Why are we so obsessed with a group of prehistoric humans who disappeared some 40,000 years ago? Ever since the discovery of the first named Neanderthal fossils in 1856, scientists have struggled
by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, recently has strongly refuted claims that the Tamil communities in the Northern and Eastern provinces harbor opposition to China.
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Sri Lanka’s government has confirmed that Provincial Council elections, long overdue, will be held by the end of this year, with the official date expected to be announced before June, according to
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The war on Iran and the obliteration of Gaza is the beginning. Welcome to the new world order. The age of technologically-advanced barbarism. There are no rules for the strong, only for
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The escalating confrontation between Pakistan and Afghanistan is colliding with widening turmoil in the Middle East, creating new economic and security pressures across South Asia. As Islamabad and the Taliban exchange air
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For Paki Wieland (1944-2026), who fought the cruelty of US imperialism all her adult life. The morning of my departure from José Martí Airport, named after the father of the nation, I
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa inherited a lower-middle income country and bankrupted it in two years and five months. Donald Trump is likely to upend the world in a much shorter time. If he doesn’t
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Two violent incidents in the United States, occurring within hours of each other, have drawn intense attention from security agencies and policy analysts. In Michigan, a pickup truck rammed into Temple Israel
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Year after year, global climate meetings take place in one part of the world or another, ever since 1995, with the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP) having taken place in November
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Unworthy Wearer: “Whoever, being depraved, devoid of self-control and truthfulness, should don the monk’s yellow robe, he surely is not worthy of the robe.”Worthy Wearer: “But whoever is purged of depravity, well-established
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While the world watches the escalating conflict between Iran, the United States, and Israel, one figure seems to be quietly capitalizing on the situation: Vladimir Putin. Moscow has been accused of providing
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In one of Abu Dhabi’s largest malls, martial Emirati music echoed across near-empty corridors. Shop assistants folded trousers with listless efficiency while cleaners mopped floors, their movements almost ceremonial against a backdrop
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Kenya’s Foreign Minister, Musalia Mudavadi, is visiting Russia this week under mounting pressure from families of citizens reportedly recruited into the Russian military, seeking to convince Moscow to halt the controversial practice.
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Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of former President Donald Trump, has launched a series of closed-door lectures in Rome examining the concept of the Antichrist, raising eyebrows among
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China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy has taken a bold step into autonomous aerial warfare with the deployment of a new uncrewed helicopter aboard its Type 075 amphibious assault ship, potentially transforming the
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Brazil’s booming $20 billion online food delivery sector has become the latest front in a high-stakes clash between local incumbent iFood and Chinese-backed newcomers Keeta and 99, according to reporting by the
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