Editorial Lal Wijenayake’s death removes a voice from the National People’s Power and Sri Lanka’s public life. His significance lies not in the offices he held, but in his refusal to let
Saudi Arabia will reassess its government spending and development priorities in response to a sharp drop in oil revenues, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan told the Financial Times in an exclusive interview. Despite
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Two major financial misconduct cases sent ripples through international institutions this week, as former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner was sentenced in the U.S. for his role in the 1MDB scandal, while
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The CIA is confronting growing challenges in its efforts to recruit foreign informants, with current and former intelligence officials warning that the agency is in urgent need of more spies, according to
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The Western Cape High Court has handed down life sentences to the three individuals convicted in the kidnapping and human trafficking of six-year-old Joshlin Smith. While the verdict brings a degree of
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China has hailed the UK’s decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as a “massive achievement” — directly contradicting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s assertion that Beijing opposed the
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In a landmark development for international criminal justice, Sean McGovern, the right-hand man of notorious crime lord Daniel Kinahan, has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Ireland — a move
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Klaus Schwab, the 87-year-old founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has filed a criminal complaint against unnamed whistleblowers whose allegations triggered his departure from the organisation he led for over five
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“The black will take no other hue.The devils will not heed scripture.Let justice not be a dream deferred.” On 27 May 2025, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of the so-called
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Daiza Gordon watched her two younger brothers die from Hunter syndrome, a rare and incurable genetic disorder that mostly affects boys. It occurs when the body is missing a crucial enzyme. At
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When Bruce Levine and colleagues began developing engineered immune cells to fight cancer in the 1990s, their work was largely dismissed. “The wider community was very sceptical,” Levine, an immunologist at the
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Opera has announced a new browser called Opera Neon, built around artificial intelligence capabilities designed to go beyond traditional web browsing by performing tasks on behalf of users—including shopping, filling out forms,
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The long-debated question of whether artificial intelligence will replace human labor is inching closer to reality, as new data suggests AI is already reshaping hiring patterns—particularly for new college graduates. A recent
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OpenAI is exploring a new feature that could allow users to sign in to third-party apps using their ChatGPT accounts, signaling the company’s growing ambition to expand its footprint in the broader
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Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink has raised $600 million in a new funding round that values the startup at $9 billion before the injection of fresh capital, according to people familiar
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Southeast Asia is facing a rapidly escalating public health crisis, as heart disease has become the region’s leading cause of death following a staggering 148% rise in cases over the past three
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