Sri Lanka was struck by severe flooding and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah, leading to road blockages, destruction of homes and loss of life. Immediately following the disaster, Chinese companies operating in
Nestlé has announced a recall of specific batches of its SMA infant formula and follow-on formula after identifying the potential presence of a toxin that could cause gastrointestinal illness, prompting warnings from
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I attended the funeral of legendary singer Deshamannya Kala Soori Latha Walpola today. I want to pen down how her famous song “Shrini Vidushitha Lanka Derene Sinha Danaya Lelede” (Lion flag flying
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Roger Berkowitz’s keynote at The PolyOpportunity Retreat, Garrison Institute, Hudson Valley, NY, April 13, 2025. This was first published in Beauty Shot It’s a real pleasure to be here. Bard College is
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Dr Federica Amati, head nutritionist at Imperial College London and nutrition lead at Zoe, has released a detailed guide for navigating the increasingly crowded aisles of ultra-processed foods (UPFs), highlighting which products
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Elon Musk’s company Neuralink will begin “high-volume production” of its brain-computer interface (BCI) devices and transition to fully automated surgical implantation in 2026, Musk announced Wednesday on the social media platform X.
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Tehran witnessed a series of tense developments as Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence conducted a nighttime raid at the dormitory of Shahid Beheshti University, arresting several students suspected of collaborating with foreign agencies
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Consumer technology is entering a new phase in which devices once used solely for entertainment are beginning to monitor the most intimate human signals: brain activity itself. A growing number of earbuds
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Editorial The New Year arrives with its familiar trick: a new number that politely suggests improvement without requiring it. Calendars change obediently; behaviour less so. Optimism is briefly reheated, promises are generously
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After its emergence from the Soviet collapse, the new Russia grappled with the complex issue of developing a national identity that could embrace the radical contradictions of Russia’s past and foster integration
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by Luxman It is an early twentieth-century work by Edward Gait, first published in 1926, shaped by the intellectual and imperial assumptions of its time. A History of Assam is not simply a regional
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