Why it is wrong to draw parallels between Trump and Mugabe

On November 6, after a speech by Donald Trump in which he baselessly claimed the 2020 US presidential election was fraudulent, ABC journalist Leigh...

(POGLED) Jezikovne tujke presegajo razumne meje. To so "real time" podatki. Kaj je bil "game changer"

V časopisju, javnih in strokovnih množičnih občilih (medijih) vse bolj prevladujejo tujke, največkrat anglicizmi in celo izvirne angleške besede...

Hasty expectations

N. Korea should first apologize for destruction of liaison office Unification Minister Lee In-young said Monday that inter-Korean relations will be...

(KORONADNEVNIK) K(o)rona strpnosti in prijaznosti

Ob prvi jutranji kavici najprej prelistam Večer. Pritegne me novička, da je današnji dan namenjen spodbujanju strpnosti, spoštovanja, sodelovanja...

Daily cases swell to highest level in a month as grades 5-6 return to class

The daily number of new virus cases reached its highest level in just over a month on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of students in grades 5-6...

Undersea internet cables offer more resilient connection

API Geoeconomic Briefing is a series provided by the Asia Pacific Initiative, an independent think tank based in Tokyo. The series will look into...

Protecting Child Workers During the Pandemic

DHAKA – It is already apparent that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be uneven, with poorer countries bearing the brunt of the fallout....

They are Cutting the Legs out from Under the South Korean President

On November 6, 2020 a court of appeals in South Korea delivered a verdict against Kim Kyung-soo, the governor of South Gyeongsang Province who is...

Australia and France in the Pacific Ocean

France is a major player in Oceania, a place where Australia, which has a leading position in this vast region of the South Pacific, has...

Appeal to posthumously clear Lockerbie bomber begins in Scotland

GLASGOW, Scotland (AFP) — The family of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Mohmet Al-Megrahi on Tuesday began a posthumous appeal in Scotland, hoping to...

High Court orders government to explain failure to pass 2020 budget

With just over a month remaining until the end of the year, Israel’s top court instructed the government on Tuesday to explain why it has thus...

Here is How Israel Destroyed Syiria’s Nuclear Reactor

In 2004, there was a train explosion in North Korea. Surprisingly, the explosion was very large, the same as a small earthquake of 3.6 Sr....

Mourning in America

It’s mourning again in America.  Today, more men and women will die from the coronavirus than ever before in our country’s history .  With...

Corona Blues

Am I depressed, or just sad? I am finding it hard to take joy in the everyday things that come my way; things don’t please me the way they once...

Lost Soul With a Moral Campus

As we approach another Christmas season, it will be difficult for many people to be optimistic about their lives. Virtually everyone has been...

Proposed hike in elderly medical fees needs great care in planning

Elderly Japanese aged 75 or older, in principle, pay 10 percent of their health care costs out of pocket. The government is working on a reform to...

Polarizing home ownership

State statistics reveal failure of government's housing policy The number of owners of multiple homes and those who do not own even a single ones...

Schools need reliable guidance on reopening

One of the most frustrating aspects of the pandemic has been watching school districts try to navigate the complexities of remote learning with so...

Wang Yi's visit and Korea-China summit

By Lee Seong-hyon There is a learning curve for Korean journalists when it comes to Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister. In the past, when Wang...

City of London wants to clean up the world

Britain believes it has chosen the ideal moment to throw its weight behind a financial innovation that might help save the world. As part of Prime...

Using less, discarding less

By Kim Sun-ae We see an enormous amount of waste piled up every day in front of each apartment building here in Korea. After looking at the waste...

Ceaseless goal of Korea fire service

By Shin Yeol-woo There is a slogan for firefighting in Korea that says: "Fire alarms are the sound of life." This shows the importance of notifying...

Allies need new approach to NK

By Kim Sang-woo More Americans voted in the 2020 presidential election than in any previous election. In a speech, President-elect Joseph Biden...

How to take the hatred of Israel’s Jewish extreme left

Their frantic warning against Pollard getting a hero’s welcome is disturbing Normally, I would not read anything that former Israeli premier...

Sudan denies knowledge of Israeli delegation’s visit to Khartoum

Sudan’s government on Tuesday denied having information about the visit of an Israeli delegation to Khartoum that an Israeli official had revealed...

Speaking sincerely (Daf Yomi Pesachim 3)

Embed from Getty Images And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.” What I have mostly gleaned from today’s Daf Yomi reading is...

Want To Be Winners? These Are The Losses You Face

“Success is whatever humiliation everyone has agreed to compete for.” -James Richardson Do you want to be a winner? We all do, unoriginally. We...

The Dangers of Over Protection and Permissiveness With Our Kids

Recently I have been working with quite a few families who are living with the fallout of parental overprotection or over permissiveness. The...

Jacob and Esau—Thermodynamics of Order and Chaos

And these are the chronicles of Isaac… (Genesis 25:19) So Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of...

Israel and a values-driven President Biden

After his January 20 th inauguration, President-Elect Joe Biden is likely to maintain some of President Trump’s flagship policies, including...

Haaretz Cartoon

Time for Abe to drop the talking points on sakura viewing parties

Every reporter on the Aichi prefectural police beat has heard about a scandal that came to light a decade ago. A prefectural assembly member, who...

The PA excels in theatre of the absurd

If there is one thing in which the Palestinian Authority excels, it is theatre of the absurd. Following its announcement that, based on...

High Court agrees to reconsider order to demolish West Bank outpost homes

The High Court of Justice on Tuesday accepted a petition by the state to again try a case involving Israeli homes in a central West Bank outpost...

Netanyahu phones Pollard: ‘When are we going to see you here? We’re waiting’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday spoke by phone with Jonathan Pollard, telling the former US Navy analyst convicted of spying for Israel...

Government debt collector reports sharp rise in suicide threats amid pandemic

There has been a marked rise in the number of Israelis threatening to commit suicide due to economic hardship since the outbreak of the coronavirus...

A tale of two Chinese cities: Shenzhen and Shanghai

On Oct. 14, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the southern city of Shenzhen, where he delivered a speech celebrating 40 years of progress since...

Japan and Australia put aside wartime baggage to counter China’s rise

In this virtual era, symbols have assumed greater significance. Last week’s visit to Japan by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was very...

An Interview with Kishore Mahbubani