President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s appeal to the “real me” raises a deeper question about modern political persuasion: can sincerity be declared into existence? From Winnicott’s “false self” to impression management, attribution theory
What does it mean when a defence strategy announces itself as a triumph before it has even articulated a problem? What kind of naval order is being imagined when a state declares,
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Britain has quietly brought back a small number of women and children associated with Islamic State who were detained in Syria alongside Shamima Begum, according to officials running the camps where they
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Maintaining one of Buddhism’s most revered shrines now requires generating nearly five million Sri Lankan rupees every single day, according to Pradeep Nilanga Dela, the Diyawadana Nilame, or chief lay custodian, of
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Profits at the so-called Magnificent Seven US technology companies are expected to rise sharply to a combined $181 billion for the most recent quarter, underscoring the sector’s continued dominance as investment in
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China’s Communist Party has opened an investigation into two of its most senior military figures, a move that underscores the depth and persistence of President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign and raises
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The United States is pressing Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian intelligence operatives and formally designate Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, along with Hezbollah and Hamas, as terrorist organizations, according to sources
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a sweeping 100% tariff on all Canadian goods entering the United States if Ottawa proceeds with a newly announced trade deal with China,
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has undertaken a sweeping reshuffle of Ukraine’s top intelligence leadership as he seeks to repair strained relations with the United States, reassure Western allies over corruption, and strengthen Kyiv’s
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A legal battle between Elon Musk and the leaders of OpenAI has erupted into one of the most consequential corporate disputes in the history of artificial intelligence, with potentially seismic implications for
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The United States is considering imposing a total blockade on oil imports to Cuba, a move that would mark one of the most severe escalations in Washington’s long-running pressure campaign against the
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China’s state-run news agency Xinhua has openly mocked the Trump administration after the White House used a viral internet meme featuring a penguin to promote its campaign to gain greater control over
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A comprehensive reinvestigation into the 2005 death of author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson has reaffirmed the original conclusion that he died by suicide, according to findings released Friday by the Colorado
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US President Donald Trump has ignited a fresh diplomatic storm by warning that China would “eat up” Canada if Ottawa refuses to align more closely with Washington’s strategic and defense priorities. The
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Sri Lanka’s security forces reported the largest drug seizure in the country’s history in 2025, confiscating an unprecedented 23,692 kilograms and 307 grams of illegal narcotics, officials said at a special media
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A new academic study has found that artificial intelligence systems can reproduce subjective and biased views about places, after ChatGPT judged Cambridge to be harder-working and happier than its historic rival Oxford.
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