US House passes Hong Kong ‘Democracy Act’

THE US House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday sought by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong that aims to defend civil rights in the semi-...

Twitter says world leaders ‘not above’ its rules

TWITTER said Tuesday world leaders are "not above" the rules of the online platform and could see their messages removed or demoted for egregious...

School lunches keep Japan’s kids topping nutrition lists

JAPAN manages a rare feat for a developed country when it comes to feeding its children -- high scores for nutrition but very low obesity rates....

Japan needs to address its child poverty problem

Investing in children brings benefits to them and to declining population

South Africa’s post-apartheid foreign policy on Israel-Palestine

South Africa’s foreign policy and diplomatic positions towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been remarkably steady since the end of the...

Syria and the multipolar era

The way that history has a tendency to repeat itself is intriguing. In Alfred Lilienthal’s The Other Side of the Coin, published in 1965, he said...

Rivlin Unlikely to Extend Netanyahu's Deadline to Form Government, Sources Say

With one week left until the expiration of the 28-day period given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government, the general assessment...

Turkish invasion displaces 200,000 people without enough water, food or medicine

Reportage. A wave of refugees are moving toward Hasakeh and Raqqa without adequate supplies. Local and international organizations are mobilizing....

Rate cut not sufficient

Time to mobilize all possible means for recovery Cutting interest rates is a necessary but insufficient step to turn around the slumping economy....

Triennale ends, but concerns about freedom of expression linger

The Aichi Triennale 2019 international art festival ended on Oct. 14, after hundreds of angry phone calls and even threats of violence forced the...

Reforming education for Society 5.0

KYOTO, PREF. – Society 5.0 is the name the government has given to a new society to be brought about by progress in such technologies as...

Will Libra be stillborn?

CHICAGO – Plans for Facebook’s proposed “stablecoin,” Libra, appear to be unraveling with the withdrawal of PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe,...

The Necessity of Climate Economics

Europe enters crunch week

By Andrew Hammond This week's EU summit, which begins Thursday, could be one of the most important ever for the Brussels-based club. For on the...

Syrian Kurds, "Allies of Convenience" to US

All good things come to an end; therefore, it was expected that the US support to Kurds and regional stability would come to an end–sooner or...

The Calves’ Rebellion

The nation of high-tech and (according to foreign reports) nuclear bombs is once again threatened by a malicious, anti-Semitic plot — a...

India’s Modi Slowdown

NEW DELHI – Until recently, Indians had gotten used to taking economic growth for granted. After a decade of annual growth averaging over 9%,...

Long prison sentences for Catalan separatists spark massive protests

Analysis. The harshest sentence was handed out to the former Catalan vice president and political leader of Esquerra Republicana, Oriol Junqueras:...

A Jewish-Arab, Anti-occupation Left

Two sighs of relief could be heard recently from the Jewish center-left camp in Israel. The first was when Benjamin Netanyahu’s...

Bibi’s Party With Trump Is Over

In 2016, near the end of U.S. President Barack Obama’s term, there was a strong, almost unanimous feeling in Israel’s security-diplomatic...

Will Trump Be Removed from Office?

WASHINGTON, DC – For the first time, reasonable people in the United States have begun to speculate that President Donald Trump could be convicted...

​Resnica o sanaciji bank

Vrednosti delnic, ki kotirajo na borzi, so znižali za 20 odstotkov. Delnico Pivovarne Laško na primer so ocenili le na dobre štiri evre in njene...

Arab Leaders, Police Share the Blame for Crime Afflicting Israeli Arab Towns

Much has been written about Arab Israelis’ protests over the crime wave that has hit their towns and villages. The Arab community has rightly...

Yes, Netanyahu’s Iran Policy Has Failed and Tehran Will Strike Back

Two years ago I wrote an op-ed in Yedioth Ahronoth entitled “What every Jewish mother should know: The prime minister, the security cabinet and...

Typhoon can’t derail feelings of recovery in rugby host city

Typhoon No. 19 forced the cancellation of a Rugby World Cup match that citizens of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, were really looking forward to. The...

Vision for future cars

Deregulation key to boosting auto industry South Korea has unveiled plans to emerge as the first mover in future cars by concentrating investment...

A Window of Opportunity for African Fossil Fuels

WINDSOR, ONTARIO – In August, a plaque was installed where Iceland’s once-iconic Okjökull glacier stood, before climate change turned it into a...

Gas deal with Israel proves Jordan is still a client state

Considerable attention is paid by Western media to the governments of official enemies, when they lack democracy. The Western media’s long...

NBA loves free speech as long as it doesn't cost anything

When it comes to sports, most people are thinking football this time of year. But last week will be remembered as an epochal week for the NBA. The...

US-China deal is only first step in long road to end trade war

Are traditional multinationals ready for emerging markets?

By Aubrey Hruby WASHINGTON, DC ― Since 2010, economic growth in low- and middle-income countries has been two to three times faster than in high-...

Where is the Christian 'left'?

By Steven L. Shields Conventional wisdom says that those with the loudest voices write the story that most come to believe is the only genuine...

Secret of Bannam ancient tombs

By Kim Jin-hyeon Last month I traveled to the Bannam ancient tombs in Naju, South Jeolla Province, where dozens of huge burials, including for...

Are We Blocking Out the Sun?

Climate change is real. However, serious scientific evidence is pointing to a very different causality than most discuss. Climate is a huge...

Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Visit to India

The 4-day visit to India, which took place at the beginning of October of this year, by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and the...

Turkey's Problem Isn't Trump, It's Erdogan's Gunboat Economics

Trump’s threat to decimate the Turkish economy doesn’t really add up to much. His tweets are bloodcurdling but the follow-up in terms of sanctions...

The Dumb Giant: Brazilian Foreign Policy under Jair Bolsonaro

After a shy (or disastrous) premiere in the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year, Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s new president, finally...

The Survival of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

WARSAW – Is populism in Central and Eastern Europe finally losing its momentum? In Poland, opposition parties won the Senate, and the ruling Law...

Does Facebook impose curfews on Palestinians in the ‘blue world’?

When the Arab youth revolted in 2011 to demand freedom and democracy in their countries, Facebook was the social media platform of choice for crowd...