Homeland Tour: Why I Didn’t Write About the Breach in the Border Fence

The coronavirus has complicated China-Japan relations. How will this benefit Asean?

In early April 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic sharply curtailed Japan’s supply of intermediate and finished goods produced by supply chains...

Mentalna motnja

Rokenrol je v komunističnih režimih veljal, nekateri bralci se bodo najbrž spomnili, za iznajdbo dekadentnega Zahoda, s katerim naj bi ta pozornost...

Kahol Lavan in La-La Land

JAL plane crash victim’s family finds comfort in tree he planted

For 72-year-old Machiko Taniguchi of Minoo, Osaka Prefecture, the autumn of 35 years ago was the most painful period in her life. It was then,...

Yair Netanyahu’s Grip on Likud

As Trump attacks mail ballots, Republicans see their own prospects damaged

With less than 90 days until Election Day, Republicans are scrambling to counter the effects of Donald Trump's verbal war on mail ballots amid...

Clintons & Obamas headline DNC speaker list, showing Democrats gazing backward not forward

Released on Tuesday, the schedule of speakers for next week’s convention is a veritable who’s who of the Democrats – with more than a few...

Don’t Collaborate in the Politics of Distraction

Fuji TV delivers disgraceful report on reality star’s death

Fuji Television Network Inc. released an internal investigation report on the death in May of 22-year-old professional wrestler Hana Kimura, who at...

+ (BRANJE) Po mladih krizni val udari najprej

Pravijo, da je novi koronavirus prinesel negotove čase in da bo na jesen še slabše, a za mlade v resnici to ni bistvena sprememba. Negotovosti...

El ingrediente secreto argentino

Cuando en abril de este año las autoridades del Ministerio de Salud de Argentina tuvieron que salir a comprar de urgencia respiradores mecánicos...

Iraq’s ‘Pro-US’ Kadhimi Can’t Bring an anti-Iran Shift

Ever since the US invasion, Iraq’s political system has been anything but stable. For a country like Iran, which eyes the US-occupied Iraq as a...

Tripoli’s Residents Protest against Fayez al-Sarraj’s GNA

With crime on the rise on the territory controlled by the Government of National Accord (GNA), and amid growing discontent with how the GNA itself...

On Death of Lee Teng-hui, Former Taiwan President

On 30 July of this year, Li Teng-hui, who served as the President of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) from 1988-2000, died in a hospital...

Pomoc alebo Matovičovo PR?

Otázne bolo aj fungovanie pomoci na udržanie pracovných miest alebo na náhradu miezd v podnikoch. Sťažnosti na oneskorenú, malú alebo žiadnu...

Death of Hong Kong with an assist from Trump will be Singapore's gain

City's demise a natural extension of what Xi has done on the mainland since 2012

Sparno je a škola sa blíži

Tá pripravila „pandemický plán“, ktorý súvisí najmä s tzv. druhou vlnou koronavírusu a je tak dobre rozpracovaný, že ho vláda na...

Latin America’s Triple Sudden Stop

WASHINGTON, DC – Few things are as terrifying for emerging economies as the sudden stop that occurs when foreign investors lose confidence, take...

Incertidumbre: Lo que el mindset emprendedor puede aportar al mundo en tiempos de COVID-19

En 2020 la incertidumbre se ha convertido en una realidad, sobre todo para América Latina que ya, desde antes de la llegada del COVID-19 al...

Russia wants neither ‘rethink’ nor ‘reset’ if it means restoring American supremacy & returning to Cold War diplomacy

In the span of a week, Politico, a non-partisan global news and information company whose stated mission is “providing accurate, nonpartisan...

Lessons to be learned from Scottish exam fiasco: Protesting can change results… and the SNP are absolutely bulletproof

Timing is everything in politics and no one is more aware of that today than Scotland’s under-fire education secretary John Swinney. After days...

