Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary under US President Donald Trump, attracted widespread attention during her first briefing after accidentally referring to the president as “my husband” when she intended
Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary under US President Donald Trump, attracted widespread attention during her first briefing after accidentally referring to the president as “my husband” when she intended
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Governor Greg Gianforte’s visit to Sri Lanka promises expanded trade, critical-mineral cooperation and stronger security ties. Yet Montana’s history of Indigenous massacres, starvation and dispossession offers a sobering reminder that progress and
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US President Donald Trump has appointed conservative commentator Katie Zacharia as the next White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt, who left the position in August, a senior presidential official has confirmed.
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The JVP’s journey from armed insurrection to democratic power raises a troubling question about political survival: can a movement built on resistance deliver meaningful change once it governs? This critique argues that
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India’s judiciary and Election Commission have survived decades of political conflict, public criticism and institutional pressure. But the campaign against the Chief Election Commissioner over the Special Intensive Revision raises a more
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Venezuela’s post-Maduro reality is defined by a stark imbalance of power. The Rodríguez government has avoided direct confrontation with Washington while negotiating access to its vast oil resources and seeking to stabilise
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A significant discrepancy has emerged between a population figure published by Sri Lanka’s Central Bank for the Northern Province and the latest official census data issued by the Department of Census and
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Years after Easter, the unanswered “mastermind” question has become far more than a demand for justice. It has become entangled with institutional authority, political influence and questions of financial transparency. As Cardinal
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The article examines the controversy surrounding the planting of a purported Sri Maha Bodhi sapling at Vadunnagala, an ancient Buddhist archaeological site in northern Sri Lanka, by politician Sarath Weerasekara. It links
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Sri Lanka may have spent years looking for a deep state in the wrong place. The more immediate concern is whether a disciplined political organisation is gradually extending its influence across state
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s appeal to the “real me” raises a deeper question about modern political persuasion: can sincerity be declared into existence? From Winnicott’s “false self” to impression management, attribution theory
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The Catholic Church has welcomed the Easter Sunday attacks verdict, but Jude Krishantha says the convictions do not end the search for wider responsibility. He has called for further investigations, including into
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Tamil political parties and politicians are seeking political advantage from Thileepan’s death. Last year, Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Minister Ramalingham Chandrasekaran was prevented from entering the Thileepan memorial in Nallur on
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Three powerful Latin American women — Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez, Nicaragua’s Rosario Murillo and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum — reveal a striking contrast in Western media portrayals of women on the political left. Rodríguez
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Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruling clearing the 22nd Amendment to proceed without a referendum has done more than settle a constitutional question. It has opened a deeper debate over the balance of
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