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EU Insists “A Deal Is a Deal” After US Tariff Spike

February 23, 2026
Business

The European Commission has called on the United States to adhere strictly to the terms of an EU-U.S. trade deal reached last year, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down former

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Ukraine Faces Critical Shortfall of 250,000 Troops Amid Intensifying Russian Offensive

February 23, 2026
Ukraine/World

Ukraine requires an estimated 250,000 additional soldiers and substantially more weaponry to withstand Russia’s offensive, according to western military officials and battlefield analysts, in a report detailed by the Times UK. Four

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Chagos Islands Deal: Realpolitik, Strategic Access, and Trump’s Interference

February 23, 2026
United Kingdom/World

The Chagos Islands deal, reported and analyzed by Times UK, reflects high-stakes realpolitik in the Indian Ocean, balancing Mauritius sovereignty with continued UK-US military access to the vital Diego Garcia base. Under

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US Deploys ‘Angry Kitten’ Electronic Warfare Pods Near Iran

February 23, 2026
Defence/Diplomacy

The United States has deployed a fleet of F-16CJs carrying the new Angry Kitten electronic warfare pods in the region, a system hailed online as “the future of electronic warfare” for its

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Sri Lanka Faces Surge in Labor Strikes Amid Rising Worker Unrest

February 23, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka experienced a notable spike in labor unrest during the first nine months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Labor’s latest progress report. The country recorded 13 strikes during this

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Sri Lanka’s Rice Crisis: How Farmers Are Losing While the “Rice Mafia” Profits

February 23, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s rice sector, long considered the backbone of the country’s food security, is facing a crisis that exposes deep systemic problems and unfulfilled government promises. According to farmers and union leaders,

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Sri Lanka Faces Massive Job Loss as MAS Holdings Plans Factory Closures

February 23, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s garment industry is bracing for a major upheaval as MAS Holdings, one of the country’s largest apparel manufacturers, announced plans to close two factories and reduce staff at another, putting

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Sri Lanka Jails Thousands in Limbo Amid Forensic Backlog

February 23, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s prison system is grappling with a mounting crisis as 15,674 suspects are currently being held without forensic reports, according to statistics from the Prisons Department as of January 31, 2026.

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Deliberation and the Bulwark of Liberty

February 23, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The Supreme Court’s decision in Learning Resources v. Trump was, in Chief Justice John Roberts’ telling, a straightforward example of statutory interpretation. Roberts framed the case as an interpretation of the 1977

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The Age of Algorithmic Prophecy

February 23, 2026
Diplomacy/New Books

To be human has always meant trying to see what comes next. From ancient hunters reading animal tracks to farmers scanning the skies for rain, survival has depended on the ability to

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The Battle for Truth in the Age of Deepfakes

February 23, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics/Human Rights/Technology

Artificial intelligence has made deception easier, faster, and more scalable than at any point in human history. Manipulated images circulate through political channels, fabricated videos seep into social media feeds, and hyperrealistic

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Hunting the Hacker Underground

February 23, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics/Technology

The threats began quietly, then escalated into something far more sinister. In the spring of 2024, anonymous accounts using the handles “Waifu” and “Judische” flooded Telegram and Discord channels with violent messages

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The JVP Betrayal Doctrine

February 23, 2026
Columns/Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

by Luxman Aravind The most enduring currency in Sri Lankan politics is not ideology, principle, or even nationalism. It is survival. What we are witnessing today is not a policy correction or

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The Illusion of AI Democracy

February 23, 2026
Editorials/Human Rights

Editorial Despite the global ceremony and ostensible triumph of India’s AI Impact Summit, the event was overshadowed by farce and humiliation that exposed the vacuity of its grandiloquent ambitions: a Galgotias University

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El Mencho Dead: World’s Most Wanted Drug Lord Falls in Mexico

February 23, 2026
Mexico/World

Rubén Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as El Mencho, the elusive head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was killed Sunday in a high-stakes military operation in the rugged mountains of Jalisco.

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