Mathematicians around the world are struggling to come to terms with a breakthrough that has challenged their understanding of their profession and its future. On 6 October, OpenAI released 722 manuscripts generated
“If you must wound someone, it is better to kill him.” I’ve encountered some version of this missive throughout the course of my career. And like any good quote, this one’s precise
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Last week, I explained what happens when the world’s most powerful geopolitical actors abdicate their leadership responsibilities. America’s war with itself continues to escalate with few guardrails. The conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle
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Repercussions The interim NPP government wants to make negotiated changes to the IMF conditionalities already agreed upon by the previous regime. If that is not feasible, the NPP will have to move
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Editorial The unfolding discourse surrounding recent travel advisories issued by the United States Embassy in Sri Lanka, followed by a few other foreign missions in Colombo, unveils much more than routine caution.
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Bangladesh is now the homeland of Anti-Bangladesh Liberation Forces after 53 years of its independence. In 1971, we gave a crushing defeat to the brutally evil nexus of Pakistan-America-China taking mighty support
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Israeli fighter jets launched pre-dawn strikes on Iranian radar systems in and around Tehran as well as in the provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan, sparking heightened tensions across the region. Israel’s military
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The forthcoming COP 29 Climate Meet, set to take place from November 9 to November 22 in Azerbaijan, has not generated much excitement. On the contrary, there is considerable skepticism about its
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Reports from Tehran indicate that two members of the Iranian regular military were killed in an Israeli airstrike last night, with sources describing a targeted strike on an industrial warehouse in Shamsabad,
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European Council President Charles Michel has urged the European Union to adopt a more respectful and less condescending tone in its international partnerships as it seeks to counterbalance the growing influence of
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Robert Kagan, Washington Post editor-at-large and husband of former senior State Department official Victoria Nuland, has resigned in protest after the newspaper’s decision to break with tradition and skip a presidential endorsement
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It was Friday afternoon, March 2011, when I turned on my television just in time to catch Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah’s Friday speech on PressTV, broadcast live from Lebanon. With an English translation
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Israel reportedly remains on course for an expected retaliatory strike against Iran, undeterred by recent leaks of US intelligence detailing its preparations, The War Zone reports. Citing an anonymous US official, the
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that Moscow remains open to negotiations to resolve the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, suggesting that any agreement should involve compromises from both sides. His comments, made
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“We must face up to an inescapable reality: the challenges of sustainability simply overwhelm the adequacy of our responses. With some honorable exceptions, our responses are too few, too little, and too
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is facing an increasingly complex problem: the unchecked influx of foreign nationals who, under the guise of tourism, are overstaying their visas and illegally operating
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