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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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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 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...

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...

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,...

Which countries are leading the 5G race? Hint: They’re all in Asia

First adopters embracing 5G will gain a competitive edge over the others and it looks like China is leading the way, trailed only by other advanced...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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…

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

China's vaccine scandals must trigger deeper health care reforms

Vietnam's cybersecurity law threatens free trade

So long and thanks for all the fish: Rich nations and the fishing monopoly

RECENT research found that, despite having expanded into 90 percent of the world’s oceans, the industrial fishing fleets of the top 20 fishing...

Discrimination against women continues

On Aug. 7, Tokyo Medical University admitted to unfavorably manipulating female test-takers’ scores on the general entrance exam for its school...

EU ‘disinfo-busting’ outlet targets ‘Russophiles’ in McCarthyist campaign to push own narrative

EU DisinfoLab, whose raison d’etre is to “fight disinformation with innovative methodology,” published a report about “hyperactive” Twitter...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...