Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera The Wheat Flour Massacre sprayed blood on flour sacks, on February 29. A Leap Day for a Leap Year, 2024. But 112 dead Palestinians are no longer leaping for flour. They are lying on the street shot by tank operators, snipers, infantry. The UN Secretary General deplores the killing, calls again for a ceasefire and ...
Photo courtesy of X The Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) MRP provisional estimates of presidential election voting intent in January 2024 show NPP/JVP leader A.K. Dissanayake with the support of 50% of all adults (-1 since previous month) followed by the SJB leader Sajith Premadasa on 36% (+2) and both President Ranil Wickremesinghe and ...
Meeting the Devil's wife, God is a concept that delves into the realms of theology, mythology, and literary imagination rather than something rooted in traditional religious doctrine. As such, any analysis of such an event would largely depend on the context in which it is presented, whether in a religious text, a work of fiction, or philosophical discourse.Here are a ...
Photo courtesy of LBO The latest estimates from Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) revised SLOTS MRP model show no substantial change in general election voting intentions in January 2024 compared to the previous month. NPP/JVP continues to maintain a lead with 40% of adult voters (-1 since previous month). The SJB leads the rest at 30% (+2), the SLPP at ...
Today, let’s delve into a topic that’s vital for businesses in our digital era: cyber risk quantification. Sounds fancy, right? But fear not! Understanding Cyber...
Photo courtesy of Hiru News In IHP SLOTS polling in January 2024, all major party leaders continued to have negative favourability ratings. The net favourability rating of NPP/JVP leader A.K. Dissanayake increased 12 points to -10 while favourability of SJB leader Sajith Premadasa and President Ranil Wickremesinghe decreased by 9 points to -53 and -77 respectively. Favourability estimates for each ...
Photo courtesy of Nikkei Asia Economists tell us that Sri Lanka’s economy has stabilised but what does this mean if so many are struggling? To economists stability means that the imbalances in the economy have been resolved. The symptoms of the imbalances appear as rising prices, shortages of foreign exchange and goods. These have indeed disappeared but what does it ...
Photo courtesy of Tamil Guardian High atop Vedukkunaari Hill in the Vavuniya district, an ancient temple stands at the precipice of a religious and legal storm. Revered by the local Tamil community as the Vedukkunaari Aathi Lingeswarar Temple for over 3,000 years, it now finds itself embroiled in a complex dispute with the Department of Archaeology, which claims the site ...
Photo courtesy of Army “…it is not the elimination of racialism or nationalism that we want in this world today; it is the harmonisation of nationalism and racialism for future progress.” Speech during the debate of The Citizenship Act The news barely made the news. Defence secretary (retired) General Kamal Gunaratne and Army Commander General Vikum Liyanage were ordered by ...
Photo by Ama Koralage In 1971, a group of activists set sail from Canada in an old fishing boat to protest against the underground nuclear testing by the US military at Amchitka, an island off Alaska. Although they were eventually stopped, the activists went on to form an organisation called Greenpeace to promote individual, non-violent action to create change. Throughout ...
‘Israel’s’ six-front war is just one theatre in the American multiplex of horror. America is fighting multiple wars, and constantly trying to start new ones. I know they’re only called ‘World Wars’ when white people are fighting each other, but I don’t know what else to call this. America is at war across the whole world and losing on all ...
Screenshot The ICODR Podcast, from the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (icodr.org), covers the rapidly growing field of online dispute resolution. Hosted by Ian Macduff, the podcast interviews ODR experts from around the world to discuss the latest developments in the field, with an eye to ethics, culture, security, and impartiality. I joined the wonderful Ian Macduff for a ...
Photo courtesy of Bloomberg US President Joe Biden ordered more than 85 targets at seven facilities, four in Syria and three in Iraq, which were suspected to be habitats of Iranian backed militias to be bombed, killing at least 16 civilians in Iraq and 29 military personnel in Syria in response to the killing of three US service members. It ...
A perfect cube of resistance'Israel' is fighting on at least six fronts. They're basically stuck in a perfect cube of fucked. To the north, against Hezbollah. To the east, against Iraq, Syria, and Iran. Then to the south, against Yemen. Within Palestine, the Resistance is literally underground, and the malevolent presence of Iran is all around. And this is just ...
Photo courtesy of WSWS At major political failures, specifically when unpredicted crises break through, governments often use confusion as an instrument to make major political and economic changes. Leaders take advantage of chaotic times to subtly introduce economic policies that favor businesses such as privatization and deregulation. It’s like a playbook for leaders to follow when facing tough situations. The ...
In today’s fast-paced world, ensuring the security of your business is paramount. From safeguarding assets to protecting employees and customers, implementing robust security measures is...
I don’t want to post pictures of Gazans starving. This is a handmade tatreez from Resistance News Network. You can read what each bit means.We are witnessing the planned and brutally executed starvation of two million souls. I struggle to engage with this fact directly, I find it viscerally difficult. As Chris Hedges writes in excruciating detail, ‘Israel’ is starving and ...
Photos courtesy Prof. Sampath Seneviratne Mannar is one of the oldest cities in Sri Lanka dating back to the maritime Silk Road and the trade routes between India and Sri Lanka. It also has some of the most important wintering wetlands for migratory birds. Sri Lanka is a signatory nation for the United Nations Convention of Migratory Species. Hence, we ...
Tyranny by teletype (touring a modern-day cargo ship)An empire can be feared or loved, but they cannot be ignored. The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference. This is no different for empires as for men on Earth. For decades America has used sanctions and the fear of sanctions to rule the world. To get natural resources and labor, and ...
