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.
Al Jazeera’s Head-to-Head presenter Mehdi Hasan and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in an interview recorded in February but released last week, dealt with the conclusion of the war against the Liberation Tigers of
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The moral decay of our nation has once again been laid bare with the abhorrent violation of a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital. A monstrous act of violence has triggered
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NDB Bank marked International Women’s Day by hosting the Araliya Medical Camp, a special event that brought together around 200 Araliya Women’s Account holders at the Bank’s premises on 8 March. This
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Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Alcoholic Beverages In a groundbreaking report released earlier this year, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned about the strong link between alcohol consumption and
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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for alleged crimes against humanity linked to his controversial war on drugs. Duterte was taken into custody
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Concerns over the presence of microplastics in human tissues are growing as studies increasingly report plastic particles in blood, lungs, and even the brain. However, experts caution that more rigorous scientific methods
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Christian Nationalists who form the bedrock of support for Donald Trump — 80 percent voted for Trump in the last election according to a voter survey by the Associated Press — have mounted a
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Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, has fled to Hong Kong amid growing speculation that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is preparing to issue an arrest warrant against him over
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A new whistleblower complaint has accused Meta, formerly known as Facebook, of going to extreme lengths—including the development of a censorship system—to gain access to China’s lucrative market. According to the complaint,
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Israel is developing a ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence tool that weaponizes mass surveillance against Palestinians, marking a dangerous escalation in the use of AI for military and intelligence operations. According to an in-depth
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