Speculators will make hay from great Australian economic crash while workers pay the price

The performance of the Australian stock market relative to its American equivalent since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) shows the difference...

What if the world started using US logic in its relations with America?

Last Thursday was quite an unusual day. The US didn’t impose new sanctions on anyone. Not unless I missed it while I was lying on my sofa with...

‘Be careful about what you believe’ – Ken Livingstone on US, UK media bias & lies

Growing up after the Second World War our news was dominated by the threat from the Soviet Union, but when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 I...

Kako se bo nova vlada lotila revščine

Odprava absolutne revščine mora biti prioriteta prihodnje vlade, dostojno življenje je treba zagotoviti vsem, tudi tistim, ki si ga ne morejo...

What use is rising life expectancy when elderly care is a disgrace?

For millennia, humans have been trying to defeat death, and some might say we are winning the battle. Through advances in medical care it has...

Šarec razrezal kadrovsko pogačo: Gospodarski resor ostaja pod SMC, SD tri ministrstva

Novoizvoljeni predsednik vlade Marjan Šarec je danes nadaljeval pogovore o sestavi prihodnje vlade z ostalimi prvaki strank nastajajoče koalicije....

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Ganljivo snidenje po 65 letih

Včeraj se je po več kot šestdesetih letih znova srečalo 89 družin iz obeh Korej, ki so bile ločene med korejsko vojno v letih 1950 do 1953....

Grčija spet stoji na lastnih nogah

Grčija je danes po osmih letih uradno izstopila iz tretjega programa pomoči iz leta 2015. V Bruslju za ta program in za njegova predhodnika iz...

A world without the White House

I said in an earlier article that Trump has put the world through a tough training course in preparation for a post-American domination world after...

Brata Dragić spregovorila o druženju z Miloradom Dodikom

V torek, 14. avgusta, se je predsedniku Republike srbske Miloradu Dodiku mudilo. Le par ur po govoru v skupščini, na kateri so uradno zanikali...

Turistom plačilo samoumevno, domačinom ne

Eno težjih vprašanj v turizmu je oblikovanje cen, ugotavlja direktor Postojnske jame Marjan Batagelj. Vedno je namreč treba imeti v mislih, da cena...

Cene naših lepot - vstopnine od Ptuja do Logarske doline

Ptujski grad s svojimi bogatimi zbirkami, med njimi so kar štiri nacionalnega pomena, in z navdušujočim razgledom s ploščadi na spodnjem...

Plastika: Lažna dilema med varovanjem okolja in željami potrošnikov

Po le dobrem stoletju, odkar je človeštvo prvič odkrilo potencial plastike, smo je proizvedli že skoraj devet milijard ton, ki se bodo razkrajale...

‘Live like a local’: Tourism’s new (and misguided) obsession 

There seems to be a rise in interest among tourists to sign up for activities that promise they would get to experience living "like a local". But...

Pregnant New Zealand minister bikes to hospital to deliver baby

New Zealand’s Women’s Minister Julie Anne Genter just performed an astonishing feat at 42 weeks pregnant - ride a bicycle... to the hospital...

What did Kofi Annan mean to Southeast Asia?

KOFI ANNAN meant different things to different people. In his ten years as UN secretary general, and in his work that followed, Annan left his mark...

Why Is Anti-Semitism Returning to Germany?

BERLIN – Though the British Labour Party’s anti-Semitism scandal has dominated headlines of late, there is a more profound debate with the same...

Threats against Al-Aqsa and Israel’s Judaisation policy

The Israeli occupation authorities expelled all of the Muslim worshippers and closed the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem between the...

The Upcoming Inter-Korean Summit Raises the Stakes for Moon Jae-in

Earlier this year, the world eagerly anticipated what was once a rare event: an inter-Korean summit. Following just two previous meetings –...

Naftali Bennett's Gaza Warmongering

Education Minister Naftali Bennett is convinced that Israel’s indirect negotiations with Hamas over a long-term truce in the Gaza Strip are sowing...

