What we risk as humans if we allow gene-edited babies

One of the fears expressed by scientists is that gene editing may result in unwanted side effects. But beyond the health and medical concerns, what...

After US cuts to Palestinian refugees, UN launches a $277M appeal

Reportage. The United Nations mandate to support displaced Palestinians continues, but their funding has been drastically reduced under the Trump...

U.S. Jews: Netanyahu Has Now Endorsed Jewish Fascism. Cut Your Ties With Him Now

Netanyahu lost his moral compass years ago, but his electoral deal with Israel's most extreme racists is a moment of crisis, and a test, for...

The treatment of Shamima Begum and Asma Al-Assad reveals Britain’s double standards

The British government’s decision to strip Daesh runaway Shamima Begum of her citizenship not only exposes the country’s double standards, but...

Mother Teresa Bids Farewell

There are good things to be said about Tzipi Livni, but her contribution to peace is not one of them. Not only did she not contribute, she caused...

You Wanted Bibi and Got Litzman

The deputy health minister's job makes him responsible for human life, yet he has used his office in defense of abomination

Who is Native American?

"Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American...

Looking for a new job? These are the 10 best cities in the world to find one

THE first quarter of the year is when most people are on the hunt for a new job, according to the latest JobStreet report. Of course, everyone’s...

Venezuela – US Attack Imminent?

Imagine, the President of the self-declared, exceptional and unique Superpower, Donald Trump of the United States of America, has the audacity to...

(VEČERNO BRANJE) Ni čistejše ljubezni od ljubezni do svojih otrok. Tudi globljih strahov ne. 

Ni bolj brezpogojne ljubezni, kot je ljubezen do svojega otroka - ni čistejših in ne globljih občutenj absolutne ljubezni od starševske. Tako na...

Pieta nestačí

Pravda pravdúca. Ako všetko, aj smrť dvoch mladých ľudí je u nás spolitizovaná a zneužíva sa v politickom boji. Ako keď niekto vykrikuje...

Netanyahu Just Destroyed One of Israel’s Key National Security Assets

Netanyahu is backing Israel’s KKK for naked domestic political gain. And that's not all the damage his frenzied, odious political maneuver has...

The cases of Shamima Begum and Rahaf Mohammed tell us a lot about how we define victimhood

Behind every headline there is a multi-layered story, and behind some stories there is a Muslim reading it and rolling their eyes. This is...

VAR threatens to spoil the show for gutsy Schalke

Schalke almost pulled off a memorable result against Manchester City, but their task was made harder by malfunctioning VAR. While it's great that...

Paris attack and Europe's history of anti-Semitism

The anti-Semitic attack on the philosopher Alain Finkielkraut in Paris has shocked Europe. But people who are genuinely surprised must not have...

Ako som vedome naletel

K prípravku bol však pribalený aj náborový list iného vychýreného profesora, ktorý tým, čo si „zázračný prípravok“ kúpili,...

Rome and London are unmoved by US pressure over Huawei

Analysis. Under the M5S government, Italy has moved closer to China, especially given the large trade opportunities presented by the New Silk Road....

Abe’s consumption tax hike has a target on its back

NEW YORK - China may take Japanese fiscal policy hostage. The fallout from China’s slowdown is snaking its way through Asia’s economy — and the...

Tokyo-Seoul rupture shakes regional balance

KOBE - Japan-South Korea ties are once again approaching a crossroads. Relations began to deteriorate significantly after the ruling last Oct. 30...

Abortion as crime

By Park Moo-jong Abortion as a crime has been a signature bone of contention in this society along with the perennial issue of decriminalizing...

México: el absurdo de tratar de reconstruir el viejo gobierno todopoderoso

Groucho Marx, el comediante del siglo pasado, lo dijo con absoluta claridad: “La política es el arte de buscar problemas, encontrarlos por todas...

Cómo implementar una cultura de cambio para lograr el éxito

La implementación de programas digitales requiere de una mentalidad acorde, de lo contrario, probablemente falle y tendrá resultados...

