Annexing the Future

Circular firing squad scores a hit: Real reason Michael Moore’s film axed from YouTube is climate wrongthink, not copyright

“Planet of the Humans,” posted to YouTube for free viewing on Earth Day, to the horror of the climate-change industrial complex, was removed from...

Wild Boars Continue to Spread ASF, but How did it Reach the Korean Peninsula?

Earlier, the author believed that South Korea deserved to be commended for its efforts in combating African swine fever (ASF) within its borders,...

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Borussia Dortmund miss their chance, again

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

+ (POGLED) Modrijani kot mera za kulturo

Najprej nas je osupljal svetovalec za stike z javnostjo na aktualnem ministrstvu za kulturo s svojim nezgrešljivo populističnim kulturnim okusom...

How the Hong Kong calamity will play out

Claremont, California – China’s decision to crack down on Hong Kong with a new security law has shocked the world. But to those who read the...

Joe Biden, mass incarceration and the 1994 crime bill

Peter Y. Paik By Peter Y. Paik The controversy over Joe Biden's recent remarks has brought attention to a contradiction in the Democratic Party...

Afghan Refugees and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Afghanistan has neither the medical facilities nor the organizational structure to deal with these returning refugees and the pandemic they bring.

Gantz, Wake Up and Give Netanyahu an Ultimatum

China is its own worst enemy

New Delhi – The global backlash against China over its culpability for the international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained...

Australia is US’ most loyal military ally, but when it trades with China, Trump BULLIES it like anyone else

While there appears to be this unfaltering assumption that America’s greatest ally whom must be protected at all costs can be found in the Middle...

Slepi in brezzobi – idealni državljani

Veliko stvari v zvezi z zdravstvom v tej krizi, ki se je začela kot zdravstvena, a je za seboj logično potegnila ekonomsko in po nemarnem tudi...

COVID-19 and Democracy in the European Union

without reform, the transformative power of Europe risks providing a false sense of renewal that will only help nationalists and populists in the...

+ Med manjšino in desnico

Pragmatičen kot vedno. To tudi tokrat velja za tržaškega župana Roberta Dipiazzo, sicer učinkovitega in še kar priljubljenega voditelja...

Lessons learned need to pave way for possible next wave of infection

The ending of a nationwide state of emergency over the new coronavirus outbreak marks a major step forward in returning the nation to a normal...

Hong Kong: What went wrong

London – “We are the meat on the chopping board,” said Martin Lee, founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party. “They have set a precedent for...

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Japan's virus deaths low, but health care is on verge of collapse

"Jishuku keisatsu" (literally, "self-restraint police") was an expression I heard frequently while the government's state of emergency declaration...

The pandemic is unlikely to cause a food crisis

Export restrictions imposed by Russia, India and other countries in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic have led some people to insist that a food...

‘Japan’s democracy’ at fault for insufficient coronavirus measures PREMIUM

This article was created based on an interview with Shinichi Kitaoka, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, by Yomiuri Shimbun staff...

The prophecy of Giovanni Falcone in the fight against the mafias

Commentary. There is no lawfulness without social justice. If fundamental social rights are lacking—work, housing, education, health care—mere...

3D-printing coral reefs

3D printing is moving beyond plastics: instead, the American architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello (working together as Rael San...

Now All That's Left for Netanyahu to Do Is Erect a Golden Statue of Himself

Expectations for 21st

Legislators from both aisles should not fall short The 21st National Assembly will host legislators chosen by voters who quintessentially called...

'Warlike economic situation'

Expansionary fiscal operation needed to overcome COVID-19 shock? While comparing the economic shock of COVID-19 to a "warlike situation," President...

Drsný odkaz Ficovi: Odíď!

Ak ešte niekto veril, že v Smere dôjde k civilizovanému „prepriahaniu“, po včerajšku stratil posledné ilúzie. Stalo sa totiž niečo,...

How Courts Will Shape the Post-Pandemic World

NEW YORK – In just a few months, COVID-19 has stricken millions and effectively shut down the global economy. But at the same time, the pandemic...

The pandemic is exposing the limits of science

New York – The 2008 financial crisis led the public to discover the limits of economics. The COVID-19 pandemic risks having the same effect on...

Building South Korea’s Post-Pandemic Economy

SEOUL – South Korea seems to be winning the battle against COVID-19. It has been recording little more than a handful of new cases per day for...

Future of global power

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN ― The COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the first truly global crisis of the 21st century. The only modern historical...

Israel’s Michael Jordan has all the shots

New York – Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu was just sworn in for his fifth term as Israel’s prime minister. This week, at the District Court in...

Pandemic's impact on NK's trade with China

By Troy Stangarone North Korea's decision at the end of January to close its border with China likely minimized any outbreak of COVID-19...

One Giant Leap for Europe?

LONDON – The €500 billion ($547 billion) COVID-19 recovery fund proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron...

On thoroughness

By Kim Ae-ran In one of the dreams during my annual spiritual exercises, I saw my mother looking through the leftover ears of sorghum that I put...

LA is no day at the beach

By Michael Reagan Don't tell the people in charge, but my friend's wife is a member of the L.A. resistance. She's been regularly going out into the...

Hypocritical Irish PM tells his people not to picnic during lockdown, then sunbathes bare-chested while picnicking

It’s perplexing how a supposedly media-savvy politician such as the Irish caretaker prime minister, or taoiseach, Leo Varadkar has such an...

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...

Norway's Manshaus case and freedom of speech

On August 10, 2019, then-21-year-old neo-Nazi Philip Manshaus made his way to al-Noor mosque in the suburban municipality of Baerum near the...

Israel's Gas Party Ends Before It Began

Prices for natural gas have crashed, which is a much bigger problem for the Eastern Mediterranean than the coronavirus

UK ruled Hong Kong without a trace of democracy or human rights but is now ‘deeply concerned’ at China’s security proposals

Rick Sanchez, RT America host, asked me this week: "How many conflicts can China handle at the same time?" And that is the question the US and some...

PS Say More: Nicholas Agar

Project Syndicate: If, as you recently noted, human ingenuity is tied to our desire to understand and control nature, has hubris contributed to the...

India needs to change if it wants to lure manufacturing from China

Regulation has become more unattractive and unpredictable under Narendra Modi

Hong Kong is lost

If China doesn't face serious consequences for its assault on Hong Kong's civil liberties, a military attack on Taiwan is only a matter of time,...