What Trump leaves unspoken carries consequences

President Donald Trump seems to rarely leave a thought unspoken. Of late, though, it is increasingly clear there are things Trump won’t say — and...

July 2 marks the 70th anniversary of the burning of Kinkakuji temple

Kinkakuji, one of Kyoto's most famous Zen temples, was destroyed in a fire exactly 70 years ago today. Taizan Egami, 84, who was a 14-year-old...

O lepotah in grdotah Slovenije

Ko znancem iz tujine pripovedujem o lepotah Slovenije, recimo o Šunikovem vodnem gaju v Soči ali o milini dvojine, sem vedno nekako ponosna. Ne...

Russia may get Vladimir Putin for life

Referendums can have unpredictable risks and side-effects, as Vladimir Putin may yet discover. He has just had the people endorse changes to the...

In French elections, a green turning point: ‘The landscape is reordering itself’

Analysis. The second round of the municipal elections on Sunday confirmed the polls, with the Greens winning several prominent victories. However,...

‘We will take you to Italy, now sleep’ – the secret shame of Italy’s mass returns

Reportage. Hundreds of refugees were returned to Libyan detention camps to face death and torture after the intervention of private Italian ships...

+ (GLOBALNA ARENA) Razredna vojna zaradi covida

Krizo na območju evra, ki je izbruhnila pred desetletjem, so dolgo prikazovali kot spopad med varčnim severom Evrope in razsipnim jugom. Pravzaprav...

Spanish coal plants shut down, saying the economics aren’t worth it

Report. Since 2018, the price of CO2 in the EU market has risen sharply, reaching a record €30 per ton in 2019, which has made it no longer...

Still not too late for China to rethink Hong Kong law

After Covid-19, universities will play a more critical role than ever

June is usually a period of revelry for many university students. Lecture halls and classrooms are emptied out as undergraduates finish their...

The US-Russia blame game: Afghan Diplomacy Needs to be Active

US and Russia agreed on not accepting or supporting the restoration of the Taliban regime what is so-called “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”,...

Problem-ridden PEFs

Fund managers, sellers should pay price for deceiving investors The Financial Dispute Settlements Committee has told banks and brokerages to fully...

Setback to tripartite dialogue

Progressive union should make compromise A lack of compromise has dealt a setback to the dialogue between unions, management and government. It is...

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Celebrating July 4th

By Donald Kirk Most people hardly need reminders of their mortality. Mere mortals know there's a time to live and a time to die, but surely a...

China is not the Middle East’s high roller

New York – The emerging narrative of China’s rise in the Middle East as a counter to American power and influence rests on the skewed portrayal of...

Hong Kong national security law: Is China aiming to save the golden goose?

On Tuesday, Beijing adopted a new national security law for Hong Kong. It comes in the wake of several years of continued social unrest beginning...

A More Humane Post-Pandemic Social Contract

NEW HAVEN – Never have the complexities of the relationship between human health and economic wellbeing been more apparent than during the...

Fixing the World Trade Crisis after coronavirus

Is the US using its NATO ally Turkey to counter Russia in Libya? 

Watching the recent military development in Libya, the obvious question is: does the US have a coherent strategy to counter the fast-growing...

Ascendant progressives face three big obstacles

By Chris Reed The emergence of a bipartisan consensus following weeks of protests about racial injustice ― that police departments need either...

Korea's 'Forgotten War' key to future Asian peace

By John J. Metzler Seventy years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops attacked South Korea launching an unexpected military blitz. Kim...

Hong Kong's young crusaders should stand down to fight another day

By Tom Plate I wouldn't mind being 20-something again. That was about the only time in my life that I considered myself blunder-immune, and ― as...

Politics of upside-down America

By Michael Reagan There was even more yelling and screaming than usual in Washington last week. I'm not talking about the "peaceful" demonstrators...

Political progression

By Alex Gratzek Over the centuries, a positive development among international relations and domestic politics has been the increased respect of...

Strengthening Africa's best pandemic defense

By Assia Sidibe JOHANNESBURG ― COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on the global economy. Like every continent, Africa has been bracing itself...

'Can I trust Korean judges?'

By Song Sang-yep Foreign friends doing business in Korea often ask me "Can I trust Korean Courts?" When we go to a foreign country for the first...

Why has Sisi threatened to intervene in Libya?

Why did Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi threaten to intervene in Libya when it is unlikely that such a threat will be translated into...

A final reprieve for the KSK

The soldiering skills of Germany's elite commando unit KSK are exceptional. But the fostering of far-right extremist tendencies in the unit left...

Shelter in place

While much of the world was adjusting to lockdown and socialising via screens, life went on more or less the same for Vicky Chavez and her two...

Ashoka’s moral empire

In the Khyber valley of Northern Pakistan, three large boulders sit atop a hill commanding a beautiful prospect of the city of Mansehra. A low...

Vilify Netanyahu as Much as He Deserves, but Who Are You Proposing Instead?

Japan, S. Korea should take quick action to defrost chilly relations

When do Japan and South Korea intend to start fixing their dysfunctional political communication system to mend their deeply strained relationship...

Australia's coronavirus response will not help women back into work

Government has directed money to male-dominated industries

The Covid SECOND WAVE is coming. I can’t wait for governments to BLAME it all on you, me and the rest of the p*ssed-off public

Good news, everyone! Covid-19 is over! It’s gone, buggered off back to its lab or bat cave or wherever, defeated by a mighty, amicable and...

Netanyahu Is Lying Again

Annexation Leaves Palestinians Nothing to Discuss

Despite the trust of Haaretz's finest, no phone call from Abbas will overcome Trump’s scorched earth approach to international peace, or the...

Trump says Democrats 'hate America.' Their attacks on Mt. Rushmore seem designed to prove him right

The North Dakota mountain is famous around the world for the 60-foot (18-meter) faces of four US presidents – George Washington, Thomas...

Feds nab Ghislaine Maxwell over sex trafficking for Epstein. Will she now cut a deal and throw sweaty Prince Andrew to the sharks?

Ever since the day her father, Robert ‘Cap’n Bob’ Maxwell, fell from the yacht he had named after his daughter and drowned off the Canary...

Racionálne rozhodnutie

Premiér Igor Matovič skritizoval zápas Dunajská Streda – Slovan, kde sa fanúšikovia „vykašľali“ na šachovnicové sedenie, a rýchlo...

Malaysia is rehabilitating Najib after 1MDB scandal

Former prime minister's prospects are looking up as related charges are dropped

Caucasians Get Their Comeuppance

Following recent undisguised assassinations by local police of several black men that led to the largest demonstrations in recent US history,...

Joseph Goebbels’ Followers Shaping Policy in Washington

Recent events clearly show that, owing to efforts of the current US political elite, teachings of Propaganda Minister of Nazi Germany, Doctor Paul...