Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
If Antarctica were music, it would be Mozart. Art, and it would be Michelangelo. Literature, and it would be Shakespeare. And yet it is something even greater; the only place on earth
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The law is reason, free from passion – Aristotle I read with interest the interview conducted by Nilantha Ilangamuwa with Professor Deepika Udagama, which appeared in this newspaper on 23 November. It was
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“Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It’s awful.” ~ Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot Staged in the broad, resonant spaces of the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles during its much-anticipated 2025 season,
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Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations. ~ George Orwell Introduction In considering the epistemic and teleological dimensions of the observance of 2 November
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The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.” — Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Kahlil Gibran, The
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“Without data, all that you have is an opinion.” …attributed to W. Edwards Deming ~ World Statistics Day falls on 20 October. This day, as the Secretary-General of the United Nations reminds
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It is a moment of profound significance that Sri Lanka, by proceeding from signature to formal ratification, has now entered the ranks of those states embracing the collective responsibility for the high
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International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens. ~ Kofi Annan International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn’t bring that up to me. ~ George
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“The United Nations was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell.” ~ Dag Hammarskjöld Introduction The International Day of Peace, which we solemnly observe on 21
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What the Heck Happened? On 9 September 2025, the world witnessed an unprecedented affront to the sovereignty of a State when Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the political leadership of
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