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Wed, October 28, 2020 | 03:38

Xi Jinping's historical revision of Korean War

Xi Jinping's historical revision of Korean War

Chinese leader Xi Jinping joined the pack of historians and scholars who, over the years, have attempted to present a different interpretation of the Korean War.

2020-10-27 17:43

Recovery and renewal at UN

Recovery and renewal at UN

NEW YORK - The international community urgently needs new tools, ideas, and initiatives to meet the common threats and challenges faced by the United Nations' 193 member countries. The world body's 75th anniversary, to be marked on United Nations Day on October 24, presents an opportunity to chart a path to the partnerships we need to meet the challenges we will face in the y...

2020-10-27 17:30

Europe epicenter of virus crisis again

Europe epicenter of virus crisis again

Europe has been jolted yet again in recent days becoming - for the second time - the epicenter of the pandemic. Yet while most attention is focused on the new healthcare emergency, a serious, sustained second wave of infections could seriously impact the bloc's economic and political prospects too in 2021 and beyond.

2020-10-26 17:00

Multilateralism in US election

Multilateralism in US election

MADRID - When Donald Trump became the U.S. Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2016, many predicted that he would tone down his inflammatory rhetoric during the election campaign against Hillary Clinton in order to attract moderate voters. After Trump was elected without having shown an iota of the hoped-for restraint, many said that the presidency and congressional Re...

2020-10-26 16:58

Herd Immunity, Reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration

Herd Immunity, Reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration

After eight months of the global pandemic, the pressure to keep economies open and let the chips (or rather, the elderly) fall where they may is growing strong.

2020-10-25 18:20

Why should US vote green?

Why should US vote green?

Next month's U.S. presidential election will not just be decisive in settling a slew of major domestic issues for the next four years; It will also have a profound impact on key international ones too with perhaps the biggest of all being the future of global climate action.

2020-10-22 17:44

How Israel failed COVID-19 test

How Israel failed COVID-19 test

TEL AVIV ― When the Jewish new year began late last month, Israel was enduring its second nationwide lockdown, after daily per capita COVID-19 infection and death rates reached some of the world's highest levels. How did a country with practically closed external borders, sophisticated technological and institutional capacities, a high-quality and efficient health-care system...

2020-10-22 17:35

Changing attitudes towards religiosity: double-edged sword for Arab rulers

Changing attitudes towards religiosity: double-edged sword for Arab rulers

Public opinion polling in the Arab world suggests that autocratic leaders like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his UAE counterpart, Mohammed bin Zayed, have gotten some things right.

2020-10-22 17:23

Do you have unanswered questions about Halloween?

Do you have unanswered questions about Halloween?

I was trying to clear the cobwebs from my mind, and all I could find was random thoughts about Halloween (a.k.a. Hallowe'en, a.k.a. Allhalloween, a.k.a. All Hallow's Eve, a.k.a. All Saints' Eve, a.k.a. the Holiday That Is Bankrupting the Federal Witness Protection Program).

2020-10-22 17:18

US not alone in widening global pandemic

US not alone in widening global pandemic

While recent flare-ups of the coronavirus have been spreading across large parts of the U.S., Americans are hardly alone in facing the deadly pandemic. Though virus outbreaks are often presented by mainstream media outlets as a political validation of the contentious mask debate, leading European countries such as France, Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom are facing a far...

2020-10-22 17:13

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