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
This Fourth of July felt different. There were fireworks, grilling, and laughter. But beneath it all, a quiet dread — like we’re celebrating freedom and we’re no longer sure it will endure.
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Viewed through the Cold War prism, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s decision at its recent summit meeting at the Hague to boost the defence spending by member countries to 5 percent of
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During the JVP’s second insurgency, various foreign intelligence services took notice, and from early 1989, the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency began providing military advisory support to the Sri Lankan government to suppress
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Elon Musk, billionaire entrepreneur and former ally of President Donald Trump, announced the formation of a new political party on Saturday, marking a seismic shift in the American political landscape. The party,
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China’s President Xi Jinping may be laying the groundwork for a long-term succession plan, analysts say, following the release of new Communist Party regulations designed to streamline internal decision-making and increase delegation
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If the JVP had introduced an English class among their five classes… S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was known as the ‘Silver Bell of Asia’. He was a talented speaker at the Oxford Union in
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Singapore’s most powerful political dynasty has been torn apart by a bitter feud over a decaying colonial-era house once owned by the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew — the revered founder
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Windsor Castle is set to host the latest chapter in a century-old tale of cross-Channel diplomacy, as King Charles III welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron for a
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For the ruling National Peoples Power (NPP) group led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (AKD), the local government (LG) elections held during May 2025 was one of the coming-of-age tests at national
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made a politically charged visit to Argentina’s former leader Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on Thursday, embracing the embattled leftist icon at her Buenos Aires apartment
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