The Scottish politician who blames the Palestinians for the Nakba must be held to account

Long before Sir Winston Churchill said that history is written by the victors there were variations on the theme; the winners of any conflict get...

Horrifying high-tech hazmat suit promoted as the future of post-Covid clubbing – but hey, you can vape in it!

After enduring months of lockdown, we can all get back to safely spending hours in sweaty nightclubs, dancing the night away with friends, and...

A Chronicle of a Lost Decade Foretold

ATHENS – To exorcise my worst fears about the coming decade, I chose to write a bleak chronicle of it. If, by December 2030, developments have...

The end of Europe’s Chinese dream

Berlin – A paradigm shift is taking place in relations between the European Union and China. The COVID-19 crisis has triggered a new debate...

Twitter & media know this isn’t about mail-in ballots or fraud, but about who gets to define truth; Trump does too

On Tuesday, Twitter took the unprecedented step of posting a link under the two tweets – made by the president on his personal account – listing...

In Egypt a murdered woman means nothing but a policeman means everything

In 2008 Mohsen Al-Sukkari held up a card which identified him as block management and stepped inside the apartment of Lebanese pop sensation...

China faces challenging times as it forgoes GDP target

Japan's government gets no credit for coronavirus response

Slow start and out-of-touch prime minister have aggravated public

Nuclear delusions fuel North Korean ambitions

North Korea warned this week that it was strengthening its “nuclear war deterrence.” Experts don’t know what that means, but they are worried....

Philippines bolsters posture in South China Sea after navy ship docks at new Spratly Islands port

Two recent developments in the South China Sea are poised to be designed to enhance the Philippines’ position in the increasingly tense flashpoint...

I’ve been to China’s wet markets and eaten their wonderful delicacies. Demanding their closure over Covid-19 is cultural snobbery

Of all the sensitivities surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, nothing is more culturally divisive than “wet markets,” such as those in the...

+ (POGLED) Iz usihajoče kleriške kulture

Klasični katoliški kleriki, ki so jih zadnjih 400 let oblikovali mehki barok, polemika s protestantizmom, razsvetljenski absolutizem, nacionalne...

Janša in antinacionalisti z levice na isti strani?

Vprašanje je: Kaj potem? Kaj potem, ko bo ta neizvoljena vlada šla? Ne kaže namreč, da se bo obdržala. Ko se predsednik vlade spušča v javna...

Khashoggi’s fiancée is right to reject his family’s pardon for his killers 

Over the past couple of weeks Saudi Arabia has upped the ante with regard to retaliation against the family members of political dissenters in the...

Omar Al-Mukhtar’s Libya is now fighting a global proxy war

As I have said before, I was counting on the Libyan heroes of the February Revolution to continue their struggle against the reckless criminal...

Boris Johnson leaves the dirty work to everyone else

London – An awkward question hangs over the COVID-19-shuttered world of Downing Street. At his daily morning meeting, Boris Johnson, back to full...

Climate Targets and Industry Participation in the Recovery

COPENHAGEN – The COVID-19 pandemic must not lead governments to lower their climate ambitions. Accelerating the transition to a low-carbon...

Opinion – Sustainability for the Urban Poor Beyond COVID-19

The ‘win-win’ scenario for governments, the urban poor, as well as private players is likely to emerge if public private partnership models are...

Coronavirus is dark side of an urban interconnected world

Like earlier pandemics, the coronavirus is the dark side of a highly productive, urbanised, interconnected and increasingly prosperous world. Yet...

Kimura’s death underscores need for system to ID online abusers

Hana Kimura, 22, a cast member of the popular TV reality show “Terrace House”　produced and aired by Fuji Television Network Inc., died on May...

Situation in India in Light of SARS-COV-2 Spread

As discussions about the collapse of the old world order and the inevitable establishment of a new one (which remains unclear), and the key...

Why are Arab States No Longer Bound to Follow Washington's Policy on Iran?

With the US military presence in the Persian Gulf dwindling on the back of Pentagon’s recent withdrawal of troops from Saudi Arabia, an...

The vegan chef leading Germany’s far-right anti-lockdown protests

Report. A network of German extremists led by Attila Hildmann is uniting conspiracy theorists, neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, “citizens of the...

