Ukrainian drone strikes set an oil export terminal ablaze in St Petersburg on Sunday as Kyiv launched one of its largest aerial bombardments of Russia to date, with Moscow reporting that its
by A Correspondent in Colombo A man standing in queue for days during the Sri Dalada Vandana pilgrimage has died of a sudden heart attack, highlighting the dangerous overcrowding and disorganized conditions
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The executive producer of CBS’s flagship investigative program 60 Minutes has resigned, citing a loss of journalistic independence as parent company Paramount weighs a potential settlement in a $20 billion lawsuit filed
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Whenever the issue of Baloch self-determination is raised, the same dismissive responses follow: “When were the Baloch not consulted? When were they denied agency?” Officially, Baloch citizens do vote, and Baloch politicians
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As the World Health Assembly prepares to convene its 78th meeting on May 19, global health leaders face a daunting agenda amid ongoing crises such as armed conflicts, economic instability, and the
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A new book has revealed that Oxford University academics used a chalice made from a human skull—potentially belonging to an enslaved Caribbean woman—at formal dinners until as recently as 2015. The chalice,
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In Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, several farming families are accusing solar power companies of using deceptive tactics to acquire their agricultural land. Nimbabai Bima Savde, a 55-year-old farmer from Bodhare village, shared her
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A controversial and increasingly scrutinized practice in Utah is drawing attention from across the U.S. and beyond. The state, known for its relaxed laws surrounding private adoption, has become a destination for
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has proposed a controversial deal to swap 252 Venezuelan migrants recently deported from the United States for political prisoners detained in Venezuela. The offer, revealed by Financial
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As reported by The Times UK, a new light is cast on the unlikely intersection of poetry and warfare in post-coup Myanmar, where verse and violence now exist side by side in
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Rushan Abbas, Executive Committee Chair of the World Uyghur Congress and Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs, has accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of using financial repression as a weapon to
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Three weeks after a devastating earthquake struck central Myanmar, the worst-affected areas remain without basic services such as clean water, healthcare, stable electricity, and safe shelter, according to humanitarian organizations. Ongoing aftershocks,
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A Tunisian court has handed down prison sentences ranging from 13 to 66 years against over 40 individuals accused of conspiring against national security, according to a report by Tunisia’s state-run TAP
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo Six years after the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, a new report by the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) reveals that Rs. 350.7 million
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From celebrity biohackers to Instagram influencers, the dream of slowing aging or even achieving immortality has never been trendier. But according to a new survey reported by MIT Technology Review, the booming
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It’s clear that among the chief drivers of Trumpism and populist movements more generally are the changes in gender relations that have taken place over the past 50 years. One of the
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