President Trump has infuriated some of his supporters. Trump’s alignment with Israel at the expense of America’s interest and the valid interests of other countries is especially galling for those Trump supporters who
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We understand a constitution today as a kind of super-law, a law that can validate or invalidate democratically passed statutory laws. Every side invokes the constitution when it is convenient and seems
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Thailand’s ruling Bhumjaithai Party declared victory on Sunday night in the country’s lower house election, as vote counting neared completion and projections showed a wide gap between the conservative-led government and its
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Japan’s political landscape shifted decisively on Sunday as projections from public broadcaster NHK showed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party surging toward a historic landslide in the Lower House election, consolidating
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Special Ambassador Steve Witkoff no doubt talked to President Trump about the US-Iran meeting in Oman. We don’t have a special wiretap on his call to the President, but it is a
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The following column was first printed in Sunday Island, Colombo.- Editor It is ugly. It is disgusting. No one knows whether he died by suicide or by some other, more carefully arranged
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