How white anger generates violence and inequality in Brazil

Commentary. The pandemic solidified the sabotage of various social programs. And in a country where feminicides and domestic violence are already...

Boost domestic tourism

Bold investment, deregulation needed to keep travel industry afloat The government unveiled measures aimed at stimulating domestic tourism and...

Readers rejoice

Japan's literacy rate in the late Edo Period (1603-1867) appears to have been quite high in cities and rural provinces alike. There were book...

Specter of currency war

Yuan's depreciation could wreck Korean economy The escalating rivalry between the U.S. and China is prompting a Cold War that could revive new...

Bibi's Partners Aren’t Stupid. They Know Annexation Won't Happen

COVID-19 offers chance to halt Iran's practice of taking Western hostages

By Trudy Rubin The COVID-19 pandemic has beamed a spotlight on Iran's barbaric practice of hostage diplomacy. In this dirty game, U.S. and...

Healthy settling of the #MeToo

By Song Sang-yep The impact of the #MeToo movement on Korean society has been enormous. Companies widely recognize sexual harassment as a crime....

Bayern Munich have title in the bag as Borussia Dortmund throw it away again

Bayern Munich's victory against Borussia Dortmund means an eighth straight Bundesliga title beckons for the Bavarians. While they deserve the...

Basic income: done deal?

By Gwynne Dyer World War I speeded up the emancipation of women; World War II led to the creation of welfare states in all the industrialized...

The PA’s pro-EU diplomacy merely serves its self-preservation

After declaring an end to all agreements with Israel and the US, the Palestinian Authority is struggling to chart an alternative diplomatic path....

The right economic response to the COVID-19 crisis

As was widely feared, the serious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy has become increasingly clear. The gross domestic product in the...

Stay-home request spurs a reading revival

Kizugawa, Kyoto Pref. – In many urban areas of Japan, people were recently urged to stay home for weeks on in the fight to contain the spread of...

COVID-19 makes addressing internal displacement even more urgent

All over the world, families are grieving. They grieve the loss of friends and loved ones, the loss of jobs and livelihoods, the loss of freedom...

The Isle of Eigg and the possibilities of building a new economy

In 1997, the inhabitants of the tiny Hebridean Isle of Eigg finally succeeded in taking collective control of their island. Tensions had been...

I am under a lockdown, but not because of the coronavirus

In the last few months, due to the coronavirus pandemic, millions of people around the world experienced for the first time the difficulties and...

The IMF can help prevent a COVID-19 economic catastrophe

Helpful steps were taken to provide assistance to developing countries grappling with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis at the...

Regulating in a Pandemic

LONDON – The years after the 2007-09 global financial crisis were characterized by an orgy of rulemaking by financial regulators around the world...

How to Protect Refugees in a Pandemic

KAMPALA – Perhaps the most effective health interventions in the battle against COVID-19 so far have been behavioral: social distancing and...

Why we're 'not all in this together'

By Christine Flowers So many of us are parked in front of our television sets these days, more out of necessity than desire. After hundreds of...

China, WHO and Hong Kong

By John J. Metzler The World Health Organization (WHO) held its annual Assembly with barely a mention of the member state which brought this U.N....

Naftová krivda

Softvér bol aktivovaný len počas emisných testov. Na cestách tvorbu emisií neovplyvňoval a vďaka tomu mali motory v realite vyšší výkon a...

Lufthansa bailout shows Germany has learned nothing from the pandemic

COVID-19 has taught us that individuals and governments can act together for the greater good. In bailing out Lufthansa, the German government is...

Para una gobernanza económica global

La crisis que sacude al mundo ha dejado al desnudo la inexistencia de una gobernanza global. La dimensión más evidente es la sanitaria. La...

In Dog Years

In December, 2011 I wrote a post titled “For the Love of a Dog,”  In it I wrote how much I wanted to adopt a dog to give her a loving home and...

Is ‘Soros’ Now the World’s Most Versatile, Dangerous Conspiracy Theory?

George Soros, financier, Jew and donor to liberal causes, is the initial target of conspiracy theories bearing his name. But as both the hard left...

The joylessness of sex: AIDS caused a fear of intimate contact and Covid-19 could turn us into a world of w**kers

Bookmakers predicted that the lockdown would lead to a baby boom, but according to Laxman Narasimhan, the owner of Durex condoms, people are having...