Alex Lo

As hundreds of wildfires rage across Canada, the US president and his cronies pour scorn on the country in its hour of need and threaten to take it over

Scheming Odysseus may have been the first modern man with a self-directing mental life while other archaic heroes blindly obeyed the gods

Scheming Odysseus may have been the first modern man with a self-directing mental life while other archaic heroes blindly obeyed the gods.

The quiet, devastating reunion of master and dog, recently given the Hollywood treatment, remains one of the most poignant scenes in Western literature

The US is so deindustrialised and the EU so uncompetitive that they will not be able to meet the demands of Chinese consumers if the mainland market was flung open to them

While the US is seeking to dismantle the International Criminal Court, it has signed a statement upholding the Hague tribunal’s South China Sea ruling.

While the US is seeking to dismantle the International Criminal Court, it has signed a statement upholding the Hague tribunal's South China Sea ruling

While Americans know they can't get the welfare benefits they need, their leaders must realise their military can't give them world domination

From Indian colonisation to the opium trade, an empire of avarice and brutality was powered by the East India Company.

From Indian colonisation to the opium trade, an empire of avarice and brutality was powered by the East India Company