Revealed: Leak uncovers global abuse of…
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Paul Lewis, David Pegg and Sam Cutler
LONDON - Human rights activists, journalists and…
The pandemic has a new epicentre: Indonesia
By Fira Abdurachman, Richard C. Paddock and Muktita Suhartono
BEKASI, Indonesia — By the thousands, they sleep in…
Tallying the toll on marine life from the X-Press Pearl…
By Ranil P. Nanayakkara
The Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka has faced many maritime disasters over the years, but…
A cruel government supports torture by opposing…
By Basil Fernando
An amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure allowing the Magistrates to visit places of…
How swarms of fireflies sync their flashes
By Sabrina Imbler
Swarms of synchronous fireflies are rather like melting ice, or at least that’s how Raphael…
Dugong deaths in Sri Lanka lend urgency to calls for…
By Malaka Rodrigo
PUTTALAM — Samith Fernando runs a tour boat service in the Puttalam Lagoon, a scenic spot about…
Harnessing Sri Lanka’s #MeToo moment into a movement
By Shruthi De Visser
A few weeks ago Sri Lanka’s own #MeToo movement came out in strong condemnation of…
Haiti’s power vacuum escalates kingmakers’ battle for…
By Natalie Kitroeff and Catherine Porter
PORT-AU-PRINCE - The assassination of Haiti’s president has thrown the…
Sri Lanka banks on the ocean to chart a green path…
By Dennis Mombauer
COLOMBO — Authorities in Sri Lanka have called for a renewed focus on conserving the island’s…
A coronavirus epidemic hit 20,000 years ago, new study…
By Carl Zimmer
Researchers have found evidence that a coronavirus epidemic swept East Asia some 20,000 years ago…