Asia-Pacific response to COVID-19 and climate emergency must build a resilient, sustainable future

The unprecedented public health emergency triggered by the COVID -19 pandemic and its multi-faceted impact on people’s lives around the world is...

Reality of the pandemic may be worse than any movie or novel

A viral outbreak turns schools into emergency hospitals. The government imposes a nighttime curfew. Anyone who becomes sick is required to hang a...

Japan stands at turning point in coronavirus battle

The coronavirus catastrophe and public outrage reach South Africa

Reportage. The social tensions are running very high, and will only increase if the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on the economic life of the...

Coronavirus Causing (Egg) Shell Shock

Police were called to two grocery stores in the central Israeli city of Rishon Letzion after a fight broke out because of a shortage of eggs. Other...

Egyptian prisons are filling up with anyone who speaks out

Analysis. The UN appealed to Cairo to free prisoners in light of the epidemic. Instead, they arrested 15 people accused of spreading false news...

Israel’s main virus threat comes from its ultra-Orthodox community 

Israel’s first confirmed case of the Covid-19 virus was on 21 February, after a citizen returned from Japan, since when the number has increased...

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At its height in the 1940s and ’50s, the now-defunct Calvin Company of Kansas City, Missouri was one of the largest and most successful producers...

Time alone (chosen or not) can be a chance to hit the reset button

Photo by Michelle Spencer/Unsplash Solitude has become a topic of fascination in modern Western societies because we believe it is a lost art –...

Passover Seder Night Lockdown

On this seder night lockdown, millions of Israeli Jews will sit down to celebrate Passover in an entirely new format. This most family-oriented of...

The Philippines is fighting the COVID-19 crisis head on

Central bank governor says arsenal of relief measures will see country through

Preparing for a post-Covid world? China and India settle old scores and team up

When India and China marked the 70th anniversary of formal diplomatic ties this month, the usual political formalities were exchanged. Chinese...

EU misses another chance to lead as countries take different paths to lifting lockdowns, threatening a new spike in Covid-19 cases

As the lockdown continues to take its toll on the mental well-being of millions of people around the globe, and social isolation is made even more...

The Good Things the Coronavirus Situation Brings

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We need to uncover the origins of the coronavirus – and the US has many questions to answer

China and the United States may have stepped back, for now, from their war of words on the origins of Covid-19 and the labelling of it as the...

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Abe needs to gain public trust during state of emergency

The month ahead will sorely try the patience and endurance of residents in Tokyo and six prefectures under a state of emergency that Prime Minister...

Emerging threats

New measures are needed for new challenges The government faces fresh challenges in its response to the COVID-19 outbreak as the spread of the new...

Avoid coercive measures

Forcing quarantine violators to wear electronic tag is problematic Electronic government is considering the use of electronic tagging bracelets to...

The East-West Divide in COVID-19 Control

NEW YORK – East Asian countries are outperforming the United States and Europe in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the...

The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19

BERLIN – Governments around the world are pursuing extremely expansive monetary and fiscal policies to combat the economic fallout from the...

Coronavirus shrouds Easter

By John J. Metzler The coronavirus outbreak has closed down the world, at least as we know it. From the Far East into Europe and North America...

Root cause of problem

By Kim Sun-ae The spread of COVID-19 will end someday. However, infectious diseases similar to this virus could spread around the world again...

Queen Elizabeth nails her coronavirus speech

By Carla Hall Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Sunday joined the chorus of world figures weighing in on the COVID-19 pandemic. In a rare televised...

Survive supermarket with social distancing

By Jase Graves As we adjust our daily schedules to the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, many families are suffering from acute boredom. Students...

Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Global Climate Change in Namibia

Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) is a system of resource governance that has developed across much of southern Africa as a way...

Setting ‘simple’ standards is critical diplomacy