https://www.scmp.com/rss/325978/feed A. K. Shiva Kumar has over 35 years of experience in policy analysis, public management and evaluation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A New Hampshire distillery has come up with its latest concoction, called “Crab Trapper” – whiskey flavoured with green crabs that are an invasive species. Tamworth Distilling, a maker of craft spirits in the northeastern US state, is not afraid of pushing boundaries with unexpected flavours. In the past, the distillery produced a whiskey with the secretion from beavers’ castor sacs. Last year, it was turkey over the holidays and before that the notoriously pungent smell of durian. The company... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3183600/after-durian-whiskey-comes-crab-whiskey-us-distillery-known?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3183600/after-durian-whiskey-comes-crab-whiskey-us-distillery-known?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:15:22 +0000 The Philippine military pledged on Thursday to keep up search and rescue efforts after tropical storm Megi ripped through central areas this week, burying many under landslides and killing at least 123 people. Megi was the first cyclone this year to hit the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands that sees an average of 20 tropical storms a year. 42 killed as Tropical Storm Megi pounds Philippines Eighty six of the casualties were in Baybay, a mountainous area prone to landslides... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3174287/least-120-killed-philippines-storm-1-million-affected-many?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3174287/least-120-killed-philippines-storm-1-million-affected-many?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Apr 2022 10:24:00 +0000 Barring a major upset, Sweden’s far-right is on course for a record result in September 9 legislative elections, capitalising on the mood of voters who feel they are being left behind in favour of hundreds of thousands of newly arrived asylum seekers. With two weeks to go to the election, opinion polls suggest the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) could sweep around 20 per cent of votes, making them the second- or third-biggest party. That could give SD – an offshoot of the neo-Nazi... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2161373/swedens-far-right-party-offshoot-neo-nazi-movement-poised-make?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2161373/swedens-far-right-party-offshoot-neo-nazi-movement-poised-make?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Aug 2018 03:26:44 +0000 Supporters of US President Donald Trump are taking up the cause of an anti-Islam activist jailed in Britain for contempt of court, raising fears of a far-right revival. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, widely known by his pseudonym Tommy Robinson, was imprisoned for 13 months earlier this year for live-streaming outside a court in breach of reporting restrictions around a trial. Robinson is the founder of the English Defence League (EDL), a fringe group protesting perceived threats from Islamic extremism,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2156270/how-jailed-british-activist-tommy-robinson-became?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2156270/how-jailed-british-activist-tommy-robinson-became?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Jul 2018 07:15:45 +0000 Many of Asia’s children are not enjoying happy childhoods. A new report, Ending Violence in Childhood, reports that, globally, three out of four children suffer physical or emotional abuse, from corporal punishment to bullying, neglect, rape and murder. In China, 70 per cent endure corporal punishment at home, while 30 per cent report being bullied at school. Some 1.7 billion children experienced interpersonal violence in 2014. This included 55 million adolescent girls aged 15-19 who had... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2122970/violence-against-children-can-be-eradicated-making-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2122970/violence-against-children-can-be-eradicated-making-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Dec 2017 08:53:00 +0000