Mahanama, a Buddhist monk, the younger son of King Dhathusena, observing two groups of people in the 5th century A.D. – Hindus, speaking Tamil and the converts (Buddhists) speaking the new language ...

Boris Yeltsin and his “free market reformers” were part of one of the most hidden and most criminal looting operations in CIA history. It was the rape of Russia by a corrupted circle of treasonous ...

Each airline has a slogan. Some of these are quite uplifting: “ a great way to fly; a symbol of freedom; a tradition of warmth; above all, we care! bringing nations together; catch the spirit.” When I ...

Whatever the consequences, serious candidates will have to deal with the issue at hand, pragmatically. Fifteen years after the conclusion of the war, the 13th Amendment, that had been forced on Sri ...

The best outcome possible from the Cairo talks is an end to the current genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza. The negotiations to end the war took on an extra urgency as Israel bombed the ...

According to Kenya’s Ministry of Health, by September 2022, at least 54 percent of women in the country had access to contraceptives, and the use of modern methods of family planning had increased ...

As per the Central Bank’s available statistics, the total population of Sri Lanka is 22.2 million (2023). Out of which approximately 16.8 million (2023 – Election Commission Data) are registered ...

Russia is a significant nuclear power with all kinds of powerful weapons at its disposal. Playing the “Putin” game also exacerbates the tension that exists between NATO and Russia, and generates talk ...

The Syrian conflict has never been merely about territory—it is a profound struggle for the very identity of a nation, and a theatre for the ambitions of global powers. Assad’s survival or demise will ...

We often hear in the public debate of the need to invigorate the production economy in order to drive economic growth. Most often proponents of the production economy refer to a need for ...

To escape the shackles of dollarization, Global South countries have a perilous path to walk. The major problems, as described by political economists Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai, are as follows: ...

Thanks to the European Parliament's publication of a report on the interception of private and commercial communications by American intelligence agencies, many American espionage cases have been ...