained a post-war Europe 'whole, free, and at peace,' a liberal order that allowed America itself to flourish. But a...

Fossil-Fuel Doublespeak

BERLIN – Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, too many policymakers have fallen for the oil and gas industry’s rhetoric about how...

The British History of Brexit

LONDON – Since June 23, 2016, when 52% of British voters backed withdrawing from the European Union, the “Brexit” debate has been tearing...

Od 1. septembra dalje bodo trgovine ob praznikih zaprte

Od 1. septembra ob praznikih v trgovinah ne bo več mogoče kupiti kruha in mleka. Trgovine bodo od jeseni ob praznikih zaprte. Tako je določeno v...

Arm in Arm, Trump and Putin Are Pulling Europe Apart. The Consequences Will Be Catastrophic

America constructed and sustained a post-war Europe 'whole, free, and at peace,' a liberal order that allowed America itself to flourish. But a...

(VIDEO) Ta navijač si bo zapomnil tekmo: Policisti so ga pregnali s trga

Že po polfinalnem obračunu z Angleži je šla njegova fotografija okoli sveta, v nedeljskem finalu pa si je Velislav Milosavljević mislil, da...

(FOTO) O, mama! Nika Čukur pokazala nosečniški trebušček

Nova bodoča zvezdniška mamica na pohodu! Vse bližje in bližje sta Nika in 6Pack Čukur dnevu, ko bosta prvič postala starša in pričakovanje...

The private sector takeover of Iraq’s date palm groves

The wanton destruction of life in Iraq has extended into the country’s southern hinterland where state developers are bulldozing date palm groves...

Mesec po prihodu v zapor so ga vrhovni sodniki izpustili

Afera o oškodovanju mariborske družbe Dom Smreka, zaradi katere sta bila podjetnika Samid Osmanović in Danilo Goričan obsojena na tri leta zapora,...

(VIDEO in FOTO) V Zagrebu po tekmi: Kopanje v fontani, kaos na cestah

Trg bana Jelačića je bil poln pozno v noč. V središču mesta so se po tekmi zbrali tudi tisti, ki so poslednje dejanje prvenstva spremljali po...

NATO summit raises more questions in its wake

The obstreperous and much publicised presence of U.S. President Donald Trump during the NATO summit in Brussels last week has given us plenty of...

Israeli snipers and air raids leave 4 Palestinians dead

Report. In the worst day of strikes since 2014, the Israelis ran 45 bombings and launched 60 missiles. The Palestinians flew incendiary kites,...

Erdoğan reforms Turkish military radically

With a decree issued on the Official Gazette on July 15, President Tayyip Erdoğan has placed Turkey’s chief of General Staff under the Defense...

Europe’s fears about Trump-Putin summit

As if the war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of other NATO member countries this week weren’t bad enough for...

What stage are the coup cases at on the second anniversary of July 15, 2016?

Two years have passed since the July 2016 failed coup attempt. In these two years, important progress has been made regarding the trial processes...

Celebrating the new Turkey

The third anniversary of the July 15 coup attempt and its defeat is celebrated with special pomp this year since it is the first public event of...