One of the oldest examples of globalization does not involve airplanes, the internet, trade agreements, or even human beings, says veteran Asia watcher Michael Richardson. Every year, shorebirds of the Asia-Pacific traverse the eastern hemisphere in a 25,000 mile odyssey that lands them in regions...
Shorebirds struggle to find safe 're-fueling' spots in much of East Asia.
MELBOURNE - Each year, more than two million migratory shorebirds fly to Australia and New Zealand to escape the winter that turns their...
Almost two thousand years ago, the Romans were marching towards Germania, intent on expanding their vast empire. In what is now Germany’s Teutoburg Forest, the region’s residents repelled the empire’s army, forcing the invaders to retreat southward for good. In the 19th century, the story became an...
From the Alps to the North Sea everyone would probably be speaking a mixture of French, Italian and Spanish, and it is unlikely there would ever have been a German Empire. History would have taken a...
Germany's one million illegal immigrants are hard to typify, says this article in the F.A.Z. Weekly. Unlike the Turkish immigrants who are in the country legally but have not acculturated themselves to Germany, the author writes, many illegal immigrants are integrating well by learning German...
BERLIN. There is no such thing as a typical "illegal" among Germany's illegal immigrants. Many are living, and working, openly. Whereas the large Turkish population that came to this country for the most...
The abrupt resignation of Ukraine’s respected minister of economy and trade, his refusal to “serve as a cover-up for covert corruption,” has triggered political crisis and an onslaught of recriminations about inept governance. More resignations may follow, and the crisis comes during a treacherous...
Sinking ship? Ukrainian Economic Development Minister Aivaras Abromavi
KIEV: The idyllic days of the Maidan revolution are over. With the stench of corruption rising from a government that once inspired so much hope, Ukraine is overwhelmed with...
The swift spread of COVID-19 followed by market declines alarms citizens and policymakers. “As trade, finance, travel, cyber and other networks grow in scale and interact, they become more complex and unstable,” writes Oxford University professor Ian Goldin for Financial Times. “The super-spreaders...
Burma's repression of democracy advocates like Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has won the country infamy in the international human rights community. Even after allowing a free election a decade ago, the military junta that runs Burma ignored the results and refused to give up power....
Now in jail, Aung San Suu Kyi in 1996: How to free Burma from the grip of dictators? (Photo: © Copyright Yuzo Uda 1999/2003)
SINGAPORE: After heated disagreements about Iraq and North Korea, US policy on Burma has emerged as another divisive...
今日，美国与朝鲜外交官员在纽约举行会谈，商讨是否重启旨在遏制朝鲜核野心的六方会谈。媒体和外交界同时将目光聚焦于中国：西方国家希望中国对其东面邻国朝鲜的恣意妄为予以斥责，让它安安分分。韩国驻中国特派记者李成贤（Sunny Lee）解释说，中国对朝鲜的影响力是个未知数。来自北京方面的强大压力可能会激怒这个躁动不安的政权，但不会招致什么损失。李指出，中国向朝鲜提供粮食、燃料等物质援助并给予其忠告，希望以此避免动乱、革命乃至战争的爆发，此举最为符合中国的国家利益。中国的影响力到底有多大，很快便能从朝鲜计划再度进行核试验的谣言中得到验证。此次核试验旨在树立下一届领导层的威信，...
北京：朝韩双方就朝核问题在巴厘岛（Bali）举行了难得的会晤后，一名朝鲜高级核谈判代表抵达美国，就能否重启六方会谈与美方进行试探性磋商。会谈旨在说服朝鲜放弃核计划，中国是六方会谈的东道主。事实上，中国所扮演的角色与朝鲜的军事挑衅一样，成了国际媒体关注的焦点。
长期以来，专家们一直认为中国有能力遏制平壤的好战姿态。但随着朝鲜或将进行新一轮核试验以扶植年轻接班人的谣言不胫而走，国际社会要求中国抑制其盟友朝鲜的呼声也将接踵而至。
借用温斯顿·丘吉尔（Winston Churchill）...
Cassius Marcellus Clay, born in the segregated South of the United States, emerged as a boxing legend in the 1960s. Time and time again, he startled fans and the public at large with athletic prowess, charm and expression of personal beliefs with bravado. He joined the Nation of Islam in 1964,...
Read the eulogy reprinted in Haaretz.
