November 14 in History
1889 – Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the…
Trump used ‘kids in cages’ to blur responsibility for child separation
By Zolan Kanno Youngs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has never been known for making apologies or…
The 22-Year-Old Coordinating Protests in Belarus, From a Small Office in Poland
By Patrick Kingsley
WARSAW — Stepan Svetlov’s computer sits on a desk in Warsaw, nearly 300 miles from…
Alexei Navalny Hospitalized in Russia in Suspected Poisoning
By Yonette Joesph
LONDON - Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, was in intensive care and…
Top stories in the Tamil press
TNA's appeal for unity a drama to cover-up electoral setback - GG
Leader of the Tamil National People's Front…
President Rajapaksa gazettes 28 ministries, 40 state ministries
Ministers to be sworn in on Wednesday
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) invokes blessings of the Buddha before…
US hits five million COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins tally
WASHINGTON - The United States has registered over five million cases in the coronavirus pandemic, Johns Hopkins…
Lessons learnt and ignored from July 1983
Black July 1983. It was a dreadful month which witnessed the most brutal anti-Tamil pogrom Sri Lanka ever…
Missing out on the human factor
Sometime back when I was working in a newspaper in Colombo, I was tasked with overseeing the reportage of the Black…