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 The recent influx of Bangladeshi immigrants into the suburban zones of Colombo, particularly around Katunayake and its adjacent environs near Bandaranaike International Airport, demands urgent and dispassionate scrutiny. What has thus
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AstraZeneca has announced promising late-stage trial results for a new breast cancer treatment, Camizestrant, which it claims can stop aggressive, mutating tumours before they begin to grow. Presented at the prestigious annual
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor in Colombo A wave of frustration is sweeping through several foreign diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka, as envoys publicly voice their outrage over what they describe as
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Aid operations in Gaza have come under sharp scrutiny following revelations that American private military contractors, some run by former CIA officers, are now overseeing humanitarian distribution in a region teetering on
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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been formally charged with crimes against humanity over her alleged role in the violent suppression of mass protests that shook the country last year, prosecutors
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By the late 2010s, China’s “social credit system” (SCS) was increasingly viewed as a notorious government effort to monitor personal behavior, shape public conduct, and control access to services. While the system
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Chinese authorities have launched a major crackdown on scams targeting the upcoming national college entrance examination, or gaokao, with a special focus on those fraudulently claiming that artificial intelligence (AI) can predict
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Turkish authorities have escalated a sweeping crackdown on opposition officials, detaining five mayors and issuing dozens of arrest warrants in a campaign widely seen as targeting Istanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, after
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by Eric The history of slavery is multifaceted and far-reaching, often portrayed through a narrow lens that predominantly focuses on African enslavement. However, Chinese immigrants in America also endured various forms of
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The European Union is set to roll out a new age verification app this July, a move aimed at strengthening enforcement of online child safety regulations without compromising user privacy, according to
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