We foreigners often scoff at Americans. But like it or not, the world always pays rapt attention to the U.S. election, and this year is no exception. By Harvey Morris Some days ago I received a begging e-mail from Barbra Streisand, and my first thought was that the...
As a survivor of the Asian flu, I remember 1957 vividly. Times have changed since, but there are key similarities between that crisis and the coronavirus. A doctor gives a nurse the first Asian flu vaccine shot to be administered in New York, August 16, 1957. (AP...
By Harvey Morris Every now and again the Kurds, or at least one fraction of that divided and tormented nation, thrust themselves to the top of the world news agenda, usually as the victims of their enemies or from the treachery of their friends. Then the storm...
Are the Houthis in Yemen “Iran-backed” or “Iran-aligned”? Are Hezbollah members “terrorists” or “liberators”? Labels can make a big difference. Hezbollah supporters wear headbands with pictures of Iran’s Ayatollah...
This is the second of two articles by News-Decoder correspondents who were in Iran 40 years ago during its revolution, which toppled a dynastic monarchy and created an Islamic Republic. Four decades might seem an eternity for our younger readers, but shock waves from...
