Cashin’ in on wokeness: Glamour mag praised slim, now celebrates ‘body positive’. One thing unchanged, women’s looks targeted

The ‘self-love’ issue features cover stars including Sophia Hadjipanteli, owner of distinctively bushy eyebrows and founder of #UnibrowMovement,...

Persecution in the Spirit of the Times

Deputy Attorney General Raz Nizri ordered a criminal investigation on Thursday against left-wing activist Jonathan Pollak for an article he...

Chaos nás neminie

Ak je naša dedukcia správna, tak šéf SNS naznačil, že polarizácia medzi centristickými liberálmi a kotlebovcami môže viesť k povolebnému...

Uphill battle against virus

Tighter quarantine needed to prevent local infection It is getting harder and harder to contain the spread of the new coronavirus here. The...

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Bloomberg's debate falls short of his ads' promise

By Martin Schram This we know: $300 million worth of TV and digital media ads, gushing into our homes and across our news screens, can rocket even...

Moronic fan minority undermine their own legitimate points

This week has seen good and bad from German football fans, as solidarity against racism was followed by a brainless banner. It's right Gladbach...

Európske spojenectvá

"Po prvý raz nebola problém len V4, ako to zvykne bývať, ale 17 krajín si udržalo jednotný postup. Jedným hlasom sme oznámili, že...

Samsung's bid for transparency

IT giant names outside director as board chairman Samsung Electronics' appointment of an outside director as board chairman is a step in the right...

Indonesia's Jokowi must use popularity to remake the economy

President has numbers in person and in parliament to pass radical reforms

Slovenské poľnohospodárstvo: Nahota, drahota

To, čo sa odohralo v priebehu posledných tridsiatich rokov, nemá azda obdobu v celej Európe. Krajina, ktorá prešla strastiplnou...

Longest dynasties

By Mark Peterson I've written about this previously, but the more I think about it, and work on it, I find new dimensions to the idea. Almost all...

Bong Joon-ho for president?

Bong Joon-ho, director of Oscar-winning "Parasite," laughs during a press conference in Seoul, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Bong said Wednesday "the...

Find value in our lives

By Michael P. Downey Ah well, it was a huge night at the Oscars with Bong Joon-ho sweeping the major categories, including best picture and best...

China's digital revolution in bank lending

By Huang Yiping BEIJING ― China's economy is growing at is lowest rate in over 30 years, but if the country's nearly 40 million small and...

Can Michael Bloomberg make America proud again?

BERLIN – One long-held truism of American politics held that no woman, no black and no Jew needs to try to run for president of the United...

NATO and the UN must decide if they are standing by, or simply bystanders

Tensions have risen rapidly in north-west Syria following the killing of yet another Turkish soldier by Russian-backed regime forces. The Turkish...

The coronavirus scare in Seoul: how viral hysteria kills science and policy

A worker wearing protective gear disinfects chairs as a precaution against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. AP...

‘Office’ star John Krasinski has to defend himself from the worst accusation in modern Hollywood — being a conservative

‘The Office’ star Krasinski has been on the defensive while making the promotional rounds for his latest film, ‘A Quiet Place Part II’, which...

From Japan to the United Kingdom, the world loves hosting U.S. troops

NEW YORK – The United States has a global military footprint that is second to none, and one of the most visible aspects of that footprint is a...

I want to believe

By Adam Borowski "I want to believe" ― the famous poster hanging on the wall of Fox Mulder's FBI office. I have been fascinated by the...

We Arab Americans and Muslims Are Voting for Bernie. Because He's Jewish

I'm a Palestinian Arab American. My father is a Palestinian Christian. My mother is a Palestinian Muslim. (They're hippies, obviously.) Both of my...

Trump Visits India: Shared Values and a Humiliation for Unhinged Modi Haters

Opinion makers, especially in Israel, should be careful not to fall prey to the propaganda of India's opposition circles against Prime Minister...

Does Bernie Sanders Really Have a 'Principled, Progressive' Foreign Policy?

What would a progressive foreign policy actually look like? With Sen. Bernie Sanders near the top of the Democratic field, this question suddenly...

