Effective policy actions needed to tackle growing plastic waste

Environmental groups in Japan recently urged the Japanese government to focus more on creating a society that produces and consumes much less...

Enhanced social protection an opportunity Asia-Pacific must grasp

In the fight against COVID-19, success has so far been defined by responses in Asia and the Pacific. Many countries in our region have been hailed...

Respect those immune to virus, advises novel on 1918 pandemic

While the Spanish flu raged in autumn 1918, author Naoya Shiga (1883-1971) repeatedly ordered his family and servants to avoid crowds and refrain...

Selma and the 'Mud-Snail Fairy'

By Bernard Rowan Recently, I listened again to the song "Broken Wings", recorded in the 1980s by Mr. Mister, an American group. The song is a...

How to Govern the New Digital Domain

MADRID/MONTREAL – Today, as our economic and social lives increasingly move online owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital and physical...

Futile search for duo leadership in Europe

By Josef Joffe HAMBURG ― For decades, France and Germany have been known as Europe's ruling "tandem" or "couple," even its "engine." Together,...

Deri told the Haredim that Netanyahu agreed to let their schools open – report

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri reportedly told ultra-Orthodox leaders that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Public Security Minister Amir Ohana...

Law Is More Than Just Words (Isaiah 54:1- 55:5)

The return from Babylonian exile was fraught with challenges and the people were in great need of inspiration. In this context, God promised the...

Early voting begins in Florida as US presidential race enters home stretch

MIAMI, Florida (AFP) — Florida voters converged on early polling stations Monday in a pivotal state fought over relentlessly by US President...

Alaska candidate, Jewish doctor who killed a bear, hopes to ride Democratic wave

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Al Gross commands a fishing boat as a narrator describes him prospecting for gold and killing a grizzly bear in self-defense...

Cuomo vs. Chassidim

ORTHODOX JEWS VS. CUOMO. WHO IS RIGHT? If you have been listening to the news as of late, you are well aware of the public relations war between...

Aliyah Journal Part I – Genesis

We’re making Aliyah! My wife and I are leaving behind our life in New York, three kids, three grandchildren, siblings, parents and countless...

Lebanese-Israeli Maritime Border Talks: Not Peace, But An Important Step Forward

Embed from Getty Images On October 14, Israeli and Lebanese working-level delegations met at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqura for one hour to begin...

What are the Nephilim?

The parsha, Noach, actually begins somewhat in the middle of the story of Noah, in Genesis chapter 6, verse 9, whereas the story of Noah seems to...

Suga in Vietnam: Talking about China without naming it

What a difference seven short years makes when it comes to Cabinet policies. After reading Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s major policy speech on...

It’s hard to make predictions, especially about the future — but it’s not impossible

Psychologist Philip Tetlock’s warning that “the average expert is roughly as accurate as a dart-throwing chimpanzee” has assumed Talmudic weight...

With defiance and perseverance, Iran has once again demonstrated its independence

The 13-year arms embargo imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council expired on Sunday in accordance with Resolution 2231 of the Joint Comprehensive...

Facebooks unveils Instagram Lite, developed by Tel Aviv team

Facebook said Tuesday it has started to test a new, lightweight version of its popular Instagram App, with improved speed, performance, and...

Senior UAE delegation lands in Israel; Netanyahu: ‘Today we are making history’

In another major milestone for Israel-Gulf relations, a delegation of senior United Arab Emirates officials arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for a...

First federal execution of woman in 70 years should kill illusion of American moral superiority, no matter how ‘heinous’ the crime

Despite having the largest prison population – both per capita and by sheer numbers – in the world, the US still unironically calls itself the...

Bruce Springsteen & other celebs are being whiny teenagers, threatening to run away if Trump wins. If only they would

One of the more annoying aspects of the 2016 presidential election was the constant yapping from celebrities about leaving the country if the...

Trump calls Fauci ‘a disaster,’ claims ‘people are tired of COVID’

US President Donald Trump went after top government scientist Anthony Fauci in a call with campaign staffers on Monday, suggesting the hugely...

Myanmar should use COVID crisis to end 30 years of crony capitalism

Last thing the country needs is business as usual

When Biden met Golda: New details emerge of storied 1973 encounter

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s 1973 meeting with then-Israeli prime minister Golda Meir is a tale he often recounts when speaking...

