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
The status of the rural sector in Sri Lanka needs to be considered in context of its size, its population demography, its economic and social status, its accessibility to health and education
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The recent report released by OPEC’s World Oil Outlook 2025 has predicted that by the year 2050, crude oil will replace coal as India’s primary energy source. Clearly, OPEC anticipates that India’s
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Afghanistan remains on a knife-edge. Looming famine, widespread malnutrition, and the forced repatriation of refugees are signs not of a nation in crisis — but one already collapsed, hollowed out to its
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Reason seems to have been gradually abolished by the language of bombs. As weapons systems get ‘smarter’ and ‘smarter’, the range of diplomatic instruments used by the Global North states becomes blunter
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INTRODUCTION The preliminary report on the Air India Flight AI 171 accident presents an account that is as haunting as it is complex. The sequence of mechanical events—interrupted engine thrust, fuel cutoff,
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US-Brazil relations have been heating up for a bit, but President Donald Trumpratcheted up the temperature on the Lula administration a week ago when he announced that the United States would slap
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The National People’s Power (NPP) government is under intense public scrutiny. The recent appointment of retired Commodore M.B.N.A. Premarathne as new Commissioner General of Exercise drew heavy public condemnation as the media
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I decided to spend part of my 4th of July weekend in Fantasy Park. I’d heard about the new Be the Dictator ride and couldn’t resist. Although the line was extremely long,
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A little over a week ago, the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country went berserk, as rivers sometimes do in this area, killing some 130 people. Well over a hundred are
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As the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) prepares to convene its hearing on “Pakistan: Ongoing Political Repression” on July 15, 2025, much attention has turned to Syed Zulfi Bukhari’s testimony. Bukhari,
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