John Pilger: Julian Assange must be freed, not betrayed

People will carry pictures of the Australian publisher and journalist Julian Assange who, on 24 February, faces a court that will decide whether or...

Coronavirus: to Chinese democracy what Chernobyl was to glasnost?

The novel coronavirus outbreak has become a major test of just how much China has and hasn’t changed since the severe acute respiratory syndrome...

Big data won’t save you from COVID-19

NEW YORK – How often do you see a piece of economic or financial information revised upward by 45 percent? And how reliable would you regard a...

Should We Trust Washington's "More Peaceful" Approach to Central Asia?

In spite of promises made by US President Donald Trump during his previous election campaign about focusing on the internal problems of the United...

Coronavirus Inflames Israel's Endemic anti-Asian Racism Problem

Of the many places I’ve traveled to and lived in, never have I experienced more racism than in the Middle East, and more specifically, in...

Himna nedovršenosti

Nikomur pri zdravi pameti, še najmanj pa menda veliki pevki ni moglo pasti na pamet, v kaj bi se utegnil sprevreči protokolarni dogodek umestitve...

Fears over coronavirus threaten globalization rule book

As the Ebola virus ravaged West Africa in 2014, civilian air traffic in and out of the most affected countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia almost...

Democrats resurrect ‘Russiagate’ to go after both Trump and Bernie Sanders, hide their own election trickery

Moscow is now supposedly helping Bernie Sanders in the 2020 US presidential election – that is, if you believe the anonymously sourced Washington...

Intimna opcija

Stvar je škandalozna in zahteva oster odziv. Toda to je samo eden v celem bloku prispevkov o "antijanšizmu", polnih nagnusne zlorabe pojmov in...

The IDF Spirit: These Aren’t Human Beings. They’re Palestinians

We ought to thank the driver of the military tractor who went crazy on the streets of Kfar Qaddum the other day, even give him a citation: He drew...

Gantz, Don’t Shy Away From a Debate, the Public Can Handle It

“Bibi, you know that people, including some of your best friends, don’t believe you. What was it that Arik Sharon said about you? That you...

The Temple Mount Express Has Already Left the Station

The messianic-nationalistic dialogue about the Temple Mount did not seep into any of the main television newscasts but whoever reads the opinion...

Thailand has become #Juntaland

The banning of Thai opposition party Future Forward illustrates the country's lack of separation of powers. It is time to acknowledge Thailand's...

Why the latest hardline drug proposal in Italy is the wrong approach

Commentary. If we free ourselves from the obsession with punishment, it might be possible to reorient both human resources and economic resources...

Remembering to Say What We Need

Sometimes, when we are finally thriving, it can be easy to occasionally forget about our mental health condition, and blissfully slip into what I...

No short cuts when it comes to safeguarding against infection

The health ministry on Feb. 20 urged the public and event organizers to think twice about holding large-scale events due to concerns about...

Why not skip packed ‘hanami’ sites and enjoy nature at is best?

It feels this winter is definitely giving way to spring far earlier than usual. This is probably making cherry blossoms impatient to get their...

Budget debate reveals deep rifts in the EU

The quarreling between thrifty contributors and demanding recipients is not just about money, but something deeper. No resolution is in sight for...

Japan, Australia and Britain should forge closer security ties in a fast-changing world PREMIUM

GNLF global youth forum ponders ‘community’ in an era of division PREMIUM

Why Did I Say That?

A few weeks ago, I was in line to buy a bottle of wine when I heard the young man in front of me tell the sales clerk he didn’t have a driver’s...

The coronavirus is no Chernobyl, but a wake-up call for China’s top-down autocratic rule

Back in November 2016 at the 3rd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen of Zhejiang Province, Li Bin, then China’s health minister, told a roomful of...

Virus brings two foes together, Japan and China

As China faces increasing isolation, with some countries closing off borders over coronavirus fears, an unlikely friend has emerged -- historical...

WHO should demand more of China

KUALA LUMPUR – Late last month, the World Health Organization began offering to send an international team of experts to China to observe and...

The violent mythology of the extreme right

Commentary. Germany has a serious problem, long underestimated, which is taking the form of a neo-Nazi insurgency, not without inroads among law...