BTS marks another milestone

Boy band hoped to keep challenging and achieve far more K-pop boy band BTS has achieved another milestone with its song "Life Goes On," the lead...

Man shoots 73-year-old mother, 2 of his brothers in northern town

A man was arrested on Wednesday morning on suspicion of shooting his 73-year-old mother and two brothers in the northern town of Reineh. The three...

A roadmap for stabilizing Sino-American relations

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Devising an effective strategy to compete, cooperate, and co-exist with China will be one of U.S. President-elect Joe...

Language and lockdowns amid the pandemic

ITHACA, New York – Our recent experience with COVID-19 and the word “lockdown” once again illustrates the power of language to influence our...

Biden's challenge: Restoring US as leader against global warming

The election of Joe Biden as president signals a return to sanity in the federal government's approach to climate change. For starters, Biden at...

You'll never walk alone

By Hyon O'Brien The other day, while I was driving to do some errands, the car radio played "You'll Never Walk Alone," the well-known show tune...

Dark winter

By Deauwand Myers "I can taste the tin of the sky ― the real tin thing. / Winter dawn is the color of metal, / The trees stiffen into place like...

China scores big against poverty but the poor haven’t gone away

China has all but met President Xi Jinping’s pledge to eradicate extreme poverty by 2020. More than 800 counties considered severely impoverished...

Taking National Investment Seriously

CAMBRIDGE – This has been a brutal year, with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing governments around the world to close down many aspects of normal...

What Bitcoin’s new record means for Wall Street

Bitcoin’s true believers are taking a victory lap after the cryptocurrency’s fresh all-time high of almost $20,000. “Onward and upward we go to...

Biden's presidency will likely be similar to Obama's

By Michael McGrath Barring an unprecedented legal shock, Biden will become president of the United States on Jan. 20. What will a Biden presidency...

On the Visit made by the Australian Prime Minister to Japan

In a series of notable recent events taking place in the Indo-Pacific region, a prominent spot was occupied by the visit made by Australian Prime...

Iran is Once Again Under Terrorist Attack

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for “final punishment” for those behind the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen...

Netanyahu congratulates ‘our new friends’ in the UAE on their National Day

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday congratulated the leaders and citizens of the United Arab Emirates on their 49th National Day,...

Just Listen to This

Some years ago, well, quite a few years ago, when I was at school, our music teacher decided to form a choir. He stood in front of the class and...

On Jewish Unity and Anti-Semitism – The Rise and Fall of the First Temple

(Article No. 4 in a series) In the previous article, we described Israel’s formation into a nation and how they were given the task to be “a...

Looks like they blue it: What the press is saying on December 2

1. Bye bye Knesset: On Tuesday, Israel was “on its way to elections,” as per the top headline in Yedioth Ahronoth and elsewhere. On Wednesday,...

Appeasement of Iran is a serious danger

In a tweet, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the death of Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh last Friday, as a martyr who was killed by “brutal...

Amal Asad, Druze Play Important Role in Israel's Regime of Separation

Netanyahu, Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza Need Vaccines, Too

Reparations for Jews but Not Palestinians

Trump mulling pardons for 3 eldest kids, Kushner, Giuliani and himself – report

US President Donald Trump has discussed granting preemptive pardons to his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his three oldest children and his son-in-law Jared...

Iranian-Swedish academic will likely be executed by Iran on Wednesday, wife says

Imprisoned Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali, accused by Iran of spying for Israel, could be executed in Iran as soon as Wednesday, rights...

Biden: US will rejoin Iran nuclear deal if Tehran returns to strict compliance

US President-elect Joe Biden said that the US would rejoin the nuclear deal with Iran if Tehran went back to strict compliance with the agreement,...

Sean Connery, Diego Maradona, Robert Fisk… cancel culture has reached a new low with woke warriors’ disrespect for dead icons

Time used to be that it was considered bad form to speak ill of the dead, but that was back in those heady days of civility when a man was unlikely...

