A teenager who told ChatGPT he wanted to shoot his classmates had mapped his school, identified vulnerable areas and drawn up a list of people he wanted to kill. His conversations were
A teenager who told ChatGPT he wanted to shoot his classmates had mapped his school, identified vulnerable areas and drawn up a list of people he wanted to kill. His conversations were
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Editorial Lal Wijenayake’s death removes a voice from the National People’s Power and Sri Lanka’s public life. His significance lies not in the offices he held, but in his refusal to let
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Canadian parliamentarians have called for international accountability over the discovery of mass graves in Chemmani, northern Sri Lanka, urging Canada to support independent oversight of investigations and pursue further legal measures against
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France will deploy 70,000 police officers on Saturday as authorities prepare for another round of nationwide demonstrations, with the interior minister warning of a very high risk of unrest following riots and
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A special three-judge High Court in Colombo has sentenced a 63-year-old defendant, known as Gafur Mama and Abu Hadeep, to 60 years of rigorous imprisonment for collecting explosives and a T-56 assault
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Sri Lanka’s proposed new anti-terrorism law could jeopardise its eligibility for the European Union’s GSP+ trade concessions, the Joint Apparel Association Forum has warned, arguing that the legislation could become a major
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From threatened colonial institutions and mass police deployment in New Delhi to student protests against alleged electoral disenfranchisement, India’s democratic contradictions are becoming increasingly visible. As constitutional rights collide with excessive state
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Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has ordered Senator Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender his passports within 24 hours and prohibited him from leaving the country, as two investigations examine alleged financial irregularities involving people
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Sri Lanka’s senior Buddhist prelates deserve credit for ending the ten-day protest without overturning a court ruling. Yet the episode reveals how religious authority can be exploited for political ends, how vengeance
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Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged his imprisoned son, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, to place his trust exclusively in the judiciary and refrain from political retaliation, recalling his own experience of
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Sri Lanka’s recovery under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake presents a fundamental test of working-class liberalism: whether economic discipline can be reconciled with social justice, decent employment and democratic accountability. The government has
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Ricky Handschumacher’s mother did not know her son was a hacker until the police came looking for him. She had worked as a nurse inside a Florida jail, where officers began asking
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From ancient kings who disciplined errant monks to modern political battles over Gnanasara Thera, Sri Lanka’s history raises an uncomfortable question: should the saffron robe shield its wearer from accountability? The controversy
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Sri Lanka’s long history of controversial presidential pardons exposes how executive power can undermine judicial independence, erode public trust and privilege political allies over justice. From the pardons granted to Ven. Galagodaaththe
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Eight US states have filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot is an unsafe product that has harmed children and deceived parents, adding to mounting legal and regulatory scrutiny
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