Iran: New Realities and New Challenges

It is still less than a year since the European Union gave birth to, in Pushkin’s words, “neither son nor daughter, frog nor mouse, but a...

US launches Unipolar Crusade at Warsaw and Munich Conferences

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities”… Voltaire Some might say the dust has settled from the Warsaw and...

China's disturbingly fuzzy vision for Hong Kong

Himalayan emergency: It’s not too late to prevent melting glaciers

THE newly released Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Assessment was yet another scientific call for action on climate change – this time in the...

The AI Road to Serfdom?

LONDON – Surveys from round the world show that people want secure jobs. At the same time, they have always dreamed of a life free from toil. The...

Maple syrup makers in Japan giving Canada a run for its money

The distinctive flavor and sweetness of maple syrup brings out the best in pancakes and other breakfast treats. Canada is the world's top producer...

What’s Left of the Populist Left?

PRINCETON – As Venezuela’s crisis deepens, conservatives in the United States and elsewhere are gleefully pointing to the disaster of Chavismo to...

Plan B for Palestine may exist, but the UN’s role is to eliminate its possibilities

What UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in his remarks to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People...

Pakistan Just Became Saudi Arabia's Client State, and Turned Its Back on Tehran

Mohammed bin Salman got a sycophantic welcome in Islamabad this week, as Saudi Arabia threw Pakistan an economic lifeline. But that aid came at a...

How the Balkans solved a Balkan problem

The Macedonia name dispute dragged on for almost three decades, becoming the longest lasting one of its kind in recent history. To an uninformed...

Possible peace declaration looms large over Kim-Trump summit

With their second summit fast approaching, speculation is growing that President Donald Trump may try to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...

Keď Danko pácha dobro

Zákon je v platnosti necelé dva mesiace a oboje sa potvrdilo. Ceny potravín prudko stúpli (medzimesačne vzrástli o 3 % a medziročne...

Abu Asab’s eviction is another example of Israel’s discriminatory regime

On Sunday, Israeli forces evicted Hatem Abu Asab’s family from their home in Jerusalem. This comes after the Israeli Supreme Court ruled Jewish...

Traditional ancestor ceremonies

By Mark Peterson I've been writing about the 1688 inheritance document that was one of the first to espouse the disinheritance of daughters. I've...

Sanders enters the race to finish the revolution he started

Report. Bernie Sanders announced his campaign for president on Tuesday, drawing praise from the left wing and anxiety from the moderate faction of...

Kahane Returns to the Knesset

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lust for power knows no limits. The pressure he brought to bear on Habayit Hayehudi and National Union –...

Condemned Louis Farrakhan and His Fans? Now Do the Same for Jewish Power, Netanyahu and the Likud

We U.S. Jews said during the Women's March controversy we'd never tolerate a Farrakhan, nor any in our community who gave succor to a Farrakhan,...

Africa’s Digital Generation Gap

LONDON – Africa is the youngest place in the world. But because African heads of state tend to be older – with an average age of 62 – they are...

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Lebanon Is Careering Toward Economic Collapse. Should Israel Worry?

Beirut’s dysfunctional politics make it unlikely it will tackle its problems, and as Hezbollah takes blame, it could look for a convenient...

Where Does the 'Center' Stand?

Lapid rightly accused Gantz of ambiguity on values and ideology, but it’s just as true about Lapid and the whole nothing of a center

Can Japan balance its ties with China and Taiwan?

HONG KONG - On the second day of the new year, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech in which he called for the fulfillment of the...

JOC’s plan to extend age of retirement is unacceptable

The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) is considering extending the official retirement age of its senior executives in an apparent move to keep...

Iran’s 40 Years of Strife

MADRID – In 1971, world leaders as varied as Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, US Vice President...

Introducing ‘Park Statue Politics’

This is an excerpt from Park Statue Politics: World War II Comfort Women Memorials in the United States. Get your free copy here. In March 2017,...

