Handmaid’s Tale Istanbul

One thing among many others that has surfaced along with the social media boom in Turkey is misogyny. Periodic outbursts by religious figures...

V Siriji bo treba ugrizniti v kislo jabolko

Ob dogodkih v Siriji se seveda zastavljata dve vprašanji: kdo je izgubil državo in kako utegne od zdaj naprej ravnati mednarodna skupnost?...

Israel Needs a Permanent Transitional Government

Sometimes, we have no choice but to rush to the rescue of the groaning homeland. Evidently, it isn’t capable of saving itself. Therefore, the...

Religious Indoctrination’s Great Failure

After just the three first pages in my son’s new textbook “Moledet, Hevra Ve’ezrahut” (Homeland, Society and Citizenship), he is introduced to...

Reform Is the Last Thing That Lebanon’s Leaders Want

“The Power Of The People Is Stronger Than The People In Power,” claimed a placard held up during the ongoing protests in Lebanon. It’s a...

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Rain continues to threaten areas hit by typhoon as debris piles up

The Japanese word “kisho” refers to a person’s temperament or disposition. But in olden days, the word was written with kanji that stand for...

Curbs on apartment prices

Presale price ceiling system may rattle property market On Tuesday the government approved a controversial scheme to cap presale prices of...

Putin took the Mideast, the U.S. can get it back

WASHINGTON – Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama taunted in 2014, was a “regional power”: a country capable of making mischief in its...

How a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could destabilize Japan

TAIPEI – Taiwan’s reclamation has been a cornerstone of Beijing’s mission for “national rejuvenation” since the Chinese Communist Party...

Electing America’s Economic Future

STANFORD – A year from now, the United States will elect its next president. The stakes are high, and the outcome will reverberate across the world...

Revisiting Cuban missile crisis

By Arthur I. Cyr The Cuban missile crisis occurred more than a half century ago, but the lessons of that terrifying Cold War episode remain...

Hong Kong, Beijing need courage to end protests

By Tom Plate Not every "pro-democracy/anti-government" protester is alike; not all are actors, and the violent ones are violently beyond compassion...

Weaned on Halloween

WEANED ON HALLOWEEN WEANED ON HALLOWEEN By Jase Graves Fall has always been my favorite time of year, not due to the splendor of the colorful...

Lebanese rise up against sectarianism: ‘We are united’

Reportage. Thousands of protesters held a week of demonstrations throughout the country against corruption and an economic crisis. We spoke with...

(VEČERNO BRANJE) Komuna in komunalno gospodarstvo

Maribor vlaga v razvoj omrežja in prečrpališč bistveno manj sredstev kot druge lastnice. V letu 1997 je Mariborski vodovod začel posodobitev...

The Real Danger That Brexit Poses for Israel

When Israelis ask what Brexit means for them, many will think of economy and trade, and about diplomatic relations with Britain and Europe. These...

Mahathir's window for reforms is closing faster than he thinks

Malaysia needs to abandon ethnic preference and fix political trust

Trading one union for another? Will Britain leaving the EU break up the UK?

For my part, the answer is ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ I think that Her Majesty, aged 93 and long life to her, will be on her throne for longer than...

Middle East's dangerous new hegemonic confrontation

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN ― In the old Middle East, a single overarching conflict ― between Israel and the Arab countries ― had many fronts, and...

Zradca Macron

Šéf Elyzejského paláca, ktorý sa pasuje za veľkého reformátora únie, ktorému záleží na európskej rodine, sa zachoval ako zradca....

Erdogan wins big as clock ticks for Syria Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart have agreed to extend the ceasefire in northern Syria by six days. The deal they...

The UN exploits Palestinian children to further the two-state propaganda

There is one thing the UN and its personnel would do well to keep in mind when pontificating about the purported peace process and to promote...

A crisis with the U.S. puts the brakes on the economy once again

The economic crisis triggered in August 2018 is pushing the embattled domestic political scene in Ankara more and more every day. It is very clear...

Constitutional issues ignored for emperor’s ceremony

Emperor Naruhito’s ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne was officially proclaimed to the world at the Sokuirei-Seiden-no-Gi enthronement...

The Great British Disenfranchisement of the Jews

Choose your poison. The anti-Semitic populist left or the racist, illiberal populist right? You’re a British Jew. Who would you choose between a...

China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam: FT

BEIJING is drawing up a plan to remove Hong Kong’s beleaguered chief executive Carrie Lam, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, after nearly...

How a Weaponized Dollar Could Backfire

CAMBRIDGE – The language of international monetary policy has turned militaristic. The phrase “currency war” has now been popular for a decade,...

National Reserve for Wild Weeds

With or without a government, it’s clear to everyone just who is in charge in the occupied territories – the settlers. They act violently...

Lion Air families to meet Indonesia safety agency ahead of report

FAMILIES of those killed when a Lion Air plane crashed off Indonesia last year are expected to meet safety regulators on Wednesday to be briefed on...

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Democrats' 2020 race has a new shadow: Hillary Clinton

Some Democrats are putting up caution signs for Hillary Clinton as she wades back into presidential politics by casting 2020 candidate Tulsi...

The End of Israel’s Free Press

Hayamin Hehadash chairman Naftali Bennett, one of the victims of Walla’s tendentious coverage that was spurred by Prime Minister Benjamin...

Israel’s Next Political Murder? Read the Writing on the Wall

A warning to the police, the Shin Bet security service and Israeli citizens: A political murder could strike Israel soon. The victim would be a...

Automation hypochondria in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

THE world has experienced four industrial revolutions and as each has unfolded, so have dire predictions of massive job losses. Looking back at the...

Let the private sector remedy China's economic slowdown

Chinese companies must share blame for global deforestation

Demand for soy, palm oil and beef leads to forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia

Balloon effect in news market

By Kang Hyun-kyung "Aging YouTube," a phenomenon referring to the surge of right-wing YouTubers with the backing of the older generation of...

Science for economics

By Gouranga Gopal Das When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh in 2006 for his concerted effort to "create economic...

The ‘Chicago Boys’ attack on Chilean welfare ripples through history

Commentary. ‘The brick’ economic plan was a war against the people, waged with the instruments of sharp economic oppression. It has never been...

China after 70: Between a rock and a hard place

China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the socialist republic on Oct. 1 with a long-awaited parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen...

Rewarding the Israeli Attackers in the Settlements

It’s lucky that every few years they also attack Israeli soldiers. That makes it possible to again report on the regular, self-assured violence...

The invisible violence of Europe's refugee camps

Earlier this month, hundreds of asylum seekers protested against conditions at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after a woman...

Racial divisions of Malaysia's politics harm whole country

Parties should not play off races against each other