Is Tamil Politics Sumanthiran-Centric?
By N. Sathiya Moorthy
Canada is among the nations where the Tamil Diaspora has a strong and vocal presence. On the…
Sri Lanka bows to Chinese pressure again
By Sudha Ramachandran
A Sino-Sri Lankan spat over fertilizer has ended in China’s favour. Sri Lanka has reportedly…
The next three years
By Tisaranee Gunasekara
In Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods, a god gets turned into a tortoise. Omnia is great god…
A couple’s dream of reuniting in England dashed in a channel disaster
By Jane Arraf
SORAN, Iraq — Maryam Nuri had never been on a plane before she boarded a flight from Iraq in early…
Paediatricians say Covid cases in children are on the rise
By Alyssa Lukpat
NEW YORK - Coronavirus cases in children in the United States have risen 32% from about two weeks…
Victims at Christmas parade were young musicians and dancing grannies
By Shawn Hubler and Giulia Heyward
WAUKESHA - They were grandmothers and grandchildren, high school band members…
US-China summit produces little more than polite words, but they help
By Steven Lee Myers and David E. Sanger
The virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and China’s leader, Xi…
Mass detentions of civilians fan ‘climate of fear’ in Ethiopia
By Abdi Latif Dahir
NAIROBI — The family was startled awake by a loud bang in the middle of the night on the gate…
They warned their names were on a hit list, they were killed
By Hannah Beech
At night in the refugee camps, with only a thin tarpaulin wall as protection, Mohammed waits for…
Trump to sell marquee Washington hotel for at least $375 million
By Ben Protess and Eric Lipton
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s family business has an agreement to sell its marquee…