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
As artificial intelligence spreads into children’s toys, experts are warning that the latest generation of connected plushies and smart gadgets could come at a high cognitive, emotional and privacy cost. During the
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In the early hours of December 21, 2025, the KwaNoxolo tavern in Bekkersdal township, about 40 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, was the scene of a deadly mass shooting that left
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The December 14 mass shooting in Sydney, Australia, aimed at the Jewish community during Hanukkah celebrations on Bondi Beach, stunned the world. Fifteen people were killed, including a 10-year-old child. Instead of tackling antisemitism
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Bangladesh now finds itself trapped in an unforgiving crossfire, ensnared by the American deep state’s geopolitical and economic machinations. What was once a nation steadily forging its path as a sovereign, democratic
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India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka next week, reinforcing Delhi’s commitment to aid and reconstruction following Cyclone Ditwah, which struck the island on November 27, 2025.
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The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released thousands of heavily redacted documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a disclosure that made scant reference to President Donald
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Over the past two years, few technologies have provoked as much economic speculation as generative artificial intelligence. Its rapid diffusion into workplaces, from software development and finance to education and professional services,
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Repressive government actions that restrict citizen behaviour undermine political legitimacy and fuel anti-government sentiment, as history has repeatedly demonstrated, the Soviet Union being a case in point. Rather than quelling dissent, repression
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The international security environment entering 2026 is marked by an intensity, breadth, and complexity of conflict risks unseen since the end of the Second World War. According to the Center for Preventive
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Police and paramilitary forces were deployed across Dhaka and several other cities on Friday following violent overnight protests triggered by the death of a prominent youth leader, raising concerns of further unrest
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Across the world today, youth energy is being squandered — not for lack of ideals, but for lack of direction. Instead of confronting entrenched injustice, too many young voices are being recruited
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In mid-November 2025, at a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) conference in Saudi Arabia, Basher Abdullah, an adviser to Sudan’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, said, ‘First, we need to end the
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The UK government on Thursday imposed sanctions on three smaller Russian oil producers—Tatneft PJSC, Russneft PJSC and NNK PJSC—as Western nations continue efforts to limit Russia’s energy revenues while a US-brokered peace
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Upon its release in December 2025, Dhurandhar was readily accepted as another commercial success in the profitable Bollywood spy genre, and box office collections saw its revenue soaring well past 350 crores
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Serbia’s public prosecutor on Monday filed an indictment against the country’s culture minister over his alleged role in stripping protected status from a historically significant site, a decision that cleared the way
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