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Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Greenland Remains Danish, But Washington Gains Ground

September 25, 2026

Donald Trump has signed a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that significantly expands the United States’ military role on the strategically important Arctic island, while stopping short of his earlier calls to acquire or annex the territory. The agreement, signed during the United

Geopolitics/History

Germany’s Aristocratic Myth of Resistance Collides With a Nazi Record

September 25, 2026

For decades, a persistent German family narrative portrayed the aristocracy as a

Editor's Choice/Technology

The Guillotine and AI: Why Automation May Change Jobs Before It Eliminates Them

September 25, 2026

The guillotine was designed to make execution faster and more efficient. But

Columns/Geopolitics

Munir’s Ascendancy

September 25, 2026

There are moments in the life of a nation when the constitutional

Columns/Geopolitics

Kashmir’s UN Ghost Returns

September 25, 2026

The Kashmir dispute has once again found its way onto the floor

Sri Lanka

September 24, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Opposition Rallies Against Proposed 22nd Constitutional Amendment

Thousands of supporters of Sri Lanka’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) gathered at Polduwa Junction in Battaramulla on Thursday to protest against the government’s proposed 22nd constitutional amendment, with opposition leader Sajith Premadasa

Judiciary/Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Activist Challenges Actress’s Fantasised View of ‘Tamil Eelam’

Sri Lankan social activist Arun Siddharth has criticised Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan over her public expression of pride in being a “Tamil Eelam woman”, arguing that celebrating the idea of Tamil Eelam without acknowledging the social restrictions imposed during the

September 24, 2026

Why Must Cardinal Ranjith Protect the Easter Mastermind?

Politics/Sri Lanka

by Durga Velayudham Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday investigation has become an ugly political operation in which the word “mastermind” is endlessly recycled because an

Premadasa Warns Sri Lanka Is Moving From Democracy Towards Dictatorship

Politics/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has accused the government and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of undermining democratic institutions, saying the country is being

DEFENCE AND DIPLOMACY

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Inequality Could Cost Millions of Lives in the Next Pandemic, Lancet Commission Warns

September 24, 2026

Millions of people were unable to follow basic COVID-19 protections because they lacked adequate housing, social protection or access to public services, according to a new international study published by The Lancet. Researchers warn that these inequalities could again shape the death toll of

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

French Minister Warns Le Pen Victory Could Disrupt France’s Internationalist Role

September 24, 2026

French minister Éléonore Caroit has warned that a victory by Marine Le

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Harvard Historian Sven Beckert Says Capitalism Is Not Natural but a Historical System

September 24, 2026

The capitalism that governs much of modern economic life is not a

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

When Diplomacy Goes Silent

September 24, 2026

When people hear the word “diplomacy,” they usually picture men in dark

EDITORIALS AND EDITOR'S PICKS

Greenland Remains Danish, But Washington Gains Ground

September 25, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The Guillotine and AI: Why Automation May Change Jobs Before It Eliminates Them

September 25, 2026
Editor's Choice/Technology

The Chancellor’s Downfall Is Postponed

September 24, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

UK Abandons Chagos Islands Deal After Trump Criticism

September 24, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

What Are Prediction Markets—and Can They Really Predict the Future?

Prediction market platforms allow people to bet on real-world events like politics, culture, economics, war, and sports. Their defining feature is the buying and selling of contracts. They operate on a peer-to-peer model in which participants buy and sell contracts tied to the outcome

by Leslie Alan Horvitz
September 23, 2026

WORLD

China/United States/World

Trump and Xi Stress ‘Truly Great Friendship’ as US-China Talks Focus on Cooperation

September 25, 2026

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have stressed cooperation and closer relations during a meeting at the White House, with both leaders describing their relationship in notably warm terms despite the longstanding tensions between the two countries. “I am here to

Israel/World

Delegates Walk Out as Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly

September 25, 2026

Numerous country representatives walked out of the United Nations General Assembly hall

Geopolitics/World

Rwanda’s Kagame Intensifies Crackdown on Opposition as Political Prisoners Die in Custody

September 24, 2026

Rwanda’s government has intensified its repression of political opposition under President Paul

Venezuela/World

Delcy Rodríguez Thanks Trump as Venezuela Announces Elections Without Setting a Date

September 24, 2026

Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, thanked US President Donald Trump for pursuing

BUSINESS AND FINANCE

Jane Street to double London office space as trading firm expands

September 24, 2026

UK and Germany among economies most exposed to Chinese power, study finds

September 24, 2026

HSBC moves Dubai board meeting to London amid regional security concerns

September 24, 2026

Italy Clears Legal Path for Return to Nuclear Power Nearly 40 Years After Exit

September 24, 2026

MOST RECENT

Greenland Remains Danish, But Washington Gains Ground

September 25, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Donald Trump has signed a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that significantly expands the United States’ military role on the strategically important Arctic island, while stopping short of his earlier calls

