Greta Thunberg mobbed at UN climate talks
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was mobbed by press and delegates as she made her first visit to UN climate…
Author: Faraz Shauketaly
Angela Merkel visits Auschwitz for first time
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been visiting the Auschwitz Nazi death camp, in her first trip to the site while…
Why Indians are celebrating the killings
The killings of four men accused of gang-raping and murdering a young woman last week in Hyderabad have been largely…
Samoa arrests vaccination critic amid deadly measles crisis
Samoa has arrested an anti-vaccination campaigner as the country continues to battle a deadly measles outbreak. Edwin Tamasese was charged…
Unable to see the wood for the trees
Sri Lanka is wallowing in the luxury of positive sentiment. Time and time again the public sentiment is one of…
Tourism, the Northern Province Game Changer
By Jekhan Aruliah Tourism is the single most game-changing opportunity for the North. Game changing because for those visitors with…
A brief history of Prorogation
History is full of instances of military victories being followed by the ascent of top generals or the gownsmen involved…
Our Children’s Future
By John Scales Avery Loving care for our children We give our children loving care, but it makes no sense…
Our Vanishing World: Wildlife
By Robert J. Burrowes Throughout its history, Earth has experienced five mass extinction events. See, for example, ‘Timeline Of Mass Extinction…
Dilemmas Of Sri Lanka
Whatever may be the history of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the way he thinks, he has to function as the President…