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
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known to the world as El Mencho, died on Sunday in a high-stakes operation by the Mexican Army in the mountains of Jalisco. His death, confirmed by federal authorities,
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The neoliberal restructuring of India’s economy has reshaped workforces across public and private sectors, replacing permanent positions with contractual employment. While court judgments repeatedly enforce the principle of “equal pay for equal
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P. Gnanawathi, who broke barriers in a traditionally male-dominated field, passed away last week while receiving treatment at Nagoda General Hospital after a sudden illness. Her contributions to Sri Lanka’s cultural and
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A recent court filing has revealed that nearly one in five Instagram users aged 13 to 15 reported seeing nudity or sexual images they did not want to view, according to a
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Sri Lankan legislator Namal Rajapaksa has spoken out following the sudden cancellation of his scheduled speeches at the Oxford Union and the Cambridge Union, expressing regret that the appearances did not proceed
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by Durga Velayudham Since 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a brutal conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). A recent Bellingcat investigation reveals a disturbing
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Editorial Despite the global ceremony and ostensible triumph of India’s AI Impact Summit, the event was overshadowed by farce and humiliation that exposed the vacuity of its grandiloquent ambitions: a Galgotias University
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Artificial intelligence has made deception easier, faster, and more scalable than at any point in human history. Manipulated images circulate through political channels, fabricated videos seep into social media feeds, and hyperrealistic
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For the first time, Israeli soldier Nimrod Cohen has shared the full account of his two-year captivity by Hamas, offering a rare glimpse into the psychological, physical, and emotional trials endured by
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Along Sri Lanka’s northwestern coast, where lagoons edged with palmyra palms conceal the physical scars of a long civil war, a former female combatant describes a peace more punishing than combat. She
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For years, a peculiar rumor has circulated through Silicon Valley’s venture capital corridors and startup happy hours: that gay men, loosely connected through friendship, mentorship, and social life, wield outsized influence over
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In a Los Angeles trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted he ignored internal warnings from wellbeing experts to restore beauty filters on Instagram, raising questions about social media’s responsibility for teenage mental
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A devastating explosion at an illegal coal mine in the Thangsko area of East Jaintia Hills district on February 5, 2026, killed 33 workers and laid bare the failure of enforcement agencies
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by Durga Velayutham The so-called White Flag incident has been used for years to accuse former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, of ordering the killing of surrendering LTTE leaders.
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A new United Nations report has issued a stark warning for Asia and the Pacific: at the current pace, 88% of the region’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets are on track to
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