by Our Special Correspondent in Jaffna An interim archaeological investigation at Chemmani in Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna district has recovered 574 minimum-number-of-individuals human skeletons, documented 51 accumulations of disarticulated bones and registered
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 rare information about her condition and renewed attention
Thousands of people demonstrated across Poland to demand abortion rights, accusing Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government of failing to deliver on its election promise
Alleged irregularities in medical procurement in Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh have exposed vulnerabilities in public purchasing, including suspected price inflation, manipulated tenders and
Britons are up in arms over the government’s controversial BritCard digital ID scheme, with more than 2.8 million people signing a petition to halt its implementation. Critics have condemned the plan as
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Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has come under intense criticism after mistakenly including a photograph of an Israeli hostage in a social media post intended to highlight the suffering of Palestinians held in
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by Durga Velayudham Greta Thunberg, barely out of childhood, became the centrepiece of a global spectacle once again. This month, she sailed into a war zone on a flotilla of boats, allegedly
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What began as a quiet life of self-reliance in the Indian jungle ended in global headlines and a diplomatic tangle. In early July, Indian police on a routine patrol near Goa discovered
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The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) has issued a stark assessment of Sri Lanka’s handling of enforced disappearances, citing serious gaps in investigations, accountability, and forensic capacity. The findings were
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A shocking sex and corruption scandal has rocked the Peruvian Catholic Church after The Times UK revealed that Bishop Ciro Quispe López, 51, of Juli, Peru, has resigned following allegations that he
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The UK government is preparing to give police greater authority to restrict protests that repeatedly disrupt public life, following a weekend of mass arrests in London. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced plans
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Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in The Conversation. We are republishing it as part of our syndication with them. Tilly Norwood is the hottest actor in Hollywood right now. Her career
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When the news of Zubeen Garg’s death broke on September 19, it was described as a shocking mishap in Singapore during scuba diving or paragliding activities, with early reports suggesting the singer
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Amazon’s Ring is introducing facial recognition for the first time on its home security doorbells and cameras, allowing users to identify friends, family, and neighbors. The feature, called “Familiar Faces,” will be
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A former Bangladeshi beauty queen and activist says her life has been turned upside down after an alleged whirlwind romance with a Saudi diplomat ended in scandal, arrest, and public vilification. Meghna
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Mikhail Kovalchuk, head of Russia’s Kurchatov nuclear research institute and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, told a forum of schoolteachers in Moscow that Western nations are plotting to exterminate the
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By mid-2025, U.S. homicide rates were lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to the Council on Criminal Justice. It is a welcome sign, though the decline has been uneven across the country, and wider trends
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Alphabet-owned YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by former U.S. President Donald Trump over the suspension of his account following the January 2021 Capitol riots, according
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The UK recorded its largest-ever single migrant boat crossing this weekend, underscoring the growing scale of the Channel crisis despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s vow to “smash” the criminal networks behind the
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