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
The article questions whether humanity’s endless pursuit of power, wealth, ambition and recognition reflects wisdom or folly, arguing that history repeatedly shows greed, jealousy and conflict bringing destruction without lasting gain, despite
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Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruling clearing the 22nd Amendment to proceed without a referendum has done more than settle a constitutional question. It has opened a deeper debate over the balance of
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Fifty years on, the bomb has stopped exploding, but the questions it left behind have not. The newly released records deepen the evidence surrounding Pinochet’s alleged role, while the most consequential findings
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The arrangements span Africa and Latin America and have already resulted in deportations to countries with which many migrants have no previous connection. Early agreements included flights to Costa Rica carrying migrants
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For 17-year-old Zara Shah, an encounter that began while playing a computer game developed into a frightening experience of online sexual exploitation. A stranger initially approached her as a friend before asking
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Sri Lanka’s legislative process is facing serious shortcomings, while many parliamentarians are voting on bills without fully understanding their contents, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Marc-André Franche has said. Addressing
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Photographs and claims circulating on social media have drawn attention to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s current visit to Italy and its alleged connection with his future as Archbishop of Colombo. The reports claim
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A UN report has documented 1,004 cases of sexual violence in Ukraine between February 2022 and July 2026, with 89 per cent attributed to Russian Federation authorities and 11 per cent to
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Paul B. Preciado has spent much of his intellectual life questioning the boundaries that separate male from female, normal from pathological and accepted identities from those placed outside the social norm. Now
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The war between Iran and a US-Israeli-led coalition, which began on 28 February 2026 with strikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities and the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
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Turkey has released 106 demonstrators detained during a protest against a nationwide crackdown on LGBTQ people, activists and organisations, while courts have continued to order the detention of others in an expanding
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The Government of Fiji has declared a national emergency to address a rapid increase in HIV infections, seeking to contain the virus and protect public health. The health crisis, first evident in
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The relationship between governments and criminal organisations is also more complicated than a simple exchange of money for violence. Financial incentives are an important motivation, particularly because contract killings and covert operations
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A 48-year-old mother of three of Indian origin has alleged that her daughter was forcibly sent to Saudi Arabia for domestic employment after a purportedly forged “family report” was prepared by a
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Bangladesh’s journalists are facing a deepening crisis of violence, intimidation, legal harassment and surveillance, with attacks coming not only from political activists and criminal elements but also from Islamist organisations and, in
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