Gantz Annexed to the Right

In the run-up to the third round of elections, and apparently based on an assumption that left-wing voters are in the pocket of the camp headed by...

China virus threatens economic damage around the world

Regional neighbors and European stocks are already facing losses

Contain new virus early

Health authorities should stay vigilant for prevention Health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of a new coronavirus strain...

Inevitable, but realistic move

Dispatch plan aimed at protecting national interests South Korea's decision to dispatch a naval unit to the Strait of Hormuz is inevitable but...

I can no longer hear God

By Jason Lim In one of the pivotal scenes in the Netflix movie, "The Two Popes," Pope Benedict XVI cries out, "I can no longer hear God!" to his...

60 years later, Japan-US security pact remains as vital as ever

I can't endorse NYT's approach

By Peter Funt The New York Times provided lessons in both journalism and television Sunday night, by way of bad examples. First: If a newspaper...

Martians and Venusians

By Grace Oh "Ow, let go of my hair!" I pushed my sister away and ran crying to my mom, hoping to get my sister in big trouble. For the first eleven...

Spirit of general election?

By Kim Ji-soo Politics can appear like a national sport in Korea, driven by the dynamic National Assembly, the weekend rallies and the growing...

'Maximum pressure' demands diplomatic off-ramps

By Leif-Eric Easley With Donald Trump facing an impeachment trial in the Senate and a tough re-election battle, some U.S. rivals see the president...

Rozum do hrsti, aj pokiaľ ide o potraviny

Zvykli sme si nielen na zahraničné vína či syry, ale aj na zemiaky z Francúzska! A čo všetko dovážame z Česka: mlieko aj slivkový...

Facebook, the World’s Safest Space for Holocaust Denial

What is Holocaust denial? The answer to this question may seem obvious to Haaretz readers and to the impressive roster of world leaders gathering...

Building Cooperation in an Unsettled World

DAVOS – The world is at a turning point, with power shifting and dispersing in ways that signal the emergence of a new multipolar era. In the...

Brexit is coming: Is Britain ‘taking back control’ by handing sovereignty from EU to US?

Like 17.4 million other Britons I voted to leave the European Union in the June 2016 referendum. I did so not because I believed the EU to be the...

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Mitsubishi Electric hack a disconcerting twist of irony

A cybersecurity expert once told me that if my computer has a built-in camera, I should "blindfold" it with a piece of paper to eliminate the risk...

Privately owned items worth protecting as a record for future

Old documents, diaries, paintings, photographs, maps, folkcraft items and even farm tools, all of which can be found fairly easily around Japan,...

In the competition for Southeast Asia influence, Japan is the sleeper

It is difficult to appreciate Southeast Asia’s importance for Asia and the world as a whole. A region once dismissed as a backwater of countries...

The U.S.-Iran crisis and Tokyo’s response

SAPPORO – Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, was killed on Jan. 3 in Iraq. The...

Paternity leave controversy: It’s time to walk the talk

With the average age of Cabinet ministers in Japan being well over 60, their family birth announcements usually usher in a grandchild’s arrival....

Restoring Fiscal Order in the United States

STANFORD – In recent years, the US government has taken several essential economic-policy steps. The tax reform embedded in the 2017 Tax Cuts and...

Are Turkey, Russia possible peace brokers for the Palestine-Israel conflict?

The Palestinians have realised that American President Donald Trump is seeking to solely bolster Israel and to utterly isolate the Palestinian...

Emilia-Romagna elections Sunday will check the political temperature of Italian society

Analysis. The region, which had been “red” since the second half of the 19th century, has lost its “color,” changed its skin and become fickle...

Zbohom, Andrej Danko!

Hoci na začiatku sa veľmi snažil, aby zanechal dobrý dojem – veľa hovoril o slušnosti, zmenou rokovacieho poriadku chcel skultúrniť...

Stretol som fašistu, a ľudia mlčali...

