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Bil je čas, ki ni dopuščal molka, še zlasti ne molka vodilnih na tistih javnih funkcijah, ki terjajo dosledno humanistično držo. Kljub...

Poet’s epiphany after nursing his very sick mother until the end

Poet and Nagasaki resident Konosuke Fujikawa, 57, "conversed" with his mother with his eyes, not words. A piece he penned, titled "Haha no...

Vinyl, books and magazines will never go away

BERLIN – Vinyl records, paper books, glossy magazines — all should be long dead, but they’re refusing to go away and even showing some...

Will Vladimir Putin Declare Capitalism Dead Too?

Is it time for a new Declaration of Independence? If true individual choice and truth are any factor of freedom, the writing is on the wall not...

Fridays For Future storms New York City: ‘Wake up’

Interview. We spoke with Federica Gasbarro, a Roman biology student, who is in New York City this week to present her proposal to reduce climate...

[REVIEW] Seoul Defense Dialogue 2019: Toward peace on the peninsula

By Lee Dong-gyu Lee Dong-gyu The Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) 2019, hosted by the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea, took place at Lotte...

Israel Needs a Government That Includes the Arabs and the ultra-Orthodox

Haaretz Editor-in-Chief Aluf Benn wrote Monday that the candidates to lead the country, Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, each represent the...

My Handyman Dani, an Israeli Role Model

Dani Dahan (not his real name) is a man of many talents. He’s an electrician and a plumber, and knows how to solve any problem I encounter at...

Japan has a New Cabinet

On 11 September, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his cabinet yet again. As a result, one of the most respected politicians in...

Hong Kong is Scared – of the Rioters

It was once a British police station, as well as the Victoria Prison Compound. Hong Kong inhabitants used to tremble just from hearing its name...

Gantz is an enemy of Netanyahu, but not of his politics

Analysis. Benny Gantz, the Israeli politician who could unseat Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, is a secular Zionist who would likely continue...

V lov na prihodnost!

Minister za zdravje se obnaša kot postrešček finančnega ministra, ki je menda nad razpravo o ukinitvi dodatnega zavarovanja. Kdor je imel dovolj...

The Government That Israel Must Have

What did the election achieve? First, for the first time in a decade, there appears to be a realistic possibility of removing Prime Minister...

Academics must play no part in helping to develop weapons

The Defense Ministry's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) on Aug. 30 disclosed the fiscal 2019 results of its security technology...

China’s praise for Xi Jinping on National Day will say much about his power

With just days to go until China’s massive military and civilian parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic on October 1, the...

Washington’s ‘Yellow Peril’ is pushing the US into a cold war with China

Last year, I spoke about the gathering storm clouds of a possible civilisational conflict between an ageing Pax Americana challenged by a rising...

Trade talks seen as unlikely to mend U.S.-China divide

U.S. and Chinese officials will restart trade talks, but any agreement the world's largest economies carve out is expected to be a superficial fix....

Speaker of the House of Commons to stand down 

John Bercow, the speaker of the UK’s House of Commons, will be standing down soon. He has been an animated figure, whose gesticulations and...

China bans South Korea pig imports on swine fever fears

CHINA has banned pig imports from South Korea after Seoul became the latest to report an outbreak of the African swine fever that has destroyed hog...

Children in Australia, Pacific launch global climate strike

CHILDREN in Australia and the Pacific Islands kicked off a millions-strong global climate strike Friday -- heeding the rallying cry of teen...

(BRANJE) Bajke in resničnost mariborskega urbanizma: Koroška, Cafova, Strossmayerjev most ...

Naslov je sposojen in parafraziran iz knjige Urbanizem - bajke in resničnost, pokojnega svetovno uveljavljenega urbanista Vladimirja Mušiča,...

Israel Election Results: A National Unity Government Is the Least Worst Outcome

Among Israelis who care about the country’s liberal democracy and disgusted by tawdriness in high places, the results of this week’s elections...

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Election Day Proved Israelis Want Public Transportation on Shabbat

Tuesday was an official holiday in Israel, yet shopping malls and places of entertainment venues were open and, most important, trains and buses,...

Election Was Filthy. Now Clean Up

This election campaign has left anyone with a basic sense of decency feeling deeply nauseous. Campaigns have become increasingly extreme over time...

Booming tourist paradise Peleliu still bears scars of Pacific War

After losing a series of battles on the islands in the South Pacific, the Imperial Japanese Army in 1944 faced a full-scale attack by the U.S....

Moment for decision

Central bank should not miss right timing to cut interest rate The United States has lowered its key interest rate for the second time this year....

Paternity issues also strain Japan-U.S. alliance

KOBE – For the past four years, I have served as a pro bono adviser to a women’s rights organization based in Okinawa Prefecture, where I lived...

Can the SDF age gracefully?

WASHINGTON – The security environment around Japan has become increasingly tense with North Korea’s continued development of nuclear weapons...

Argentina, Again

The growing scandal of Muslim concentration camps

Internment is a well-tried and deeply mistrusted tool of reactionary governments. It involves large groups of people – often entire communities ...

Here is How China-US Trade War Impacts Iran

In the last week of August, China added crude oil imports from the US to its tariff list for the first time in a retaliatory decision against the...

‘Hollywood’ blends Tarantino’s childhood and the era that revolutionized cinema

Interview. Quentin Tarantino takes us back to the summer of 1969 in Los Angeles County, a coming-of-age moment for himself, for Hollywood and for...

Korea's great diplomats

By Choe Chong-dae "Civilization on Trial," written by Arnold Toynbee, stated that "Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by...

Gantz, Don’t Fold by Joining Netanyahu

On Tuesday evening Benjamin Netanyahu gathered the Likud MKs and announced: “There are two possibilities – a government headed by me, or a...

It Was a Filthy Election. Now Clean Up

This election campaign has left anyone with a basic sense of decency feeling deeply nauseous. Campaigns have become increasingly extreme over time...

Trial of 3 former TEPCO execs showed utility’s denial of risks

In a baffling ruling, the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 19 acquitted three former top Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives of criminal liability for...

Is Saudi Arabia’s glitter beginning to fade?

The largest oil exporting country in the Middle East announced last weekend that its Abqaiq petroleum processing facilities and Khurais oil field...

After police complaint, Juventus purges ultras with neo-fascist and mafia ties

Analysis. Among the 12 people targeted, we find well-known leaders of the ultras, some already convicted of murders and ties with organized crime,...

Netanyahu Must Look Israeli Arab Society Straight in the Face, Rather Than Fleeing From It

“Listen Abu Yair, incitement has a price,” Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh began an interview with Israeli media outlets Wednesday. Apart from...

Attacks on Saudi Arabia unlikely to stop Trump’s keenness towards Iran 

Abqaiq petroleum processing facilities and Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia were attacked by a multitude of missiles and rockets last Saturday....

Netanyahu Won the Referendum

There was one major question the voters grappled with: Netanyahu, for or against? Despite three indictments, despite the hell that residents’ lives...

How AI Can Promote Social Good

BOSTON – Artificial intelligence is now increasingly present in corporate and government decision-making. And although AI tools are still largely...

There Is No Alternative to Multilateralism

CANBERRA – Since the creation of the Bretton Woods system 75 years ago, countries have been coming together in pursuit of global public goods,...

Feeding Papua New Guinea: A growing appetite for solutions

This August, Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s 27th Ministerial Forum was held in Port Moresby. As part of this, the governments released a...

Philippines' suicide bombings are no excuse to squeeze civil rights

Duterte should reconsider approach to Islamic extremism and Marawi reconstruction