Modi promotes nationalist voice in economic policy

Kubanci v Bovcu: "Poskušal sem priti do notranje ministrice. Razočaran sem, da še ni reagiral predsednik države"

Petkov dogodek, za katerega so v Bovcu poskrbeli tamkajšnji policisti, še vedno odmeva v javnosti. Kot je znano, je policija obravnavala večjo...

Od tega tedna Maribor brez redne letalske linije

Potem ko je pretekli petek  iz Maribora v München in naprej v Antwerpen še zadnjič poletel 50-sedežni fokker, ostaja Maribor ponovno brez...

Za rakom so umrli. Tudi kuharica v podjetju

Pogovarjamo se, ko spet velja, da v podjetju Albaugh ne bodo izdelovali, sintetizirali glifosata. Nekateri to napačno interpretirajo, da ga ne...

Malaysian authorities in frantic search for missing radioactive device

MALAYSIAN authorities are scrambling to search for a 23kg Radioactive Dispersal Device (RDD) which they fear could fall into the hands of...

Hamas Is Desperate for a Deal With Israel. Here’s Proof

That Hebrew message Hamas sent Israelis wasn’t exactly a threat. It was a plea for a cease-fire before Gaza descends into chaos

Are politicians in Southeast Asia too old?

PLATO once touted the values of gerontocracy, a form of oligarchical rule in which an entity is ruled by leaders who are significantly older than...

Why the West shouldn’t underestimate China’s innovation prowess

Maybe the West does suffer an “illusion of Chinese innovation”. It best not, however, suffer an illusion that there is low-quality Chinese...

Kofi Annan’s Achievement

CANBERRA – Kofi Annan deserves to be remembered as a near-exemplary United Nations secretary-general (SG). Great chief executives need a guiding...

Why Singapore’s Hsien Loong broke down last Sunday

SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's usually stoic demeanour cracked on Sunday as he addressed the city-state during the annual National Day...

Turkey’s crisis shows a deeper disease – and Asia is infected

As Turkey’s lira crisis has deepened over the last few weeks, businesspeople and investors around Asia have asked themselves whether Turkey’s...

Why Trump’s trade war aimed at foreign investment in China

The US-China trade war may seem to revolve around the United States’ colossal trade deficit with China, but it actually hinges on investment....

Trener Ilke Štuhec: Operirano koleno? To je končana zgodba!

Smučarski trener Grega Koštomaj bo najboljšo slovensko smučarko Ilko Štuhec danes odpeljal v Južno Ameriko, v Čile. Tam bo ekipa, v kateri so...

Dobrega stotaka za šest znamenitosti

Za ogled največjih znamenitosti v New Yorku, mestu, ki nikoli ne spi, ponujajo več paketov. Eden je New York City Pass. Za ogled skupno šestih...

Kofi Annan kot kapetan "brazilske reprezentance"

Svet žaluje za nekdanjim generalnim sekretarjem Združenih narodov Kofijem Annanom, ki je po krajši bolezni umrl v soboto v bolnišnici v Švici,...

Australia -- the unlucky country?

Is the specter of ethnic cleansing coming to India?

NEW DELHI – Seventy-one years after the partition of India, and 47 years after the former East Pakistan became Bangladesh, one of the legacies of...

U.S. needs a cyberforce before a space force

NEW YORK – Sadly, the proposal for a new U.S. Space Force has become a punchline on late-night TV. It is being battered as a needless new...

A New Model of Human Security

MADRID – It is becoming increasingly clear that globalization progresses not steadily, but through ups and downs. Currently, it appears to be in...

History lesson

By John Burton Koreans as well as many Americans are bewildered by the actions of Donald Trump. But perhaps the best way to understand him is that...

INSIGHTS into the WORLD / A walk to connect cancer survivors

I feel so thrilled after recently finishing a 3,500-kilometer nationwide journey on foot called the “Trans-Japan Walk in Support of Cancer...

'The Spy Gone North'

By Stephen Costello "The Spy Gone North," the new movie by director Yoon Jong-bin, is slow-moving and lacks the shock and awe of almost any other...

Japan’s first plea bargain case raises questions for prosecutors

Japan’s newly introduced plea bargain system has started with the first deal under the system recently struck between public prosecutors and a...