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
German prosecutors have reclassified the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines as a “war crime,” according to local media reports, marking a significant legal shift in one of Europe’s most
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Editorial Alas… now they read. Now they study. Now they discover history. For years, political movements built entire narratives around symbols, slogans, and emotional promises. They presented simple answers to complex problems.
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Newly declassified records highlighted by the National Security Archive reveal that a Central Intelligence Agency publication marking the United States Bicentennial was far more than a historical tribute to the American Revolution.
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Behind layers of locked doors in the Dutch coastal district of Scheveningen, just a short distance from the beaches of The Hague, sits one of the world’s most unusual detention facilities. Unlike
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A long-running confrontation between the Vatican and one of the Catholic Church’s most traditionalist movements entered a new phase on Wednesday when the Society of Saint Pius X, commonly known as the
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Local media reports have revealed allegations that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and a group of associates received a bribe of US$5 million in connection with the sale of land belonging to the
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Chinese President Xi Jinping used a landmark anniversary celebration of the Chinese Communist Party to reaffirm Beijing’s longstanding claim over Taiwan, intensify his call for an uncompromising fight against corruption, and outline
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A fresh legal intervention has widened one of Sri Lanka’s most closely watched court battles over the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, with two prominent members of a civic organization
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Editorial The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka stands before a historic moment. The appointment of Rev. Dr. Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam as the Bishop of Jaffna is not simply another episcopal appointment announced
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The United States has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence models, ending a weeks-long block that had prevented public access to the company’s Mythos and Fable systems and intensified
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Vinton Cerf, widely known as one of the architects of the modern internet, is set to retire from his role as Google’s chief internet evangelist next week, bringing an end to one
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Cuba has officially established a new government institution tasked with leading the transformation of the country’s state enterprise system, creating a central body responsible for improving the operation, organization and development of
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China has introduced a broad new overseas investment regulation aimed at protecting national interests, responding to foreign trade barriers and controlling the transfer of sensitive technologies abroad, a move analysts say could
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The Communist Party of China (CPC) has surpassed 101 million members as it marks its 105th anniversary, expanding its organizational network across Chinese society and reinforcing its central role in the country’s
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The United States military has established a significant relief operation in Venezuela following two major earthquakes last week, deploying more than 900 personnel inside the country and hundreds more at regional bases
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