The Bright Side of Japan’s Bleak Election The country has reverted to de facto one-party rule. But there are signs that Japan's democracy is not dead yet. On paper, it looks like Japan’s October 22 general election was more of the same. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, Komeito, went into the election with a supermajority in the House of Represen
[1/8]Navy officers take care of rescue dog Frida as she rests on a shopping cart after an earthquake in Mexico city, Mexico September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez Acquire Licensing Rights MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - For a country still in mourning and counting its dead from Tuesday's devastating earthquake, Frida the Navy rescue dog has emerged as a source of inspiration and pride in the searc
A visual explainer on North Korea and the recent increase in tensions regarding its nuclear and missile programmes. Tensions have risen dramatically in the Korean Peninsula after North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile last month. Since the 1960s, North Korea has been trying to develop nuclear capabilities, much to the dismay of South Korea, a close ally of the United States. Keep
WASHINGTON ― In 2009, the historian David Kaiser, then a professor at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, got a call from a guy named Steve Bannon. Bannon wanted to interview Kaiser for a documentary he was making based on the work of the generational theorists William Strauss and Neil Howe. Kaiser, an expert on Strauss and Howe, didn’t know Bannon from Adam, but he agreed to participa
Reply to public response and misrepresentationI value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never truly solve the problem. Psychological safety is built
A growing number of Malaysian female cosplayers are merging their fandom with their religion in creative new ways. In April, the Malaysian capital hosted the country's first event dedicated to hijab cosplay. [Preeti Jha/Al Jazeera] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – From Monday to Friday, Hafizah Rashid works as a medical laboratory technician in the Malaysian capital. But on the weekends she is a superhero
A crowdfunding campaign has raised more than £1,000 for a homeless man who rushed to help victims of the Manchester terror attack, as his "proud" mother urged him to get back in touch. Chris Parker was in the foyer of the Manchester Arena when the bomb that killed 22 people leaving an Ariana Grande concert detonated. “Like many others I have been horrified by the news from Manchester,” wrote Micha
Moscow, Russia – Stress is a fact of life for many of us. Some medicate or meditate to ease the anxiety. In Russia, however, some let off steam in a different way. Keep reading list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Did ancient Egyptians use surgery to treat brain cancer?Did ancient Egyptians use surgery to ...list 2 of 4In China, weight-loss drugs are becoming big businessIn China, weight-loss drugs are becom
On sixth war anniversary, Syria headed towards ‘perverted version’ of what has been happening in Iraq or Afghanistan. According to UNICEF, 2016 was the worst year yet for Syrian children [Reuters] Six years to the day since protesters poured into the streets of Daraa, Damascus and Aleppo in a “day of rage” against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s uprising turned global war is far fro
Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ is not the first time specific groups or nationalities have been blocked from the US. Over the past 200 years, US presidents have placed restrictions on the immigration of certain groups [File: Reuters] On Friday, Donald Trump barred citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen – from entering the United States for at
Freed from the constraints of competition, retired athletes often change directions. Some go into business, a few into TV, others into coaching or various endeavors. For two-time world champion Miki Ando, it is all of the above. The former skating star looks to be more popular than ever now based on her busy schedule, which sees her traveling for work several days each month. Ando, who turned 29 l
Adolf Hitler was a junkie and the Nazis’ narcotics intake gives new meaning to the term ‘war on drugs’. But they weren’t the only ones. Recent publications have revealed that narcotics are as much a part of conflict as bullets; often defining wars rather than sitting anecdotally on the sidelines of them. In his book Blitzed, German author Norman Ohler describes how the Third Reich was permeated wi
Kenyan children learn ballet at Kibera slumClassical music, colourful clothes and teachers’ voices mix to turn the grey cold room into a real ballet studio. Nairobi, Kenya – With more than 2.5 million people in some 200 settlements, the slum dwellers in Nairobi represent more than half of the city’s population and occupy merely 6 percent of the land, according to a report [PDF] released in 2014 by
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