Top Sudan cleric: There is no general Islamic opposition to salaam with Israel

Last month, amid reports that Sudan could soon normalize relations with Israel, the northeast African Arab country’s leading governmental agency...

After Yamina chief Bennett backs gay rights, party’s Smotrich vows opposition

Yamina MK Bezalel Smotrich vowed Monday to oppose granting gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones, days after Yamina leader Naftali...

‘Trump Heights’: A symbol of US shift on Mideast policy

On a dusty plain in the Golan Heights, a golden-lettered sign with Israeli and American flags stands before a rusty wire fence as the gateway to...

(POLEMIKA) Kaj je resnični problem nove prometne ureditve Glavnega trga in Koroške ulice

V zadnjih tednih se je na družbenih omrežjih in v Večeru razplamtela polemika glede nove ureditve Glavnega trga in Koroške ceste od tržnice do...

European hypocrisy: empty words for Palestine, deadly weapons for Israel

In theory, Europe and the United States stand on completely opposite sides when it comes to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. While the US...

The ‘prince of Persian music’ passed away on October 8, leaving Iranians in and outside their homeland in mourning.

“Khosrow-e avaz-e Iran par keshid!” “The prince of Persian music flew to heavens!” Iran is in mourning. Mohammad Reza Shajarian has passed...

International online archaeology conference is free tasting menu of lectures

Over 40 of the best scholars and archaeologists in the field of Ancient Israel are coming together — virtually — from October 25 to October 28 in...

Hard lives of delivery workers

Countermeasures needed to prevent deaths caused by overwork There have been a series of heartbreaking deaths of parcel delivery workers recently,...

Independent probe needed

Minister should not try to control prosecution Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae has triggered controversy over her "apparent" attempts to control the...

With anti-Palestinian Hostility Surging, Can Israel’s Peace Camp Find Allies in the Gulf?

Palestinians are suing Britain, and why not?

More than a hundred years after the Balfour Declaration, and the tragedies that befell the Palestinian people under the British Mandate government...

Time for 'Korea First' policy

By Choi Sung-jin There seems to be nothing in common between Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Lee Soo-hyuck and the world-famous boy band, BTS. For...

US needs new strategy in Venezuela

A year and a half since protesters took to the streets of Caracas, and President Donald Trump warned that "all options are on the table" if...

There’s a silver lining for returning office workers

Perhaps no part of the economy has a more uncertain future right now than office buildings. The pace of workers coming back into offices is more of...

An Interview with Carl Manlan

Virtual ADB meeting

By Lee Sun-ho In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the second stage of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development...

Piate koleso

Toľko sa hovorí o ozelenení ekonomiky, o oživení upadajúcej výroby potravín, a keď dôjde na lámanie chleba, zostanú mimo zorného poľa...

Confucius Institutes are wrong target for China frustrations

Little evidence presented to discredit low-cost language instruction

Man convicted of rape, premeditated murder of ex-wife’s 12-year-old daughter

A man was convicted on Tuesday at the Tel Aviv District Court of the rape and premeditated murder almost two years ago of his former wife’s...

Singapore and Fiji: the Strongest Relationship in Oceania

Singapore is a thriving island city-state located in Southeast Asia next to Indonesia and Malaysia. A bit fewer than 6 million people live in the...

Won’t Allow Any Foreign Group to Interfere in Afghanistan: Taliban

Dr Muhammad Naeem Wardak is the Spokesperson for Taliban political office in Doha. Political talks are undergoing between Afghan government and...

Normalization be upon you: What the press is saying on October 20

1. Leave home without it: Normalization is on the radar with a UAE delegation making its way to Israel, where members will apparently sign a deal...

Jewish Weddings & the Arrogance of Political Power

Last week, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri made a terse statement in a Knesset meeting that spoke volumes about his motives for pushing the government...

A Listening Heart: A Citizen’s Reflection

One of my very favorite moments in the entire Bible comes in the third chapter of the Book of Kings. Solomon, still a young man, has just succeeded...

Towards defining hate crime and terrorism

The below will not be pretty. No gory details but neither a rosy picture. And, we’ll talk in generalities. Exceptions exist — to confirm the...