Suga's pledge of being carbon-free puts Japan at the starting line

Japan will fight the climate crisis by achieving net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 to become carbon-free, Prime Minister Yoshihide...

Is the US Headed Towards a Disputed Election?

Kadhimi is dancing with snakes without a flute

At the end of his European tour, during which he visited France, Germany and Britain — he is a British citizen, remember — Iraqi Prime Minister...

Head of NXIVM sex-cult tied to Seagram’s heir gets 120 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced self-improvement guru Keith Raniere, whose NXIVM followers included millionaires and Hollywood actors, was sentenced to...

Chile’s referendum rejecting the Pinochet-era constitution shows that the world is entering a new, anti-neoliberal age

On Sunday, almost exactly a year after protests over inequality erupted in the country, Chileans voted in a landslide to adopt a new constitution...

The UEC’s recent decision to not hold elections in areas affected by unrest will hamper Myanmar’s democratisation.

On November 8, Myanmar is set to hold general elections for the second time since the end of military rule in 2011. However, not everyone in the...

What is the point of BLM? As the UK group implodes over plans to become a political party, even it doesn’t seem to know

Black Lives Matter is undeniably political. And debate over its intentions was seemingly ended with the news that the group had applied to...

Most Jews back French crackdown on radical Islam, targeting religious activities

JTA — As the French government rolls out a controversial plan that amounts to its most robust crackdown on religious activity in decades, it is...

Israel and US to extend their scientific cooperation to West Bank and Golan

NEW YORK — The US and Israel will expand their scientific cooperation agreements to include the West Bank and the Golan Heights, Prime Minister...

Lost interviews show Bob Dylan worried about anti-Semitism when he changed name

AP — For nearly half a century, they were blowin’ in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-...

Documentary eyes Evangelicals: Trump’s 2016 win, Jerusalem embassy and beyond

With less than a week to go until the tense United States presidential elections, documentary filmmaker Maya Zinshtein hopes to shed light on the...

Satellite photos show construction at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday showed, just as...

Hysteria over Amy Coney Barrett reflects the complete lack of respect for Christian beliefs that is now so common

There has been a substantial amount of mania surrounding the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court. Mania has become an odd...

Canada’s Lantic joins forces with Israel’s DouxMatok for low-sugar sweeteners

A Canadian-based sugar manufacturer will collaborate with Israeli startup DouxMatok to create sugar-cane based sweeteners that are 30 to 50 percent...

United States of Anxiety: New fears have American Jews questioning the future

JTA — American Jews are anxious. They’re worried about COVID-19, which already has killed a quarter-million Americans and is spreading more...

By huge majority, Czech parliament calls for outlawing Hezbollah in its entirety

The Czech Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday night passed by an overwhelming majority a resolution urging the government to declare all of Hezbollah a...

PM fetes ‘important victory’ as US extends bilateral agreements to settlements

Israel and the US on Wednesday signed an agreement that removed all previous geographic restrictions from their scientific cooperation, a move...

Has Putin Lost His Mojo?

MOSCOW – What a difference a year makes. In the fall of 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to be riding high. Upheaval in the West –...

Does the US Still Interfere in Foreign Elections?

CAMBRIDGE – Four years after Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election, more countries seem to be joining the game in the run-up...

Knesset shoots down pro-LGBT bill to require gender-neutral terms for parents

Pro-LGBT legislation that sought to make official state documents more inclusive of same-sex couples was rejected by the Knesset Wednesday. The...

Georgia parliamentary elections a case study in influence

China stands to gain if voters reject further tilt to the West

Sudanese in Israel fear deportation after normalization, say they face danger

AFP — Sudanese asylum seekers living in Israel fear being kicked out once ties are normalized between the two countries, though some hope their...

Biden fantasizes about Russia ‘tearing up US alliances’ as NATO members clash and bicker amid Trump bullying

It’s a tedious charge repeatedly made against Moscow by Washington which views Russia as an ever-present bogeyman, masterminding chaos and...

The False Dichotomy of Autocracy and Democracy

ANN ARBOR – Unlike the old superpower contest between the United States and the Soviet Union, the incipient cold war between China and the US does...

Obama’s spin on history and ‘protesting injustice’ makes Biden look like he supports lawlessness

Possibly the most high-profile people to have backed Joe Biden as the next president of the United States have been Barack and Michelle Obama. The...

Tax Authority to demand return of hundreds of millions in coronavirus stipends

The Tax Authority plans to demand the return of hundreds of millions of shekels it doled out to small businesses and independent workers to help...

Ovce v volčjih kožuhih

So ljudje ovce? Rečejo jim, naj nosijo maske, in vsi ubogajo. Težko verjamem, ko vidim, kako so na ljubljanskih ulicah vsi zamaskirani. Prvi val...

Senior Hamas official: PLO won’t change, reconciliation ‘nearly impossible’

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar expressed sharp skepticism that his group would reconcile with the rival Fatah movement in the near future...

Qatar apologizes after invasive examination of women on 10 flights

Australia revealed Wednesday that female passengers on 10 planes flying out of Doha were forced to endure “appalling” physical examinations, as...

A guide to the 10 Jewish Republicans running for Congress in 2020

JTA — The Republican Jewish delegation to Congress could double in size this year — if a trio of competitive races break for the GOP next week. Of...

Early humans used a green Levant as a stepping stone out of Africa – study

Early humans migrated out of Africa through the Middle East with the help of a favorable climactic window, using today’s Israel and the...

Shalom and welcome to Bahrain

As the excitement following the signing of the Abraham Accords continues to reverberate around the world, we are already seeing the underpinning of...

Social media giants face allegations of anti-conservative bias 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are facing a grilling by Republican senators making allegations that the tech giants...

COVID-19 infections continue to drop, but daily deaths still high

Israel’s rate of positive coronavirus tests is at its lowest in more than four months, according to data released Tuesday and Wednesday by the...

Under fire for back-to-school plan, education chief pushes 4-day week instead

With just days remaining until students are set to go back to class, the Education Ministry revised its much-criticized program to reopen...