For an awards ceremony defined by competition, surprise and nostalgia, the decisive story was nevertheless Widow’s Bay: a newcomer that transformed an evening of established favourites and farewells into an unexpected triumph.
Japan and China are cautiously restoring dialogue after tensions over Taiwan, but
India’s growing influence within BRICS and the Global South gives it an
The article argues that Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a
Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) remains a relatively small but persistent militant
Sri Lanka
The debate over genocide in Sri Lanka has become increasingly entangled with politics, selective outrage and competing historical narratives. From British atrocities in Uva-Wellassa and LTTE massacres and expulsions to the unresolved
by Luxman Aravind Last weekend’s separate political rallies exposed something far more significant than the spectacle of an opposition attempting to rediscover its political voice. The so-called collective opposition organised its own mobilisation, while the JVP separately organised its own
Sri Lanka needs a radical but practical reform of its school and university education to better prepare young people for a changing global economy.
A 48-year-old mother of three of Indian origin has alleged that her daughter was forcibly sent to Saudi Arabia for domestic employment after a
DEFENCE AND DIPLOMACY
China’s new exit and entry rules are tightening Beijing’s control over international travel, with citizens involved in politics, technology and strategically sensitive industries facing greater scrutiny and restrictions in the name of national security.
Alexander Dugin argues that Iran and Yemen’s Ansar Allah became the banner
The 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi highlighted both India’s growing diplomatic
For Vivian Jenna Wilson, rebellion has become both personal and public. The
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Sri Lanka Guardian Essays
AI is becoming increasingly intelligent, but the deeper question is whether it could one day become conscious. As scientists still cannot fully explain consciousness in humans, determining whether a machine can experience thought, emotion or awareness remains profoundly difficult. If AI consciousness does emerge,
WORLD
For an entire generation of Americans, the sight of the Soviet Sputnik satellite passing overhead became a symbol of technological vulnerability. The first artificial satellite launched a space race that ultimately saw the United States land Neil Armstrong on the Moon, while turning Sputnik
A US government oversight body has published the first detailed official assessment
The BRICS grouping was created as an alternative to a global order
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said the city’s first Five-Year Plan
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Bill Gates has spent much of his life at the centre of technological change. Since co-founding Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, he has witnessed — and helped shape — the rise
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A co-founder of Anthropic has called for companies developing artificial intelligence to be legally required to provide a mechanism capable of shutting down AI systems, as concerns grow over the potential risks
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A co-founder of Anthropic has called for companies developing artificial intelligence to be legally required to provide a mechanism capable of shutting down AI systems, as concerns grow over the potential risks posed by rapidly advancing technology. Jack Clark told the BBC that a
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The Himalayas are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than they did a decade ago, threatening water security as the region moves towards “peak water” by mid-century, according to a
Meta continues to face scrutiny over its handling of child sexual abuse material after a new report found that paid advertisements containing AI-generated abuse imagery continued to run on Facebook and Instagram in India, even after the Indian government ordered
The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the
Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global
BOOKS & REVIEWS
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
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
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
by Durga Mahvash Sabet’s Open Wide the Doors: A Memoir of Faith, Hope and Freedom in Iran is ostensibly a prison memoir, but its real subject is larger and more dangerous: what
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