Spain’s railway network is facing renewed scrutiny over maintenance funding and operational safety following the Urda train disaster in Toledo province on Wednesday, 28 October, less than nine months after a collision
by Tikur Netsanet “The worst-case scenario is unfolding in Ethiopia,” Gabriel Bizuneh tells me, as he organizes in the Ethiopian community in Washington, D.C. Once again, the federal government is at war
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In the grim depths of the Cold War, Yuri Andropov, the tall, gaunt chairman of the Soviet KGB, came to a stark realization: Moscow had to do something to cope with the
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CLICK HERE TO READ PART 2 OF THIS SERIES by Special Correspondent A few days ago, this writer posed a critical question to an Islamic scholar of Sri Lankan heritage, now residing
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(Xinhua) — In recent years, America has gone to great lengths to retain its global hegemony by stifling the development of other countries, say, China. Washington does this in a myriad number
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CLICK HERE TO READ PART ONE OF THIS SERIES by Special Correspondent Last year, a Sri Lankan individual stood resolutely before the special bench of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva,
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by Special Correspondent In recent years, if there’s been an event that has sent shockwaves through our nation akin to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is undeniably the Easter attack. Regrettably, many individuals
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by Jude Amory As the dust settles in the aftermath of devastating terror attacks, one would naturally expect a nation to come together in grief, unite against extremism, and seek justice for
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In the Bradley Square area where Robotyne is located, the Ukrainians tried to press their attack to the east toward the village of Vebove. Unfortunately for the Ukrainians, they inadequately protected their
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Africa, especially west Africa, has a strong sense of collective identity. Trends in one country have a way of spreading across the continent. Therefore, It might or might not be a coincidence that the
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by Saurav Sarkar Al Jazeera reported that officers of the Gabonese military removed President Ali Bongo from office just minutes after he was declared re-elected on Saturday, August 25. The military personnel also
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A heavily armed Russian caterer named Prigozhin with a bunch of former jailbirds grandly known as ‘the Wagner Group’ has enthralled the media ever since these mercenaries got marginally involved in the
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The Attorney of the Director General of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Major General Suresh Sallay, has unleashed a blistering counterattack against Father Rohan Silva, Executive Director of the Center for Society
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Ukraine on August 29th launched its most massive drone attack on Russian territory including an attack on Pskov airfield near the Estonian border. At Pskov at least two Il-76 jet transport aircraft
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The proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” has roots that go back to Aesop’s fable “The Crow and the Pitcher” and to Plato’s “Republic.” It is realistic to assume that Hans
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by Zam Yusa Thousands of Indonesians became IS sympathisers in a relatively short period of time with the advent of social media, a counterterrorism official reportedly said. Marthinus Hukom, the head of
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