https://www.scmp.com/rss/316517/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Update: On May 7, his birthday, MrBeast posted on Instagram that he would give US$10,000 each to five followers who shared his post to their Instagram Stories and tagged someone in the comments section. He said he would choose the five winners of the money within 72 hours. His post has become one of the most liked and most commented upon ever on Instagram. In an undisclosed location in the US state of North Carolina, Jimmy Donaldson is about to show me a million dollars in cash. Donaldson, aka... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3178307/youtubes-mrbeast-giving-away-his-millions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3178307/youtubes-mrbeast-giving-away-his-millions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 May 2022 21:15:19 +0000 The boarding procedure has barely started at Chicago O'Hare airport and Ben Schlappig has already taken over the first-class cabin. It's Valentine's Day and, on Cathay Pacific Flight 807 bound for Hong Kong from the United States, he's passing out designer chocolates to a small swarm of giggling flight attendants. The six suites in this leather-bound playpen of faux mahogany and fresh-cut flowers comprise the inner sanctum of commercial flight that few ever witness. They're mostly empty now,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1851035/travel-hacking-game-how-fly-first-class-every-trip?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1851035/travel-hacking-game-how-fly-first-class-every-trip?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:30:15 +0000 As pundits in the United States were last month suggesting beleaguered President Barack Obama should start packing up the Oval Office, he stood beside Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, and announced a historic climate deal that may be one of the most significant accomplishments of his presidency. In the works for nearly a year, the agreement unfolded in a series of secret meetings in the US and China and was carried out with the brinkmanship and bravado of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1664632/behind-scenes-historic-us-china-climate-pact?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1664632/behind-scenes-historic-us-china-climate-pact?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Dec 2014 15:45:30 +0000 Neil Young is way too busy to spend much time contemplating his mortality, but in his vivid new book, Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life and Cars, he describes a rare exception. Last year, Young had dinner with his son Ben at the same restaurant where he first met Ben's mother, Pegi, four decades earlier. As Young pulled into the parking lot, "I felt the passage of life and how fleeting it is," he writes. "In a silent prayer to the Great Spirit, I asked to be worthy of more time. There was still... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1629066/neil-young-busy-68-new-memoir-new-album-and-commitment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1629066/neil-young-busy-68-new-memoir-new-album-and-commitment?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Nov 2014 15:11:39 +0000