Harvard Business School and Imperial College London are using artificial intelligence to create digital replicas of professors who can interact with students beyond the limits of conventional teaching. The technology allows learners
New York – I was kicked out of New York’s prestigious Collegiate private school many moons ago for ‘revolutionary and disruptive activities.’ Thank goodness my wise parents sent me to the International School of
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Students at more than 40 universities and colleges in the United States and around the world have lit a fire under the Palestine solidarity movement by setting up encampments on their campuses. They are
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Exclusive by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo, has reportedly sent a written request to the Vatican for an extension of his service until justice for the
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Transcending geographical borders, an Indian donor’s heart has now given a new life to a teenager who hails from Pakistan. The heart transplant, which was held in a Chennai hospital, proved to
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On December 3, 2019, the Pacific island state of Vanuatu made an audacious proposal: Make ecocide—the destruction of nature—an international crime. “An amendment of the Rome Statute could criminalize acts that amount to
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Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in enormous numbers to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of the Estado Novo
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Did Adolf Hitler Have a Blueprint for the Extermination of Jews in the Potsdam Conference? Is it because Harry Truman not only recognized Israel as an independent country and as such gave
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Five hundred representatives from movements, unions, and parties hailing from countries across the world gathered in Caracas, Venezuela, for the World Gathering for a Social Alternative. The meeting, organized by the Simón
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“When the battle broke out, our public diplomacy began to speak of our imaginary victories, to put the Arab public to sleep and talk of the ability to overcome and win easily
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I remember the first time I observed my daughter pointing. We were at a neighborhood playgroup, a daily gathering of toddlers and their parents, and 12-month-old Tessa pointed at a painting of
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Editorial Sri Lanka has unfortunately become a platform where anyone and everyone feels entitled to air their grievances and baseless accusations, resembling a chaotic Hyde Park of sorts. The recent involvement of
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Israeli bombs continue to fall on Gaza, killing Palestinian civilians with abandon. Al Jazeera published a story about the destruction of 24 hospitals in Gaza, each of them bombed mercilessly by the Israeli military.
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Three decades ago, during the nascent stages of the Internet, mobile phone addiction was unheard of, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) remained a concept confined to the realm of science fiction. To say
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After a decade of struggling with infertility and undergoing IVF procedures, 27-year-old Alaa gave birth to her first son, Kareem—an “energetic and brilliant child” with a “sweet” soul who “filled the house
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Cuba is going hungry. The costs of food and other basic necessities are skyrocketing. Rolling blackouts periodically plunge the island into darkness. Parents struggle to find milk for their children. For the first time in history, the
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