Sri Lanka’s nationwide electricity failure on the 17th began with the sudden loss of 187 megawatts of power from the first generating unit of the Lakvijaya coal-fired power station in Norochcholai, according
Japanese and South Korean defence stocks have hit record highs as the growing uncertainty in global security dynamics, spurred by former US President Donald Trump’s threats to withdraw the US security umbrella,
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India’s trade deficit has narrowed to $14.05 billion in February, marking the lowest level in three years, as petroleum exports to Europe plunged by 30% and gold imports dropped by 60%. According
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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is spearheading efforts to modernize the global shipping industry with a comprehensive digitalization strategy aimed at boosting efficiency, safety, and sustainability. During its 49th session in London
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has turned U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats into a political advantage, rallying nationalist sentiment and boosting her approval ratings above 80%, according to recent polling. As Mexico
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by Eric Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s Rich Flu (2024), an audacious meditation on wealth’s terminal decay, emerges as a glistening, if occasionally hollow, critique of contemporary society’s slavish devotion to affluence. There is a
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In a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, both leaders expressed their commitment to finding a lasting peace for the Ukrainian conflict and improving bilateral relations.
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In a rare public rebuke, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected calls for impeaching federal judges, shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of U.S. District Judge James E.
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A Russian politician has caused a public uproar after suggesting that women in the town of Tarusa should wear miniskirts more often in the summer to help increase the country’s birth rate.
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by Our Correspondent in Singapore Dozens of Sri Lankan passengers, along with others aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH705, narrowly avoided a potentially catastrophic engine fire shortly after takeoff from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino
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Editorial In the latest gruesome chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, today early morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) has once again launched his slaughter against Gaza. Under the guise of defending
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by Durga Velayutham Poststructuralism is often dismissed as an esoteric relic of late-20th-century French philosophy, an intellectual indulgence for those with time to unpick Derrida’s wordplay. Yet, in an age where Artificial
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by Nil Michael Ruse’s Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know is not merely a survey of nonbelief—it is a crucial intervention in an era where artificial intelligence, misinformation, and ideological manipulation shape
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Shares of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) leader BYD surged to a record high on Tuesday following groundbreaking claims by the company’s founder, Wang Chuanfu. The company’s stock jumped more than 6% to
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Scroll, India reports that a fierce battle is brewing over the sacred Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, as Buddhists across India rise against what they call an egregious Hindu encroachment on their
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A study using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided new evidence supporting a radical theory: our entire universe may exist within a black hole. Researchers at Kansas State University analyzed
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