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
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Less than 24 hours. Yes, just under a single revolution of this beleaguered planet, and our beloved Minister of Public Security—a paragon of wisdom who, by some
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There are days when the dusk of events settles heavily on me, and I try to find a way to retreat into a quiet corner and throw myself into the world of
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The stranglehold of bureaucratic inefficiency in Sri Lanka has evolved from a mere administrative hurdle into an outright betrayal of national development. The government’s failure—or perhaps reluctance—to confront this deep-rooted administrative rot
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Rekha Gupta, a former student leader and municipal councillor, has been named the new Chief Minister of Delhi, marking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) return to power in the capital after 27
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The hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is at the center of Germany’s biggest party finance scandal in decades, facing a potential €7 million fine for allegedly disguising a €2.4 million campaign
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More than 60 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, James Files, a former Chicago mob hitman, continues to claim that he was the one who fired the fatal shot.
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Pakistan has announced plans to expel all Afghan refugees from its territory, regardless of whether they hold legal residence permits. The decision, communicated to the Afghan embassy, means that only Afghans with
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John G. Trump, the influential scientist and engineer, has often been overshadowed by the larger-than-life presence of his nephew, Donald J. Trump, who, following a controversial and turbulent first term, has now
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Oh, what an exquisite irony unfolds before us! In the grand theatre of Sri Lankan democracy, where elected representatives are presumably the protagonists, a new figure has
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This year’s Munich Security Conference attracted as much attention as it did 18 years ago. Back then, it was Vladimir Putin who caused an uproar; this time, it was US Vice President
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