Kim Aris, the youngest son of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has spoken to his mother for the first time in five years, in a development that has provided
February 28, 2026, marks a dark date in the contemporary calendar of humanity—a day when the hands of the clocks seemed to go on strike in protest and profound shock. On this
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On April 8, 2025, the Criminal Investigation Department arrested Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan — widely known as Pillayan — at the TMVP headquarters in Batticaloa. Within two days, Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala stood
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On a warm Saturday evening in central Tel Aviv, the sound of whistles and jeers carried across Habima Square as hundreds gathered to protest Israel’s ongoing war with Iran. Placards reading “Stop
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What does it mean to seek stillness in a place that refuses to be tamed? Ven. Nanda Thera, a Czech monk who renounced the world, chose the caves of Kudumbigala to confront
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In a quiet suburb just north of Paris, a three-year-old girl’s distress has become emblematic of a national scandal shaking France’s education system. What began as reluctance to attend preschool soon escalated
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As a human rights activist, Angélica Macario was used to the hubbub and noise of protests and to seeing her people take their clamor for justice from the mountains of El Quiché
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Australia’s groundbreaking ban on social media use for children under 16 is rapidly shaping global policy debates, with multiple countries considering similar restrictions as scrutiny grows over the role of major technology
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As violence spreads from the Caribbean to Western Asia, the United States and Israel’s war of aggression against Iran is paralysing the global economy. Its consequences were predictable: it was known that if the United States
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At a recent event in Colombo organized by United Women Power, Praviinaa Raviraj, daughter of the late Nadarajah Raviraj, delivered a blunt call for urgent reforms to empower Sri Lankan women economically
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We are living through times where the architecture of global peace is not merely crumbling; it is being deliberately dismantled. The drums of global war beat louder than ever, drowning out the voices of
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For a generation often caricatured as prudish, screen-obsessed, and risk-averse, the rise of Gen Z sex parties has surprised even those immersed in London’s nightlife scene. From secret warehouses in Islington to
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The case was filed by pilot Sewwandi Senadheera, who claims that her child, Aryan Karunaratne, born on September 29, 2025, is fathered by Chamika Karunaratne. She alleges that the cricketer had intimate
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Why are many Latin American countries shutting down nonprofit organizations? Amnesty International claims it has the answer: in every case, it’s part of a drive to restrict human rights and “tear up
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In a world experiencing increasing climate uncertainty, the call to take a time out—even for an hour—carries profound global significance. The recent call by the Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, to join Earth
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India’s history is a tapestry of memories that console, caution, and haunt. From the promise of independence in 1947 to the horrors of Partition, the nation was forged in both hope and
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