Netanyahu has dug himself into a hole in a graveyard full of untruths

Benjamin Netanyahu has dived headlong into the furore engulfing Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, revealing the most blatant meddling to-date by...

How the trade war raises the spectre of a ‘China collapse’

The “China collapse theory” was popular in the international community 10 years ago. However, with China becoming the world’s second-largest...

71 years of Pakistan’s independence

By turning the pages of history a fact reveals that Muslims have vast history of…

Cvikl na Ptujski Gori o pomenu zaupanja in sodelovanja

Danes se je ob prazniku Marijinega vnebovzetja na maši, ki jo je na Ptujski Gori vodil mariborski nadškof in metropolit Alojzij Cvikl, zbralo okoli...

Abe et al take note

Tweeting is a daily hobby of Kikuko Mizoi, an 84-year-old resident of Higashi Matsuyama, Saitama Prefecture. She tweets about flowers in her...

Disagreement or estrangement between Ghannouchi and Essebsi?

For the first time since their alliance, the leader of the Ennahda Movement in Tunisia, Rached Ghannouchi, has refused to respond to the request of...

V Mozirski gaj na ogled cvetja, eksotičnih ptic in pitonov

Mozirski gaj je te dni še posebno barvit in cvetoč. Tam namreč od danes in vse do nedelje, 19. avgusta, poteka razstava rezanega cvetja, po...

Where Life Is Cheap in Israel

Construction workers in Israel are dying like flies, and nobody seems to care. Two Palestinian workers and one from China were killed on Monday in...

Indonesia polls: Jokowi’s social media presence overwhelms Prabowo’s by far

INDONESIAN President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's presence on social media far outweighs that of his sole opponent, Prabowo Subianto, barely a month...

Will Thailand’s Prayuth remain in politics? Find out in September

IN September, Thailand will know whether or not Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha will continue to play an active role in politics. The post Will...

Vietnam's cybersecurity law threatens free trade

The abandoned children of Daesh fighters in Libya

At the height of its strength in Libya, Daesh controlled the coastal city of Sirte, about 500 kilometres east of Tripoli, having amassed a sizeable...

China needs to be ready as the trade war goes from bad to worse

In contrast with the progress seen in United States-European Union negotiations, there are no signs of trade talks resuming between the US and...

Škoda širi ponudbo: Karoq na dva načina

Širitev palete z dvema modelskima verzijama zdaj ni več nič novega pri Čehih – podobno strategijo so ubrali pri drugih novejših modelih, pri...

Compromising on the resistance

It remains difficult to understand that the Hamas resistance seems satisfied and responsive to the so-called Egyptian role in the proposed...

The Palestinian Flag Is Not Mine

The Palestinian flag is in practice the flag of Yasser Arafat. No one asked the opinion of the Palestinian citizens of Israel when it was made the...

Letters to the Editor: Corbyn, the Labour Party and Border Detentions

Over the top about Corbyn  In response to “Corbyn for Prime Minister of Britain” (Gideon Levy, Opinion, August 9).  Has Gideon Levy gone mad?...

How your personality affects your paycheck

NEW YORK – What makes really smart people tick? Why do some end up earning so much more than others? And how much do these disparate outcomes have...

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Many areas in Japan have experienced extreme heat this summer. Temperature have risen to record levels around 40 degrees in many places and large...

How could Turkey overcome its currency woes?

Not long ago it would have been deemed inconceivable to see Turkey, a long-standing US ally and staunch member of NATO, in the list of countries...

A Muslim American political renaissance?

Shortly after   winning   her hotly contested primary for US Congress, Michigan's Rashida Tlaib immediately packed her bags and headed northwest,...

Business Schools in the APAC producing job-ready graduates

“We should focus our mind on the future, not the past,” quipped Chinese President, Xi Jinping, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in...

The Erdogan-Trump rivalry turns dangerous

Turkey is a country in crisis, the Lira's freefall being a case in point. President Erdogan needs to tackle this, but a diplomatic row with the US...

Why Elon Musk sees shareholders as a distraction

What is it that Elon Musk, Tesla’s boss, did not understand when he sought a public listing for his company? Clearly, he seems confused over the...

