From ancient kings who disciplined errant monks to modern political battles over Gnanasara Thera, Sri Lanka’s history raises an uncomfortable question: should the saffron robe shield its wearer from accountability? The controversy
The Paradox of Intelligent Automation Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the defining technological phenomenon of the twenty-first century. Governments extol its capacity to stimulate economic growth; industries regard it as the indispensable
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The human heart has long been viewed as an organ that faithfully responds to signals from the brain, beating faster or slower according to the body’s needs. New research, however, suggests that
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South Korean author Bora Chung has built an international reputation by blending speculative fiction, horror and satire into stories that challenge conventional ideas about history, power and humanity. Since her short story
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New York photographer Spencer Tunick, whose large-scale photographs of nude crowds have become some of the most recognisable works of contemporary public art, is preparing to stage a new collective installation in
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Summary: Why do billions of people care so deeply about games whose outcomes have no direct effect on their lives? Beginning with the tension of watching a World Cup Final, Martina Moneke argues
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Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is expected to be sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday in a U.S. federal court after pleading guilty to leading one of the world’s most
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When Luis Miguel Trinidad began studying engineering at the University of Seville four years ago, terms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, prompts, and tokens were unfamiliar to most university students. By the
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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has announced that the military will begin annually screening service members aged 30 and older for low testosterone and offer hormone replacement therapy to those diagnosed
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After Miami-based firm Affinity Partners secured their first building permit for major developments on Albania’s coast on April 29, outrage in the small Balkan country has steadily grown. Within weeks, a video of a
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It is 19 April 2025. A 12-year-old girl and her 3-year-old brother are playing in front of their house in the village of Bert-Furik. A group of Israeli settlers kidnaps them. At
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“Farming is not just a way of life; it is a way of thinking about our relationship with the earth.” This idea, echoed by generations of agricultural pioneers, captures a growing global
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For more than three decades, a woman known here as Dilhani has lived in France, raised by the couple who adopted her as an infant from Sri Lanka. She was born at
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When Zarina looked down at herself as a little girl, she saw a princess. The dress she wore that day was the one she had always wanted but had never been allowed
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo For decades, Sri Lanka’s prison system has struggled with overcrowding, ageing infrastructure and operational pressures that have challenged successive administrations. A major attempt to address those structural
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Global cancer cases are expected to increase sharply over the coming decades, with annual diagnoses projected to rise from about 20.6 million in 2024 to 35 million by 2050, according to a
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