Israeli Non-racists, First We Take Haifa!

Netanyahu is upset because, according to an agreement in Haifa, the new Jewish mayor must condemn all expressions of racism, even if it comes from...

How the media and elites fuel racism in British football

Over the weekend the two biggest British newspapers, the Sun and the Daily Mail, reported on the racist abuse suffered by Manchester City forward...

The pro-Israel lobby’s weaponisation of anti-Semitism takes a hit in the US

The pro-Israel lobby’s ongoing efforts to weaponise anti-Semitism has been dealt a major blow after a prestigious American university refused to...

Raja Zaatry Has a Right to Be Deputy Mayor of Haifa

It’s no surprise that Benjamin Netanyahu joined the mission that Interior Minister Arye Dery took on: barring Raja Zaatry, leader of the Hadash...

Super-rich spend most for Hong Kong’s ultra-prime properties

HONG KONG has topped the list as the most expensive global ultra-prime real estate market for the world's super rich, according to an international...

Cities Hold the Key to Food Sustainability

AUSTIN – Living in a city turns you into a cannibal. That, at least, is the metaphor preferred by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who considered cities a...

Smartphone Wars: Yandex & Huawei Challenge Western Monopolies

The arrest of Chinese telecommunications CFO Meng Wanzhou has sent shockwaves through the global markets. The context of the smartphone industry...

How a tragedy changed hillside development in Malaysia

YESTERDAY marked the 25th anniversary of a major tragedy Malaysian history in which the Highland Towers condominium in the outskirts of Kuala...

US partnership offers alternative to Chinese investment in the Pacific

ON Tuesday, the United States became the latest country to pledge their support to infrastructure development in the Pacific Islands, aiming to...

Washington using legal cover to conceal economic banditry

This hegemonic conduct by the US is undermining international law and leading to chaos. The recklessness of American unilateral diktat is...

These destinations are Asia Pacific’s rising tourism stars

JAPAN may be the top choice for travellers in the Asia Pacific, but two other Asian destinations are rising fast as preferred destinations - South...

Who’s Afraid of China’s Influence?

HONG KONG – Since the Cold War ended, the West has invested huge amounts of resources in efforts to induce political liberalization in China,...

The Revolution Europe Needs

STRASBOURG – The spontaneous street protests in Paris over the past month come almost exactly 50 years after the mass revolt of May 1968. But that...

A very British coup: The spies who went out to the cold – by George Galloway

The British spies hiding out there have been brought in from the cold by good old-fashioned journalism. Or rather “ex-spies” if their legend is to...

Central bank chief's exit signals decline of liberal economics in Modi's India

What the world can learn from China on wage growth

It’s now official: workers around the world are falling behind. The International Labour Organisation’s latest Global Wage Report finds that,...

In Syria the Entire Nation Mobilized, and Won

Yes, there is rubble, in fact total destruction, in some of the neighborhoods of Homs, Aleppo, in the outskirts of Damascus, and elsewhere. Yes,...

Singapore’s residential property prices to be at ‘standstill’ next year

BROKERS in Singapore's real estate have forecasted the prices of residential properties in city-state to remain stagnant or even dip next year. The...

Stay alert this year-end party season, get home without hassle

Time flies, and it's already mid-December. No doubt, many people will be going to year-end parties this week and/or next week. But one thing we all...

Eight decades on, no end in sight to Nanjing toll row

KAWAGUCHI, SAITAMA PREF. – The Chinese claim 300,000 people died in Nanjing at the hands of the Japanese military in December 1937 and January...

Angela, Annegret in “nova normalnost”

Zamenjava na vrhu bo nemškim krščanskim demokratom (CDU) v naslednjih tednih vsaj prehodno najbrž – ker se to pač običajno zgodi – prinesla...

As the US and the rest diverge, here’s what 2019 holds for investors

This was the year the global environment diverged as the United States powered ahead while the rest of the world stumbled. Looking ahead, tighter...

