Diplomatic efforts to end an acute and bloody armed conflict should always be welcomed and the persistence of Donald Trump’s administration, which has pursued this goal for more than a year and
With more than 550,000 dams in the United States, free-flowing rivers are an endangered species. We’ve dammed, diked, and diverted almost every major river in the country, straightening curves, pinching off floodplains, and blocking
More
The chief inspector of Ofsted, Sir Martyn Oliver, has expressed support for an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16 in the United Kingdom, citing its impact on behaviour and
More
French President Emmanuel Macron has faced criticism over a proposal to introduce a certification scheme for “serious” media outlets, which some observers have described as Orwellian. Macron said the plan was intended
More
The family of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, has called on King Charles, as head of the Commonwealth, to speak out about Khan’s solitary confinement, raising concerns about his health
More
by Durga Velayudham A moment after President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent address to the nation on the calamity facing the country due to Cyclone Ditwah, a grotesque spectacle unfolded online—one that once
More
Global deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance surged to their highest level in four years in 2024, driven by escalating conflicts and a wave of withdrawals from the international treaty
More
India’s telecoms ministry has quietly directed all major smartphone manufacturers to preload a government-run cybersecurity app on every new device sold in the country, a move that is expected to trigger friction
More
Editorial Sri Lanka continues to suffer from the havoc of a disaster that every credible warning had foretold, yet the government chose to sidestep. President Dissanayake, emerging almost 72 hours after the
More
Sundays at Paramasivam Pushpalatha’s home used to be a much livelier affair. It was her only day off from the factory and so she would pack seven days of domesticity into one.
More
There is a deep conviction that if we all knew and agreed upon the truth — the truth about global warming, the truth about God, the truth about transgender biology, the truth
More