Sir Anthony Weldon (1583-1648) once said, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me again, shame on me as well.” This applies to all political parties in Sri Lanka and also to
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It is nearly impossible to think of joy while Israel continues its genocidal violence against Palestinians and while the terrible war escalates in the eastern flank of the Democratic Republic of the
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“O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A
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Last time I wrote about the 2024 US election back in November, I rated the outcome of the rematch between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump a coin flip. Today, with eight months left until the
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As part of her second official visit to Sri Lanka, today Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn officiated the swearing-in ceremony of 20 new volunteers, who represent the first cohort of Peace Corps
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When Napoleon engaged Russia in a European land war, the Russians mounted a determined defense, and the French lost. When Hitler tried the same, the Soviet Union responded similarly, and the Germans
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On March 5, the third-highest ranking US diplomat, Victoria Nuland, known for her active role in ousting then-president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, in 2014, retired from her role as the Deputy Secretary
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Russia took the rotating presidency of the BRICS group in 2024. Yury Ushakov, Russian presidential foreign policy aide, has granted TASS an interview in which he previewed Moscow’s priorities, prospects for BRICS
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When I began studying human prehistory in the mid-1990s, little did I know that I would witness a paradigm shift in our understanding of when the first humans settled in Western Eurasia firsthand. At
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Understanding why Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7 requires an understanding of Hamas’ fundamental goal: the creation of a Palestinian state. The group understood that the attack would all but necessitate a
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China’s “Two Sessions,” the annual meetings of the top legislature and top political advisory body, draw close attention worldwide for its growing global influence, said an Egyptian expert. They are “remarkable events
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On March 2, 2024, two Tribal elders of the Bugti tribe, identified as Dost Mahammad Notani and Bahar Khan Notani, sustained injuries when they were targeted in a bomb attack in the
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A number of counterattacks by the Ukrainians, in some cases using reserve forces, have taken place along the line of contract. While reports are not yet complete, it appears that all the
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