Sri Lanka’s post-1978 political history offers a curious pattern: constitutional amendments designed to strengthen those in power have often produced consequences that later weakened or destroyed them. From the Second Amendment and
Editorial Sri Lanka now presents a deeply unsettling spectacle, not as a nation merely grappling with fiscal fragility or administrative disorder, but as an island where corrosive indulgence is being repackaged as
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Right at the beginning of his book, ‘The Killing Fields of Inequality’ Göran Therborn says ‘Inequality is a violation of human dignity; it is a denial of the possibility for everybody’s human
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The conflict ignited by US-Israel strikes on Iran has already devastated 67,414 civilian sites, with hostilities spreading across the Middle East and disproportionately affecting ordinary people, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk
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Under the updated reproductive health directives, Russian doctors are instructed to ask women how many children they plan to have. Those who indicate they do not intend to give birth are now
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Faced with a record 13 million graduates entering an uncertain job market, Chinese schools are offering vocational degrees in grilling, crayfish, and noodles to prepare students for employment in the booming culinary
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Tehran’s effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has left tens of thousands of mariners stranded on ships carrying millions of barrels of oil, navigating a war zone where drones, missiles, and
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Recent observations by Michel Yakovleff have drawn attention not merely for their tone, but for what they expose about a profound tension within the international security community: the hazards of engaging in
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On March 16, the Taliban Government of Afghanistan accused the Pakistani military of conducting an airstrike that killed more than 400 people and injured 250 [the UN later revises the death toll
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As Iran began striking its Arab neighbors in the Gulf in retaliation for the United States and Israel’s offensive against the Islamic Republic on February 28, images and videos of the attacks
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I have been closely following the escalating conflict along the Pak-Afghan border, and the latest developments around the March 16, 2026 Pakistani airstrike in Kabul has left me deeply troubled, but also
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Recently I heard a presentation by an engineer from OpenAI about the incredible transformations that will occur once we get to artificial general intelligence (AGI), or even superintelligence. He said that this
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In 2004, Smartmatic reached a turning point. The company had just successfully administered a referendum for Hugo Chávez — a move that demonstrated its willingness to operate in the interests of the
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“Something has gone terribly wrong… We are the victim of a system.” Ronny (formerly Aharon Leshno-Yaar), a former Israeli diplomat, doesn’t ease into his critique of the United Nations. After nearly four
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) has long been associated with older men, yet a growing number of younger men are experiencing the condition, often triggered by performance anxiety rather than biological factors. As reported
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A short SMS traveled halfway across the world, reaching the phone of a brother desperate for news from his sister trapped in a war zone. The message was simple, yet heartbreaking: “My
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