Suga's pledge of being carbon-free puts Japan at the starting line

Japan will fight the climate crisis by achieving net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 to become carbon-free, Prime Minister Yoshihide...

Is the US Headed Towards a Disputed Election?

Kadhimi is dancing with snakes without a flute

At the end of his European tour, during which he visited France, Germany and Britain — he is a British citizen, remember — Iraqi Prime Minister...

Head of NXIVM sex-cult tied to Seagram’s heir gets 120 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced self-improvement guru Keith Raniere, whose NXIVM followers included millionaires and Hollywood actors, was sentenced to...

Chile’s referendum rejecting the Pinochet-era constitution shows that the world is entering a new, anti-neoliberal age

On Sunday, almost exactly a year after protests over inequality erupted in the country, Chileans voted in a landslide to adopt a new constitution...

The UEC’s recent decision to not hold elections in areas affected by unrest will hamper Myanmar’s democratisation.

On November 8, Myanmar is set to hold general elections for the second time since the end of military rule in 2011. However, not everyone in the...

Most Jews back French crackdown on radical Islam, targeting religious activities

JTA — As the French government rolls out a controversial plan that amounts to its most robust crackdown on religious activity in decades, it is...

Israel and US to extend their scientific cooperation to West Bank and Golan

NEW YORK — The US and Israel will expand their scientific cooperation agreements to include the West Bank and the Golan Heights, Prime Minister...

Lost interviews show Bob Dylan worried about anti-Semitism when he changed name

AP — For nearly half a century, they were blowin’ in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-...

Documentary eyes Evangelicals: Trump’s 2016 win, Jerusalem embassy and beyond

With less than a week to go until the tense United States presidential elections, documentary filmmaker Maya Zinshtein hopes to shed light on the...

Satellite photos show construction at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday showed, just as...

Hysteria over Amy Coney Barrett reflects the complete lack of respect for Christian beliefs that is now so common

There has been a substantial amount of mania surrounding the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court. Mania has become an odd...

Canada’s Lantic joins forces with Israel’s DouxMatok for low-sugar sweeteners

A Canadian-based sugar manufacturer will collaborate with Israeli startup DouxMatok to create sugar-cane based sweeteners that are 30 to 50 percent...

United States of Anxiety: New fears have American Jews questioning the future

JTA — American Jews are anxious. They’re worried about COVID-19, which already has killed a quarter-million Americans and is spreading more...

By huge majority, Czech parliament calls for outlawing Hezbollah in its entirety

The Czech Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday night passed by an overwhelming majority a resolution urging the government to declare all of Hezbollah a...

PM fetes ‘important victory’ as US extends bilateral agreements to settlements

Israel and the US on Wednesday signed an agreement that removed all previous geographic restrictions from their scientific cooperation, a move...

Has Putin Lost His Mojo?

MOSCOW – What a difference a year makes. In the fall of 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to be riding high. Upheaval in the West –...

Biden fantasizes about Russia ‘tearing up US alliances’ as NATO members clash and bicker amid Trump bullying

It’s a tedious charge repeatedly made against Moscow by Washington which views Russia as an ever-present bogeyman, masterminding chaos and...

Does the US Still Interfere in Foreign Elections?

CAMBRIDGE – Four years after Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election, more countries seem to be joining the game in the run-up...

Knesset shoots down pro-LGBT bill to require gender-neutral terms for parents

Pro-LGBT legislation that sought to make official state documents more inclusive of same-sex couples was rejected by the Knesset Wednesday. The...

Georgia parliamentary elections a case study in influence

China stands to gain if voters reject further tilt to the West

Social media giants face allegations of anti-conservative bias 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are facing a grilling by Republican senators making allegations that the tech giants...

Sudanese in Israel fear deportation after normalization, say they face danger

AFP — Sudanese asylum seekers living in Israel fear being kicked out once ties are normalized between the two countries, though some hope their...

The False Dichotomy of Autocracy and Democracy

ANN ARBOR – Unlike the old superpower contest between the United States and the Soviet Union, the incipient cold war between China and the US does...

What is the point of BLM? As the UK group implodes over plans to become a political party, even it doesn’t seem to know

Black Lives Matter is undeniably political. And debate over its intentions was seemingly ended with the news that the group had applied to...

Obama’s spin on history and ‘protesting injustice’ makes Biden look like he supports lawlessness

Possibly the most high-profile people to have backed Joe Biden as the next president of the United States have been Barack and Michelle Obama. The...

