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 idea that artificial intelligence could one day manage personal finances no longer belongs to science fiction. Millions of people already consult large language models for everything from budgeting tips to stock
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time performance was historic not because of spectacle alone, but because of what it represented. As the first artist to perform an entire Super Bowl set in Spanish,
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In the final weeks before her death in August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, did something almost unheard of for a senior royal. She spoke openly, on the record, to a foreign
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We understand a constitution today as a kind of super-law, a law that can validate or invalidate democratically passed statutory laws. Every side invokes the constitution when it is convenient and seems
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An estimated one in seven people may be living with a mental illness, according to World Health Organization assessments, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health Dr. Dhammika Alahapperuma said yesterday
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For millions of people in China, Chinese New Year’s Eve begins the same way: a long journey home, a table slowly filling with dishes, and conversations that stretch late into the night.
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A U.S. jury has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million in damages after finding the company liable for the sexual assault of a teenage passenger by one of its drivers, a verdict
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Britain has secured agreements from Namibia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo to accept the rapid return of illegal migrants and foreign criminals after threatening visa sanctions, marking a significant escalation
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Education as the Foundation of Leadership: Schools around the world are increasingly recognized not just as centers of learning, but as training grounds for future leaders. From Singapore’s high-performing public schools to
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As Sri Lanka celebrates its 78th Independence Day, renewed attention is being drawn to a long-overlooked chapter of the island’s anti-colonial struggle: the role of Muslim patriots who fought against foreign invaders
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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has accused France of abandoning democratic principles after French police raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X, calling the country “not a free country”
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On a sweltering night three decades ago in China’s southern Guangdong province, Chen Mingxia’s infant son was torn from her arms in a violent raid that shattered her family forever. Masked men
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We are all human beings, and our nationality and religion are simply accidents of birth -Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (British American structural biologist and former president of the Royal Society) In this day and
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For years, cursive handwriting seemed destined for obscurity, a looping relic of a pre-digital age. Across classrooms in the United States, Finland and Switzerland, the flowing script of connected letters quietly disappeared
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For decades, the idea that machines might one day think like humans belonged to the realm of science fiction and philosophical debate. Now, according to a growing body of evidence examined in
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