Why Indonesia won’t let Beijing forget the Philippines’ South China Sea arbitration win

Indonesia’s low-key diplomatic protest at the United Nations against China’s disputed claims in the South China Sea last week made some analysts...

Saving the Most Vulnerable from COVID-19

CAMBRIDGE – In Massachusetts, which has a population of close to seven million, over 6,000 people have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of...

As Liverpool FC’s footballers take the knee, all hail the champions of hollow gestures and virtue signalling

The aftershocks of George Floyd’s death are still ricocheting in all sorts of directions. And throwing their hat into the ring to be part of it all...

Miri Regev’s Mizrahi Theme Park

Fear is at the root of America’s race problem

London – It’s been a bad week in the United States: six nights of protests, huge anger, rioting and looting in 50 cities, hundreds arrested or...

How one man’s efforts saved Japan’s postwar democracy and the SDF

Kobe – Sixty years ago this month, as the protest demonstrations raged over the ratification of the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty,...

Russian derangement syndrome

EASTERN SHORE, MARYLAND – On May 21, the U.S. Department of State announced a $250,000 grant for “Exposing Russian Health Disinformation,” to...

Vaša tišina bo naš zvok

‘Veliki glasbenik ni tisti, ki se ga najbolj sliši, ampak tisti, ki najbolj posluša drugega.« Epidemije je konec, in čeprav kdo v vladnih...

+ (POGLED) Je prav, da voditeljico kdo kliče gospa Erika?

Ko moderatorka pri osrednji informativni oddaji nemške ZDF najavi katerega od politikov, pa naj je to zunanji minister Heiko Maas, gospodarski...

Americans fight to breathe as society again chokes on racism

In the United States, the name Karen has lately become social media shorthand for a white woman who typically demands to “speak to the manager”...

Detailed records must be kept to assess response to virus outbreak

How should the government act to protect the lives and livelihoods of the public from outbreaks of infectious diseases? To answer this, it is...

China’s border invasion will push India toward the U.S.

Washington – A flare-up in a long-running border dispute between China and India has raised the temperature in their bilateral relationship. Yet...

America is burning and the tyrant is barricaded in the palace

Commentary. This national uprising is taking place in a country of 40 million unemployed, after 100,000 dead due to COVID-19, the virus that has...

What the Democrats Must Do

BERKELEY – Like almost all other countries, the United States has become poorer since the COVID-19 pandemic began, because Americans can no...

Africa’s Disproportionate COVID-19 Pandemic

The African continent shows that the coronavirus does not affect everyone equally and the pandemic intensifies existing lines of social segmentation.

China steps up its offensive against the Senkaku Islands

On May 8, two China Coast Guard (CCG) ships intruded into the territorial waters of the Senkaku Islands and pursued a Japanese fishing boat that...

What lies behind Cambodia's surprise coronavirus success?

Government's strong hand and international aid have led to zero deaths from COVID-19

Latest Acts of Piracy by US Against Iran

A new intense confrontation between Iran and the United States is expected to take place in the future. And it could very well turn into a full-on...

‘Will I be next?’ Coco Gauff leads athlete protests

'Am I next? I am using my voice. Will you use yours?' The violent subordination of black people is a subject on which sports stars often speak...

Next year in Jerusalem 

In the Jewish Diaspora, the prayers for Passover and Yom Kippur end with the plea: “Next year in Jerusalem.” At least since roughly the 15th...

Trump is the only person in Washington who wants India and China to reconcile. Here’s why his plan won’t work

As India and China engage in another round of their decades-old border dispute in the Himalayas, Donald Trump could not resist the temptation to...

International and EU inaction in response to Israeli crimes has been normalised

The coronavirus pandemic in the occupied West Bank has not deterred Israel from demolishing Palestinian dwellings and structures, including those...

Our Digital, No-Touch Future

Why We Need the Spirit of Bobby Kennedy Now

NEW YORK – As a hospital physician in New York City, I see the clinical impact of COVID-19 daily: failed lungs, inflamed hearts, and blocked...

Zápach z čistenia

Na mnohých miestach je potrebná očista, ale vo viacerých prípadoch vzniká zápach z čistenia. Čo už znamená, že ide o neprijateľné...

Violence breeds violence: As law and order breaks down, Americans’ obsession with firearms grows stronger than ever

Over the past week, surreal scenes have been broadcast from America’s major cities. Watching from the relative comfort and safety on the other side...

Instagram narcissists, please tell us how exactly Blackout Tuesday helps address structural inequalities of US society?

You will be relieved to know that the internet attention-seekers of the world have found a way to make George Floyd’s death all about themselves....

With annexation on the horizon, Europe must not remain indifferent and apathetic

After clinging on incessantly for years, the end is nigh for Europe’s two-statists. Armed with a new mandate, In July this year Israel’s Prime...

The Strange Case of an America in Flames

For a decade or more, the world has seen riots that weren’t riots at all, Maiden Square, Hong Kong, Tripoli, Cairo and they have seen terror...

White Supremacist Provocateurs Are Tipping U.S. Protests Into a Race War

Palestinian Refusal to Negotiate With Israel and Trump: A Cowardly, Fateful Mistake

As a former Palestinian negotiator, this is my urgent message to the old, stale, failed Palestinian political elite: Rejectionism won’t stop...

Down on one knee, boy! White penitence over racism and George Floyd’s murder plunges new depths of piousness and pointlessness

Footage and photos have emerged of an open-air prayer group being held in Houston, Texas. The images of black and white Texans praying together as...

Defendant No. 1 Tweets Again

+ (POLEMIKA OB ZAPIRANJU BANK) Država je za državljane, ne banke

Ob novici, da bo Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB) spet ukinila nekaj svojih bančnih poslovalnic po Sloveniji, med drugim tudi na Koroškem, v Mislinji,...

After Turkey, Iran and Israel, is it Ethiopia's turn to penetrate the Arab world?

Border skirmishes between Sudan and Ethiopia are nothing new; they date back decades and are frequent. The causes are both countries’ failure to...

America’s Mis-Police State

MILWAUKEE – George Floyd’s death at the hands – and under the knee – of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has triggered a wave of...

Minneapolis is not Hong Kong

China wants to emphasize that clashes between police and protesters in US cities mean Washington has no right to criticize crackdowns in Hong Kong....

Observaciones y aprendizajes

Nada como una crisis para aprender cómo somos realmente. Las crisis sacan lo mejor y lo peor de las personas, de los gobiernos y de los países....

Analyzing Jair Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 War Metaphors

Bolsonaro’s militaristic rhetoric construing the notion that the COVID-19 threat is external gives rise to a false sense of stability and...

Neglect of workplace safety

Industrial accident deaths increase despite toughened punishment The number of workers who died from industrial accidents in the first quarter...

Terms of success

'New Deal' program requires deregulation, innovation The Moon Jae-in administration's economic stimulus program has taken concrete moves to...

An Interview with Barak Barfi

The Planet After the Pandemic

BASEL – Scientists have little doubt: the destruction of nature makes humanity increasingly vulnerable to disease outbreaks like the COVID-19...

No more shrimp sandwiches, please

By Choi Sung-jin Few nations in the world may yearn more for international recognition than Korea. That explains in part why Koreans are proud of...

The secret of Japan’s success in combating COVID-19

The government on May 25 lifted the state of emergency declared over COVID-19 as the number of new infections with the novel coronavirus decreased...

Wonderful world of K-golf

By Bernard Rowan Golf has come to Korea big time! On the heels of such standouts as Pak Se-ri, K.J. Choi, Grace Park, and many others, Korea has...

Storytellers, we are

By Kim Ae-ran Each of us has our story. Our life with ups and downs creates an interesting story as well as a touching testimony to life. We like...

Looters and rioters trampling memory of George Floyd

By Christine Flowers It has been suggested to me that as a white woman, I should back off when it comes to certain issues. I find this ironic,...

Learning to live with COVID-19

By Ngaire Woods and Leany Lemos Ngaire Woods Leany Lemos OXFORD/PORTO ALEGRE ― One of COVID-19's paradoxes has been the way in which some...