Global Research | 14 July 2022 July 8 was a muggy day in the ancient capital of Japan. Shinzo Abe, the most powerful figure in Japanese politics, was delivering a stump speech for a local Liberal Democratic Party candidate in front of the Nara Kintetsu railway station when suddenly a loud bang rang out, followed by an…
Japan Times | 23 Nov 2021 Why did Japan’s fifth and biggest wave of the coronavirus pandemic, driven by the delta variant, suddenly come to an abrupt end following a seemingly relentless rise in new infections? According to one group of researchers, the answer may be that the delta variant took care of itself in…
Rounding The Earth | 28 Sep 2021 Pandemic National Case Studies “Keep a snake, and the snake will eat your chicken.” -Singaporean proverb Seloloving, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The Southeast Asian island nation of Singapore enjoys one of the world’s best economies and standards of living. In particular, Singapore’s thriving financial sector serves as a portal…
Global Research | 24 July 2016 Foreign Service Officer Richard Cabot Howland, who was stationed in Jakarta from 1965 to 1966 at the Embassy in Indonesia, in 1970 published an article in the classified internal journal of the Central Intelligence Agency, Studies in Intelligence (“The Lessons of the September 30 Affair,” Vol. 14, Fall 1970: pp.13–28). The article…
Global Research | 22 July 2016 The truth about Indonesian history and the United States involvement in its ongoing tragedy is little known in the West. Australian historian, Greg Pulgrain, has been trying for decades to open people’s eyes to the realities of that history and to force a cleansing confrontation with the ugly truth. …
Reuters | 13 July 2016 An international tribunal’s ruling denying China‘s claims in the South China Sea will “intensify conflict and even confrontation,” Beijing’s ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday. The ambassador, Cui Tiankai, also told an international forum in Washington that Beijing remains committed to negotiations with other parties in disputes over…
The Japan Times | 30 March 2016 Victims suffering side effects from cervical cancer vaccines that were once recommended by the government announced Wednesday they will file a lawsuit against the state and drugmakers. “Many victims are still suffering from side effects of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines Cervarix and Gardsil, which include overall pain…
Myanmar Times | 14 March 2016 At least three newborns have died and another two dozen are reacting poorly after a round of hepatitis B vaccinations last week at Bago General Hospital. Health officials are scrambling to determine what went wrong during what should have been a routine procedure. Between March 4 and 7, 28…
Finian Cunningham | 15 Jan 2016 Indonesia joins a growing list of countries beyond the Middle East region reportedly hit by the Islamic State group or its affiliates. Is it a case of IS simply going global, or is there something else to the latest incident in Indonesia? On the face of it, the attacks…
The News | 9 Jan 2016 ISLAMABAD: Following Pathankot attack, the Indian media and government authorities have been referring to Mumbai attack as Pakistan’s work despite the fact that the Wikileaks had shown both the US and the British authorities trashing Indian so-called evidence against Pakistan. Publicly both Washington and London have been shy to…