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Gangster Without Borders

July 9, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

Gurpreet Singh aka Goldy Rajpura aka Goldy Dhillon, a foreign-based gangster and close associate of Canada-based gangster and designated terrorist Satinderjit Singh aka Goldy Brar, was arrested in Madrid, Spain, on July 3, 2026, by Spanish authorities acting

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Weaponizing Grievance

July 9, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

By the time security forces secure the site of an attack in Balochistan, another battle is often already underway. Within minutes, videos appear on social media, statements circulate across encrypted messaging platforms,

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What will China’s cities become in the next five years

July 9, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

Stand in a Chinese metropolis like Beijing, and the visual contrast is immediate. Ancient cultural relics sit alongside hyper-modern skyscrapers, compressing centuries into a single frame. But step away from the tourist

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Justice Minister Must Resign — Words Are Not Enough

July 9, 2026
Editorials/Judiciary/Sri Lanka

Editorial Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has publicly accepted responsibility for the Negombo Prison tragedy. That statement cannot be treated as a symbolic gesture made during a moment of grief. In a country

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Mamdani’s Fourth of July Message Rekindles America’s Battle Over National Identity

July 9, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Independence Day address has emerged as a focal point in the United States’ increasingly polarized political landscape, drawing sharp reactions from across the ideological spectrum and prompting

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India’s Persian Gulf diplomacy is churlish

July 8, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

Delhi’s attempt to play the Shia card to moderate the Iranian disquiet over our ‘forever honeymoon’ with the Israel-UAE-Bahrain axis failed to impress Tehran. It was a clumsy attempt but was, arguably,

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Israel’s Prostitution Ban Faces a Harsh Reality Check

July 8, 2026
Editor's Choice/Human Rights

Six years after Israel criminalized the purchase of prostitution services, a State Comptroller report has found that enforcement remains limited, with police action concentrated in a small number of districts and government

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Negombo Prison Bloodshed Exposes the Cracks Inside a System Built to Contain Crime

July 8, 2026
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

by Our Correspondent in Colombo The gunshots and screams that echoed from Negombo prison in July 2026 marked a moment of profound alarm for the country’s correctional system. What unfolded inside the

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Claude Develops Human-Like Internal Thinking Space, Anthropic Reveals

July 8, 2026
Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic has announced that its latest artificial intelligence model, Claude, has developed an internal conceptual workspace that researchers say resembles aspects of human thought, describing the feature as an emergent capability that

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UN Experts Condemn Life Sentences for Baloch Rights Leader, Warn of Growing Crackdown on Activists

July 8, 2026
Human Rights/Pakistan/World

United Nations human rights experts have expressed grave concern over the sentencing of prominent Baloch human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch to two terms of life imprisonment by an Anti-Terrorism Court in

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How Canada Became the Voice of a Europe Seeking Distance From Washington

July 8, 2026
Diplomacy/Geopolitics

When Mark Carney became Canada’s prime minister, his rise to power was driven by a political backlash against US President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion that Canada could become the 51st American state.

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China Weighs Restrictions on Overseas Access to Advanced AI Models Amid Security Concerns

July 8, 2026
Artificial Intelligence

Chinese authorities have discussed possible controls on the global availability of the country’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, with officials considering measures that could limit overseas access to future AI models and

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Sri Lanka’s Crisis of Conscience: Cardinal Ranjith Must Face the Mirror He Holds Against Others

July 8, 2026
Editorials/Sri Lanka

Editorial After his brief visit to the Vatican, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith returned to Colombo and told the people that they must follow their conscience. He spoke about how, throughout Sri Lanka’s modern

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Canada Has Billions in UAE Investment Promises but Few Projects Ready to Fund

July 8, 2026
Business

Canada’s efforts to attract billions of dollars in investment from the United Arab Emirates have encountered an unexpected obstacle: a shortage of projects ready to receive funding. According to reporting by the

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Saudi-UAE Tensions Spill Into Banking as Businesses Report Blocked Payments

July 8, 2026
Business

Financial tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates appear to be affecting businesses as companies report delays and blocked bank transfers between the two Gulf neighbours, according to a report

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