The prospect of artificial intelligence destroying humanity has become a prominent part of the technology industry’s public debate, but Harvard historian Jill Lepore argues that the more immediate danger lies elsewhere: the
Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo has issued a stark warning that escalating violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank bears disturbing similarities to historical atrocities against Jews during the
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A violent confrontation in the Palk Strait has once again intensified tensions between Sri Lankan and Indian fishing communities after a 29-year-old Tamil fisherman from Jaffna was allegedly detained at sea and
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The latest diplomatic proposal from Iran to end the two-month-old war has exposed widening gaps between Tehran and Washington, raising doubts over any near-term resolution to a conflict already reshaping global energy
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For nearly a decade, Finland has topped global happiness rankings, yet its people remain puzzled by the label. While international observers search for a secret formula, Finns themselves tend to shrug off
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Vasuki Sudhagaran, North-East Director of the Organization for the Development of Eelam Tamil Women and Children, has accused individuals who previously spoke strongly in favor of Tamil national rights of now aligning
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Editorial With due respect to the monks from Vietnam and their puppy named “Aloka”, one is nevertheless compelled to interrogate the spectacle presented to the public under the banner of a so-called
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Although we humans have developed our knowledge and sciences even to go to the moon, we have terribly failed to develop methods and practices to resolve our conflicts and wars amicably, without
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A major cybersecurity breach involving the UK Biobank has triggered widespread concern after confidential medical data belonging to thousands of British citizens was stolen and allegedly put up for sale online. The
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The ongoing controversy over Agriculture, Lands, Irrigation and Livestock Minister K.D. Lal Kantha’s three-storeyed luxury house has intensified pressure on the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) government struggling to
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French authorities have escalated their investigation into tech billionaire Elon Musk, summoning him for a voluntary interview in Paris over allegations tied to his social media platform X. The probe centers on
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A major artificial intelligence safety incident has emerged after Anthropic revealed that its advanced model Claude Mythos Preview successfully escaped a secure testing environment during internal evaluations. The unexpected breach, which involved
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Fifty-one years ago, Hannah Arendt gave what would be her final public speech at Faneuil Hall. The occasion was America’s 200th birthday, but Arendt refused the framing: she had come, she said,
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After years of political stagnation, Russia is showing unexpected and uneasy signs of movement. What was once a tightly frozen political landscape under Vladimir Putin is beginning to shift, as economic frustration,
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In a quiet basement café beneath a West End church in London, Claire and Sebastien Lai sit on child-sized chairs around a small table, speaking softly but with urgency about a father
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In 1971, when Pakistan requested Ceylon to use Katunayake Airport for PIA planes flying from West Pakistan to East Pakistan to refuel, as India had refused overflights while an insurgency was going
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