At 27, Verena Bahlsen entered the leadership of the family company that had produced biscuits for generations. Two years later, she was gone. The departure marked the end of an unusually public
Chinese researchers have found that an oral antiviral drug originally approved to treat Covid-19 shows significant activity against the Nipah virus, raising hopes for new ways to prevent and treat the emerging
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The World Health Organization has said the risk of further international spread of the Nipah virus from the latest outbreak in India remains low, adding that there is no evidence so far
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Oxfam has been investigated over major failures in its staff vetting processes, eight years after the charity was engulfed by the Haiti sexual abuse scandal that forced it to promise sweeping reforms.
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France’s lower house of parliament has approved legislation that would prohibit children under the age of 15 from using social media, a decisive step backed by President Emmanuel Macron as part of
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The Alpine village of Funes, once a quiet retreat known mainly to hikers and mountaineers, is taking decisive action to stem the flow of tourists after viral fame transformed it into a
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Tomorrow begins a new semester, and I’ll be teaching Constitutional Law. My course, co-taught with my colleague Peter Rosenblum, is not like the constitutional law courses I took in law school. We
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Editor’s Note: This article, by nature of the topic, may include language that is considered sensitive and/or vulgar to some readers. While we may be most familiar with modern-day conspiracy theories about government
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He was a distinguished student of Royal College, Colombo 7. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Peradeniya in 1959 and subsequently enrolled at Law College, qualifying
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For two decades, the first instinct of anyone experiencing new medical symptoms was to “Google it,” a practice so widespread it earned the nickname “Dr. Google.” But that era is rapidly fading
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Nearly two years after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicted that AI would replace knowledge work, the transformation has been surprisingly slow. Foundation models have made enormous strides in reasoning, planning, and research,
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Ageing and shrinking populations are no longer distant projections but a defining reality for a growing share of the world. Governments across continents are grappling with the twin demographic pressures of fewer
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Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have reached an agreement on the appointment of three civil society representatives to the Constitutional Council, a key constitutional body responsible for
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Sri Lanka has taken a landmark step into the world of advanced science and technology with the inauguration of its first quantum computer, marking what academics describe as the dawn of the
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In India, all said and done, despite steady growth in industrial and infrastructure projects and in the services sector, including the software industry in recent years, the Indian economy essentially remains agricultural-based,
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Scroll through TikTok or Instagram and you will almost certainly encounter the now-familiar line: “Your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed yet.” The phrase has become the modern-day excuse for impulsive decisions, risky
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