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One mass shooting after another, one accidental child death after another tears through this country on an almost daily basis. Once again, lawmakers hide behind “thoughts and prayers,” while clinging to an
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Artificial intelligence is no longer just drawing cats or writing emails—it’s now writing genomes. A team of researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto, California, say they have
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Deep in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, researchers have discovered that bonobos (Pan paniscus) may have far more sophisticated communication abilities than previously believed. A study led by
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A peer-reviewed paper published in Nature has shed new light on how Chinese start-up DeepSeek built its headline-grabbing artificial intelligence model R1 for a fraction of the cost of its rivals. R1,
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A groundbreaking artificial intelligence model, Delphi-2M, can forecast a person’s risk of developing more than 1,000 diseases — in some cases providing predictions up to 20 years ahead. The study, published today
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CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, calls on the government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to halt the continued harassment of activists and journalists and crackdown on protests. One year since he
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Recently, I had the privilege of visiting his residence in Greater Noida, India to deliberate on some of the most pressing strategic and geopolitical challenges confronting South
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At the grave of Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (1971–2016) in La Esperanza, Honduras, where she was born and died, I watched a yellow butterfly flutter around a bougainvillea bush. It flew as
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In September 1960, in the heart of Black America, Harlem’s Hotel Theresa became the stage for one of the world’s most monumental encounters. When Malcolm X and Fidel Castro met there 65
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A Sri Lankan state-owned bank has reportedly refused to open an account for a Russian diplomat posted in Colombo, drawing attention to possible implications for Sri Lanka’s
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Last week, the United States Trade Representative visited Sri Lanka and met with President Anura Kumara. Their discussions centred on the agreement reached regarding tariffs imposed on Sri Lanka by President Trump.
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The unprecedented tour of China’s clandestine Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) facility in Chengdu granted to Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on September 14, 2025, transcends a mere diplomatic gesture. While officially framed
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A damning new report accuses the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) of allowing senior Hamas operatives to infiltrate and control its education system, raising alarming questions about the agency’s neutrality
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China’s defense minister on Thursday highlighted Beijing’s efforts to reshape global governance, warning against an increasingly divided world “defined by the rule of the jungle,” while asserting that the country’s robust military
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