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.
What if justice, as we venerate it in liberal-democratic orders, is merely a sophisticated veneer for entrenched power? What if its moral sublimity is but the normative consequence of institutional inertia and
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A high-stakes diplomatic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took a contentious turn Wednesday, as Trump publicly rejected Ramaphosa’s insistence that there is no genocide against
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A second mass grave site linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been uncovered in western Mexico, again with the help of relatives of the country’s more than 120,000 missing
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President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso recently delivered a speech that has resonated deeply not only across Africa but around the world. Addressing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with a directness seldom
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Although it is not totally uncommon to other developing countries, Sri Lanka is extremely indulged in political and power struggles between political parties and political leaders. This is also not uncommon to
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In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met and agreed that Israel would ‘capture’ Gaza and remove its Palestinian population ‘to protect it’. To achieve this policy
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Since the end of the 30-year-long armed conflict in Sri Lanka in May 2009, whether it should be celebrated as a victory or allowed to be mourned by the war victims has
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The World Future Council (WFC) has named Sri Lankan-born international lawyer and educator Neshan Gunasekera as its new Chief Executive Officer. Gunasekera took office in May 2025, bringing with him a wealth
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Editorial “When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” ~ Thomas Jefferson At the 16th anniversary commemoration of the end of the
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by Durga Velayudham In the mythos of Tamil nationalism, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have long occupied a revered, if contested, space. To many in the diaspora, especially in the
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