More

Germany’s Aristocratic Myth of Resistance Collides With a Nazi Record

September 25, 2026
Geopolitics/History

For decades, a persistent German family narrative portrayed the aristocracy as a social class that had viewed Adolf Hitler with contempt and largely stood outside his dictatorship. Research examined by Der Spiegel

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The Guillotine and AI: Why Automation May Change Jobs Before It Eliminates Them

September 25, 2026
Editor's Choice/Technology

The guillotine was designed to make execution faster and more efficient. But the experience of revolutionary Paris offers an unexpected analogy for the economic effects of artificial intelligence: greater efficiency does not

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Trump and Xi Stress ‘Truly Great Friendship’ as US-China Talks Focus on Cooperation

September 25, 2026
China/United States/World

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have stressed cooperation and closer relations during a meeting at the White House, with both leaders describing their relationship in notably warm terms

More

Delegates Walk Out as Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly

September 25, 2026
Israel/World

Numerous country representatives walked out of the United Nations General Assembly hall in New York in protest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to address the assembly. Other delegates remained and

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Kashmir’s UN Ghost Returns

September 25, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

The Kashmir dispute has once again found its way onto the floor of the United Nations General Assembly, and with it, the familiar diplomatic triangle of India, Pakistan and Türkiye has resumed

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Munir’s Ascendancy

September 25, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

There are moments in the life of a nation when the constitutional curtain falls and the stage lights reveal the true protagonist. Pakistan has reached precisely such a moment. The country’s long

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The Chancellor’s Downfall Is Postponed

September 24, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure within Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poor regional election results, with senior figures in the party calling for changes to its

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UK Abandons Chagos Islands Deal After Trump Criticism

September 24, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The British government has abandoned a planned agreement to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, citing a lack of support from the United States after criticism from US President Donald

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Sri Lanka Opposition Rallies Against Proposed 22nd Constitutional Amendment

September 24, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Thousands of supporters of Sri Lanka’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) gathered at Polduwa Junction in Battaramulla on Thursday to protest against the government’s proposed 22nd constitutional amendment, with opposition leader Sajith Premadasa

More

Sri Lankan Activist Challenges Actress’s Fantasised View of ‘Tamil Eelam’

September 24, 2026
Judiciary/Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan social activist Arun Siddharth has criticised Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan over her public expression of pride in being a “Tamil Eelam woman”, arguing that celebrating the idea of Tamil Eelam

More

Jane Street to double London office space as trading firm expands

September 24, 2026
Business

Jane Street is set to double its London office space after outgrowing its existing premises near Liverpool Street during a period of rapid growth for the specialist trading firm. The company has

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UK and Germany among economies most exposed to Chinese power, study finds

September 24, 2026
Business

The UK and Germany are among the countries most exposed to Chinese economic and political influence, according to a new international index that challenges assumptions about where Beijing has accumulated the greatest

More

HSBC moves Dubai board meeting to London amid regional security concerns

September 24, 2026
Business

HSBC has moved a board meeting scheduled for Dubai this month to London amid continuing security concerns linked to the conflict involving Iran, according to people familiar with the decision. Board members

More

Inequality Could Cost Millions of Lives in the Next Pandemic, Lancet Commission Warns

September 24, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Millions of people were unable to follow basic COVID-19 protections because they lacked adequate housing, social protection or access to public services, according to a new international study published by The Lancet.

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LATEST COLUMNS

Kashmir’s UN Ghost Returns

The Kashmir dispute has once again found its way onto

Munir’s Ascendancy

There are moments in the life of a nation when

Can Mark Carney build a new middle power alliance?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went to France over the

Can The UN Still Deliver?

World leaders gathering in New York for the 81st United

Greed and Conflicts – Are Humans Unwise?

The article questions whether humanity’s endless pursuit of power, wealth,

Women of the Latin American Left: Leaders in Power or Power-Hungry Women?

Three powerful Latin American women — Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez, Nicaragua’s

Different times, shared hearts: What brings China and the US together

This column looks beyond government tensions to explore the human

Trump’s Greenland Grab

The Greenland dispute has moved beyond Trump’s rhetoric about buying

Is Still Smells of Sulphur: 20 Years Since Chávez’s Speech at the UN 

Chávez arrived at the General Assembly with a book in

Bangladesh’s One-Party Warning

On September 10, 2026, the formation of 50 parliamentary standing

Sri Lanka’s Judiciary on the Constitutional Fault Line

In the longer term, the 22nd Amendment could signal the

Balochistan’s Daughters, Not Its Detonators

There is a particular cruelty in watching a militant group

From citizens’ calls to city action: Inside a Chinese hotline

When Krisca, an international student in east China’s Shandong Province,

The Plot That Shook Bangladesh

The American conspiracy will soon perish in the ruins of

Russia’s Covert War Reaches America

The United States has spent years confronting Russian influence operations,

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia Chief Jensen Huang Emerges as Trump’s Key Ally in the Fight Against AI Regulation