Saudi Arabia resumes familiar role as swing producer

Saudi Arabia has resumed its traditional role as the swing producer, sharply reducing its output to tighten the oil market and push prices...

What’s left of the Qatar siege?

Thirteen demands or conditions were put on the table by the countries imposing the siege on Qatar in order to restore relations to how they were in...

Is Jordan ready to deal with fighters and their families returning from Syria?

US President Donald Trump set the cat amongst the pigeons when he called on EU states to take back 800 Daesh fighters held by American and Syrian...

Tuliti proti volkovom

Kdor misli, da je bilo včasih drugače, živi v hudi zmoti. Še posebej tisti, ki misli, da je bilo včasih boljše. Tisti, ki misli, da je bilo...

Why are Libyans not celebrating the anniversary of the revolution?

Libya’s revolution started on 17 February 2011 in the eastern city of Benghazi and went on to end the rule of the late Muammar Gaddafi. On this,...

Britain needs to decide what it wants from China

Vietnam can be template for a US deal with North Korea

This Time Really Is Different

BOSTON – Respectable investors aren’t supposed to say, “This time is different.” But, given the market gyrations in recent months, they would...

Behind the Scenes / Narcotics useful to control cancer pain

Nearly 40 percent of terminal cancer patients suffered physical pain in the month before passing, according to results of the first national survey...

Don’t forget to file your taxes, America, because Amazon paid ZERO to Uncle Sam last year!

While Jeff Bezos was caught red-handed flashing around some random stuff last year, tax dollars from his multi-billionaire dollar Amazon empire...

Consumers in China are getting more cautious about data privacy

CHINA is an interesting country in the digital ecosystem of Asia. Bigger than its neighbours, China is a digital behemoth in itself — unique in...

Under Jokowi, Indonesia’s middle-class the winner of economic growth

The challenge for the Jokowi administration is to make Indonesian economic growth more inclusive, especially for its poorest population. Despite...

From comrades to assassins, N Korea and Vietnam eye new chapter with Trump-Kim summit

In 1966, Ahn Hak-soo was one of more than 300,000 South Korean soldiers fighting alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War when he was captured...

Winds of change sweep auto industry

HIKONE, SHIGA PREF. - Earlier this month, Toyota Motor Corp. announced the launch of a new service to lease its luxury Lexus cars at a set rate....

Vážne poklesky pána prezidenta

A nepodarený ústavný činiteľ, aby sa vyhol „trestnému konaniu proti verejnému činiteľovi“, by sa už urýchlene porúčal z úradu....

Brexit’s Lost World

OXFORD – Dramatic changes have swept the world since British voters decided in 2016 to leave the European Union. None of them could have been...

The effects of Syria’s war on health could last for generations

As the Syrian war approaches its eighth anniversary next month, the reality of the nation’s revolution-gone-wrong could not be starker. Millions...

Do You Really Deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, Mister Trump?

It’s hard to argue that the sitting US president is particularly good at attracting public attention to his persona, which he has proven once...

Tzipi Livni's Mistakes

Livni's difficulty in taking on issues beyond the peace process and the two-state solution led to her political downfall

Katakana, used appropriately, can enrich written Japanese

When I was a university student taking law classes 30-plus years ago, reading textbooks filled with katakana syllabary was a truly tough challenge....

Showdown in Munich

MUNICH – It was at the 2007 Munich Security Conference that Russian President Vladimir Putin first signaled a cooling of Russian-Western...

Xi Jinping is taking China down a dangerous path

As the world focuses on developments in China's coastal regions, the one-party state is flexing its totalitarian muscle in the northwest of the...

Why won’t Turkey abandon the S-400 deal with Russia?

Washington’s first deadline for Turkey to respond to its offer to buy the Patriot missile defence system passed last Friday with no progress...

Suckling Hatred With Mother’s Milk

Only the milk of certain Israeli Jewish mothers is missing, that essential vitamin without which a proud race cannot arise. Theirs is...