Mr Bean has offended those who love to be offended, but the joke’s on them – they just don’t realize it

The crosshairs of the outraged woke brigade’s snipers are trained on their latest target, Atkinson. His alleged crime? Mr Bean came out publicly...

Los emprendedores y su necesidad de contar con el 90% de sus ahorros de AFP

La crisis de nuestro modelo económico en el último gobierno de la Nueva Mayoría, el estallido social de octubre de 2019, la pandemia en marzo de...

Joe Biden makes courageous choice picking Kamala Harris

Likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has finally announced his choice of running mate. Kamala Harris is a risky but historic choice,...

Opinion – The US and Nord Stream 2 Geopolitics

Nord Stream 2 has further exposed the divisions within EU and allowed the US to have a balancing impact on the varying interests of different...

Israel’s demographic obsession is at the forefront of the agenda yet again

An article in Haaretz last week highlighted the possibility of young Israelis emigrating, which brought Israel’s obsession with demography to the...

Now bra shades are racist? BLM has become the con artist’s secret weapon while the poor of all colors get shafted

The chain has issued a groveling apology over the “covert racism” supposedly implicit in the color options offered for a padded bra sold on its...

Lawless Chicago is being led astray by incompetent Soros-backed leaders who put politics before public order

‘The Windy City’ has always had a bit of a double meaning. Yes, it can get quite blustery in Chicago, but that same wind is what we hear from...

The Remain establishment’s happy to see migrants crossing the Channel in dinghies because it has no respect for Britain’s borders

As far as Lord Ricketts, the former permanent secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is concerned, the problem is not illegal migration...

It is time the Muslim world gets serious about climate change

Many Muslim majority countries bear the brunt of climate change, but their cultural awareness of it and climate action are often staggeringly...

America’s Dual Recession

BERKELEY – Americans heading into the fall and the new school year are grappling with interrelated upheavals in health, the economy, family life,...

Community policing already exists in the US and it is dangerous

Since the murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minnesota on May 25, calls to reform, defund, and even abolish the police have taken centre...

A Desperate Lebanon May Find a Savior in Beijing

No one is going to put up the financing for reconstruction after the Beirut port disaster, except maybe China in order to expand its presence in...

Tunisia and the pitfalls of the democratic experience

When Tunisia started what became a wave of Arab revolutions and uprisings in the winter of 2010, it confirmed the similarities between itself,...

What people fear most about ‘cancel culture’

New York – “Cancel culture” is a phenomenon with almost no defenders. Instead there are people who lament and assail it, and people who deny it...

The road to ‘Red Hong Kong’?

Led by the West, the international community has been vocal in its opposition to the Hong Kong national security law. Naturally, Hong Kong...

Rich royals face a millennial COVID-19 reckoning

Brussels – Picking the high point of Juan Carlos I’s reign is easy. In 1981, just a few years after Spain had restored democracy and monarchy in...

The Nagasaki bombing wasn’t the last aerial attack on Japan

Kobe – Readers might be forgiven if they thought the last U.S. aerial bombardment of Japan during World War II was that on Nagasaki on Aug. 9,...

Dollar Sensationalism

BERKELEY – The dollar is in free-fall! The global greenback is doomed! scream recent headlines. Actually, such sensational headlines are “too...

Peaceful Protests and Polish Bullets in Belarus

MINSK – Monday evening’s peaceful protest in Minsk was scheduled for 7 p.m. on Victory Square, around the Minsk Hero City Obelisk. But police...

Israel is too weak to launch a new offensive against Palestinians in Gaza

Israeli war jets struck several targets in the north of the Gaza Strip on Sunday. “The strike was carried out in response to the launching of...

Empathy-lacking ruling bloc

President Moon Jae-in consoles a bereaved family member of a 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy movement victim during a ceremony commemorating the...

Japan must curb Chinese aggression surrounding the Senkaku Islands

Tokyo should respond to future incursions by disabling ships and detaining crews