Vedľa cez uličku sedel päťdesiatnik, slušne oblečený, no bol pod parou a zrejme pokračoval v teátri. Nahlas si zanôtil ľudácku Rež a...

Why peace initiatives in Libya are failing

This month has seen several failed attempts by foreign powers to broker a ceasefire in Libya. First, Fayez al-Sarraj, who heads Libya's UN-backed...

UK mosque cancels event with pro-Israel group 

The UK’s most high-profile pro-Israel group, spearheading the campaign to conflate anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel, has cancelled an event...

The most important EU meeting in Palestinian history

In one of the most important steps in the history of Palestinian-European relations, the European Union foreign ministers are holding preliminary...

The effects of the downing of Ukraine flight on US-Canada relations

On 11 January, Iranian senior leaders formally apologised for their “disastrous mistake” of shooting down a commercial airliner, flight 752,...

From Trump challenger to solitary confinement: Career arc of slimy lawyer & undeserving Dem hero reaches its nadir

2018 was the year when Michael Avenatti was everywhere – at the peak of his popularity and his credibility. In the autumn of that year, he began...

Donald Trump's impeachment is not a waste of time

The dispute in the US Senate has initially been limited to the procedural rules of the impeachment process. While the Republicans have not wavered,...

Seis claves para un proceso de patentamiento exitoso en Chile

Una patente de invención es un activo intangible con enorme potencial para una empresa. Es una herramienta comercial que, además de otorgar...

Thank You, Dear Leaders, for Mentioning the Holocaust

If Russian President Vladimir Putin pardons Naama Issachar, it will be cause for jubilation. The joy will be that much greater if, when he lands in...

Forgetting Auschwitz

MADRID – This week, world leaders are gathering in Jerusalem to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at...

Nationalism and National Identity in Gulf States

Nationalism and national identity are two key concepts in the shaping of the contemporary world since the 19th century. Nationalism aims to create...

Oxfam: gig economy sentences a third of young Italian workers to starvation wages

Report. Young people in Italy are condemned to long hours and low pay in jobs that don’t correspond to their expectations. ‘These people earn...

America's Shameful Betrayal of Europe's Desperate Jewish Academics

Within days of Germany annexing Austria in March 1938, biologist Leonore Brecher was fired from her position at Vienna’s famed Institute for...

MSM has new ridiculous scare story & it’s worse than ‘racist’ OK sign: ‘Boogaloo’ is alt-right code for 2nd American Civil War

A normal person might hear the word “boogaloo” and think of the 1984 goofy cult classic ‘Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo’. Or one might recall...

Big Tech joins up with Big Brother to turn your private health data into $38bn ‘public treasure’

“Wouldn’t life be easier if you could view your full medical history with a few taps on your smartphone?” an upbeat piece touting Fast...

‘Brazen disinformation’: Syria narrative managers defend Douma chemical weapon hoax as OPCW comes under attack

On January 20, a quiet, unassuming expert laid bare the OPCW suppression of evidence that would demonstrate the illegitimacy of the bombing of...

UK PM’s threat to Palestine is also a threat to our free speech

The entire western world is facing an almost unprecedented assault on freedom of speech – and Palestine is the issue at hand. In the United...

To Remember, and Not to Sell

If the reports are true that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends on expressing support for the campaign that Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Thailand needs younger leaders to move beyond coups and corruption

Aging elite and military work to suppress democratic reforms

As Descendant of Auschwitz Victims, I've No Interest in the Yad Vashem Laundromat

Yad Vashem will be holding an event on Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. The list of those...

Huawei case highlights China’s disgraceful hostage-taking

Democratic candidates vow unity but conflict escalates

Democratic presidential candidates have spent weeks reassuring voters they can unify the party, avoid the divisions that plagued the 2016 primary...

Political Assassinations – Washington’s “Signature Move”

“The US government is no stranger to the dark arts of political assassinations. Over the decades it has deployed elaborate techniques against its...