Two teenagers were killed in a shooting in the Chulavista neighbourhood of Cuernavaca on Saturday night, according to the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM), which said the victims were
Visual impairment (blindness) is one of the most severe forms of physical disability that human beings endure. The consequences are even more profound when it affects a woman. The plight is further
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A group of Sri Lankan Catholics, including victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, held a press conference yesterday to voice their strong opposition to what they
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by Our Political Affairs Editor The cat is out of the bag—though this is hardly the first time. We’ve seen this before. It’s become a wretched ritual in Sri Lanka’s post-war, post-truth
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In a deeply troubling turn of events, the Syrian province of Suwayda—home to the country’s Druze minority—has become the flashpoint of renewed conflict, drawing in sectarian tensions, tribal grievances, and foreign interventions.
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Tensions between the United States and Israel have reached a new low after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu defied repeated warnings from the Biden administration and escalated Israeli military strikes inside Syria, targeting
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Mossad Chief David Barnea visited Washington this week to seek U.S. backing for a controversial Israeli plan to deport large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza
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A groundbreaking study led by Dr. Li Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has revealed a surprising double-edged role of human-specific genes. These genes,
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by Nil Shunryu Suzuki’s Becoming Yourself: Teachings on the Zen Way of Life, curated by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler and Sojun Mel Weitsman, constitutes a limpid yet provocative compendium of Soto Zen teachings, distilled
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Juliana Lumumba, daughter of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, has underscored her father’s enduring impact on the global anti-colonial movement in a recent interview with Russia Today. She emphasized that his legacy
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The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka, in partnership with the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB), has successfully concluded a two-week regional training initiative aimed at enhancing forensic drug detection capabilities across
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In the rain-soaked hills of southern India, a Russian woman has been discovered living in a cave with her two young daughters, igniting a storm of debate around parental rights, immigration, and
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After more than four decades behind bars, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, one of Europe’s longest-held political prisoners, is set to be released from a French prison and deported to Lebanon on July 25,
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A pair of emerald earrings has become the unlikely centerpiece of a public drama in China’s ongoing war on corruption, after 17-year-old actress Huang Yang Tian Tian unwittingly drew the ire of
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Afghanistan remains on a knife-edge. Looming famine, widespread malnutrition, and the forced repatriation of refugees are signs not of a nation in crisis — but one already collapsed, hollowed out to its
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A catastrophic data breach has exposed the identities of more than 100 UK government personnel — including MI6 operatives, elite special forces troops, and senior military officers — putting lives at risk
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