Two teenagers were killed in a shooting in the Chulavista neighbourhood of Cuernavaca on Saturday night, according to the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM), which said the victims were
The human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has not improved over the past decade and, in many cases, has worsened, according to a new report released Friday
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Dharman Wickremaratne’s latest book ‘Premakeerthi Ghathanaye Sulamula’ meticulously examines the killing of radio announcer, producer and lyricist Premakeerthi de Alwis in late July 1989, at the height of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led terror
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Meta is under renewed scrutiny after two former employees testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee that the company “buried, pruned, and manipulated” internal research warning that its virtual reality (VR) products were
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The United Nations has confirmed that over 105,000 items of evidence have been gathered as part of ongoing efforts to investigate and prosecute alleged human rights violations, war crimes, and abuses committed
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has warned that messaging apps such as Telegram and WhatsApp are “absolutely transparent” to intelligence agencies and security services, urging users to be cautious when sharing sensitive information.
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The election of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in September 2024, and the landslide parliamentary victory of his National People’s Power (NPP) alliance two months later, ignited hope throughout Sri Lanka. Elected on a mandate
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The monsoon session of the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha ended abruptly in chaos on August 20, after just two days, as the Assembly witnessed raucous protests and unprecedented disorder. According to Frontline India,
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In democratic countries all over the world, an impression is steadily gaining ground that politicians are the same everywhere. While politicians are supposed to frame their policies and programmes based on the
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I traveled this weekend to see the opening of a new play about Hannah Arendt at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library. The play is set in Berlin
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‘The President says that if he loses, he will accept defeat, go home and sleep. Should he be allowed to sleep? No. What he needs is not a vote but a punch
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The stage is set for a devastating attack on Sri Lanka at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), in Geneva, on 08 September. The 47-member HRC, dominated by Western
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Scientists have taken a major step forward in the search for a lasting treatment for type 1 diabetes, offering new hope to millions who currently rely on daily insulin injections. In a
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A comprehensive analysis involving over 56 million people has found that long-term exposure to fine air pollutants significantly increases the risk of developing Lewy body dementia — the third most common form
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor It began like a grotesque parody of cinema: the sudden rupture of joy by carnage. “That was all of a sudden — started like a horror movie,”
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A lone Chinese dissident has captured international attention after staging a carefully planned protest against President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party, drawing direct inspiration from George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984.
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