Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
In a pointed reference to the Chinese leadership by name, the Russian state news agency Tass took note of Beijing’s criticism of the US aggression against Venezuela. Unsurprisingly, Tass quoted a third
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In a factory in China’s Yiwu, widely known as the “world’s supermarket,” a mistake unexpectedly sparked a toy sensation in early 2026: a horse’s mouth stitched in the wrong direction. Recently, a
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We all keep neighborhood trophies, from back when we won a little contest at the end-of-year party or our children received a swimming badge. They are intimate treasures gathering dust in drawers
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by Our foreign Affairs Editor Dr. Alireza Delkhosh is the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Sri Lanka, with concurrent accreditation to the Maldives. He has served in Iran’s Ministry
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The contemporary dynamics of digital architecture have altered the prospects of insurgency, which is no longer recognised solely by guns and territory. Digital architecture, defined by algorithms and grievance narratives, provides a
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Once again, Pakistan finds itself at a defining point in its national trajectory, wherein the challenges of internal security and the challenges of diplomacy in the global arena intersect with the challenges
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I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note about the US war on Venezuela.
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The US attack on Venezuela on 3 January 2026 came on the same day as French and UK jets bombed an underground facility in the mountains near Palmyra (Syria) and just a few weeks
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The reason why Greenland has become an issue between the United States, Denmark and Icelanders is global warming. That has led to a stand-off between the US and Denmark, and local Icelanders.
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China’s military announced that it is developing more than 10 experimental quantum cyber warfare tools, many of which are reportedly being tested in front-line operations. The disclosure, published by the official Science
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For over two weeks now, Iranians have been pouring into the streets in the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the 2022 “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising, and possibly since the 2009
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The Dalai Lama is still alive, but the struggle over his death has already exposed how fragile the boundary between faith and power has become. According to a new report by the
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In a 2009 interview with Voice of America’s Ukrainian Service, conducted by Myroslava Gongadze, Zbigniew Brzezinski ( 1928-2017) offered a penetrating assessment of United States policy towards Eastern Europe and Ukraine at
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In an interview conducted in mid-December in New Delhi by Sri Lanka Guardian, Lieutenant General R. K. Sawhney spoke at length about India’s military posture, strategic culture and national security outlook. His
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Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its head of state have overshadowed his less brazen but possibly more effective regime-change operation in Honduras. No one can be sure if the National
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