The Pathfinder Foundation and the Embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka have launched a lecture series marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, opening with a discussion on
“Great compromisers do not make for great heroes but do make for great democracies.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Throughout history, the governance of nations has frequently been juxtaposed with the management of private
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“As we learned after President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff at the outset of the Great Depression, vibrant international trade is a key component to economic recovery; hindering trade is a
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Sri Lanka may not be the richest, but will build a nation of richest spirit ~ President Anura Kumara Dissanayake On February 4, 1948, Sri Lanka was granted its long-sought independence, marking
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“The people in the helicopter should have seen where they were going,” … What was the helicopter doing in that track? Very sad. But visually, somebody should have been able to see
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New frontiers The discourse on the emergence of Homo Technicus, as examined in Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope and The Human Spirit by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Craig Mundee, brings to the fore the epochal shift
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For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing. ~ Simon Wiesenthal The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust falls each year on
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. ~ Confucious International Day of Education falls on 24 January each year. Under the theme “AI and Education: Preserving Human Agency
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Stroke of the pen: law of the land: kinda cool…Paul Begala The Inauguration The inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump on 20 January 2025 marked a
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“Fear should not arise from the possible harm itself, but from the likelihood of that harm, for reason allows us to assess risks logically.” ~ Rene Descartes The Threat As citizens of
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The Plan During the State visit of Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Disanayake to The Peoples’ Republic of China in mid-January 2025, the two leaders of the countries agreed on a Belt
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