+ (POGLED) Domovinsko pravico le trobilom in brezumju

Po basni o medijih premiera Janeza Janše novele ministra Vaska Simonitija ne presenečajo. Žanre oba rutinersko obvladata - tako po tehniki kot...

+ (POGLED) Kako živeti s pandemijo

Znanstveniki, vlade in izvedenci za javno zdravje se zaradi krize, ki jo je povzročila pandemija covida-19, še bolj trudijo razumeti odnos med...

U.S. forces must share info on virus cases with local officials

U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture have been hit by an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, prompting the U.S. military to lock down two Marine Corps...

Haaretz Cartoon

Fire goddess will judge if museum conveys message of Ainu culture

Toru Kaizawa, 61, who runs a traditional Ainu wood carving workshop in Nibutani, Hokkaido, still remembers one night from his long-ago childhood....

Mrtve ideje!

‘Ukaz št. 35: Nenadoma se je izkazalo, da je rdeča večerna zarja državi nevarna. Zato se zapre večerna zarja vsakokrat, ko se bo prikazala, v...

Belarusian Tales: Chernobyl’s Impact on Belarus and More

Both among the authorities and the opposition, there are good and bad people, there is no dividing line between them. That was also obvious in...

Trump and Putin by the Book

MOSCOW – We are increasingly ruled not by people but by characters. Donald Trump’s reality-show presidency or Vladimir Putin’s cartoon...

Israel’s annexation plan, not Turkey’s Hagia Sophia move, undermines regional peace 

Veteran journalist Dr Bora Bayraktar greeted his audiences to the Hagia Sophia by saying, “Welcome to the heart of the world.” His views have...

A Doomed Middle-East Peace

TEL AVIV – Twenty years ago this month, US President Bill Clinton invited Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestine Liberation Organization...

COVID-19: El camino que tenemos por delante

Pocas cosas debieran poner más en valor la necesidad de solidaridad, colaboración y coordinación globales que una pandemia. Debiera ser una...

The racist double standards of international development

Year after year, the luminaries of international development, from Bill Gates to Jim Kim, Nick Kristof to Steven Pinker, line up to tell us about...

The EU still needs US help for a Serbia-Kosovo deal

It would not be a stretch to say that Europe has now given up on US President Donald Trump. Not that long ago, leaders across the pond held some...

The fight for DACA is not over

On June 19, DACA recipients across the country erupted in celebration. The United States Supreme Court struck down the Trump administration's...

Who are the real racists? The woke mob tries to redefine racism to hide their own bigotry

Racism is an evil thing. People who are branded with that title are given a massive scarlet letter, and are generally cast out of civil society....

The Politics of a COVID-19 Vaccine

NEW YORK – The global toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is enormous: more than a half-million lives lost, hundreds of millions out of work, and...

Biden will seek to extend the narrative that Israel is being ‘singled out’ 

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden may try to sustain the fable that he is an alternative to current US President Donald Trump, but for...

Escollos

Los asesores financieros suelen diferenciar entre inversiones en valores de poco riesgo pero con bajos rendimientos, de aquellos con mayor riesgo...

COVID-19 threatens sexual health of Africa´s women

More HIV-infected and unwanted pregnant women in Africa are feared by Evelyn Samba from the German Foundation for World Population. States invested...

Saving the Iran Nuclear Deal

BRUSSELS – Five years ago this week in Vienna, the P5 1 (the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany) and Iran...

Pandemic poster boy Rishi Sunak is being tipped to succeed BoJo. Are British people ready to vote for a BAME prime minister?

If anyone can be said to have enjoyed a good pandemic, it is wonderboy chancellor Rishi Sunak. But talk of him being a shoo-in as Britain’s next...

There’s no reprieve from the haters on holiday for right-wing activist Tommy Robinson. But should there be?

Nothing beats the feeling of finishing work and knowing your holidays have begun. Whether it’s to lounge around at home, dragging yourself out of...

Introducing Kanye Derangement Syndrome: Chance the Rapper asks why Joe Biden would be better than Yeezy… and the left goes crazy

Since Kanye West announced his intention to run for president, numerous theories have been thrown out by talking heads in an effort to make sense...

The Iranians Are Lulling Israel's Leaders to Sleep

Iran aims to entrench its deployment of missiles around us and is avoiding creating tension before the job is done. Meanwhile, Israel's army and...

How Would Black Economists Change Economics?

Egypt and Somalia had warm relations in the past, but now it is lukewarm at best

Ambiguity, tension and possible escalation surround the future of Egypt-Somalia relations due to the latter’s unclear position on the Grand...

Time for Japan to present a credible energy policy

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese government has provided massive fiscal support, hoping that economic activities would return...

COVID-19 fear will keep the world in a slump

New York – To date, the economic damage wrought by the pandemic has been mostly hidden by massive government subsidy. That’s about to change. And...

Erdogan is erasing Ataturk’s stamp on Turkey

New York – Under normal circumstances, the most important news out of Turkey last weekend would have been a new law that, critics say, represents...

Are riots ever justifiable?

The upside of a new cold war with China

New York – The American founders believed that prolonged rivalry and conflict abroad would eventually degrade the country’s democracy at home....

Is Japan ready for transformational change?

Half of 2020 passed as many of us were busy coping with various disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several weeks after the state of...

An Interview with Sami Mahroum

The king of Haiti’s dream

After declaring independence from France on 1 January 1804, Haiti became the first state anywhere to permanently outlaw slavery and ban imperial...

My little piece of privacy

In 2010, the German artist Niklas Roy embarked on a project to take back a small slice of privacy in an era and in a place – his Berlin workshop...

The unlikely war between Egypt and Turkey in Libya

Many countries are engaged in what is a complex conflict in Libya, and so some obvious proxy wars are shaping up. For several reasons, Egypt and...

Truth behind mayor's death

Probe needed over alleged sexual harassment People bade farewell to Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, Monday. His sudden death, an apparent suicide,...

How can Boeing regain the public's trust?

On Oct. 29, 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 189 passengers and crew. Less than five months...

The Poetry of Yoon Dong-Ju

By Bernard Rowan Yoon Dong-ju (1917-1945) is one of Korea's great modern poets. He lived during the era of Japan's colonization of Korea, and his...

Hero or traitor?

By Choi Sung-jin When I was in fifth grade, one of my classmates was poor but seemed to have some pride at heart. Some friends said his grandfather...

Sales of 'The Plague' rise

By Nam Sang-so "Our citizens work hard, but solely with the object of getting rich. Their chief interest is in commerce… Naturally they don't...

Lessons from Polish opposition

By Jacek Rostowski LONDON ― Although Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski did not come out on top in Poland's presidential election, the result...

End of mask rationing

Government should step in at signs of supply shortage The government ended the rationing of face masks Sunday, shifting to a market supply scheme....

Good News from Washington: AIPAC, Israel losing to progressive Democrats

While the US administration of President Donald Trump remains adamant in its support for Israel, the traditional democratic leadership continues to...

Will the Socioeconomic Experiment That Is Israel's Coronavirus Crisis Blow Up in Its Face?

Israel Needs Lawmakers to Challenge Attempts to Turn the Knesset Into a Rubber Stamp