Burma eases condo laws to allow foreign buying

THE Burmese (Myanmar) government has begun implementing laws that make it easier for foreign buyers to purchase condominiums in the country, easing...

Asia braces for ‘serious challenges’ of a no-deal Brexit

AS Britain continues to tear itself apart at the seams all in the name of leaving the European Union (EU), the business world is watching on with...

The world needs more nuclear power plants. Just look to Sweden

In the month since the Katowice climate meeting, with its latest alarms on the accelerating pace of climate change and the hopeless progress on...

Greater Bay Area integration is Hong Kong’s chance to repeat history

If past is prologue, then Hong Kong’s economic take-off after China officially established its special economic zones in the Pearl River Delta 40...

The Belgrade visit was Putin's gift to Vucic

Russia's President Vladimir Putin may be losing his mojo at home, but there is surely one country where his star continues to shine as brightly as...

Hong Kong is one of the best places to live – but for how much longer?

The latest Henley Passport Index has just been in the news. This is a table of some 200 different passports listed in order of how many countries...

Malaysia’s ban on Israeli athletes sparks outrage in Jerusalem

ISRAEL has slammed Malaysia's decision to ban the participation of Israeli athletes in international sporting events hosted by the Southeast Asian...

Ayelet Shaked Aimed for the Prime Minister's Office, but Is She Going Down?

Justice minister's alliance with dubious 'sex for judgeship' lawyer might show she lacks the minimal sense of smell to avoid people who, going...

Medieval hostage-taking and prisoner swaps are back in vogue

Do its member states take the UN Charter seriously any more? The United Nations was originally set up “to establish conditions under which justice...

China’s economy faces a bumpy ride even if ‘trade peace’ breaks out soon

Sometimes, it seems like financial markets can only focus on one big issue at a time. For much of last year, markets were mainly worried about the...

Vice, Laying Bare America’s Most Disgusting Politician, Dick Cheney

Today’s film is “Vice,” a film that rips apart Dick Cheney. We might ask why something like this is important, are we apologizing for...

What the fall of Sears and GE teaches us about capitalism

WASHINGTON - General Electric and Sears have fallen on hard times, and that tells us a lot about U.S. capitalism. Both were once great enterprises...

The global decline of Japanese universities

HIKONE, SHIGA PREF. - A glance at the World University Rankings, published last September by the Times Higher Education, reveals the following...

Trump: el riesgo de las políticas impulsivas

La abrupta decisión de Trump, producto de su víscera y no de ningún análisis serio, tuvo como primera consecuencia la renuncia de su secretario...

Monsanto/Bayer Moving to Genome Edit Fruits and More

Not surprising, Monsanto, today hidden behind the Bayer logo, as the world leader in patented GMO seeds and the probable carcinogenic Roundup...

Is your company wasting money on diversity?

DIVERSITY is a hot topic in employment, as it rightly should be. After centuries of the old white man ruling supreme, companies – along with...

Did Japan’s fever for sumo put undue pressure on Kisenosato?

Why is sumo a "national sport" of Japan, even though this designation is attributed neither to a known individual, nor to any law of the land? To...

The causes and (expensive) fallout of the SingHealth data breach

CYBERSECURITY is becoming a major concern for organisations and regulators everywhere, and in sectors such as healthcare, with institutions storing...

JOC chief must respond clearly to allegations in bribery probe

French legal authorities have reportedly expanded the investigation into Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda over allegations...

Haifa’s Mayor McCensor Delivers Miserable Decision on Freedom of Speech

Mayor Einat Kalisch-Rotem’s decision to remove from an exhibition at the Haifa Museum of Art “McJesus,” a sculpture depicting the McDonald’s...

Battisti arrested and M5S propaganda video backfires

Report. Italian Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede posted a video of a left-wing terrorist being arrested and drew swift condemnation from...

Surrendering to Persecution of Leftists at Hebrew University

The Jerusalem institution's leadership has caved to the culture that the founder of far-right movement Im Tirtzu imported from his father’s...

Zavlačevanje pred brexitom

Odhod iz EU je že sam po sebi boleč. Postopek, ki ga mora prestati vsaka članica, če želi zapustiti EU, ureja 50. člen Lizbonske pogodbe. Tega...

A Three-State Solution for Israel and Palestine?

LOS ANGELES – The goal of two states for two nations, living side by side within secure borders, has been the foundation of the...

Afghanistan’s Forgotten Half

WASHINGTON, DC – When Zalmay Khalilzad was appointed as the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation in September 2018, an end to...

Un fin de año paradójico

La positiva evolución de la economía a nivel global, y en particular en EE.UU., parece incompatible con las volatilidades y fuertes caídas...

Je nova recesija pred vrati?

V iskanju odgovora na zgoraj zastavljeno vprašanje se je dobro spomniti na tako imenovani Dornbuschev zakon, ki pravi, da mine veliko več časa, kot...

Zima ne prizanese

Če v google vtipkate besedo »gosposka«, si ne boste mogli dosti pomagati. Včasih take malo starinske besede zvenijo smešno, čudno, včasih pa so...

Behind the Scenes / Cool Japan needs its aspiring filmmakers

Japanese cinema has attracted international attention in recent years as more films have been screened at international film festivals. While the...

May carries on in spite of it all

Commentary. When Corbyn called May’s government a ‘zombie government’ Wednesday, the Labour leader was doing nothing more than dutifully stating...

Hard to breathe easy with tunnels U-turn

Hong Kong has many powerful special interests, among which is the transport trade. Whether you are a government official, a pan-democrat or a...

China dominates top spots in Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019

CHINA has dominated four of the five top spots in the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019, remaining the most-...

The End of Postwar Germany

BERLIN – Last April, The Economist ran a cover story touting “Cool Germany” as a potential model for the rest of the West. What a difference...

How China can warm India to its new-found financial clout

When the then seemingly invincible Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa suffered a shock election defeat in 2015, the ousting of the...

U.S. vs. China -- split trade from technological security