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How Britain Is Quietly Bankrolling North Korea

How Britain Is Quietly Bankrolling North Korea

In a recent interview on GB News, the United Kingdom’s Business and Trade Secretary, Peter Kyle, outlined efforts to strike trade deals to boost...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

World War II and the Genesis of Psychopharmacology

World War II and the Genesis of Psychopharmacology

Techniques from wartime nuclear research led to the creation of new drugs.

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Psychology Today

Wallace B. Mendelson M.d

The Eurovision Audience the New York Times Couldn’t See

The Eurovision Audience the New York Times Couldn’t See

Spain gave Israel 33 percent of its public vote at Eurovision 2025, in a country whose public opinion is deeply hostile to the Israeli government. The...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

How ‘Puffer-Fishing’ Is a Big Dating Risk

How ‘Puffer-Fishing’ Is a Big Dating Risk

Are you noticing 'fishy' behaviors as you and another person get closer?

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Psychology Today

Bruce y. Lee M.d

Why the Islamic Republic Must Be Removed

Why the Islamic Republic Must Be Removed

 You don’t give a ticking bomb more time — you defuse it The ceasefire is five weeks old. The war, we are told, is pausing. Diplomats shuttle...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sara ghavimi

Bridges over borders: Why Turkiye and Armenia are closer than ever to reconciliation

Fourteen years ago, a modest but deeply symbolic media bus tour traveled from Istanbul to Yerevan with a mission that many considered unrealistic at...

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Blitz

Damsana Ranadhiran

IDF confirms Hamas Gaza chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad killed in airstrike

IDF confirms Hamas Gaza chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad killed in airstrike

Sources in terror group also confirm death of military leader, who Israel says was one of last surviving architects of Oct. 7 and had in the past...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Tokyo and Seoul need effective security tie-up

It is assuring to note that in their the first “two-plus-two” level meeting, attended by Japanese Vice Foreign and Defence Ministers Takehiro...

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Blitz

Jagdish N Singh

The Spoiled Prince of Kiev: Zelensky has deceived and ruined his country with Western help

The Spoiled Prince of Kiev: Zelensky has deceived and ruined his country with Western help

An ex-aide lays bare the corruption, lies and coercion in Ukraine’s leadership – while Western backing keeps the system alive

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RT.com

Tarik Cyril Amar

UK’s ex-health minister Streeting says will run to replace PM Keir Starmer

UK’s ex-health minister Streeting says will run to replace PM Keir Starmer

Recently-resigned minister says Labour needs ‘proper’ leadership contest; popular Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham also launches run, seen as...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Lithuania’s Heritage Law Only Points One Way

President Gitanas Nausėda declared on May 15, 2026, that demolishing the Vilnius Concert and Sports Palace would be irresponsible because the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

Crafting a Relationship With Loss

Crafting a Relationship With Loss

Personal Perspective: Learning to see what's given beyond what's taken.

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Psychology Today

Paul J Dunion Ed.d

Sudan’s war is becoming a regional catastrophe

The civil war in Sudan has evolved far beyond a domestic power struggle. What initially appeared to be an internal conflict between rival military...

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Blitz

Vijaya Laxmi Tripura

Why Clients Disregard Evidence-Based Self-Care Skills

Why Clients Disregard Evidence-Based Self-Care Skills

Self-care techniques recommended to psychotherapy clients are often rejected.

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Psychology Today

Elisa T. Bronfman

German court allows anti-Israel encampment in Hamburg park where Nazis deported Jews

German court allows anti-Israel encampment in Hamburg park where Nazis deported Jews

Demonstration for Nakba Day triggers outcry from local Jews, who call it a ‘mockery of victims of the Holocaust’; many activists accused of...

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The Times of Israel

Shira Li Bartov

Do Psychologists Hate AI?

Do Psychologists Hate AI?

The bias and evidence behind the concerns over AI in psychology.

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Psychology Today

Tamim Mobayed Ma

Israel: America’s Most Profitable Partnership

Israel: America’s Most Profitable Partnership

The narrative that Israel is a mere beneficiary of American charity is a tired myth that ignores the reality of modern geopolitics. While activists...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

IDF infantry platoon commander killed by Hezbollah drone in southern Lebanon

IDF infantry platoon commander killed by Hezbollah drone in southern Lebanon

Slain officer named as Cpt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, who was set to marry fiancé next month; IDF says it struck over 100 Hezbollah targets over...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Settlement without closure: What the Adani SEC case means for global capital

The move by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle its civil case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his...

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Blitz

Masud Khan

The India-UAE (and Israel) partnership to bring stability to West Asia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates came at a moment when the Middle East is once again testing the assumptions of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sergio Restelli

Constructive strategic stability in China–US relations: A new diplomatic framework

The recent summit narrative emerging from Beijing-featuring a proposed “constructive China–US relationship of strategic stability”-marks an...

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Blitz

Sonjib Chandra Das

Citizenship Without Consent: Legal Coercion by American Deep State

Citizenship Without Consent: Legal Coercion by American Deep State

Citizenship Without Consent: Legal Coercion by American Deep State Improving US–Russia relations under the Trump 2.0 administration is being...

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New Eastern Outlook

Aleena Im

Can Your Partner Handle the Truth?

