Israel Playing Politics With Coronavirus Air Travel

Recovering from the EU’s Recovery Fund

NEW YORK – After arduous negotiations between member states’ governments last month, European Union leaders are celebrating their agreement on a...

Lebanon is one long tale of disaster and crisis

Lebanon has a deserved reputation for resilience; an uncanny ability to rebuild and carry on when all seems lost. The last ten months, however,...

Necropolitics and the Precarious Lives of Rohingya Refugees in India

The ‘neglected spaces’ where people are destined to suffer indignity and harm are ‘socially sanctioned’ projects of dehumanization.

Lives of Afghan Children during Coronavirus Pandemic

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world and its poor economy continues to pose immense challenges to its population. Among the...

+ (POGLED) Letalski način na off

Vsakič, ko vlada posodobi sezname (ne)varnih držav, je marsikdo vesel, da ni imel dovolj poguma za načrtovanje daljše poti v tujino. Tačas je...

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"Postoj in poglej. To je pomembno. Kdo so gospe na sliki?" je pred meseci, ko so bili washingtonski muzeji in galerije še odprti, skušal dedek...

Trump's TikTok fiasco shakes dollar, boosts Xi's grand plan for yuan

Dollar's slide suggests years of Trumpian caprice are finally taking a toll

Japan devours foreign ideas, but overdoing it may cause indigestion

A comical tale from a 17th century Chinese publication goes as follows. An impoverished student is dying to eat a "mantou" (steamed bun) but can't...

The State of Hezbollah After the Blast in Beirut

Virtual work strengthens the outsiders and the weak

New York – There’s more to the virtual work trend than days full of Zoom calls from a home office. It also means the possibility of new ways of...

Pricing COVID-19 vaccines too high could backfire on big pharma

New Delhi – Intellectual property is a convenient fiction. It is a right enforced by state power and international agreements, one that’s even...

Can unpopular sect expect justice?

By Michael Breen The current investigation into Lee Man-hee, founder of the Shincheonji sect, moved a step forward last week with prosecutors...

Chief prosecutor's words

Prosecutor general and prosecution should be ensured of political independence, neutrality Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl's comments made at a...

Life without regret

By Kim Sun-ae This June, publisher of the magazine "Green Review" Kim Jong-cheol died. Until this spring I received much help from his newspaper...

Despite the Hype, the US has no Allies against China

Since particularly the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, a sea change in the US policies vis-à-vis China has taken place. Its latest manifestation...

Our Planet Missed Opportunity to Fight side-by-side against the Pandemic!

It is time to stop irresponsible finger-pointing. All over the world, as this essay is being written, well over 17 million COVID-19 cases have been...

Koga v Evropi res ščiti ameriška vojska

Nemški visoki politiki, pravijo, so bili ogorčeni, ker je ameriška vlada sklenila, da bo umaknila tretjino svojih vojakov iz Nemčije. (Še vedno...

Libanonská tragédia

Je prehnané prirovnávať nešťastie, ktoré spôsobilo smrť (predbežne) viac ako sto ľudí a ťažké zranenia ďalších tisícok so zhodením...

Is the Coronavirus in North Korea, and if so, How?

On July 26, 2020, North Korea reported for the first time a case of a person suspected of having COVID-19. According to the Korean Central News...

Abandonad toda esperanza. Estamos en el infierno

Las recientes crisis que ha vivido la región –de una magnitud de energía que no se tiene recuerdo– han sido un acelerador de la ilegitimidad...

Find compromise

Japan should change stance on compensation issue The tension between Seoul and Tokyo is escalating with both sides showing no signs of budging an...

Don't bow to pressure

Prosecutor general and prosecution should be ensured of political independence, neutrality Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl's comments made at a...

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Arye Dery and Moshe Gafni, the Keys to Change Are in Your Hands

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Melbourne/Seoul – Seventy-five years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki put beyond argument that nuclear weapons are the most...

How to fight disease in the 1880s: Fresh air

New York – America’s ambivalence about wearing masks has played a part in its COVID-19 woes. But there’s another factor beginning to receive a...

COVID-19 and common sense

By Kaushik Basu ITHACA ― As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, our understanding of it is improving. Through a combination of epidemiology and physics...

Bolton memoir is guide for how not to negotiate with North Korea

By Van Jackson Even self-serving interpretations of history can be useful. Ambassador John Bolton's recent memoir, "The Room Where It Happened,"...

America means freedom to them

By Tom Purcell A friend of mine can't for the life of him understand why some Americans are clamoring to replace capitalism with socialism. Born in...

Systém a vražda

Naopak, odborná verejnosť aj advokáti obetí tento krok prijali pozitívne, pretože prípad je zložitý, a je len pre dobro veci, keď sudcovia...

Personal identity, outward action: The inner self in Japan and Canada PREMIUM

Has Iran’s Nuclear Program Suffered Real Damage From Secret Operations?

The Case for Human COVID-19 Challenge Trials

MELBOURNE/LOS ANGELES – Last month, the vaccine advocacy group 1Day Sooner published an open letter to Francis Collins, Director of the US...

America’s Unholy Crusade Against China

NEW YORK – Many white Christian evangelicals in the United States have long believed that America has a God-given mission to save the world. Under...

Minding the Perils of Progress

CAMBRIDGE – It is always worth remembering that in the grand sweep of history, we are the fortunate ones. Thomas Hobbes’s description of life as...

Opinion – Protest, Interrupted? Climate Activism During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Covid-19's impact on climate activism is obvious. How can climate activists execute a mass mobilization-based strategy in a social distancing context?

Panic Stations: Australia’s Scramble to Defend Against China in the Asia-Pacific

China will make new demands, but the time has passed for Australia to adequately defend themselves militarily and a new formula for politico-...

Complex calculations in Syria regarding oil and the Kurds

Oil was a card the U.S. regime pulled out last October to make President Donald Trump concentrate when it came to the Syrian game. Trump decided to...

Trump's TikTok fiasco shakes dollar, boosting Xi's grand yuan plan

Dollar's slide suggests years of Trumpian caprice are finally taking a toll

John Pilger: Another Hiroshima is coming – unless we stop it now

At a quarter past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, she and her silhouette were burned into the granite. I stared at the shadow for an hour...

Overdue antidote to Black Lives Matter’s poisonous ideology arrives in the form of Britain’s ‘strictest teacher’

Negotiating your way around any conversation centred on race has become a social minefield. Say the wrong thing and ‘boom!’ you’re treated as a...

Gina Carano’s formidable stand against BLM bullies is a much-wanted victory over cancel culture

#Ginacaranoisoverparty began trending on Wednesday as the woke mob set Carano in their sights after days of her pushing back against critics. The...

US Ambassadors as Lead Performers at a Political Circus

As numerous media publications can attest, US ambassadors continue to keep everyone’s attention riveted, eliciting what is by no means the most...

Is reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan possible or is another war looming?

Last week, units deployed at the Russian 102nd Military Base in Armenia conducted training exercises that involved over 1,500 troops and 500...

The false promise of normalcy and development in Kashmir

This August marks a year since the Indian government abrogated Articles 370 and 35(a) of the Indian constitution, revoking Indian-administered...

Turkey's foreign policy and the myth of neo-Ottomanism

Over the past few years, Turkey's increasingly assertive foreign policy has been felt throughout its neighbourhood. In July, following the clashes...