Pakistan is home to a diverse mosaic of religious communities, including Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Kalash, Bahai, Buddhists, and Zoroastrians, all of whom coexist alongside the Muslim majority. From the very inception of
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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