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In "Opinion / Editorial"
July 07, 2018
Israel is violating a US human rights law
THE worldwide concern for the fate of 12 teenage Thai footballers and their young coach trapped deep in a cave system by flood water has been quite remarkable. Besides elite Thai Navy Seals, the rescue effort has included, Australian, American, Belgian and British caving experts. On Monday, it was two divers from the UK who located the cold, hungry and frightened group fully four kilometers inside the cave system, sheltering on a ledge to which they had been driven by rising water levels.
Ever since the young footballers had gone missing nine days earlier, the authorities had insisted there was a good chance they were still alive, despite a lack of food and, as the first pictures to emerge of them after they were found, being woefully ill-prepared.
There will be time enough to examine...
July 06, 2018
Contrasting news coverage
July 05, 2018
The failed Paris bombing of Iranian exiles
July 04, 2018
Hubris in Iraq
July 03, 2018
The old promises of Mexico’s new president
July 02, 2018
Anti-immigrant hysteria in West
July 01, 2018
The right to film Israeli crimes
The timeout in the 2018 World Cup before the knockout stage begins Saturday gives us a chance to reflect on a tournament that has had upsets, plenty of last-minute goals, own goals and a fairly successful introduction of Video Assistant Referee.Without doubt, the biggest upset was Germany, the defending champion and four-time winner overall, crashing out of the group stage, something that has not happened to this football powerhouse in 80 years. The incredible loss to South Korea sent shockwaves around the world, stunning football fans far and wide. It was also the fourth time in the past five World Cups that the defending champion was ousted from the first round. Overconfidence, not taking the buildup to the tournament seriously enough and feeling that a magic button, if pushed, would...
June 30, 2018
Football for the world
June 29, 2018
Haftar’s Libyan blunder
June 28, 2018
Too small to fail
