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.
Rushan Abbas, Executive Committee Chair of the World Uyghur Congress and Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs, has accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of using financial repression as a weapon to
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Three weeks after a devastating earthquake struck central Myanmar, the worst-affected areas remain without basic services such as clean water, healthcare, stable electricity, and safe shelter, according to humanitarian organizations. Ongoing aftershocks,
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A Tunisian court has handed down prison sentences ranging from 13 to 66 years against over 40 individuals accused of conspiring against national security, according to a report by Tunisia’s state-run TAP
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo Six years after the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, a new report by the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) reveals that Rs. 350.7 million
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From celebrity biohackers to Instagram influencers, the dream of slowing aging or even achieving immortality has never been trendier. But according to a new survey reported by MIT Technology Review, the booming
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It’s clear that among the chief drivers of Trumpism and populist movements more generally are the changes in gender relations that have taken place over the past 50 years. One of the
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Mark Bridges, former private solicitor to Queen Elizabeth II and one of Britain’s most eminent legal figures, helped manage the offshore assets of Rifaat al-Assad—an alleged Syrian war criminal—while also serving as
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Bangladesh has formally demanded an apology from Pakistan for the “atrocities” committed during the 1971 Liberation War. This issue, along with unresolved financial claims, was raised during the first Foreign Office Consultations
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by Luxman Aravind “Siri Dalada Wandanawa”, the special exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic, being held for the first time in 16 years, is scheduled to commence at the Temple of the
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A sweeping investigation by The Intercept has uncovered alarming details about a little-known data hub quietly amassing hundreds of millions of financial records — a trove increasingly used by Immigration and Customs
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