Tear gas and rubber bullets fired as Hong Kong returns to chaos

HONG KONG descended into chaos Sunday night as riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters hours after China's...

Asian Correspondent Staff

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A Ridiculous and Unnecessary Battle

Israel’s decision to let U.S. Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib visit Israel and the territories in the coming weeks despite their...

Haaretz Editorial

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Japan’s Abe claims victory in upper house election

JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed victory Sunday for his ruling coalition in the upper house election, but appeared to fail to secure a "...

Asian Correspondent Staff

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The Paradox of Religious Zionism

Israel Harel

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The Left Is Good for Netanyahu

Iris Leal

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Political sumo tourney needs noble yokozuna, worthy rivals

The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament ended July 21, with Kakuryu coming out victorious when he defeated Hakuho, a fellow yokozuna and fellow native of...

Vox Populi

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Upper House poll results put onus on Abe to build a consensus

For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the word “Idoshi” (the Year of the Boar according to the Chinese zodiac) has an ominous ring to it. In the...

Editorial

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Salt: China’s deadly food habit

PEOPLE in China have used salt to prepare and preserve food for thousands of years. But consuming lots of salt raises blood pressure, increasing...

Monique Tan

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Chinese investment strains Cambodian society

Kimkong Heng

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Palestinian Statistics

Amira Hass

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Psihodiagnostika še za koga

Nazadnje sem pisal o psihodiagnostiki v pravosodju, ker se je razvnela medijska debata o tem, kako prav bi prišlo s psihološkimi testi podprto...

Dragan Petrovec

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Amos Biderman

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Afghanistan: 'A decent interval'

By Gwynne Dyer There is movement towards peace in Afghanistan ― or at least towards an end to the American military ordeal there, which has lasted...

Gwynne Dyer

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Critical week for Korea

Tokyo should accept US offer for mediation South Korea's ongoing row with Japan over the latter's trade restrictions in apparent retaliation for a...

Editorial

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Bad deal over extra budget

The political standoff over the government's supplementary budget proposal shows no signs of abating. The 6.7 trillion won ($5.7 billion) proposal...

Editorial

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South Korea foreshadows global slowdown

NEW YORK - In 1960, South Korea had a total fertility rate of more than six children per woman, high enough to cause a population explosion. But as...

Noah Smith

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Open discussions, not ingratiation

The president-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wants a more objective debate about the rule of law in Europe. But that...

Rosalia Romaniec

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Piracy or War?

Article 22 of the Convention On The High Seas of 1958, states: ‘1. Except where acts of interference derive from powers conferred by treaty, a...

Christopher Black

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South Korea's panicky interest rate cut is a warning for Asia

William Pesek

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Pushing Turkey out of NATO is a terrible idea

WASHINGTON - After several years of verbal jousting with the United States, Turkey accepted an initial delivery of a highly advanced Russian air...

James Stavridis

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Politici zrazu trúbia na pochod

Nechýbal tam ani desaťnásobne hrdý na svoje deti, no stále slobodný Boris Kollár zo Sme rodina a eurosposlanec za kotlebovcov Milan Uhrík. Za...

Martin Krno

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2020 Games to have legacy of sustainability

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are just one year away. A variety of “one-year-to-go ceremonies” are scheduled on July 24 for the...

Toshiro Muto

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Joe Biden wants to make defense of democracies crux of US foreign policy

By Trudy Rubin The most important element of Joe Biden's foreign-policy speech recently lay not in the details (which were thin) but in his embrace...

Trudy Rubin

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Alzheimer's advice: Heed it or fuhgeddaboudit?

By Danny Tyree According to NBC News, a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has offered a ray of hope for...

Danny Tyree

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Nuclear phase-out (III): Recommendation

By Chang Se-moon In this final article of a three part series reviewing the nuclear phase-out policy in Korea, we review its long-term impact and...

Chang Se-Moon

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US-Iranian Confrontation in the Persian Gulf. What Lies Ahead?

Tensions which have been escalating since May this year between the US and Iran in the Persian Gulf and Washington’s military intervention have...

Yuriy Zinin

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Erdogan, Cyprus and the Future of NATO

In recent weeks a dramatic escalation of tension around Turkish oil drilling rig presence in the disputed Exclusive Enterprise Zone surrounding EU...

F. William Engdahl

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Is a new U.S.-led war looming with Iran?

The United States is deploying troops in Saudi Arabia as tensions soar with its arch-rival Iran raising concerns over navigation in the Gulf's...

Japan Today

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Georgian Rustavi2 TV Journalist Suffers NED-Inspired Diarrhea of the Mouth

They will never cease to amaze me, the new depths, even as reported by the BBC … the so-called Georgian media can reach when spurring out...

Henry Kamens

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An Ontological Reading of Turkey’s AK Party – Gülen Movement Conflict

Since one of the most bitter rivalries in the history of the republic of Turkey has turned bloody with a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, many...