Notre Dame, Sri Lanka and democracy's social media dilemma

When Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral caught fire on April 15, it was only a matter of minutes before conspiracy theories were swirling across social...

What Sudan tells us about 21st-century coups

LONDON - Barely a week before Zimbabwe’s military ousted President Robert Mugabe in November 2017, its top commander visited Beijing. Exactly what...

China’s pig pandemic should worry everyone

KUALA LUMPUR - It’s a familiar and ominous story. A deadly pathogen with no known cure begins spreading in China. Rather than acknowledge the...

An Agenda for Europe’s Next Decade

AMSTERDAM – The European Union has spent much of the past decade managing crises, and has even faced a possible threat to its continued...

China's filmmakers will never please Beijing enough

The Israeli Left’s Bleak Lesson After the Defeat

Russia was too quick to celebrate Zelensky's victory in Ukraine

After the recent elections in Ukraine, Russian state TV channels were quick to celebrate the electoral defeat of Ukrainian President Petro...

Največji slovenski pisatelj

Obstaja vsaj en tukajšnji pisatelj, neodkrit južno od Sotle, ki je svetoven v svoji lokalnosti in velik na način Bernharda, Bolaa in...

What Should Tech Reform Look Like?

Where Do Good Jobs Come From?

CAMBRIDGE – Around the world this May Day, policy proposals that would have appeared radical just a few years ago are now on the agenda. In the...

Justice for the Mavi Marmara victims is the last chance for the ICC to prove its worth

Unless international law is to become meaningless, the time has come for political leaders around the world to step up and defend with some vigour...

The Pre-History of Post-Truth

Japan’s Global Emperor Exits the Stage

PHILADELPHIA – Japan’s Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30, having sat on the Chrysanthemum Throne since 1989. At the age of 85, Akihito...

Kim-Putin summit reaffirms onset of multipolar future

Knowing your enemies and understanding your friends is a maxim to live by. At the level of nation states, at a historic moment, defined by...

Sconto in Toronto

Ne vem, ali ste že slišali tisto šalo, ko Mujo in Buda sedita na bregu reke Krke in lovita ribe. Molče sta držala ribiški palici, ko je Buda,...

Fanatizem ni usoda religij

Ko so se pred tridesetimi leti oblasti v Srbiji odločile, da bodo najpomembnejše verske praznike priznale kot državne, nas je tedanji dekan...

Zločin in kazen

Jutro je še, na računalniku pregledujem časopisne naslove, da bi videl, ali bom pozneje v mestu kakšnega kupil še na papirju in ga zares...

Donald Trump … Tweetler too Cute and Sanctioning Sanctuary Cities

The best ways to keep up with US domestic policy, at least in terms of immigrants, is to follow Trump’s tweets and then read some of the official...

Trump’s Yemen veto damages America’s image around the world

Last week, US President Donald Trump vetoed a Congressional resolution that would have ended American support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen,...

Italy mourns four more workplace deaths: ‘It’s like a war’

Report. ‘There have been over 200 dead since the beginning of the year, and the number of workplace accidents and cases of occupational diseases...

Extremism must be defeated, prince tells New Zealand mosque survivors

IN AN emotional meeting with survivors of the New Zealand mosques massacre, Britain's Prince William appealed Friday for "extremism in all forms"...

For Sri Lanka grave digger, a grim parade

PRIYASRI Gunasena rarely digs more than one grave a day at the Madampitiya cemetery in Sri Lanka's capital. On Tuesday, two days after the deadly...

The PA is taking sides in a diplomatic game that spells disaster for Palestinians

The excessive focus on US President Donald Trump’s forthcoming “deal of the century” is already marginalising the Palestinians. Pitting the US...

Pravičnost ni bila še nikoli tako kul

Ko se v kultnem filmu Quentina Tarantina Pulp Fiction Uma Thurman in John Travolta pripeljeta pred klub Jack Rabbit Slims, v katerem bosta nekaj...

Abe should postpone tax hike

NEW YORK - With the economy softening, the Bank of Japan needs to at least consider further steps to support growth. There’s one major hurdle,...

Sumo should toss outdated, unfair nationality rule out of the dohyo

The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) reprimanded yokozuna Hakuho on April 24 for calling on fans to join in a traditional Japanese “sanbon-jime”...

A young Italian doctor’s human approach to healthcare in Portugal

Interview. We spoke with Dr. Martino Gliozzi, the new head of a medical care district in a multicultural center of Lisbon. ‘Failing to provide...

Russian Kalashnikov Reconquers the Global Arms Market

The Kalashnikov Concern is the flagship manufacturer of small arms in Russia and one of the Russian defense industry’s most important...

Flimsy excuses by nuclear plant operators are unacceptable

"Shimekiri Hon" (Deadline book), published by Sayusha, is full of anecdotes about well-known authors who failed to meet deadlines and came up with...

Australian researchers looking into using psychedelics to treat mental illness

AN estimated one in ten Australians were taking antidepressants in 2015. That’s double the number using them in 2000, and the second-highest rate...

Protesting in the Digital Age

OXFORD – Elections and referenda are just two ways for people to have a say in how they are governed. Protesting is another, which is why rights...

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, la poesía y la prosa

Fue el político estadunidense Mario Cuomo quien en 1985 acuñó la frase “se hace campaña en poesía, pero se gobierna en prosa”. En...

France's Emmanuel Macron faces bumpy road to reform

The French president has bowed to yellow-vest protesters with tax cuts and administrative reform. He's hoping for a new start — but his fight for...

This is the worst Schalke side in Bundesliga history

Schalke are currently in the midst of their worst Bundesliga campaign in 36 years. As they approach the Revierderby, the Royal Blues have three...

¿Cómo reducir el desperdicio de alimentos desde la agricultura?

El pasado 22 de abril se celebró un año más del Día de la Tierra. Muchos son los problemas que aquejan la sostenibilidad del planeta y la...