Everlasting true love really does exist, and here’s how to find it

Everyone yearns for everlasting true love, but most people who can’t find it just give up and settle for less or stay single. They say it is better...

Kushner and MbS’ relationship sets Trump’s MidEast policy

The reason why the US has become so close to Saudi Arabia is due to the friendship cultivated between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jared...

Why is “Intelligence” the Mother of All Stupidity?

When listening to political leaders in the West, particularly when describing Syria or “Palestinian terrorists” or the threat from Russia and...

Iran's government cannot afford to ignore Khuzestan anymore

Over the past few months, two events occupied the headlines in Iran: the deadly  paramilitary attack  on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz,...

More sex in driverless cars?

By Chang Se-moon Will sex be more common in driverless cars? At least some studies speculate that to be the case, suggesting the likelihood that...

Russia-Ukraine conflict requires restraint

A recent escalation of tension sparked by Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships and arrests of their crew reminded the world of a conflict it...

In current political climate, selling Hong Kong to Americans no easy task

There was an interesting aside when the South China Morning Post received a media leadership award in Washington last week from the US-China Policy...

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What would Adam Smith say about the rush to stop coal power?

Adam Smith famously said that “I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.” Nowhere is the merit of...

A spectre of collapse or a vision of hope in the New Year

There was a “ghost at the feast “when G20 leaders met in Buenos Aires for their recent summit. While the key leaders postured and played politics,...

True leaders fight prejudice for social progress. So why not in Hong Kong?

Politicians try to be popular; leaders try to do the right thing. I cannot help but dwell on this saying as celebrations of the 70th anniversary of...

Last analog president

By Jason Lim George H.W. Bush was my first president as an adult, and I wasn't impressed. It felt like we were getting the second fiddle to the...

Americans Salute Bush Forty-One

The father of former president George Bush, former President George H.W. Bush, lived to the ripe old age of ninety-four, and is eulogized as an (...

We are still waiting for the Douma Four to come back

Today marks five years since my close friends and relatives, Razan Zaitouneh and Wael Hamada, were abducted along with Samira al-Khalil and Nazem...

Forget the ‘truce’, the Trump-Xi rivalry is just getting started

A tariff war truce, declared by President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping at the end of their summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last...

Obstacles to progress in North Korean denuclearisation remain formidable

Nobody was surprised when, on November 16, the ruling Workers Party of Korea announced that Kim Jong-un had “supervised a newly developed...

Balíčky ako reštart?

Z hľadiska najsilnejšej vládnej strany však podobné vyhlásenia v tejto chvíli znamenajú čosi iné. Sociálne darčeky nemusia byť...

The Sinister Message Behind Hanukkah Songs

Hanukkah songs: A joyous call by the entire family for a jihadist religious war

If 5 Stars wants to save money, manifesto can’t help them

Commentary. While we are indeed heretics, and we’re certainly of the left, our way is as close to St. Francis’s vow of poverty as it comes....

The “Punishing Truth” About Donald Trump’s Policies

Before long the world will act typically numb when President Donald Trump announces a “hit” on a prominent public figure via his Twitter account....

Aquarius forced to quit migrant rescues: ‘This is a dark day’

Interview. Il manifesto interviewed the Doctors Without Borders spokesman in Italy, Marco Bertotto. ‘The Italian government is behaving like a...

Chips in the fryer

Legal clouds over Trump grow with new disclosures

The more that special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors reveal, the darker grow the legal clouds over President Donald Trump. Trump's...

Gastronomic gifts

Gift-giving season is in! When December comes, a weird kind of anxiety begins in my family. What to do for Weihnachten? Shall we lift the gift...

Národná hanba

Negatíva však jednoznačne prevažujú: vlaky na Slovensku v lepšom prípade „iba meškajú“, v horšom horia, pričom hovoriť o kultúre...

Canada Takes A Hostage: Free Meng Wanzhou

It is clear the US is pushing the battle line to our door … We can completely regard the US arrest of Meng Wanzhou as a declaration of war...

Meng Wanzhou arrest: what if China went after US executives?

Despite eight months of tit-for-tat tariff escalation and even widespread scepticism in the run-up to their G20 summit last weekend, Xi Jinping and...

US Has Little to Offer Southeast Asia

Any productive relationship between two nations must include mutual benefits for both. A proposed alliance that includes no incentive for a partner...

Skok na glavo v prazen bazen

Ni prijeten, še zlasti če se izvaja na dnevni osnovi … Po eni strani bi lahko triletno propagando imperialnih Janševih medijev v tej točki...

George H.W. Bush: making another genocidal American great again

I was expecting plenty of flak from John McCain’s fans and assorted American nationalists upon his death in August when I questioned the...

Attacks on indigenous rights defenders should not be ignored

The attempts at political violence that took place before the US elections have almost been forgotten now and the country has moved on to other...

Can Macron survive France's 'yellow vest' revolution?

Nicole Barthelemy, the quiet, gracious owner of one of Paris’s premier cheese shops on the Rue de Grenelle, told me this week, with real panic in...

Pearl Harbor a sobering lesson not to fan the flames of war

“I would be lying if I said we were not dizzy with excitement. It was like a Waseda-Keio baseball game was on every day,” said author Shotaro...

Hong Kong’s people are a great source of smart information: let’s use it

In this modern connected world, where we often hear of the need for Hong Kong to stay competitive and build a more resilient and harmonious...

The Phony US-China Truce

BEIJING – On December 1 in Buenos Aires, US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed on a 90-day moratorium on...

In defence of Jackie Chan: possible reasons for his behaviour

He cheated on his wife. He abandoned the child he had with his mistress. He threw his young son across a room. He regularly drove while drunk. He...

A backlash is emerging over Ghosn’s arrest

NEW YORK – A prediction: L’affaire Carlos Ghosn is not going to end well for the Japanese. Yes, that’s right: I’m convinced that Ghosn, the...

Sejem ničevosti

Še nikdar nisem s takšnim zanimanjem prebiral nekrologov kakor pred meseci, ko je umrl pisatelj V. S. Naipaul. Nikoli ga nisem bral in o njem...

Božanska in peklenska. Tišina.

Zadnje mesece najbolj pogrešam zrak, tišino, hojo in misliti nič. Zato o vsem tem, v ukradenih in redkih trenutkih navideznega mirovanja,...

Law on foreign labor still a policy riddled with huge holes

A revision to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law to allow more foreign nationals to work in Japan was to become law on Dec. 8 as...

Mit o Radencih

Č zmagam, bo po moje tudi veliko Hrvatov slišalo za Radence,« je pred dvema tednoma izjavil Roman Leljak, samooklicani zgodovinar in publicist,...

(PORTRET TEDNA) Saša Arsenovič: Deloholik, ki potrebuje še nekaj mehčanja

Čeprav se je z župansko kandidaturo spogledoval že nekaj let, je bila odločitev za vstop v politiko vendarle presenečenje, tudi za njegove...

Supervolilno leto: epilog

Stranke v najožjem smislu definiramo kot široke koalicije posameznikov, ki poskušajo preko volitev prevzeti nadzor nad državnim aparatom. Ker gre...

Jackie Chan is a hypocrite: he hasn’t earned our sympathy

Jackie Chan might be the most famous Chinese person alive, playing the righteous action hero fighting villains in countless films that have put...

Junaki našega časa

Vedno me je begal stavek, da je bil nekdo obsojen v imenu ljudstva. Ali pa oproščen. Kje za vraga je to ljudstvo? Po kakšnem principu in kriterijih...

Trend of low fertility in Hong Kong is here to stay

The latest findings by the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong have confirmed the persistently low fertility among married couples. The survey...