Tanzania: Magufuli’s growing authoritarianism is not an exception

The recent re-election of John Magufuli, president of Tanzania, by a landslide, whether achieved by fair or foul means, has increased fears about...

Knesset advances motion to disband, moving toward 4th elections in 2 years

The Knesset on Wednesday passed a bill to dissolve, setting the stage for the fourth round of national elections in two years as Defense Minister...

UK becomes 1st country to approve Pfizer vaccine, to be available from next week

Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for general use and said it would be introduced next...

Sprinterka na maratonski progi

Doktorica Bojana Beović je pri delu odločna in hitra, prava sprinterka. Težko ji je slediti. Stopnjuje. Ne pogleduje nazaj. Ohranja hitrost. Ne...

Expert: 6 vaccine hurdles mean we’re ‘nowhere near’ Israel-wide immunity in 2021

Even a full year after the first COVID-19 vaccinations arrive in Israel, “nowhere near” all citizens will have immunity, a leading epidemiologist...

LISTEN: Medieval poop chute exposed in renovations at Jerusalem’s Tower of David

This week The Times of Israel Podcast is taking you on a journey through thousands of years of history and archaeology at the Tower of David Museum...

Officials may declare UAE a ‘red’ zone as flights with Israel begin: report

Health Ministry officials are reportedly considering declaring Dubai and Abu Dhabi “red” zones due to their increasing number of COVID-19...

Who Still Loves Trump?

NEW YORK – Apart from 74 million voters in the United States, who still approves of President Donald Trump? Most Europeans are overjoyed to see...

Trouble in store: How highly paid, job-secure lockdown zealots have helped kill off the British high street

It was more than just a shop. Debenhams was part of British life. Part of the national fabric. It was a Clark who started it. William Clark (no...

European Banking’s Moment of Merger Truth

BARCELONA – The days when bankers could pay 3% interest on their customers’ deposits, lend at 6%, and make it to the golf course by 3 p.m. (the...

A Pathbreaking Novel

The single life in Daniel Ross Goodman’s new novel belongs to Eli Newman, a rising Talmud scholar with an interest in world literature, a star...

Baby among five killed as car runs down shoppers in Germany

AFP — A baby was among five people killed when a car tore through a pedestrian shopping street in the southwestern German city of Trier on...

Why Jewish education is so Important

I went to Withington Girls’ School, a posh all girls’ school in Manchester. I loved it! I still have fond memories of my time there. The...

Hold Tufts University Accountable

Tufts must defend democracy and reject the chaos brought by anti-Israel activists Tufts University has experienced intense pressure to undermine...

Will Oslo shoot itself in the foot again with Peace Prize choice?

When U.S. President Barack Obama was named the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, I went through overseas news clips, looking for reactions...

Active virus cases in Israel pass 11,000 for first time in over a month

Health Ministry data on Wednesday morning showed 1,182 new cases of coronavirus diagnosed in Israel a day earlier. The number of active cases in...

China’s Path to Net Zero

BEIJING – China is aiming to halt the rise in its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. If it...

How Inequality Reduces Growth

In the time of pandemic, debt relief efforts need to go further

In the last few months, due to the devastating effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on the global economy, the fiscal clock has been ticking...

Empowering the disabled in a post-COVID world

Disability inclusion must be central to the region's response to build back better

NHK needs to clean up its act before thinking about surcharges

A panel of experts, appointed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, has proposed that Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) be allowed...

Haaretz Cartoon

This Time, Netanyahu (Accidentally) Did the Right Thing

Wiser heads must prevail after killing of top Iranian nuclear scientist

Last week, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist, was reportedly ambushed and killed outside Tehran by “a highly trained hit...

Taiwan is crucial to the global fight against cybercrime

By Huang Ming-chao Since emerging in late 2019, COVID-19 has evolved into a global pandemic. According to World Health Organization statistics, as...