German man takes Covid distancing rules to extreme with pepper spray
DUSSELDORF - A 71-year-old man took coronavirus distancing rules into his own hands by pepper-spraying passers-by,…
Sri Lanka’s ‘The Other Half’ at Isfahan children’s film festival
COLOMBO/TEHRAN – ‘The Other Half’ (Vishama Bhaga), a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Lalith…
Righting the historical wrong
By P. K. Balachandran
COLOMBO - On Tuesday (13), Reuters reported from Amsterdam that a beautiful ornate cannon,…
The perfect phrase for this relentless year
By Sasha Von Oldershausen
When Joe Biden dropped the Arabic phrase ‘Inshallah' in the first presidential debate…
Berlin museum returns mummified Maori heads to New Zealand
BERLIN - Berlin's ethnological museum has returned two mummified Maori heads to New Zealand, marking the occasion…
Sri Lanka was once a haven of religious and ethnic harmony
By P. K. Balachandran
Like many other post-colonial States, modern Sri Lanka is a divided country where ethnic…
Films from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan to be screened at IVIF…
NEW DELHI - The second edition of South Asia's first Borderless Digital Film Festival, Indus Valley International…
Egypt discovers 14 ancient sarcophagi at Saqqara
CAIRO -Egypt's antiquities ministry announced Sunday (20) the discovery of 14 sarcophagi in the Saqqara necropolis…
Poo wine and testicle beer: Disgusting Food Museum turns to booze
STOCKHOLM - What might be revolting to you is delicious to others. That's what Sweden's Disgusting Food Museum has…
Mammoth graveyard unearthed at Mexico’s new airport
By Yussel Gonzalez
ZUMPANGO - Archaeologists in hard hats and face masks carefully remove earth from around…