Fuel leak halted blastoff for Indian rocket: reports

A FUEL LEAK in the rocket engine forced India to abort the launch of its landmark Moon mission less than one hour before liftoff, media reports...

Palestinians Were Spared Turkey's Rising anti-Arab Hate. Until Now

Resentment towards the half-million Syrian refugees in Istanbul, fueled by Turkey's economic crisis and populist political rhetoric, is...

Turkey and Russian S-400s: Erdogan Just Made a Strategic Blunder of Epic Proportions

Erdogan's insistence on delivery of the Russian-made missiles, a $2.5 billion waste of money, has invited severe U.S. retaliation - and turned...

Ban single-use plastic shopping bags, straws to save our oceans

July 15 was "Umi no Hi" (Ocean Day), a Japanese national holiday that falls on the third Monday in July. Beaches and ocean waves are common enough...

LDP still lagging far behind in gender equality in politics

A law to promote gender parity in elections the Diet passed unanimously last spring urges political parties to try as much as possible to field...

Some Reflections on the United States and China

One of my favourite quotations is from the late former Prime Minister of China under Mao, Chou en Lai. He was interviewed by French television in...

(VEČERNO BRANJE) Ker je ljudstvu to všeč

Svetopisemska Apostolska dela nekje v prvi polovici pripovedujejo o tem, kako se je na rastočo skupnost prvih kristjanov v Jeruzalemu spravil...

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Rabbi Peretz, Give Us Back Our Fig Leaf

Time to Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’

Zachrániť záchranky

Z celkového počtu 273 záchranných staníc má pod palcom 107 a dominuje najmä v severných a východných regiónoch – teda tam, kde...

Von der Leyen a sound choice in turbulent times

Up to the last minute it was unclear if Ursula von der Leyen would be accepted as the next European Commission president. Her stellar speech and a...

UK's Hysteria, Provocations and Accusations Do Not Make Oil Cheaper

Throughout centuries, one of the most distinctive features of British foreign policy has been its extensive use of disinformation that would be...

Will there be a Chinese Military Base in Vanuatu?

The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation, a part of the New Hebrides archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, located some 1,750 km from Australia’s...

Požar sovražnega govora

Po svetu je sovraštvo na pohodu. Grozeči val nestrpnosti in s sovraštvom podkrepljeno nasilje zajemata vernike številnih svetovnih verstev. Na...

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A Clear and Present Danger

China and Israel Will Both Lose From Trump's Trade Wars

China's economy is feeling the pinch and Israel will, too, because the global system under assault from the White House has been a boon to Israel

Žirafe, sloni in njive

‘Nekajkrat so na cesti, ki pelje mimo naše njive, nastali že takšni zastoji, da je malo manjkalo do prometne nesreče. Ljudje so iz gole...

Australian model sentenced to probation in air rage incident

AN AUSTRALIAN model who assaulted a flight attendant and hurled obscenities while apparently drunk on a flight from Australia to Los Angeles was...

No emotional reaction

Anti-Japan sentiment cannot help resolve dispute President Moon Jae-in's strong rhetoric against Japan on Monday reflected his firm determination...

Real refugee problem

By Gwynne Dyer Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant's tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public's attention. The image...

Tragedies over the trade spat with Seoul

Two junior directors from the South Korean trade ministry and their Japanese counterparts held an unusual six-hour meeting in Tokyo last Friday. It...

The skills that youths will need to succeed in the 21st century

HONG KONG - What do youths, especially those from poor families, need to thrive in Asia today? Twenty-six years ago, that question had an answer....

For U.S., Japan-South Korea ties are too important to fail

WASHINGTON - One of the biggest disappointments of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Asia policy has been his inability to facilitate stronger...

Indigenous rights: The difficult conversations Australia needs to be having

EVERY year in July, NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year’s...

How the wealthiest 1% can be good for everybody

NEW YORK - The share of income and wealth going to the so-called “1 percent” has incensed protesters and agitated economists around the world....

The Amazon Belongs to Everyone

RIO DE JANEIRO – “The Amazon is ours,” Brazilian President José Sarney defiantly declared before the United Nations General Assembly in 1989....

The Fork Is Mightier than the Wall

NEW ORLEANS – The word “migration” conjures images of war, natural disaster, and severe economic distress. All are important reasons why people...

Can Egypt, Russia bring about Palestinian reconciliation?

The Egyptian security delegation’s back-and-forth rounds between Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the...

Our cheating hearts

By Bernard Rowan Infidelity remains a leading cause of divorce in South Korea. Even though other factors have risen, cheating on one's spouse...

Is hyper-globalization at a turning point?

A look back at history shows that the global economic systems of the past all underwent across-the-board transformations every 30 years or so. In...

Parks Must Be Open to All

The Nazareth District Court did the right thing when it made clear to the Afula municipality that closing the municipal park and charging entrance...

A Question for Lea Tsemel

Všetko je politika, vážení!

To všetko veľmi dobre vie aj Robert Fico, ktorý si k sebe na koberček povolal ministerku Kalavskú, aby mu pro forma vysvetlila, v čom...

Fintech innovation

Kakao Bank's accounts top 10 million in two years of launch The number of people who have Kakao Bank accounts has exceeded 10 million, according to...

The Great Crypto Heist

NEW YORK – There is a good reason why every civilized country in the world tightly regulates its financial system. The 2008 global financial...

The UN’s 2030 agenda will fail Palestinians -the organisation always has

The UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which “seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom” is an ideal dissociated from...

Israel and the assassination of Palestinian childhood

The Israeli occupation authorities have transformed the images of joy, play and education that should be the norm for Palestinian children into a...

How to end Asia's plastic waste war

Hezbollah’s warnings should be taken seriously, and so should Iran’s

The recent warnings by Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah that Iran will target Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the event of a comprehensive...

Zabudnuté kúpele v Sliači

Za toto obdobie sa z prekvitajúcich kúpeľov, kde sa liečila okrem iných aj spisovateľka Božena Němcová a konala i slávnostná recepcia pri...

Checking up on Colin Kaepernick

By John M. Crisp All Americans have a stake in what becomes of a fellow citizen who encounters consequences for exercising our highly prized right...

Italy seizes weapons from neo-Nazis...Western media immediately fabricates a link to Russia

Italian police said on Monday that they had seized a cache of weapons and Nazi memorabilia belonging to a neo-Nazi group operating in northern...

Mexico's migration mistake

By Jorge G. Castaneda MEXICO CITY ― Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration railroaded Mexico into agreeing to take...

Passing the torch

By Ned Forney If we truly believe young people represent the future, then what happened here in Seoul last week is a reminder ― and for some a...

Europe needs to back Iran nuclear deal & stop kowtowing to US

Significantly, Iran’s position on resolving the impasse is supported by Russia and China. Their take is that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...