Tax Authority to demand return of hundreds of millions in coronavirus stipends

The Tax Authority plans to demand the return of hundreds of millions of shekels it doled out to small businesses and independent workers to help...

Ovce v volčjih kožuhih

So ljudje ovce? Rečejo jim, naj nosijo maske, in vsi ubogajo. Težko verjamem, ko vidim, kako so na ljubljanskih ulicah vsi zamaskirani. Prvi val...

Senior Hamas official: PLO won’t change, reconciliation ‘nearly impossible’

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar expressed sharp skepticism that his group would reconcile with the rival Fatah movement in the near future...

Qatar apologizes after invasive examination of women on 10 flights

Australia revealed Wednesday that female passengers on 10 planes flying out of Doha were forced to endure “appalling” physical examinations, as...

A guide to the 10 Jewish Republicans running for Congress in 2020

JTA — The Republican Jewish delegation to Congress could double in size this year — if a trio of competitive races break for the GOP next week. Of...

Early humans used a green Levant as a stepping stone out of Africa – study

Early humans migrated out of Africa through the Middle East with the help of a favorable climactic window, using today’s Israel and the...

Shalom and welcome to Bahrain

As the excitement following the signing of the Abraham Accords continues to reverberate around the world, we are already seeing the underpinning of...

COVID-19 infections continue to drop, but daily deaths still high

Israel’s rate of positive coronavirus tests is at its lowest in more than four months, according to data released Tuesday and Wednesday by the...

Under fire for back-to-school plan, education chief pushes 4-day week instead

With just days remaining until students are set to go back to class, the Education Ministry revised its much-criticized program to reopen...

Rare early Christian church built atop temple to Pan found in northern Israel

One of the earliest churches in Israel was recently discovered at the foot of breathtaking waterfalls in the scenic Banias Nature Reserve in...

(PISMO JAVNOSTI) Pod pritiski ne bomo klonili

Na slovensko javnost se kot uredniki večjih slovenskih medijev obračamo s pismom, ker se zavedamo pomembnosti in kritičnosti trenutka, v katerem...

Its Islamophobic approach to the French Muslim community will not help address radicalisation.

More than a week after the gruesome murder of French teacher Samuel Paty by a Chechen refugee, France remains gripped by shock, hatred and despair....

New vision for future

Korea Times speeds up digital transformation The Korea Times will mark its 70th anniversary this Sunday. This newspaper is the country's oldest...

Concern over greater tax burden

It is necessary to adopt fair property assessment method The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has presented a long-term plan to raise...

The Jewish Chronicle’s war of words against Palestinians and their supporters

Believe it or not, the Jewish Chronicle hasn’t always looked increasingly like a racist, anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim rag. Under the ownership...

Want to see what election fraud looks like? Look at Belarus

As the United States hurtles toward its most important presidential election in decades, anyone eager to understand the consequences of...

Middle Eastern past is never dead

By Mark Leonard BERLIN ― The images were touching. In early October, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visited the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin...

Tension on the India-China border: Why Asia should care

By Siddharth Varadarajan The atomic age began in 1945 and today there are nine countries which possess nuclear weapons. Eight of these openly...

LISTEN: Medieval Jewish ghost stories, heaven, hell, and a lot of punishment

Just in time for Halloween, this week on The Times of Israel Podcast we’re speaking with Dr. Susan Weissman, who has just published “Final...

Falošná hra vlády

Zákaz vychádzania mal pôvodne platiť iba do 1. novembra. Ústredný krízový štáb ho však predĺžil do 15. novembra. Bude potom skutočne...

Cyprus and the elusive solution

A presidential election was held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus last Sunday. That is the northern part of the island that has been...

The “Domino Effect” in Oceania and Competition among World Powers

Even after gaining independence, the countries in Oceania are facing pressure from more powerful regional players that want to keep them in their...

O jednom statuse Igora Matoviča. Chlapci, posledná šanca pribrzdiť!

Prišla. Ale odpovede na položené otázky nedala. „Niekto na Slovensku nechce pochopiť a silou-mocou má nutkavú potrebu ľudí od...

Tales of our Homeland #9: The New Ghetto

Notes for further study from Michael Unterberg: Herzl was a prolific author , best known for his pamphlet “Der Judenstaat” and novel...