Ursula Kemp was a strong-willed woman. That may have been one reason she eventually ended up on the gallows. A midwife and healer in the small English village of St Osyth, Kemp
The National People’s Power (NPP) government is under intense public scrutiny. The recent appointment of retired Commodore M.B.N.A. Premarathne as new Commissioner General of Exercise drew heavy public condemnation as the media
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As the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) prepares to convene its hearing on “Pakistan: Ongoing Political Repression” on July 15, 2025, much attention has turned to Syed Zulfi Bukhari’s testimony. Bukhari,
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There seems to be no end in sight to headline-grabbing controversies at the White House, during US President Donald Trump’s second term’. They range from Trump’s snide remarks about visiting dignitaries to
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In what could mark the beginning of a royal thaw, senior aides representing King Charles III and Prince Harry have held discreet talks in London — a significant move suggesting that reconciliation
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Patriarchy is alive and well throughout the world. But the English-language media flatters itself by one-sidedly portraying machismo as a particularly Latin American malady, all the while overlooking significant feminist gains made
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by Mohamed Ayub So long as the National People’s Power (NPP) was not in power, its leaders claimed moral high ground over other major political parties, especially those that have ruled the
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The US Department of State is preparing to lay off hundreds of US-based employees in the coming days, following a Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration’s plan for widespread federal job
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In 1957, Mao Zedong oversaw the publication of Socialist Upsurge in China’s Countryside, a three-volume collection of articles compiled by the Communist Party of China for the political education of the peasantry. The
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Editor’s Note: As Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad marks his 100th birthday, we take a moment to reflect on the wisdom of a statesman whose legacy spans generations. In this exclusive interview, Malaysia’s
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Editorial Have you wasted your precious time listening to these social media dudes and dudettes? Those glorified keyboard crusaders, camouflaged in filtered virtue, wielding microphones and ring lights as if they were
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