How Jewish Settlers Are Cementing Their Rule Over Palestinians in Jerusalem

The Israeli state gives serial legal backing to the right-wingers running a national park next to Jerusalem's Old City, pushing out Palestinians in...

Mainstream media on Gaza: Israelis get killed, but Palestinians merely ‘die’

“We remain editorially independent, our journalism free from commercial bias and our reporting open and accessible to all,” reads an advertisement...

Israel's Solidarity With Diaspora Jews Died Well Before Pittsburgh

The old Israeli spy chief Rafi Eitan could hardly be accused of having much sympathy for Nazis - or even Germans in general. Back in 1946, as a 19...

Netanyahu's Son Might Be His Downfall

Is Yair Netanyahu, Oedipus the son, inadvertently murdering his father in an attempt to protect him?

Does equal education mean equal opportunity? Not always

How much do parents' education levels impact their child's livelihoods in the future? In some countries, it means everything. The post Does equal...

The Media’s #MeToo Problem

LONDON – Journalism classrooms may be dominated by women, but global media are still ruled by men, who occupy the majority of management...

How Can Countries Reduce Poverty Faster?

KUALA LUMPUR and MANCHESTER – Can the world end poverty by 2030, the target set by the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development? The UN...

Will localists warp Hong Kong history as they mine British archives?

In traditional Chinese culture, the greatest role of history is to connect with real life and serve reality. Take Sima Guang’s monumental chronicle...

Australia versus China in the South Pacific

Back to drawing board is only way forward on new visa plan

It is increasingly evident that proposed legislation to allow more foreign nationals to work in Japan is not worth serious consideration by...

It’s time for a ‘Santa rally’ in the markets, if history is any guide

“We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good,” Warren Buffett said. The Sage of Omaha is both...

Think emerging market stocks are having it rough? Just look at Europe

Another week, another sign of the vulnerability of emerging market equities. On Tuesday, Asian technology stocks came under further strain in...

Evropska ljudska armada

Pred dvema tednoma sem v časopisu prebral besedilo o koristnosti vojaškega zavezništva Nato. Med drugim je tam pisalo, da je zavezništvo zaslužno...

Okinawa's quest for peace

By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― We hear so much about North Korea's secret bases that it's sometimes easy to forget the ruckus over U.S. bases in the...

Outdated annual event

By Park Moo-jong It's over. The die is cast and they have crossed the Rubicon just as Julius Caesar did in leading his army across the northern...

Behind the Scenes / Chinese vessel lurks during fueling drill

In late October, I spent nine days embedded aboard the Kaga, the largest helicopter carrier-type destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, as...

Brazil and the United States: Will President Bolsonaro Bandwagon?

Jair Bolsonaro, the retired army captain who wiped the floor with this opponents and won the presidency of Brazil, the world’s fifth largest...

Intentions aside, no room for offhand allusion to A-bomb event

Superdry, a global fashion brand that is popular in Europe and the United States but hardly known in Japan, sells T-shirts with logos in...

Sino-U.S. clash is a great power competition, not ‘Cold War II’

CHINA – In the Trump administration’s most substantial foreign policy speech thus far, delivered at the Hudson Institute on Oct. 4, Vice...

Rat tails for banks loans and a lord on the dole: past headlines

November 12, 1978 ● A Hong Kong seaman suspected of killing a shipmate in international waters was to be referred to a Marine Department Board of...

Did Trump’s trade war influence China’s decision on rhino and tiger products?

On October 29, the State Council, China’s cabinet, issued a circular on “strictly regulating activities involving the sale and use of rhino and...

Four decades on, is Sadat viewed as a traitor or a hero?

On 19 November, it will be 41 years to the day that the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat embarked on his stunning and controversial visit to...

Lieberman’s resignation prioritised politics over Israel’s security

The resignation of Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman suggests that the political leadership in the Zionist state is in real trouble over...

Middle East correspondent Michele Giorgio wins 2018 Golden Dove award

Report. Giorgio is the third il manifesto reporter to win the Golden Doves for Peace award, which recognizes journalistic contributions to peace...

The hidden cost in your Oreo you didn’t know about

A new report has linked Mondelēz International, the food giant behind such iconic snacks as Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers, to large-scale...

Tech is an opportunity for labor, if we’re creative enough to seize it

Commentary. New technologies contain strong cooperative tendencies, which give an impulse toward the establishment of production systems capable of...

We Must Give Credit to Netanyahu: He Blocked Another War With His Body

In Israel, avoiding war is perceived as defeatism. But that’s what Netanyahu does, while Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid talks about employing force...

How remote workers can help businesses be sustainable

URBANISATION is a rising trend which sees hundreds of millions of people, especially in Asia, migrating from smaller towns to the big cities,...

Rethinking Animal Agriculture

TASMANIA – In mid-July, as a brutal drought decimated crops, some European dairy and meat farmers were forced to cull their herds early to reduce...

Israel and the international community are normalising the forced displacement of Palestinians

A Washington Post editorial sums up the mainstream aftermath of Israeli aggression against Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is...

What if Donald Trump is what America is all about?

In an erudite and timely piece for the New York Times, published just a few days before the midterm elections in early November 2018, my...

Overburdened bureaus need restructuring

During his tenure, disgraced former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen kept property prices high and land supply low. He also restructured the...

Disaster Capitalism Comes to Puerto Rico

NEW YORK – It has been more than a year since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, compounding the agony of a commonwealth that was already caught...

Bolsonaro y las ideologías

La elección de Jair Messias Bolsonaro ha causado gran desazón en todos los círculos democráticos del mundo por las posturas...

A Left-wing Stance on Gaza? More Like Incompetence

Israel is being drawn into a partial and fragile deal years too late and made from so weak a position it’s a wonder Netanyahu, Lieberman and...

How Trump Feeds Global Conspiracy Theories of a Jewish-Muslim Plot Against Christianity

The Pittsburgh shooter bought into white supremacist claims of a 'Semitic plot against America,' reviving a medieval blood libel of Christ-killers,...

A Chinese tailwind for Japan’s economy?

SINGAPORE – China has clearly begun to present big opportunities for Japan and its companies, even as they remain overwhelmed by the massive scale...

Why Iconsiam is Thailand’s new benchmark for upscale properties

LATE last week, Bangkok saw the launching of biggest and swankiest mall the country has ever seen. The post Why Iconsiam is Thailand’s new...

The Khmer Rouge trials: Will Friday’s verdict result in closure or confusion?

While the trials were intended to bring legal clarity into the debate about the Khmer Rouge crimes, confusion around the genocide ruling is likely...

Research proves the internet does bring people together

While it's true the internet is often used as a platform to promote hate and violence, research shows that when used right, online interactions...

Has the world heard the appeals of the Hama prison detainees?

The suffering of those detained in the Assad regime’s prisons and camps has gone on for years without any international or Arab action to...

Elections Now

Wednesday’s resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman isn’t important per se. The Yisrael Beiteinu leader didn’t add much in his role....