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Reading the COVID Fine Print: The Undoing of the Australian Open by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
The decision to go ahead with the Australian Open, the first of the grand slams of the tennis calendar, was always going to be fraught with problems. Players journeying from designated "hot spots" of novel coronavirus outbreaks... (Add a comment)

Race, the economy and leadership by Joseph Gatt
Having read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "the Radical King" and "Strength to love", I felt that he drew a lot of inspiration from the Biblical prophet Moses. Dr. King also draws a lot of his inspiration from Jesus Christ and Mahatma... (Add a comment)

Alexandre Marc : Con-federalism, Cultural Renewal and Trans-frontier Cooperation by Rene Wadlow
Alexandre Marc (19 January 1904 - 22 February 2000) was born as Alexandre Markovitch Lipiansky in Odessa, Russia in 1904. He later simplified his name by dropping Lipiansky (which his sons have reclaimed) (Add a comment)

Concise history of international development - from the UN University Rector Dr. Malone by Ovi Magazine Guest
As part of the Geneva Lecture Series concepted and conducted by prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic, United Nations University Rector and Undersecretary General of the UN, Dr. David M. Malone gave a highly mesmerizing... (Add a comment)

The Master Builder by The Ovi Team 19 January 2021 January 19th 1893; Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder receives its premiere performance in Berlin. The play was first performed at the Lessing Theatre, Berlin, with Emanuel Reicher as Solness. (1 comment)
Indira Gandhi by The Ovi Team 19 January 2021 January 19th 1966; Indira Gandhi, only daughter of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, became the country's next leader. She was chosen at the end of a bitter leadership battle... (Add a comment)
Memories of school life by Joseph Gatt 18 January 2021 Memories of my middle school-graduate school life. Key words: extroverted, usually refused private conversation and made sure most conversation was held in the public sphere. Asked stupid questions, hoping to get answers... (Add a comment)
What to Do by Bohdan Yuri 18 January 2021 What do you do If upon death, You're in a place With no time, no space. (Add a comment)
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and Australia's Complicity by Dr. Binoy Kampmark 18 January 2021 Australia's Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, said little in the statement from her department, which was a good thing, as it might have been dangerously useful. The finding of a UK court on whether Julian Assange would be extradited... (Add a comment)
Martin Luther King Day by The Ovi Team 18 January 2021 It took 15 years to create the federal Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Congressman John Conyers, Democrat from Michigan, first introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after King was assassinated in 1968. (2 comments)
Peace conference begins in Paris by The Ovi Team 18 January 2021 January 18th 1919 in Paris, France, some of the most powerful people in the world meet to begin the long, complicated negotiations that would officially mark the end of the First World War. (1 comment)
A.A. Milne by The Ovi Team 18 January 2021 January 18th, on this day in 1882, A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, is born. (Add a comment)
Cook discovers Hawaii by The Ovi Team 18 January 2021 January 18th 1778. On January 18, 1778, the English explorer Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands when he sails past the island of Oahu. (Add a comment)
Peace Journalism: Signs and Trends by Rene Wadlow 17 January 2021 A task of peace journalism is to be able to discern trends and to detect signs of emerging political and social issues. One aspect is what I call "raising a storm warning flag". (Add a comment)
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