Can Your Partner Handle the Truth?

Telling your partner white lies only goes so far in preserving the relationship.

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Psychology Today

Susan krauss whitbourne

Amid the fertiliser crisis, Africa has a chemical-free option: Agroecology

Amid the fertiliser crisis, Africa has a chemical-free option: Agroecology

More than two months into the US-Israel war on Iran, it appears we are veering towards another global food crisis. The conflict is driving up the...

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Al Jazeera

Ange-david baïmey

The Hidden Cost of Imposter Syndrome and How to Break Free

The Hidden Cost of Imposter Syndrome and How to Break Free

You think hiding self-doubt is a strength, but research says it's hurting you.

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Psychology Today

Adi Jaffe Ph.d

When victims no longer fit the narrative

On the hierarchy of empathy in the West There are moments in which a civilization is judged not only by what it condemns, but above all by what it no...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gabrielle bartelse

Don’t tell me to pray.

Don’t tell me to pray. Don’t tell me not to pray Don’t tell me when or how to pray. Stay out of my relationship (and if I have one) with Hashem...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Cate rubenstein

Hasbara, Who’s Talking? Who’s Listening, Does anybody care?

Hasbara, Who’s Talking? Who’s Listening, Does anybody care?

Who’s Talking? Who’s Listening I write this as a political journalist, an Irishman born in Dublin, now an Israeli living in Tel Aviv. Perhaps most...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul James Kearns

Mental Health Campaigns Can Do More Harm Than Good

Mental Health Campaigns Can Do More Harm Than Good

Constant mental health messaging can create the distress it aims to prevent.

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Psychology Today

Ian Macrae

Indian Leaders Meet Grzegorz Braun in Brussels

Indian Leaders Meet Grzegorz Braun in Brussels

India presents a curious case study where Jews have been able to maintain a peaceful existence without the need to withdraw into a self-centered...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sayan Lodh

The Fear Creativity Awakens at Midnight

The Fear Creativity Awakens at Midnight

Why making art feels emotionally dangerous and one word that softens the critic.

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Psychology Today

Bernadette Stockwell Ph.d

That Was Then, This Is Now

That Was Then, This Is Now

From 1974, I recollect coming home one day to a frontpage headline: an Israeli attack killing three Palestinians. Three terrorists massacred 28...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harriet Gimpel

Biblical eating in the USA

The New York Times recently reported a growing trend known as “biblical eating.” As I read it, I thought that Jesus, Moses and King Solomon would...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Judy Halper

NY Times Insults Jewish-Americans with Blood Libel

New York Jews have come to a crossroads. It’s one they’ve avoided for decades, but they’ve no other choice now, not after the New York Times...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Nabhan

Do Your Close Relationships Help You Reach Your Dreams?

Do Your Close Relationships Help You Reach Your Dreams?

When the people you're close to hold you back.

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Psychology Today

Daniel S. Lobel Ph.d

You’re missing the point

You’re missing the point

Continuing in its proud – and not at all new – tradition of antizionist libel, the New York Times published an oped last week alleging systemic...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephanie Spielman

Lawlessness and the Erosion of Democratic Culture

The concept of “lawlessness” in a constitutional republic does not necessarily mean the total absence of laws. More often, it refers to the...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Brad barnes

Fiji confronts expanding international drug networks and internal security threats

The Pacific island nation of Fiji is facing mounting pressure from international drug syndicates as authorities warn that global criminal...

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Blitz

Tajul Islam

Former MK Yousef Jabareen elected leader of Arab-majority party Hadash

Former MK Yousef Jabareen elected leader of Arab-majority party Hadash

Leadership shakeup comes as two MKs step down; Jabareen pushes to revive Joint List; sole woman wins fifth slot

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

Settler filmed clubbing dog to death in Palestinian village

No comment from IDF on killing of canine near Ramallah, one of several settler attacks across the West Bank on Friday after mosque burned overnight

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

London police arrest 31 amid massive anti-migrant protest, smaller anti-Israel march

London police arrest 31 amid massive anti-migrant protest, smaller anti-Israel march

Police deploy 4,000 officers to maintain order in largest operation in years; UK’s PM Starmer says far-right firebrand Tommy Robinson ‘peddling...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

The Existential Ergonomics of Artificial Intelligence

The Existential Ergonomics of Artificial Intelligence

Examining the oldest desire in the newest machine.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

New York Times, Kristof and Editorial Failure

The latest controversy surrounding The New York Times and columnist Nicholas Kristof is not simply about one grotesque allegation. It is about a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shane Shmuel

Nakba is not a memory; it is a system still in motion

Nakba is not a memory; it is a system still in motion

Every year on 15 May, Palestinians mark the Nakba — the catastrophe of 1948. Yet to describe the Nakba as history is to misunderstand its enduring...

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Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Why High-IQ People Feel Guilty All the Time

Why High-IQ People Feel Guilty All the Time

Gifted, intense people may wrestle with existential angst and moral sensitivity.

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Psychology Today

Imi Lo Ma

As Iran talks stall, Israel and US prepping to renew war as soon as next week – report

As Iran talks stall, Israel and US prepping to renew war as soon as next week – report

Commandos could be put on the ground to extract nuclear material, US officials tell New York Times; senior Israeli official reportedly says fighting...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff