Christa Pike's survival has exposed a contradiction that capital punishment normally conceals. The state can declare a life forfeit, but when its machinery of death fails, it suddenly becomes responsible for keeping
It happened on 25 May 2020, in Minneapolis, USA. George Floyd (a Black man) was arrested on suspicion of attempting to pay for a pack of cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill.
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Sri Lanka Parliament has never been short of external help. The House began receiving substantial assistance by way of various projects, mostly sponsored by the USAID, after the 2015 change of government.
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Wei Huaxiang has arrived in Colombo this morning as China’s new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka. His arrival is being presented in the conventional language
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“True victory in any conflict is not found in the destruction of an enemy. It is found in the preservation of life and the healing of a community.” For Colonel D.P.K. Pillay,
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The much-debated “Islamic NATO” dream in the Middle East may have seen some light, at least on paper. Still, a closer examination suggests that this pact is largely symbolic, aimed at readjusting
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India has once again pressed for progress on its projects in Sri Lanka, which continue to move at a snail’s pace despite repeated rounds of discussions. During his visit to Colombo this
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On August 2, 2026, Hizb-ut-Tawhid (HT) Dhaka city unit staged a human chain and protest rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, denouncing open threats, false propaganda, and inflammatory
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On a Thursday evening in San Francisco, more than a dozen people gathered in a community office with alcohol-free wine, cheese, pens and sheets of paper. The meeting had been billed as
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Germany is preparing for a significant overhaul of the laws governing its domestic and foreign intelligence services, with the federal cabinet due to consider the proposed reforms on Wednesday. The changes are
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Two ports, three thousand kilometres apart, are quietly telling the same story about where the Indian Ocean is headed. One is Gwadar, on Pakistan’s Balochistan coast, built and operated with heavy Chinese
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A US judge has dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, while sharply criticising the Justice Department’s handling of its decision to abandon the high-profile fraud and bribery prosecution. Brooklyn-based US
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US President Donald Trump reportedly travelled secretly aboard a US military aircraft from Turkey to Britain last month after what US media described as a credible assassination threat from Iran, rather than
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Vietnam has begun construction of what it describes as the country’s largest and most advanced domestically made anti-submarine frigate, marking a significant step in its effort to expand national defence manufacturing and
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North Korea is seeking to attract Russian holidaymakers to its newly built Wonsan-Kalma coastal resort, but the number of visitors remains small, offering a glimpse into an ambitious tourism project where foreign
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There is no ceasefire in Gaza. There is no functioning “Board of Peace.” There is no roadmap to ending the genocide or mechanism to creation of a Palestinian state. Israel has refused
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