The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
Six years after Israel criminalized the purchase of prostitution services, a State Comptroller report has found that enforcement remains limited, with police action concentrated in a small number of districts and government
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The gunshots and screams that echoed from Negombo prison in July 2026 marked a moment of profound alarm for the country’s correctional system. What unfolded inside the
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Anthropic has announced that its latest artificial intelligence model, Claude, has developed an internal conceptual workspace that researchers say resembles aspects of human thought, describing the feature as an emergent capability that
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United Nations human rights experts have expressed grave concern over the sentencing of prominent Baloch human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch to two terms of life imprisonment by an Anti-Terrorism Court in
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When Mark Carney became Canada’s prime minister, his rise to power was driven by a political backlash against US President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion that Canada could become the 51st American state.
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Chinese authorities have discussed possible controls on the global availability of the country’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, with officials considering measures that could limit overseas access to future AI models and
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Editorial After his brief visit to the Vatican, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith returned to Colombo and told the people that they must follow their conscience. He spoke about how, throughout Sri Lanka’s modern
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Canada’s efforts to attract billions of dollars in investment from the United Arab Emirates have encountered an unexpected obstacle: a shortage of projects ready to receive funding. According to reporting by the
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Financial tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates appear to be affecting businesses as companies report delays and blocked bank transfers between the two Gulf neighbours, according to a report
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Greek shipping companies have earned billions of dollars transporting Russian oil over the past three years, despite efforts by G7 countries to restrict Moscow’s energy revenues following the invasion of Ukraine, according
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The Vatican has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against Spanish Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, the Archbishop of Rabat, after several adult women accused him of inappropriate conduct, according
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Nigel Farage has built his political career on confrontation, defiance and direct appeals to voters. But on Tuesday, the leader of Reform UK placed his future at the centre of another political
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A reform proposal buried near the bottom of the German government’s “Programme for Growth and Employment” has triggered a major debate over the future of transparency in public administration. Listed as point
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Prison riots in Negombo have claimed 27 lives including those of seven officers and left more than 100 others injured. It is believed that a clash between a group of drug peddlers
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A conflict long defined by shifting rivalries has entered a new phase in Mali as two of the country’s most bitter adversaries have forged a partnership against a shared opponent. According to
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