The distribution revolution

HIKONE, SHIGA PREF. - The domestic market for internet shopping has been growing steadily at an annual rate of nearly 10 percent, according to a...

The Senkaku paradox

WASHINGTON - By strong and deep bipartisan agreement, America’s national security community is now focused on the risks of war against Russia or...

Austria's far-right show their true colors

The audacity and arrogance of Austria's far-right led to their premature undoing. DW's Barbara Wesel sees the FPÖ scandal as a warning for...

Eurovision demonstrates the power of empathy

This year's Eurovision Song Contest entries varied from a call to action to end capitalism to pure party songs. The winner won on a personal note,...

Their Lives Are Worth Less

On Thursday, two more names were added to the growing list of construction worker deaths in Israel. The first of these was Xia Zheng Long, 44, of...

Huawei in Central Europe: From “Strategic Partner” to Potential Threat

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) came back to the center of the global debate on Huawei with the recent Prague 5G Security Conference’s emphasis on...

Poland's Militant Nationalists Are Targeting Scholars of the Holocaust, With Help From an Israeli Historian

Nationalist Poland's 'official history' of the Holocaust is based on the myth of Polish national innocence - and the state and its proxies have...

The Deadly Consequences of a Dead-on-arrival Trump Mideast Peace Plan

When the U.S. ambassador states 'Israel is on the side of God,' he's voicing in off-base terms the Trump administration's one-sided support for...

Shame on You, Germany

Germany, Shame on You and Your anti-BDS Resolution

US-China trade war: here are Beijing’s options – and not one looks any good

From the volume of bellicose rhetoric in China’s state media, you might think Beijing is digging in for a bloody fight to the finish in its trade...

One son and four daughters

By Hyon O'Brien When I was engaged to be married to Tim in 1968, he casually mentioned that he would like to have 17 children. Of course, I ignored...

Tales of corruption don’t even shock us anymore

Commentary. Lega is trying to sell the image of a party that has cleaned up its act after 20 years of them and Berlusconi being thick as thieves....

Israel Claims Victory After Germany's BDS Ban at the Expense of Minimizing the Holocaust

The Bundestag has equated the boycott calls of an anti-occupation organization to those heard in 1930s Germany. The move is a coup for the Israeli...

Singapore's timely peace plea to avenging superpowers

Dajte pokoj Delonovi

Fackoval ženy, podporoval Národný front Jeana-Marieho le Pena, útočil na homosexuálov, je rasista. Delon to ani veľmi nepopiera. Aj viacerí...

A Police Force of and for All Citizens

There needs to be public discussion of the relations between the police and Arab citizens. Recently there has been a string of murder cases in Arab...

There is one clear winner in Philippine midterm elections: Rodrigo Duterte’s popularity

Five points stand out to me from the just-concluded Philippine midterm elections, particularly its main event: the Senate race.First, the polls...