From threatened colonial institutions and mass police deployment in New Delhi to student protests against alleged electoral disenfranchisement, India’s democratic contradictions are becoming increasingly visible. As constitutional rights collide with excessive state force and institutions face questions of independence, the military’s evolving public role
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Sri Lanka’s proposed new anti-terrorism law could jeopardise its eligibility for the European Union’s GSP+ trade concessions, the Joint Apparel Association Forum has warned, arguing that the legislation could become a major
Sri Lanka plans to strengthen existing elephant fences and construct new barriers in a village in Puttalam district before considering the allocation of land on the village side to newly married young families, Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
More than 50 Sri Lankans have allegedly been defrauded of a total of Rs. 42.2 million after responding to Facebook advertisements offering jobs in
India has authorised 25 Sri Lankan multi-day fishing boats stranded near Indian waters to enter its maritime territory after Cyclone Ornab prevented them from
Donald Trump Jr travelled to a remote region of western Mongolia in August for a hunting trip that included two days with Umar Kremlev, a Russian businessman who helped pay for his wedding celebrations and has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. During
India’s debates over caste have increasingly focused on the caste census and
Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition has lost its parliamentary majority in Israel’s election,
A shirtless, masked young man standing above a São Paulo metro station,
There are a hundred and fifty people – and they are all men – who run the world …Chamath Palihapitiya There is an abiding paradox in the history of human civilization. The institutions established to enlarge the human mind have, on occasion, become instruments
The United States has spent more than $47 billion on its war against Iran, according to the latest Pentagon estimate obtained by Reuters, highlighting a sharp increase in the financial cost of the conflict since the previous assessment in July. The new figure is
Marine Le Pen’s eligibility to contest France’s 2027 presidential election has come
Peru’s human rights prosecutors have closed the criminal case against 52 former
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has ordered an investigation into the 2026 presidential
Donald Trump Jr travelled to a remote region of western Mongolia in August for a hunting trip that included two days with Umar Kremlev, a Russian businessman who helped pay for his
More India’s debates over caste have increasingly focused on the caste census and the sub-classification of quotas, but Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s autobiography, A Shudra Life, directs attention to a less examined dimension of
More Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition has lost its parliamentary majority in Israel’s election, but neither the prime minister’s right-wing bloc nor the opposition led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot appears likely to
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Hundreds of Indonesian security personnel were deployed across the capital, Jakarta, on Wednesday ahead of student protests against President Prabowo Subianto’s policies and his government’s handling of forest fires on the islands
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Jio Platforms, the telecoms and digital business backed by Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is set to begin trading in Mumbai on Wednesday after its $3.2 billion initial public offering attracted $77
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An Israeli advertising technology company was the leading bidder for digital advertising space targeting users of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service in more than 100 countries, in activity researchers believe may have
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The leaders of Finland and Norway held a rare direct conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, urging him to end the war in Ukraine and seeking to influence peace efforts
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The United States has spent more than $47 billion on its war against Iran, according to the latest Pentagon estimate obtained by Reuters, highlighting a sharp increase in the financial cost of
More Marine Le Pen’s eligibility to contest France’s 2027 presidential election has come under renewed scrutiny after Didier Guerin, president of the honorary chamber of the French Supreme Court, argued that her conviction
More Peru’s human rights prosecutors have closed the criminal case against 52 former officials over the forced sterilisation of thousands of women during former president Alberto Fujimori’s government, declaring criminal liability extinguished despite
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There are a hundred and fifty people – and they are all men – who run the world …Chamath Palihapitiya There is an abiding paradox in the history of human civilization. The
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Editorial Trump’s project in Latin America has suffered a major setback with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election. At 80, the veteran Brazilian leader has made electoral history, securing a fourth, non-consecutive
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Sri Lanka’s proposed new anti-terrorism law could jeopardise its eligibility for the European Union’s GSP+ trade concessions, the Joint Apparel Association Forum has warned, arguing that the legislation could become a major
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Sri Lanka plans to strengthen existing elephant fences and construct new barriers in a village in Puttalam district before considering the allocation of land on the village side to newly married young
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China’s technology stock rally has suffered a sharp reversal, with the mainland’s STAR50 index, dominated by artificial intelligence and semiconductor companies, falling 40% in less than four months and erasing about $480 billion in market value. The collapse has raised concerns about further losses,
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Plastic waste has reached some of the planet’s most remote environments, from the frozen waters of Antarctica to tropical coastlines and densely populated communities in developing countries. The documentary Homo Plastic traces
The release of You Can See Everything, a film documenting the final weeks before Elizabeth Holmes went to prison in 2023, has returned the disgraced entrepreneur and her failed blood-testing company, Theranos, to public attention. But while the film revisits
Scientists have mapped the human brain’s insular cortex, or insula, in unprecedented detail, identifying distinct regions associated with pain, internal bodily sensations and higher-order
The United States has recorded 4,410 confirmed measles cases in 2026, more than double the total reported throughout 2025 and the highest level of
Money, technological success and the promise of personal freedom have failed to deliver happiness to the billionaire family at the centre of Philipp Oehmke’s new novel, Papenburg. In a review published by
Pooneryn Terror Attack offers a compelling account of a pivotal battle in Sri Lanka’s civil war, exposing both the LTTE’s strategic planning and the vulnerabilities of the defending forces. Yet its commemorative
D.L. Hughley’s memoir challenges the comforting idea that success liberates us from our beginnings. Through fractured family relationships, racial disadvantage, fame, infidelity and the demands of fatherhood, he confronts the unsettling possibility
Greg Steinmetz’s The President and the Oligarch revisits the struggle between Andrew Mellon and the political forces challenging his economic vision, revealing how the language of prosperity and fiscal responsibility can conceal
