Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran along with many senior LTTE leaders was killed in the military confrontation with Sri Lanka’s armed forces in May 2009. With that military
The world we live in is changing fast. The international order, long defined by well-established rules and norms, faces unprecedented challenges. Some of these norms are outdated, easily abused by the powerful,
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March is the month of International Working Women’s Day, a day deeply rooted in the socialist movement. Most of the world now only calls 8 March ‘International Women’s Day’, excluding the word ‘working’ from
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Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million years ago revealing branching evolutionary stories of survival, intermixing, and extinctions. Archaeology is increasingly allowing
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The attacks on colleges and universities — Donald Trump’s administration has warned some 60 colleges that they could lose federal money if they fail to make campuses safe for Jewish students and is already pulling $400 million from Columbia
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Christian Nationalists who form the bedrock of support for Donald Trump — 80 percent voted for Trump in the last election according to a voter survey by the Associated Press — have mounted a
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China’s ongoing “two sessions” have once again highlighted its steadfast commitment to working with all countries to uphold international equity and justice, and safeguard world peace and stability in a world of
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I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. – Mary Shelley Background International Women’s Day falls on March 8 each year. Since time immemorial, the role of
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Introduction In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8th march this year, Sri Lanka has taken positive steps in recognizing International Women’s Day on March 8, where the Ministry of Women and
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As far as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is concerned, each person in the Global North is worth nine people in the Global South. We get that calculation from IMF data on voting power
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Alexander Hamilton wrote in The Federalist: “ The violent destruction of life and property incident to war, the continual effort and alarm attendant on a State of continual danger, will compel the nations
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