September 24, 2026

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, has become one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in promoting rapid artificial-intelligence development, placing the head of the world’s most valuable company at the centre of a growing dispute over how the technology should be regulated. The

Artificial Intelligence

Australia Reports AI Agent Breach of Government Database

September 24, 2026

Australia is investigating an incident in which an autonomous artificial intelligence agent

Artificial Intelligence

AI Leaders Warn UN Security Council of Risks to Humanity

September 24, 2026

Leading artificial intelligence executives have warned the United Nations Security Council that

Artificial Intelligence

Men Take Majority of New AI Jobs as Gender Gap Deepens

September 23, 2026

Artificial intelligence is creating new employment opportunities, but women are taking a

Interviews

  • Geopolitics/Interviews/Social

    Against Certainty: My Talk with Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

    September 16, 2026
  • Editor's Choice/Interviews/News/Technology

    ‘The State Must Intervene’: Bill Gates Warns AI Has Become Too Powerful to Regulate Itself

    September 15, 2026
  • Geopolitics/Interviews

    Douglas Stuart: ‘Trump Is Only the Symptom’

    September 6, 2026
  • Geopolitics/Interviews

    Exclusive Interview: Raja Mohan Dismantles India’s Strategic Autonomy Myth

    August 31, 2026
  • Geopolitics/Interviews

    Fukuyama warns the Enlightenment is under attack — but not dead

    August 27, 2026
  • Geopolitics/Interviews

    Interview: India’s North–South Demographic Myth

    August 24, 2026
  • Geopolitics/Interviews/World

    Julián Casanova: ‘The Ultranationalism Has Returned With Force’

    August 23, 2026

HEALTHCARE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES

September 23, 2026
Education/Health

Japan’s Student Suicides Reach Record High as September Brings Renewed Risk

Student suicides in Japan reached a record 538 deaths in 2025, with school-related problems accounting for nearly half of identified motives, as doctors and survivors warn that the return to school after

Health/Social

Climate change is eroding lives and identities beyond what economic losses can measure

Climate change is causing losses that extend beyond homes, crops, income and physical infrastructure, with communities experiencing damage to mental health, cultural identity, social cohesion and ways of life that are difficult to capture through conventional economic measures, according to

September 22, 2026

Pakistan’s Children Face Growing Threat of Online Sexual Exploitation

Health/Human Rights

For 17-year-old Zara Shah, an encounter that began while playing a computer game developed into a frightening experience of online sexual exploitation. A stranger

Buried in a Granary: Insects Rewrite the Story of Indigenous Canary Island Burials

Education/Health

The research team recovered 8173 arthropod remains, of which 8082 could be taxonomically identified, representing a minimum number of 5792 individuals. The remains included

BOOKS & REVIEWS

Who Really Made Modern Mizoram?

by Nil Sanjoy Hazarika’s most recent work, Lal Thanhawla: The Boy from Zarkawt, and the Making of Mizoram is presented as a biography, but its real ambition is considerably larger. “What started

Next 9/11 May Not Look Like 9/11

by Nil Twenty-five years after the planes struck New York and Washington, the most unsettling argument in 25 Years After 9/11: The Future of the Global Jihadi Movement is not that al-Qaeda

Canada’s UFO Cover-Up That Wasn’t

by Eric Chris A. Rutkowski’s Canada’s UFO Secrets: Disclosing Government Files on What Is Happening in Our Skies is most interesting when it stops behaving like a UFO book. Its real subject

Who Faked the Truth?

by Nil Rory Cormac’s Fakers is not merely a history of British covert propaganda. It is an anatomy of a state learning to weaponise uncertainty. Its most unsettling achievement is to show

SPEECHES

Bangladesh’s Hasina Speaks: ‘I Will Return’

August 5, 2026

Europe’s Illusion of Safety Is Over

March 10, 2026

Sri Lanka’s Hard Reset: A Nation Rebuilding Its Future

December 3, 2025

HISTORY

Germany’s Aristocratic Myth of Resistance Collides With a Nazi Record

September 25, 2026
Geopolitics/History

For decades, a persistent German family narrative portrayed the aristocracy as a social class that had viewed Adolf Hitler with contempt and largely stood outside his dictatorship. Research examined by Der Spiegel

Imperial Japanese Army Considered Martial Law in Tokyo as Air Raid Threat Grew

September 23, 2026
History/News

A newly reviewed wartime document shows that Japan’s Imperial Army secretly prepared for the possibility of imposing martial law in Tokyo in January 1945, amid fears that large-scale US air raids could

New Documents Challenge Hitler’s Alibi in the Death of His Niece

September 23, 2026
Geopolitics/History

The death of Geli Raubal, Adolf Hitler’s 23-year-old niece, has long been surrounded by conflicting accounts. She was found dead in September 1931 in Hitler’s Munich flat at Prinzregentenplatz. The established chronology

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