Destroyed by appeasing his enemies: The Shakespearean tragedy of Jeremy Corbyn

There is a distinctly Shakespearean air to the political demise of UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, which took place, appropriately enough, on...

Neil Clark

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Tough times ahead for the Kurds in Syria

Whether it be the U.S., Russia, Iran or the Syrian regime, all seem to want to re-settle the Syrian Kurds. While American’s policy is open-ended,...

Fehim Taştekin

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Give married couples option of using different family names

The government seems stuck in its outdated policy of not allowing married couples to use separate family names if they wish, although it has taken...

Editorial

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Weak connections communication

This week, we are lighting the first candle to celebrate the end of the first year of the glorious Sudanese revolution, which came about as a...

Mahjoub Mohamed Salih

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It’s time for the international community to stop ‘recognising’ Hadi’s ‘government’

In spite of having no substantial physical political presence in Yemen, and no formal armed forces on the ground, the media is insistent on running...

Omar Ahmed

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Trump's most dangerous behavior on Ukraine

By Trudy Rubin When the House of Representatives draws up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the list might not include one of...

Trudy Rubin

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'Unseasonable' label not necessarily a bad thing, after all

"Kigo" is a word or expression used in haiku in association with a particular season, but it is not always easy to tell the season it represents. "...

Vox Populi

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Looking at the lives you can still save

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY – A decade ago, I wrote the book “The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty.” This month, a fully revised...

Peter Singer

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A grain of salt: How China tarnished Korea's 'white gold'

By Robert Neff A possible salt merchant, circa 1900s. Robert Neff Collection Nowadays, the vilification of salt is quite common. It is blamed for a...

Robert Neff

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[VIEW] Pyongyang trapped in illusion of 'North Korean superiority'

By Cha Du-hyeon Unlike the reconciliatory and cooperative inter-Korean mood last year, 2019 was the year that North Korea continued its aggressive...

Cha Du-Hyeon

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US Policy Failures Give Glimmer of Hope to Middle East

The Middle East has long been synonymous with instability and violence. As ever, this is blamed on some inherent defect of the people, as if only...

Seth Ferris

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The Cost of Feeding Yemen as War Rages On

Yemen’s war has proven to be far more than just another failed attempt at enforcing a certain socio-political reality. As it were, the cost of...

Catherine Shakdam

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Qatar Lives a Quiet Life, Fights Hard, and Wins Time and Time Again

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of...

Viktor Mikhin

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Italian court rules CasaPound has a constitutional right to use Facebook

Analysis. The judge said Facebook occupies a ‘special position’ in that the social network is an essential part of ‘the Italian political...

Giansandro Merli

Il Manifesto Global

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Radhya Almutawakel: We’re not only being killed by bombs

Interview. We spoke with Radhya Almutawakel, leader of the Mwatana activist group in Yemen, who was recognized as one of TIME’s 100 most...

Francesco Vignarca

Il Manifesto Global

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Praznična zabava

To so tisti, ki so sposobni obvezno povišanje minimalne plače preračunati tako, da od svojih zaposlenih vsekakor dobijo še svoj "zasluženi" del....

Svetlana Slapšak

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Violence against women and collective guilt in India

On November 27 , a 27-year-old veterinary doctor was raped, murdered and dumped by the side of a highway in the Indian state of Hyderabad. A week...

Gopika Bashi

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China and India’s maritime rivalry has a new flashpoint: the Andaman Sea

The Andaman Sea is fast becoming the latest flashpoint of Sino-Indian maritime rivalry in the Indian Ocean. China’s increased interest in the...

Yogesh Joshi

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Why the Global South should nationalise its data

The recent coup in Bolivia reminds us that poor countries rich in resources continue to be plagued by the legacy of colonialism. Anything that...

Ulises Ali Mejias

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India's citizenship changes are immoral and self-defeating

Making it harder for Muslims to become citizens risks global backlash

Ashok Swain

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Two dead in India as police fire at demo against citizenship bill

Police in northeast India opened fire Thursday on a crowd demonstrating against a new citizenship bill, killing two people and wounding several...

Asian Correspondent Staff

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Child’s play: Coding booms among Chinese children

Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a red T-shirt, an eight-year-old Chinese boy is logged in for an online coding lesson -- as the teacher....

Asian Correspondent Staff

20

Where is Hamas today, 32 years after it was founded

Hamas released its first statement on 14 December 1987, just five days after the start of the first intifada. The intifada was triggered when an...

Motasem A Dalloul

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Australia’s bush fires: the burning issue Scott Morrison refuses to discuss

Australia is on fire. The sun sits low over Sydney, an angry red wound in the sky, glowering amid its shroud of soot. Visibility in the city is...

Hari Raj

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Erdogan: The revolutionary enigma who holds the West in sway

There are few political enigmas these days – strongmen, yes, but not enigmas. We have US President Donald Trump, who is far from it; we have UK...

Muhammad Hussein

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Netanyahu’s Atonement

Polls ahead of the next election predict an advantage of four-to-five Knesset seats for Kahol Lavan over Likud. These figures are most likely...

Israel Harel

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The New Coffins Along Netanyahu’s Route

“Justice Minister Amir Ohana has ordered the attorney general and state prosecutor to stop issuing statements ‘signed by the Justice Ministry,’...

Ravit Hecht

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Webster’s opts to take ‘they’ to new gender-free level as 2019 top word

Merriam-Webster, Inc., the American publisher of the eponymous dictionary, reveals its Word of the Year each December. Last year, the honor went to...

Vox Populi

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Ordinance on hate speech welcome but needs monitoring

The Kawasaki municipal assembly has unanimously adopted an unprecedented ordinance to crack down on hate speech. Under the ordinance, criminal...

Editorial

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How much would you pay to work less?

NEW YORK – Companies from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Monsanto Co. have gotten serious about making work more flexible. Thanks to apps and...

Rachel Rosenthal

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Trump’s Racist Ban on Anti-Semitism

NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump thinks that anti-Semitism is a serious problem in America. But Trump is not so much concerned about neo-Nazis...

Ian Buruma

20

Oil consumption tracking is all about Asia

Oil market analysts must make sense of a bewildering array of statistics about production, consumption and inventories, compiled and published with...

John Kemp

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When Trump outdoes the Zionist movement

Donald Trump, one of the more bizarre presidents in the history of the United States, is once again making decisions of a strategic aspect...

Talal Okal

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Two Nigerians on holiday in Croatia were rounded up and sent to Bosnia

Reportage. We spoke with the two by phone in a detention center in Bosnia, where they remain locked up one week after newspapers first reported the...