Inside Anthropic, two words have reportedly circulated in corridors and private chats: “crunch time” and “endgame”. The first refers to the year or two that some employees believe remain before it becomes
Editorial As a small island nation, Sri Lanka is no stranger to the shifting sands of international relations. Yet, as it embarks on its second official state visit to China from January
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Editorial Today we celebrate Thai Pongal, a festival that resonates with timeless truths about the relationship between man, nature, and the divine. It is not just an occasion for the Tamil people,
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Editorial On this Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day, a day that holds profound significance in the Buddhist tradition, we must pause and reflect on the current state of Buddhism and its role
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by Luxman Aravind Chamara Sampath, a parliamentarian with a modest educational background and a past defined by selling vadai (local snack) on trains, has become the focal point of both derision and
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by Luxman Aravind Unveiled amidst lofty proclamations of transformative ambition, the “Clean Sri Lanka” initiative, heralded under President Dissnayake’s regime, purported to emulate Singapore’s seminal 1968 “Keep Singapore Clean” campaign. Yet, this
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Editorial Jean-Marie Le Pen, the provocative founder of France’s National Front, now National Rally, has died at 96, his family announced yesterday. Jean-Marie Le Pen’s life and career form a tableau of
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor During President-elect Donald Trump’s press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, today, a series of policy announcements sent ripples through the political establishment and
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Editorial The relentless media fervour surrounding the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in recent weeks has illuminated an alarming trend: the systematic weaponisation of health concerns to fuel a wave of xenophobia, especially against
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Editorial At the G20 summit in Bali in 2022, an illuminating tableau of contemporary geopolitics unfolded. Cameras captured an indelicate moment between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Editorial The beginning of the new year is far from a celebration for the United States. ISIS-inspired lunatics unleashed their savage barbarism against unarmed Americans. We must seize this moment to condemn
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