Editorial Donald Trump may have succeeded in making himself the centre of American politics, but Barack Obama has just demonstrated that he remains one of the few Democrats capable of challenging him on equal political and rhetorical terms. The former president’s return to the
Young people across Germany are preparing to take to the streets in
For the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
The leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured a historic victory
The student protests in Serbia, which began in the wake of the
Sri Lanka faces a renewed risk of the spread of African swine fever, with veterinary authorities warning that the highly contagious viral disease could cause severe losses among the country’s pig population.
A Sri Lankan excise officer has been sentenced to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for demanding and accepting a bribe from the wife of a French national in exchange for avoiding legal action against her husband, who had been arrested
A Buddhist monk has opposed a recommendation by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka to allow Muslim female health workers to wear religiously
A 46-year-old Indian engineer has been arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka after allegedly attempting to smuggle narcotics worth Rs 455.5 million
For the families, the publication of the findings has not brought an end to the consequences of the deaths. Zainab Salihu, whose son was among the 37 miners who died in custody, said the family had wanted only his safe return. “What we wanted
The Pentagon has privately urged several NATO allies to tone down their
Mandarin is becoming an increasingly popular subject among the children of world
Germany’s response to the July 2026 attack in Berlin illustrates a gap
Children form their understanding of society through the people around them: the person who greets them at the classroom door, the coach who notices when something’s wrong, the nurse who explains a scary procedure gently, the librarian who saves a book, the neighbor who
Yemen’s Houthi movement has denied launching a drone towards Saudi Arabia after the Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting and destroying an unmanned aircraft over the Mecca region on Friday. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree rejected the coalition’s account, describing it as false in a statement
Turkey’s opposition is betting that voters will reject what it describes as
An aid convoy began moving overnight towards the Russian-held town of Oleshky
Haiti has postponed its presidential and legislative elections until July 18, 2027,
Editorial Donald Trump may have succeeded in making himself the centre of American politics, but Barack Obama has just demonstrated that he remains one of the few Democrats capable of challenging him
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China’s technology stock rally has suffered a sharp reversal, with the mainland’s STAR50 index, dominated by artificial intelligence and semiconductor companies, falling 40% in less than four months and erasing about $480 billion in market value. The collapse has raised concerns about further losses,
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The release of You Can See Everything, a film documenting the final weeks before Elizabeth Holmes went to prison in 2023, has returned the disgraced entrepreneur and her failed blood-testing company, Theranos, to public attention. But while the film revisits
Scientists have mapped the human brain’s insular cortex, or insula, in unprecedented detail, identifying distinct regions associated with pain, internal bodily sensations and higher-order
The United States has recorded 4,410 confirmed measles cases in 2026, more than double the total reported throughout 2025 and the highest level of
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Pooneryn Terror Attack offers a compelling account of a pivotal battle in Sri Lanka’s civil war, exposing both the LTTE’s strategic planning and the vulnerabilities of the defending forces. Yet its commemorative
D.L. Hughley’s memoir challenges the comforting idea that success liberates us from our beginnings. Through fractured family relationships, racial disadvantage, fame, infidelity and the demands of fatherhood, he confronts the unsettling possibility
Greg Steinmetz’s The President and the Oligarch revisits the struggle between Andrew Mellon and the political forces challenging his economic vision, revealing how the language of prosperity and fiscal responsibility can conceal
