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John Scales Avery
Our Suicidal War Against Nature
What is the optimum population of the world? It is certainly not the maximum number that can be squeezed onto the globe by eradicating every species of plant and animal that cannot be eaten. by Joh…
Victor Cherubim
How both the EU and the Brits lost after Brexit?
Both the European Union and Britain are congratulating each other on each of their diplomacy in the negotiations, which led to a Deal signed and sealed within days, after years of negotiation on both…
Robert J. Burrowes
Destroying the Web of Life: The Destruction of Earth’s Biodiversity is Accelerating
Destruction of biodiversity remains one of the four primary paths to human extinction by Robert J. Burrowes In August 2010, the secretary-general of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Ah…
Human Rights
Sri Lanka: Reversing Reconciliation
While threats from a small number of surviving LTTE sympathisers, and from presently dormant Islamist radical formations, remain a challenge, the policy reversals on several issues by the present Gov…
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Sri Lanka’s economy hemmed in by COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions
Dealing with Sri Lanka’s foreign debt settlements remains the most critical priority for now. Despite sovereign credit rating downgrades, the government remains confident of meeting all repayments wi…
History
Lumumba’s assassination: 60 years on
The episode remains a bleak reminder of how the West continued to have a brutal role in the Global South, even after its former colonies gained independence. And this kind of self-interested meddling…
World View
Trump divided the United States
What will America do after Trump? The first task of the new President will be to clear the mess Mr Trump will leave behind. At the moment, he has brazenly not given up. by K Natwar Singh Today, Wash…
Human Rights
Contempt of Court Vs Freedom of Expression
In Sri Lanka it was rumoured that one Chief justice has publicly admitted that he abused the power to pass a judgment of not guilty to a would-be President. A Prime Minister is said to have publicly …
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