Michael Brenner, Professor of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilian University and Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies, American University Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a new twist. This time…
UK’s Brexit negotiator Lord Frost was warned by the Senior US embassy diplomats in London, as well as of US national security adviser Jake Sullivan, that pressure in Northern Ireland will be…
The United Nations on Thursday said that the world has recorded an increase in child labor in 20 years and the current pandemic is feared to drive millions of people of the…
The pandemic has slowed tourism to Thailand’s Buddhist temples, but the impact is more than economic
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College The economies of countries dependent on tourism are clearly hurting, with visitor numbers plummeting as a result of the pandemic. In Thailand alone, a country where tourism accounts…
Instead of using names after the places, the World Health Organization has put in place a new system to identify COVID-19 variants to avoid difficulties in pronunciation, recollection, as well as creating…
Shauna N Gillooly, University of California, Irvine Chaotic and deadly protests have for weeks rocked the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. In mid-May some demonstrators stormed the airport, and riot police responded…
As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are also surprising to those who thought the…
Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so far, has both historical and contemporary…
Maha Nassar, University of Arizona The world’s attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of rockets by the militant group Hamas into…
At least 9,000 passengers at an airport in Medan, Indonesia are possibly tested with reused swab sticks, according to the police. State-owned pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma is now facing a potential lawsuit…
Uma S Kambhampati, University of Reading The second wave of the pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With over 300,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths across the country each day…