How Russia's domestic divisions could foil its Middle East plans

For most outside observers of the Kremlin, Russia's policymaking process is an inscrutable monolith, with decisions taken exclusively by President...

The Dialectic of Global Trade Policy

MUNICH – There is a subtle yet important change occurring in how political leaders think about international trade, including how to remedy long-...

Japan and South Korea must end the cycle of distrust

Who Gains from Turning Europe into a Potential Nuclear Battlefield?

The United States and its NATO partners are attempting to make the case for Washington’s decision to abandon the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces...

Kam s ním?

Podľa Fica a jeho ľudí problém ani neexistuje, pretože len čo sa spôsob voľby zmení z verejného na tajný, Smer bude hlasovať za menoslov...

Maslo na hlavách

Zavraždenie Jána Kuciaka a jeho snúbenice Martiny Kušnírovej bolo v našich podmienkach výnimočné. Niekto sa krvavo pomstil novinárovi za...

Amazon’s winner-take-all approach to small businesses

NEW YORK - Small businesses are a pillar of capitalism and of a healthy economy. They provide a path into the middle and upper-middle class for...

Klientelizem najslabše vrste

Obljubljene tri milijarde dolarjev takšnih in drugačnih naložbenih spodbud, ki sta jih obljubila guverner in župan New Yorka Andrew Cuomo in Bill...

Protesty

Slovenské poľnohospodárstvo stojí na krížnych cestách. Cítia to všetci. Ešte pred tridsiatimi rokmi sme boli sebestační, teraz sme zberný...

Putin's empty promises

In his annual speech, Russia's Vladimir Putin tried to fight sinking political popularity with often heard promises. But these are shattered by a...

Los días de la cruda verdad en el Vaticano

La avalancha de medios de comunicación, especialmente de Estados Unidos, es enorme. Muchos comparan la atención y tensión de estos días con los de...

México: un país para desesperarse

México es la mayor democracia de habla hispana en el mundo, un país que garantiza la libertad de prensa en su Constitución. Sin embargo, también...

How domestic violence affects women’s mental health

Physical and emotional abuse is not only distressing, it’s psychologically damaging and increases women’s risk of developing a mental illness....

LDP ‘bullying’ local entities into assisting on SDF recruitment

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is claiming that more than 60 percent of local governments are not cooperating with the Self-Defense Forces in...

Open Questions About Open Banking

LONDON – As its Valentine’s Day present to the world, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in Basel published a report on financial technology,...

City of Xi’an and Why the New Chinese Silk Road Terrifies the West?

Snow is falling on the wide sidewalks of the historic city of Xi’an, but people don’t seem to be troubled by the bitter cold. One of the oldest...

A Philippine alternative to China's takeover of Subic shipyard

Netanyahu’s agenda in Warsaw was to target the Palestinians, not Iran

Benjamin Netanyahu looked like the groom at an upmarket wedding at last week’s Warsaw Summit on the Middle East. Everyone else looked like...

Corbyn’s Labour Will Never Stop Gaslighting Jews

Targets of anti-Semitism abuse are told they’re hysterical, traitors, Zionists and Goebbels’ heirs. Jews in Labour are once again the canary in...

India’s Trifecta of Failure

PATNA, INDIA – On January 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government suddenly announced that an additional 10% of school seats and government...

European Parliament will be split, but not hostage to nationalists

Analysis. The far right, loud but fractured, will make only modest gains in the European Parliament in May elections, according to a massive new...

Bibi, Who Am I Bothering?

The fact that Israel is deporting children of migrant workers who were born here, who have lived here all their lives and most of whom speak no...

The nightmares of a Yemeni mother

I start my day thinking it could be my last one, so I try to ignore all nuisances and petty problems and greet everyone as if it is the last time...

U.S. may have overshot in China trade talks

Brinkmanship has been one of the defining characteristics of the Trump administration, as the White House ramps up pressure to create a sense of...

Southeast Asia Stumbles over politics