Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure within Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poor regional election results, with senior figures in the party calling for changes to its
5.30 Indian Time: Sheikh Hasina, who stepped down as Prime Minister of Bangladesh amid substantial anti-government protests, is reportedly en route to London, according to sources familiar with the situation. Hasina’s resignation
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On July 31, Honduras Foreign Minister Enrique Reina issued an important statement on behalf of the island with regards to developments in Venezuela, which read in full as follows: “The government of Honduras condemns
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Not a month has passed since the new Labour government came to power in the UK on 5 July 2024, in a landslide victory, heralding a change after 14 years of Conservative
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by Our Correspondent in Dew Delhi New Delhi – The scheduled official visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Sri Lanka has been cancelled due to the current polarized political situation
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Editorial Evil reigns; hypocrites applaud; innocents perish. The nature of power, war, and hypocrisy has been starkly evident. As Sun Tzu noted in The Art of War, “All warfare is based on
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The latest data from the Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) reveals significant changes in presidential election voting intentions among Sri Lankan adults for June. The provisional
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Japanese Ambassador in Colombo Hideaki Mizukoshi meticulously dealt with Sri Lankan economy and post-Aragalaya developments in a strongly-worded speech delivered at the Sasakawa Memorial Hall, Bala Tampoe Lane, Colombo 03, last week. Ambassador
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On July 28, the 70th birthday of Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), Nicolás Maduro Moros won the Venezuelan presidential election, the fifth since the Bolivarian Constitution was ratified in 1999. In January 2025, Maduro
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by Our Political Affairs Correspondent The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has decided not to support President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming presidential election scheduled for September 21. This development follows prolonged
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If I wanted to ape the mood of erstwhile Soviet political essays, I’d write something like this: “The loud echo of gunshots in Pennsylvania resounded across the Atlantic…” You can argue about the appropriateness
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that the issue regarding the appointment of the Inspector General of Police will be resolved within a week through consultation with the Speaker and the Chief Justice. The
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Exclusive by Our Political Affairs Correspondent President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to announce his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections either tomorrow or the day after, according to reliable sources speaking to
More “Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time as an end, and never merely as
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“Democracy must fall because it will try to tailor to everyone: the poor will want the wealth of the rich, and democracy will give it to them. Young people will want to
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When President Joe Biden said in a phone call to MSNBC’s Morning Joe recently, “I’m getting so frustrated with the elites… the elites of the party. I don’t care what the millionaires
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