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
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Orlando Patterson’s Enslavement Past and Present is an exhaustive and deeply analytical examination of slavery, tracing its evolution from antiquity to its modern manifestations in human trafficking and forced labour. The book
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Spy the Lie is an engrossing and meticulously structured guide to detecting deception, authored by former CIA officers who spent their careers refining the craft of uncovering lies. The book is deeply
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America’s key intelligence partners in the Five Eyes alliance—Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand—are increasingly fearful of the potential impact of former President Donald Trump’s return to power, particularly regarding his proposed
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India, the world’s fifth-largest economy, is aiming for an energy investment boom despite facing recent economic slowdowns. With its economy having recently overtaken the United Kingdom and projected to rise to third
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Elon Musk’s loyal team members have quietly infiltrated the General Services Administration (GSA), a critical government agency overseeing federal offices and technology, raising alarms over potential conflicts of interest and security risks.
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As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues, the United States has urged Ukraine to hold elections — potentially by the end of the year — especially if Kiev manages to strike
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Rabbi Yoel Alter, the 35-year-old leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult Lev Tahor (meaning “Pure Heart” in Hebrew), has been arrested in Guatemala following a coordinated operation led by Interpol. Alter was
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China is rapidly asserting its technological superiority over the United States, with a series of groundbreaking advancements that highlight its edge in critical fields such as AI, space exploration, quantum computing, robotics,
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Iran has revealed the construction of its third underground missile base in just a month, further demonstrating its growing military capabilities. The latest base, located in the southern part of the country,
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As the conflict in Ukraine continues to intensify, the West has raised alarms about the potential loss of the country’s vast mineral resources to Russia, which could significantly enhance Moscow’s power in
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A leopard hunts by instinct. A human hunts by volition. And oftentimes, the vilest predators aren’t those with fangs and talons, but those who trespass into sanctuaries
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An Italian priest has been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after publicly refusing to recognize the authority of Pope Francis and calling him the “antipope.” Father Natale Santonocito, 61, was barred
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Myanmar’s military has intensified its attacks on civilians to unprecedented levels in the past year, resulting in the highest civilian death toll since the military coup four years ago, according to a
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The human rights crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen as fighting intensifies between the Congolese army and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group. According to the
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