China ramps up spending as trade war bites, weighing on its debt burden

Governments use economic stimulus packages to boost growth and lead an economy out of a recession or slowdown, even though the interventionist...

Westminster blues: Could the UK authorities do more to make citizens safe from terrorist attacks?

If you had a feeling of deja vu when seeing the headlines about a car-ramming incident at Westminster on Tuesday morning, then it's hardly...

Dr. Gabrijelčič: "Stare mostove je treba porušiti"

Avtocestni viadukt v Genovi naj bi se bil po prvih domnevah zrušil zaradi dotrajanosti, popustila naj bi bila njegova konstrukcija. Je to edini...

Zlatko Kaučič v galeriji Uffizi v Firencah

V znameniti galeriji Uffizi v Firencah poteka ob torkih zvečer od junija do konca septembra poseben program nastopov v živo, na katerih predvsem...

V taboru Maribora: Pred nami je cilj, ki je dosegljiv

V polnem Ljudskem vrtu se nam obeta evropska tekma, ki jih je NK Maribor v poletnih mesecih v zadnjem desetletju igral mnogo. Toda tokratno...

Turkey Opts for Economic Warfare Over Economic Policies

Like other authoritarian leaders such as in Iran and Venezuela, Erdogan would rather fight untouchable enemies than deal with problems

Niger and Germany – a questionable friendship

In its efforts to staunch the flow of migrants from Africa, Germany sees Niger as a key partner. But it risks supporting a president who is...

Yellow ribbon torn as infighting erupts

The summer heat must be getting into people’s heads. How else can you explain why some of the city’s most prominent public figures are going at...

Erdoğan’s Authoritarian Quackery

TBILISI – Why do conspiracy theories and general charlatanism so often receive their strongest support from the world’s dictators? Sure, dictators...

How Europe Can Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Power

PARIS – US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker may have averted a trade war last month, but the...

In Australia, women were always central to the growth of professional work

IN THE LATE 19th century, a very small percentage of Australians in the workforce – around 3 percent – worked in professional occupations like...

Confronting Journalism’s Misogynistic Trolls

LONDON – Before the Internet revolutionized how news was gathered and shared, journalists rarely had to worry about the threat of virtual...

The booby-trappers and the trapped

Terrorist attacks have returned to Jordan, but this time on a more professional level than in the past (except for the 2005 Amman hotel bombings,...

We all need to work together to create a better future for Asia

As always on this day, Japan is marking the anniversary of its defeat in World War II. This Aug. 15 is the 73rd anniversary. But even after all...

While China and Australia may bicker, they will never actually divorce

Australian-China relations are going through something of a rocky patch. Ever since Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull proposed new laws...

Israel’s Mass Obedience Experiment, and Gaza Loses

This study is much more successful than the famous experiment carried out by social psychologist Stanley Milgram 55 years ago, and the Israelis are...

Doba digitalizacije odlično ubija dolgčas

Običajno se vse začne že s pomanjkanjem prtljažnega prostora, kajti zmeraj se najde še kos prtljage ki ga je nujno treba vzeti s seboj. Za to...

The Zero-Sum Economy

LONDON – Across the global economy, the potential for automation seems huge. Adidas’ “Speedfactory” in Bavaria will employ 160 workers to...

Commentary: Why Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ plan won’t curb Iran

The first round of what US President Donald Trump called “the most biting sanctions ever imposed” against Tehran went into effect on August 7....

Sezonski delavci: "Na delo grem raje v Avstrijo"

Že čez dober teden, najkasneje pa konec meseca, se bo v nasadih jablan začelo obiranje pridelka, malo za tem tudi v vinogradih. Pridelovalci že...

Caning for lesbian sex? That’s torture, say Malaysian rights groups

A COALITION of human rights and civil society groups in Malaysia has denounced a religious court's decision to sentence two women to caning for...

The West Must Face Reality in Turkey

NEW YORK – Now that Turkey is at loggerheads with its erstwhile ally, the United States, the country’s currency crisis has morphed into a...