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.
by Our Political Affairs Editor The monstrous spectacle that has recently unfolded in Sri Lanka’s tuition culture is not merely an aberration of individual pathology but a reflection of the perverted dynamics
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March is the month of International Working Women’s Day, a day deeply rooted in the socialist movement. Most of the world now only calls 8 March ‘International Women’s Day’, excluding the word ‘working’ from
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India has repatriated 549 citizens who were lured into scam centers along the Myanmar-Thailand border under the false promise of high-paying IT jobs, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday. The
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Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has come under fire for spending $11.2 billion on gender equality and female empowerment programs abroad while Canada grapples with a deepening budget deficit, according to
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A high-budget Saudi television production portraying the life of an early Islamic ruler has ignited controversy across the Middle East, with Iraq and Iran banning the show and some clerics denouncing it
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The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Myanmar’s escalating food security crisis, with an estimated one-third of the population facing acute hunger. UN human rights experts described the situation as “unprecedented,”
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In 1989, one-third of the inhabitants of Porto Alegre, Brazil, lived in impoverished regions on the fringes of the city, cut off from sanitation, clean water, medical facilities, and other essential resources. In response, the Brazilian
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A senior official at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ordered the destruction of classified records and personnel files on Monday night, according to an internal email reported by The Guardian
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On 27 January 2025, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians left their temporary shelters in southern Gaza and marched en masse to the north. They crossed various towns along the way, one long
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The Dalai Lama has stated in his new book that his successor will be born outside China, marking the first time he has explicitly confirmed that his reincarnation will take place in
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