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.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has reaffirmed his strong opposition to same-sex marriage while urging Sri Lankans to uphold and protect the traditional family structure based on the union between a
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In August 2019, when the state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two union territories and Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution were abrogated, there was understandable concern about how
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White South African farmers—once praised by Donald Trump and even offered asylum under his presidency—are now facing a devastating blow from the very leader who claimed to champion their cause. As The
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Former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and HR head Kristin Cabot, caught in an intimate moment on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert, present a striking case study in the complex and
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Sixteen years ago, Sri Lanka emerged from one of the bloodiest civil conflicts in modern Asia. The military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended a nearly three-decade war
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Israelis do not see the images of skeletal corpses of Palestinian children who they have starved to death as a curse. They do not see the slain families they gun down at food hubs — designed not to
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As President Donald Trump strives to dominate the United States and the entire globe, the ground under his feet is being eroded out by the explosive Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal. I had
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Meanwhile, conservative commentator Candace Owens is facing a 219-page defamation lawsuit filed by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron. The suit, lodged in Delaware earlier this week, accuses Owens
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The number of kindergartens in China has fallen by a staggering 25 percent over the past four years, reflecting the nation’s deepening demographic crisis and the severe impact of a collapsing birthrate
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka’s judgment on the X-Press Pearl disaster marks a historic and sobering reflection on environmental accountability, institutional inertia, and the urgency of
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