AI is becoming increasingly intelligent, but the deeper question is whether it could one day become conscious. As scientists still cannot fully explain consciousness in humans, determining whether a machine can experience
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, were a separatist militant organization founded in 1976 in Sri Lanka. The group claimed to fight for an independent
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Two Elections, One Warning In September and November 2024, Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, swept to power on a historic wave of popular discontent.
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The United States is facing a strategic reality it has long debated but rarely acknowledged so bluntly: China is no longer a “near-peer” competitor—it is a full equal. That stark assessment comes
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As the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grinds into its second month, a new and troubling reality is reshaping the battlefield: the rapid rise of fiber-optic-guided first-person view drones that are proving
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For the first time, the U.S. Air Force has revealed imagery of its B-1B Lancer bomber carrying the AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution
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On 15 October 1987, Thomas Sankara, the leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated alongside twelve of his senior officials. At the time, which I remember well, there was great confusion as to
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The Trump-Putin Phone Call on 29 April lasted 90 minutes, both sides report. The call was initiated by Russia. President Vladimir Putin told Trump that the current cease fire in the Iran
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A central question has come to define the ongoing standoff between the United States and Iran: does President Donald Trump truly believe his own narrative about the conflict, or is it a
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Every year on the first of May, the world stops to honour those who build it: the masons, the mill workers, the seamstresses, the sanitation crews—the millions of hands without which no
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Venezuela’s “National Pilgrimage for a Venezuela Free of Sanctions and in Peace” is set to conclude in Caracas this Thursday, marking the end of a 13-day nationwide mobilization that authorities describe as
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Photographs of four Ukrainian soldiers reduced to skin and bone by severe malnutrition have sparked outrage across Ukraine, revealing a stark and unsettling reality behind the country’s prolonged war effort. The men,
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The Trump administration has abruptly dismissed all 22 members of the National Science Council, the main advisory body guiding U.S. science and engineering policy, just as the group was finalizing a sensitive
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In his latest analysis, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claims that Donald Trump is considering a dramatic step: paying billions of dollars to Iran to bring an end to the ongoing blockade of
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China is set to eliminate tariffs on imports from 53 African nations in a phased rollout beginning Friday, marking a major shift in global trade dynamics and underscoring Beijing’s efforts to deepen
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Although progressives are rightly concerned about US-coerced compromises and concessions, it is equally important to understand the resilience and continuing successes of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution. Focusing only on the half-empty aspect of
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