Editorial As voting entered its most consequential moment, Donald Trump may have recognised the political damage awaiting his party. On Election Day, he announced that the United States would end its annual
Editor’s Note: The following article is based on the remarks of several global CEOs and financial leaders speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, where they discussed geopolitics, supply-chain fragmentation, technological disruption,
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“We are members of the Rajapaksa Nikaya. (We) are robed in the Rajapaksa Nikya, members of the Rajapaksa caste.” ~ Ampitiye Sumanaratana “He who has control over his hands, feet, and tongue,
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Editorial The latest rupture between Japan and China, sparked by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about the security implications of a Taiwan contingency, is more than a bilateral diplomatic quarrel. It is
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Summary: Martina Moneke examines how patriotism—once a unifying expression of national pride—has been politicized in the United States, particularly by the MAGA movement. Flags, anthems, and public celebrations increasingly signal ideological loyalty rather
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Raffaele Imperiale, the Italian drug lord known as “The Uncle,” has offered unprecedented insight into the operations of a global cocaine syndicate and his personal extravagances, according to reporting by Times UK.
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The surge of artificial intelligence has transformed the data center industry into a goldmine for executives, founders, and investors, Bloomberg reports. Once a quiet corner of the tech world, data centers—facilities that
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by Satchi When she was arrested by the Dutch, betrayed by some of her own people, Maria Sembatta, the Vanni chieftainess, reportedly looked at her captors with unbroken defiance and said, “I am
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by Luxman Aravind President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s hush-hush address to Parliament, delivered after his subordinates literally lost their footing in the chaos of the Trincomalee debacle, revealed a leader floundering behind closed doors while pretending to command the
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The newly released Anthropic investigation reveals that a state-sponsored threat group has carried out the first largely autonomous cyber-espionage campaign, using an AI system to execute nearly all stages of the attack
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Zohran Mamdani, who describes himself as a “democratic socialist”, has won the New York City mayoral elections. He is a vocal critic of billionaires, ran on a plank to make the city
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On November 18, 2025, an official press release announced, Today morning, between 6.30 am and 7.00 am IST, an exchange of fire (EOF) occurred between Maoists and the police party in the
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In its first judgment with respect to the July uprising of 2024, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on November 17, 2025, sentenced deposed Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina to death, in absentia. She was
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Google has unveiled Dhivaru, a major new Trans-Indian Ocean subsea cable system designed to connect the Maldives, Christmas Island, and Oman—marking one of the company’s most consequential
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Editorial “Are we investigating the truth or manufacturing it?” That question should hang over the Criminal Investigation Department as it jets across continents to scrutinise a former president over a paltry Rs.
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor In the midst of one of Europe’s most brutal conflicts, Ukraine is confronting a crisis that could shake the foundations of its leadership. Reporting by the Financial
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