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
Editorial “Are we investigating the truth or manufacturing it?” That question should hang over the Criminal Investigation Department as it jets across continents to scrutinise a former president over a paltry Rs.
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The world has, for the most part, welcomed the trade truce between the US and China. Exporters, in particular, are hoping for a period of quiet that would allow them to adjust
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Vote counting has begun in Bihar, India’s poorest yet politically pivotal state, in an election seen as a barometer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity after a year marked by economic and
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On the eve of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to London, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned Labour lawmakers to an emergency meeting in an effort to shore up his authority amid
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In a small corner of the third page of the Divaina newspaper in 1992, a photograph appeared that went largely unnoticed. The headline read, “Chandrika on a Tour to India.” The accompanying
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A historic and palpable socio-economic transformation is taking shape in the resplendent island of Sri Lanka. People are becoming increasingly content with the changes unfolding around them. Governmental discipline appears to be
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Sri Lanka’s President and Finance Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake unveiled the 2026 national budget on Friday, outlining reforms to strengthen economic resilience and uphold the country’s $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout.
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Editorial Dick Cheney has died at 84, and with his passing, the world loses not a gentle statesman, nor a public servant, but a man who wielded power with a ruthlessness that
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has placed artificial intelligence at the center of his administration’s economic vision, pledging to transform industries, public services, and national defense through aggressive AI investment and
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Singapore has announced plans to preserve the home of its founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, as a national monument, marking a significant turn in the long-running dispute among his children. Acting
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