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A STELLAR line-up of global truth tellers will tomorrow (Wednesday, May 10) discuss the future of journalism at a conference in London being held in…

By Shamindra Ferdinando Eric Walsh presented his credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Feb. 02, at the President’s House in Kandy. Wickremesinghe was flanked by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, and Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake. Canada, with the concurrence of Sri Lanka, appointed Walsh as High Commissioner of Canada to Colombo. Walsh, who had served […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando President’s Counsel Manohara de Silva recently questioned the failure on the part of the cash-strapped Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to provide electricity, without interruption, at least during the GCE Advanced Level examination. The outspoken lawyer raised the issue with the writer, on January 23, the day the delayed examination began at 2,200 […]

This week, Xi Jinping is in Great Britain for a state visit, his first since assuming leadership of China nearly three years ago. Britain’s government under David Cameron has signaled—increasingly loudly in recent months—that it hopes to usher in a “golden age” of British-Chinese relations, one which will see China become Britain’s second-largest trading partner and one in

A right-wing victory is imminent in the Italian elections, and "democratic forces" are helped by a foundation that considers Hungary a "battleground state".

A foundation lead by prominent critics of the Hungarian government helped the Hungarian opposition’s electoral campaign with significant funds from the US.

Up to 181 million people, mostly in third-world countries, might experience hunger or outright famine this year.

By Barrie Cunning

On March 10 the Fourteenth Dalai Lama made front-page news throughout the world by saying,As early as the 1960s, I have repeatedly stressed that Tibetans need a leader, elected freely by the Tibetan people, to whom I can devolve power. Now, we have clearly reached the time to put this into effect.

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