On the morning of 30 July 1929, a man carrying a small axe entered the upper terrace of the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura and struck one of its principal branches several
The migration and spread of ancient humans across the Eurasian continent after leaving Africa were significantly influenced by climate change and landscape evolution, according to a new study published in the journal
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It is worth recalling that the Crusades were largely a reaction to the rapid and triumphant rise of Islam. Within a single generation, Islam had emerged as the third great monotheistic faith,
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol instituted martial law on Tuesday, declaring the need to “protect” the country “from North Korean communist and anti-state forces” undermining his rule. Challenged by parliament, Yoon’s
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A recent historical discovery has reignited calls to test the remains of the Princes in the Tower, potentially resolving a centuries-old mystery surrounding their fate. Professor Tim Thornton’s find of a will
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Shalom Nagar, the Israeli prison guard who oversaw the execution of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, has passed away at the age of 86. His death marks the end of an era,
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Introduction This month we had the 107th anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution[i] (November 6–7 on the Gregorian calendar). It was a beacon of light for humanity pointing the way towards an
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In “On Compromises”, Vladimir Lenin (1917) said: “The term compromise in politics implies the surrender of certain demands, the renunciation of part of one’s demands, by agreement with another party.” In thinking
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In the depths of a world ravaged by war, I came into being—a beacon of hope, a testament to humanity’s boundless dreams. My birth was no ordinary event but a moment of
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Wretched of the Earth Sri Lanka’s domination under colonialism for centuries crippled the whole nation at an unprecedented level and the subsequent effects were epoch-making. In the words of Frantz Fanon, who
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There is a great deal of attention in modern societies to inequality and the social problems it causes. Often inequality is considered to be the unavoidable consequence of how society operates in many cultures,
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Three daughters of Malcolm X, a prominent figure in the Black empowerment and civil rights movements, have accused U.S. law enforcement agencies of playing a key role in the assassination of their
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The following article is based on excerpts taken from an essay originally published in CovertAction. Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnam’s premier from 1954 to 1963, was a Cold War version of Volodymyr
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This week we observe the end of the `War to End All Wars,’ also known as World War I. The memorial week will be filled with the usual platitudes and patriotic guff designed to
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Rexy and Chapela Are you a dog-lover? If not, you have missed what is love in this World. This story is of two dogs, one is Rexy, a beautiful German Shepherd female
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Many have heard of Soviet intelligence officer Richard Sorge, who transmitted information to Moscow indicating that Japan was not planning to fight the USSR. Thanks to this, dozens of divisions from the
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