Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
Editorial In Sri Lanka’s socio-economic corpus, there festers a malignant industry—one whose roots burrow deeper than commerce and whose consequences are far more sinister than mere consumer discontent. It is not agriculture,
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Last month, President Donald Trump declared – not for the first time – the drug cartels in Latin America to be international terrorists. And to some extent, they are, operating as they
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Editor’s Note: This essay was originally written before The Abrahamic Metacritique had fully taken shape. Though more plainly told, the story it reveals remains deeply relevant. Readers will recognize in it the
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Prison overcrowding has reached critical levels across the European Union, prompting several member states to explore controversial solutions such as transferring foreign inmates abroad and reducing sentences for low-risk offenders, according to
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Valentina Matviyenko, long considered one of Vladimir Putin’s most trusted and enduring allies, has unexpectedly emerged into the international spotlight following a controversial appearance in Geneva this week—marking a rare public moment
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The importance of Latinos living and working in the US is enormous: if they were in a separate country, it would be the world’s fifth largest economy, bigger than even India. President
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On July 20, 2025, four to five unidentified cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed two villagers, Kawasi Joga (55) of Chutwai village and Mangalu Kursam (50) of Bada Tarrem,
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Artificial intelligence pioneer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Geoffrey Hinton has called on governments around the world to urgently collaborate in training AI systems to avoid harming humanity, warning that AI could
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Once hailed by Donald Trump as “incredible” and considered a rising star in American conservative politics, Candace Owens now finds herself at the center of a political and legal storm, facing a
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Shi Yongxin, the controversial abbot of China’s world-renowned Shaolin Temple, is under criminal investigation over allegations of embezzlement, abuse of temple assets, and serious violations of Buddhist precepts, the temple confirmed in
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