The strengthening case against Trump

WASHINGTON – Though he rarely admits even the slightest discontent with the job he schemed for in unprecedented ways and somewhat accidentally...

Elizabeth Drew

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Kono’s rebuff of media questions raises even more questions

Foreign Minister Taro Kono ignored questions from reporters as many as four times at a Dec. 11 news conference. Kono’s unprecedented behavior,...

Editorial

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India’s Modi seen forgiving farm loans as he seeks to win election

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is likely to announce loan waivers worth billions of dollars to woo millions...

Mayank Bhardwaj And Rajendra Jadhav

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How do Arabs scream in Arabic?

"We have the tape," US President Donald Trump finally admitted that there is a tape-recording of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi - but then he...

Hamid Dabashi

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Indonesia, Singapore, Burma among world’s ‘most generous’ countries

A NEW survey found that Indonesia, Singapore and Burma (Myanmar) are placed among the top 10 most generous countries in the world based on their...

A. Azim Idris

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Hong Kong’s plan to remove tax waivers threatens wealthy landlords

HONG KONG'S government is considering the removal of billions of dollars worth of tax exemptions in a proposal that threatened to deal a blow to...

Asian Correspondent

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The dangers of NGO-isation of women's rights in Africa

The emancipation of women is one of the most significant aspects of social and cultural transformation around the world. Women are gradually moving...

Hala Al-Karib

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The Referendum Risk

OXFORD – Now that British Prime Minister Theresa May, facing certain defeat, has postponed Parliament’s vote on the deal she concluded with the...

Ngaire Woods

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Tale of two uprisings: Ukraine’s Maidan got McCain & cookies, French Yellow Vests get shunned

With the streets of Paris ablaze for a fourth weekend in a row, as a swarm of Yellow Vests assert themselves against a French government which,...

Robert Bridge

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While Israel kills, the US condemns Hamas

Last week, the United States submitted a resolution to the UN General Assembly condemning Hamas for attacking Israel. The resolution was supported...

Jihad Al-Khazen

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How Netanyahu Became a Holocaust Revisionist

After refining ‘Jew’ and ‘anti-Semitism,' Netanyahu is now rewriting the Holocaust, whitewashing Polish and Hungarian involvement in the murder...

Anshel Pfeffer

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Netanyahu is pushing the region to explode

All the signs suggest that the terrorist Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing the Middle East towards instability and the brink of an all-out war. They...

Rasheed Hassan

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The Myth of the Brainy Israeli

Noble Prizes and Startup Nation notwithstanding, the average Israeli has a pretty poor set of basic skills. The tech sector is starting to feel the...

David Rosenberg

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Malaysian mall takes on landmark autism-friendly effort

MANY parents of special needs children with the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) would find shopping with their families a challenging experience,...

Asian Correspondent Staff

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Why you probably shouldn’t risk using Twitter in China

There's a major nationwide operation to crack down on Twitter users in China. Cybersecurity authorities have detained and interrogated dissenting...

Oiwan Lam

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Australia’s Brexit strategy needs less Britpopulism, more Eurovision

Though the headlines about Brexit seem pretty grim for Britain, it will continue to remain an obvious market for Australian exporters. But Europe...

Tim Harcourt

30

Vienna Boys Choir gets Christmas off: headlines from 40 years ago

Faulty Hong Kong-made toy hair dryers being recalled from France, and the Vienna Boys Choir being banned from performing during Christmas because...

Luisa Tam

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The Case for Increasing US Military Spending and Expansion

Despite being the world’s biggest military power, spending a lot more than the combined defence budgets of China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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Amos Biderman

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Why political attacks on central banks may be the new normal

These are tough times for the world’s major central banks. In advanced economies, a decade of cheap money is giving way to the gradual...

Nicholas Spiro

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Italy’s Salvini said what the international community knows it can’t say: ‘Support Israel’

It is no secret that the right wing has appropriated and manipulated the definition of “peace” in today’s poisonous political climate. Peace is...

Ramona Wadi

20

RIP George H. W. Bush and the Rest

The death of former President George H. W. Bush last month has spurred many an analyst to take up their swords and pens of partisanship for either...

Phil Butler

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The Government's Way: Fear and Hatred

Employing fear is Netanyahu's most authoritative baritone but not to worry, it almost always comes with salvation

Yossi Klein

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December: A month to decide what to stop doing

With 2018 about to wrap up, our lives — which have become busier due to technology and the unprecedented pace of change sweeping the world —...

Yoko Ishikura

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CY Leung’s tormentor is a political spent force

The fortunes of politicians are a lot like the stock market: they go up and down in unexpected ways. This week, for example, has been good for...

Alex Lo

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Globalization must center on people

MADRID – Globalization and the technological revolution go hand in hand, in a way that is now inseparable. But they both need to revolve around...

Andres Ortega

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A new direction for Japanese agriculture

SINGAPORE – The government should try to promote overseas agricultural production by Japanese farmers, rather than the export of agricultural...

Kotaro Tamura

7

Trump’s Anti-Service Economy

WASHINGTON, DC – In the nineteenth century, more than 70% of American workers were farmers. By 2017, that figure was under 2%. In 1970, about 32%...

Anne O. Krueger

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Germany Is Still Playing Defense

BERLIN – An old joke among non-Americans is that they, too, deserve a vote in US presidential elections, given how central that office is to...

Sławomir Sierakowski

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‘Social justice warriors’ ruin Heisman Trophy winner’s big day

Let’s start this with a caveat: homophobia is abhorrent, wrong and downright despicable. The gay community need universal support in coming out,...

Patrick Blennerhassett

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Let's get physical

By Park Moo-jong "To be, or not to be: that is the question" is the world-renowned opening phrase spoken by Prince Hamlet in a scene from William...

Park Moo-Jong

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Asking hard questions

By Donald Kirk It's fine to talk to the North Koreans about their nukes and missiles. Go ahead and tell them they're a threat to the world, the...

Donald Kirk

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The only way Hong Kong’s pan-dems can win back the public

Lawmaker Eddie Chu Hoi-dick has been unreasonably disqualified from a rural representative election. The returning officer for the election of non-...