Netanyahu Isn't Satan nor Sacrificial Lamb, but a Wounded Animal

Vstanú noví bojovníci?

Keď Richard Sulík v r. 2010 priviedol do parlamentu dovtedy neznámeho Igora Matoviča, nik netušil, čo sa z neho časom vykľuje. Ktovie,...

Coronavirus shock exposes Asian governments' addiction to remittances

Money which overseas workers send home has prevented needed reforms

Basic income: done deal?

By Gwynne Dyer World War I speeded up the emancipation of women; World War II led to the creation of welfare states in all the industrialized...

Stay-home request spurs a reading revival

Kizugawa, Kyoto Pref. – In many urban areas of Japan, people were recently urged to stay home for weeks on in the fight to contain the spread of...

Central Asia’s Diverse COVID-19 Responses

BISHKEK – COVID-19’s impact on my country, Kyrgyzstan, first hit home for me on March 19, when my son arrived at Bishkek’s international airport...

The ‘Palestinian emirates’ will shatter any notion of unity

In the aftermath of the Palestinian Authority’s decision to “split” from the agreements reached with Israel, a large number of Israeli...

China, WHO and Hong Kong

By John J. Metzler The World Health Organization (WHO) held its annual Assembly with barely a mention of the member state which brought this U.N....

Sloboda po prejave

Možno by sa americký prezident Donald Trump mal s takými ľuďmi porozprávať. Azda by sa ich mal opýtať, či za potláčanie slobody...

Withdrawal of Patriot Missiles from Saudi Arabia Only the First Step

Many questions have been asked over the years about the special relationship between Saudi Arabia and the West. Despite the murder of Washington...

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Elderly Population

The COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world revealed not only the vulnerabilities in social policies implemented by various countries, and...

A Pill for Social Pain. Really??

As a clinical physician far more accustomed to reading and writing about physical ailments than emotional ones, I found myself captivated by an...

Bibi's Partners Aren’t Stupid. They Know Annexation Won't Happen

Nuclear delusions fuel North Korean ambitions

North Korea warned this week that it was strengthening its “nuclear war deterrence.” Experts don’t know what that means, but they are worried....

What Should We Be Preparing For?

CAMBRIDGE – Suppose you knew that a hurricane was coming, but meteorologists were uncertain if it would make landfall as a Category 2 or a Category...

The annexation in the controversy of the Israeli right

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed during the Likud meeting in the Knesset on 25 May that he does not intend to change the date set...

COVID-19 gives Palestinians a chance to improve their mental health services

The COVID-19 pandemic has the seeds for a mental health crisis around the world; in Palestine it highlights pre-existing challenges in mental...

The vegan chef leading Germany’s far-right anti-lockdown protests

Report. A network of German extremists led by Attila Hildmann is uniting conspiracy theorists, neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, “citizens of the...

Specter of currency war

Yuan's depreciation could wreck Korean economy The escalating rivalry between the U.S. and China is prompting a Cold War that could revive new...

The right economic response to the COVID-19 crisis

As was widely feared, the serious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy has become increasingly clear. The gross domestic product in the...

COVID-19 offers chance to halt Iran's practice of taking Western hostages

By Trudy Rubin The COVID-19 pandemic has beamed a spotlight on Iran's barbaric practice of hostage diplomacy. In this dirty game, U.S. and...

Healthy settling of the #MeToo

By Song Sang-yep The impact of the #MeToo movement on Korean society has been enormous. Companies widely recognize sexual harassment as a crime....

Why we're 'not all in this together'

By Christine Flowers So many of us are parked in front of our television sets these days, more out of necessity than desire. After hundreds of...

Bayern Munich have title in the bag as Borussia Dortmund throw it away again

Bayern Munich's victory against Borussia Dortmund means an eighth straight Bundesliga title beckons for the Bavarians. While they deserve the...

Naftová krivda

Softvér bol aktivovaný len počas emisných testov. Na cestách tvorbu emisií neovplyvňoval a vďaka tomu mali motory v realite vyšší výkon a...

Lufthansa bailout shows Germany has learned nothing from the pandemic

COVID-19 has taught us that individuals and governments can act together for the greater good. In bailing out Lufthansa, the German government is...

Trump y la compra de Groenlandia

La configuración territorial de Estados Unidos fue producto de colonizaciones, invasiones, y compra de territorios: Lusiana, California, Florida,...

Para una gobernanza económica global

La crisis que sacude al mundo ha dejado al desnudo la inexistencia de una gobernanza global. La dimensión más evidente es la sanitaria. La...

Cuarentena mirando al futuro

Hacia 1665 Inglaterra enfrentó la peste bubónica, que provocó más de 100.000 muertes en este país. Producto de la necesaria cuarentena, la...

In Dog Years

In December, 2011 I wrote a post titled “For the Love of a Dog,”  In it I wrote how much I wanted to adopt a dog to give her a loving home and...

Is ‘Soros’ Now the World’s Most Versatile, Dangerous Conspiracy Theory?

George Soros, financier, Jew and donor to liberal causes, is the initial target of conspiracy theories bearing his name. But as both the hard left...

Boris Johnson leaves the dirty work to everyone else

London – An awkward question hangs over the COVID-19-shuttered world of Downing Street. At his daily morning meeting, Boris Johnson, back to full...

Omar Al-Mukhtar’s Libya is now fighting a global proxy war

As I have said before, I was counting on the Libyan heroes of the February Revolution to continue their struggle against the reckless criminal...

The IMF can help prevent a COVID-19 economic catastrophe

Helpful steps were taken to provide assistance to developing countries grappling with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis at the...

Climate Targets and Industry Participation in the Recovery

COPENHAGEN – The COVID-19 pandemic must not lead governments to lower their climate ambitions. Accelerating the transition to a low-carbon...

How to Protect Refugees in a Pandemic

KAMPALA – Perhaps the most effective health interventions in the battle against COVID-19 so far have been behavioral: social distancing and...

Khashoggi’s fiancée is right to reject his family’s pardon for his killers 

Over the past couple of weeks Saudi Arabia has upped the ante with regard to retaliation against the family members of political dissenters in the...

Japan's government gets no credit for coronavirus response

Slow start and out-of-touch prime minister have aggravated public

Janša in antinacionalisti z levice na isti strani?

Vprašanje je: Kaj potem? Kaj potem, ko bo ta neizvoljena vlada šla? Ne kaže namreč, da se bo obdržala. Ko se predsednik vlade spušča v javna...

China faces challenging times as it forgoes GDP target

The joylessness of sex: AIDS caused a fear of intimate contact and Covid-19 could turn us into a world of w**kers

Bookmakers predicted that the lockdown would lead to a baby boom, but according to Laxman Narasimhan, the owner of Durex condoms, people are having...

En el juego de la vida

Si usted es de los que piensa que toda persona que ingresa a la cárcel acusado de algo, pierde todos sus derechos e incluso merece morir por lo que...

The end of Europe’s Chinese dream

Berlin – A paradigm shift is taking place in relations between the European Union and China. The COVID-19 crisis has triggered a new debate...

The Isle of Eigg and the possibilities of building a new economy

In 1997, the inhabitants of the tiny Hebridean Isle of Eigg finally succeeded in taking collective control of their island. Tensions had been...