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
When Hamas launched an attack against Israel on 7th October 2024, Israel was caught unaware and unprepared. In this attack, around 1,200 people in Israel lost their lives, and around 100 people
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The Election Commission continues to rock. This week, it halted, for the duration of parliamentary polls, an order by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to increase fertiliser and fuel subsidies to farmers and
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Click here to read the First Part of this series Lack of Popular Support Since the end of the civil war, a number of military and academic researchers have argued about what
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Editorial As we reflect on the anniversary of Senaka Bibile’s death, we are confronted with a sobering reality: the very ideals he championed have been betrayed, twisted, and abandoned. Once a beacon
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group said it has approved a grant of 19.8 million U.S. dollars to help South Sudan respond to the Sudanese refugee crisis in the country. The AfDB
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by Luxman Aravind There is a rancid stench that fills the air every time a butcher steps on the UN stage—a putrid legacy of violence, oppression, and human suffering masked by hollow
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The 2024 International Humanitarian Demining Training Course, which was hosted by the Chinese government, on Friday held its closing ceremony in Nanjing, the capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, with attendees praising
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Few people know that Lebanon was once part of Syria. It was separated from Syria by Imperial France and transformed into a nominally Maronite Christian nation. Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, and Druze
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INTRODUCTION It is well established that the US’s constant attempts to belittle Russia from the position of an equal partner in the global order to a “competitor” has forced Russia to establish
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In 1930, Clément Fraisse (1901–1980), a shepherd from France’s Lozère region, was confined in a nearby psychiatric hospital after he tried to burn down his parents’ farmhouse. For two years, he was
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A former director of Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), retired SSP Shani Abeysekara, has called for the immediate release of two commission reports investigating the 2019
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While we congratulate JVP/NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his hard fought victory at the just concluded presidential election and the exemplary manner how he stamped down usual crass behaviour of winning
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Twenty years after Guantánamo Bay detention operations commenced on January 11, 2002, a new report assesses the massive costs of the United States’ unlawful transfers, secret detention, and torture following the September
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The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has extended its warm congratulations to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who has been elected as the 9th President of Sri Lanka. Recognizing his rise from humble beginnings and
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In late November 1968 I arrived in Saigon and a few days later walked through the looking glass of the U.S. military command’s intelligence headquarters in South Vietnam. There, in an airconditioned
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