China has emerged as the leading centre for clinical development and testing of a new generation of CAR-T-cell therapies that could eventually be used against cancer and autoimmune diseases, according to an
A new report from Brown University’s Costs of War project reveals that the United States has sent a record $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel over the past year, coinciding with
MoreReligious scriptures and deep thinkers have long emphasised the importance of practising silence, as it leads to an internal exercise that enhances the mindset and fosters the realisation of Truth (God consciousness).
MoreThe Global Tamil Forum (GTF) welcomes the recent report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, on the “Situation of Human Rights in Sri Lanka” and the subsequent dialogue
Moreby Xinhua writer Guo Yage Sama Tubail celebrated her ninth birthday on Saturday. A month ago, the Palestinian girl expressed her greatest wish to Xinhua: to have her hair back before her
MoreEditorial The election of immature leaders reveals a profound tragedy within the democratic process, which should ideally elevate wisdom and virtue. When society opts for individuals lacking the maturity, insight, and moral
MoreSri Lanka celebrated the International Children’s Day on 1 October with several events in Colombo with the participation of the new Prime Minister, Dr Harini Amarasuriya, and other officials related to children’s
MoreTrust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime.” — J.E.B. Spredemann, “An Unforgivable Secret” The Attacks on 7th October 2023 The attack
Moreby Hummam Sheikh Ali At a monastery in the quiet town of Rablah, nestled in the countryside of Syria’s Homs province, Lebanese refugees displaced by the escalating Israeli military operation against Hezbollah
MorePraying for Armageddon It was impossible to grasp how such a drastic foreign policy shift could occur between the time of Eisenhower in the 1950’s and George W. Bush after 2001, without
MoreIf the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.
MoreEditor’s note: “Dumping overcapacity on global markets,” “the garbage time of history,” “economic malaise making people fatter” … A bunch of newly-coined concepts or unconventional observations regarding the world’s second-largest economy have
MoreWhile it may seem unimaginable in many parts of the world, in Afghanistan, it is a common reality: children as young as 10 leave school to toil in brick factories to support
MorePavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of the messaging platform Telegram, announced on Wednesday that the service has been maintaining its commitment to privacy policies across various countries while also sharing information on
MoreFr. Cyril Gamini Fernando, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Colombo, said that the Presidential Commission report, which investigated the allegations made by the UK’s Channel 4 regarding the 2019 Easter
MoreThe whole of government consists of the art of being honest…Thomas Jefferson A few days ago, I was browsing through my modest library at home when I fortuitously came across a book
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