Sri Lanka’s legislative process is facing serious shortcomings, while many parliamentarians are voting on bills without fully understanding their contents, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Marc-André Franche has said. Addressing
Just weeks before the start of the men’s football World Cup on June 11 across the United States, Mexico, and Canada, growing alarm is being raised over the impact of climate change
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Taiwanese author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ has been awarded the Booker Prize for her novel “Taiwan Travelogue,” a historic win that highlights the growing global recognition of Mandarin-language literature. The announcement places her at
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According to documents released and analyzed by the National Security Archive, the story of the Brothers to the Rescue shootdown did not begin in the skies over Cuba, but in a growing
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On a seemingly ordinary Sunday in June 1995, Sarajevo briefly resembled a city trying to live despite war. Sixteen-year-old Damir Šahat rode his blue BMX bicycle through the streets, while his family
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In a wide-ranging conversation originally featured in El País, American historian and journalist Stephen Kinzer argues that Iran’s modern political trajectory cannot be understood without returning to one defining moment: the 1953
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The most consequential artificial intelligence trial of the decade ended not with a dramatic legal reckoning, but with a procedural collapse. Elon Musk’s high-profile case against OpenAI, the company he helped found,
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As Russian President Vladimir Putin begins his state visit to China from May 19 to 20, attention is once again turning to the strength and resilience of China–Russia relations at a time
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A senior official serving in the President’s Secretary’s office in Sri Lanka has reportedly been asked to step down, amid conflicting accounts from multiple unnamed government sources
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by Our Political Affairs Editor This so-called “declaration” emerging from the rhetoric of Mullivaikkal remembrance is not a roadmap for justice, nor a credible political programme for the future. It is, at
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by Our Correspondent in Jaffna A strongly worded declaration released in connection with the 17th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal remembrance yesterday in North has sparked renewed international attention on long-standing Tamil political
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Tensions erupted at Wellawatta Beach on Monday ( yesyerday) during an event organized by Colombo-based NGO activists to commemorate what they described as the “Tamil Genocide,” with
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China is increasingly positioning itself as a pivotal arena in global geopolitics, with Beijing emerging as a key destination for the world’s most powerful leaders. The upcoming visit of Vladimir Putin to
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A deadly outbreak of Ebola has returned to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where health authorities are now investigating a fast-moving chain of infections linked to a funeral procession in the
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A shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego has left three people dead and triggered a broader security response across the United States, after authorities confirmed that two teenage suspects were
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The administration of Donald Trump has announced the creation of a $1.8 billion compensation mechanism described as a fund for individuals “wronged” by previous government actions, a move that has triggered sharp
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