Proof the Mainstream Media is the Enemy of the People

You can’t make this stuff up: When the president of the most powerful nation in the world, nuclear armed to the teeth, announces that he will save...

It’s Time for French Museums to Return Cambodian Artifacts

The debate as to whether international museums and governments should return cultural artifacts acquired during the colonial period is not a new...

Will population decline create a richer society?

The Cabinet Office regularly publishes its Economic and Fiscal Projections for Medium to Long-Term Analysis outline. The latest projection,...

Indian central bank chief's exit signal retreat of liberal economics

METI’s clerical error excuse does nothing to explain JIC mess

Nine executives of an organization resigning en masse is an anomaly that invites the obvious question of why. President Masaaki Tanaka, three other...

India -- retreat of liberal economics

Amnesty calls Italian government ‘repressive.’ Salvini: ‘My conscience is clear’

Report. In its report, the NGO paints a bleak picture of Italy due to the growing climate of mistrust and racism towards foreigners. written by...

Chile: mayor vigilancia de la sociedad ante prácticas corruptas

Los múltiples escándalos de corrupción conocidos en el último tiempo han gatillado un deterioro en la confianza de la sociedad, hacia diversas...

Pacto migratorio, lo mejor que podía hacerse

Al final algunos de los asistentes se tomaron las manos, celebraron y rieron, incluso hubo aplausos. Lo que fue acordado en julio de 2018 en la...

Making Retirement Work

MILAN – In most developed countries, a retirement of leisure is one of the great socioeconomic innovations of the past century. But it is quickly...

Europe must stand up to Erdogan

Turkey tortures supporters of Fethullah Gulen in secret prisons, according to Germany's ZDF TV broadcaster. Europe should toughen up and follow...

‘Boy Scout’ Canada caught in a nasty fight between two superpowers

Two predictions made by some old China hands immediately after the arrest of Huawei’s No 2 Sabrina Meng Wanzhou in Canada have turned out to be...

Cyber Power and The Return of Major War

In 1998, Michael Mandelbaum declared major war to be obsolete. “The great chess game of international politics is finished,” he announced, and...

How did the American Otto Warmbier Actually Die?

On 10 October 2018, several American doctors, who were involved in caring for and treating the fairly well-known Otto Warmbier, confirmed the...

‘Trump will achieve nothing with tariffs’: former WTO head blasts US policy

Pascal Lamy does not mince words. That may be because he is no longer burdened by his position as director general of the WTO, which he held...

Are universities responsible for graduate employability?

In a highly competitive world, a degree is no guarantee of a job. As a result, many question the value of the qualification and often, blame falls...

Svet za republiko

Štiri gesla so označevala zbor Sveta za republiko, ki ga je odstavljeni katalonski predsednik Puigdemont v soboto sklical v Bruslju. Gesla, ki so...

The hot mess that is the US-China trade negotiations

Who knew trade could be so exciting? Aside from trying to outrun Somali pirates in speedboats chasing your freighter with AK-47s in hand or...

A reality check for Indian PM Narendra Modi

The latest state election results have shocked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party headed by PM Modi. Still it won't be an easy walk for the...

Macron attempts to calm revolt, but dissent remains

Reportage. President Emmanuel Macron is throwing the protesters an olive branch, calling them 'right in many respects.' But opposition parties have...

The Secret Jewish Plot Against Turkey

Erdogan, who rose out of a party whose leader compared Jews to bacteria, likes to name-drop 'The Mastermind': a Jewish conspiracy preventing Turkey...

APAC businesses outperform Western peers in digital transformation race

The US and the UK have always been leading the race to digital adoption — but according to a new study by Telstra and the Economist Intelligence...

The Lethal Consequences of Misclassifying Dolphins

PRINCETON – The annual dolphin hunt in the Japanese town of Taiji began in September. By next March, despite global condemnation and mounting...