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Donald Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial has begun with half of a group of potential jurors ruled out within minutes on impartiality grounds. Mr Trump denies falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Sixty of 96 potential jurors were quick to say in the New York court that they could […]
- Biden and Trump set for election rematch after securing party nominations (Category: Breaking News)
- Iceland violent volcanic flare-up triggers state of emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel military intelligence chief quits over 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting (Category: Breaking News)
Iran’s mission to the United Nations has suggested that any Iranian military response to a deadly Israeli air raid on the Iranian consulate in Damascus could have been averted if the UN Security Council had denounced Israel’s attack. The Iranian statement on Thursday comes amid a growing number of media reports that an Iranian attack […]
- Iran launches air attack on Israel, with drones ‘hours’ away (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli launches missile attack on Iran  media reports (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel cripples Syria’s two main airports in strikes: Syrian state media (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran warns Israel, US of ‘severe response’ in case of retaliation (Category: Breaking News)
There is always a method to Chinese madness and this applies to its “Xiaokang Villages” also. Construction of these villages began across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) just over a decade ago, China has today began populating them. The delay in getting residents for these villages is probably because of the reluctance of Tibetans […]
- China’s approach to develop border areas centred on coercion and encroachment (Category: Breaking News)
- Pentagon report claims China considered Sri Lanka for military logistic support (Category: Breaking News)
- India-China border skirmish signals volatile ‘new normal’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Coup a further complication for tricky Myanmar-China ties (Category: USA, South Dakota)
Donald Trump shook his head in disgust Tuesday as the judge in his New York defamation trial told prospective jurors that another jury had already decided that the former president sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. Later, when the judge asked during jury selection if anyone felt he had been treated unfairly […]
- Donald Trump ordered to pay $83.3m for defaming E Jean Carroll (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump must pay $83.3m for defaming E Jean Carroll (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump disqualified from 2024 ballot by Colorado Supreme Court (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump pleads not guilty following arrest (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Intervention Or Flirtation: America’s Interest: Good Governance Or Economic Stability? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil’s political ‘Trickonometry’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fleas Dream Of Buying A New Dog (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil & Sajith Running Out Af Alternatives (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of force against individual men in any form. Ayn Rand. Does that apply to our President minus the common man’s vote? When he accepted the invitation to be President by poised-to-flee Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa, […]
- Thus spake Prez (Category: Breaking News)
- Thus spake Prez (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition unions accuse Prez of being two-faced (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez asks Opp. to cooperate (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post How We Came To This Pass – The Aragalaya Challenge appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How We Came To This Pass – On The “Non-Rule Of Law System” (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass: A Quest For Scapegoats (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – Waiting On IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Anniversary Angst (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post How Useful are VPNs in the Fight for Freedom of Speech? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- FBI and European law enforcement shut down VPN used by ransomware groups - CNET (Category: Technology)
- FBI and European law enforcement shut down VPN used by ransomware groups - CNET (Category: Technology)
- FBI and European law enforcement shut down VPN used by ransomware groups - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Yoruba People & Culture (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – III: Pivot To East appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Moment Of Truth For The Church Of Ceylon: Are We Better Than The Rajapaksas? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Church Of Ceylon In Anarchy: Caste & Affirmative Action (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
A staff nurse of Changi General Hospital, Singapore who was allegedly molested by a doctor from Sri Lanka, was reportedly ‘advised’ by the hospital not to lodge a police report against the culprit, according to an informant who wishes to remain anonymous. A resident physician from Sri Lanka who works in the hospital’s Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care department was accused...
- Call for GPs to end emergency dept jam (Category: South Australia)
- Doctor commits suicide (Category: Breaking News)
- Sisters gave birth 90 minutes apart after sharing pandemic pregnancy experience (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Sisters gave birth 90 minutes apart after sharing pandemic pregnancy experience (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
The Sri Lankan army ordered extra-judicial killings and assassinations during the final days of the country’s civil war, according to allegations made by a former member of the army. The source made the statements in an affidavit, obtained by The International as a part of an investigative report on the civil war, published today. The allegations ...
- Sri Lankan government ordered to commit war crimes says report (Category: Breaking News)
- What does the US know about alleged Sri Lankan war crimes? (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapakse banks on Blake’s diplomatic speak in US war crimes case (Category: Breaking News)
- International Crisis Group statement on LLRC report (Category: Business)
The report of the UN Advisory Panel was finally released and the government moved into top gear to get the country behind the regime. The government informed the state media of a press conference on Thursday last week. The Ambassador for Russia in Sri Lanka was agreeable to grant an interview against the Ban panel ...
- US – India Alliance Puts Pressure On Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- The "Glass House gang of four" behind the Moon move to appoint A UN Panel on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda’s Problems And Ranil’s Woes…. (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Keeps Mum On General’s Sentence At Cabinet Meeting (Category: Breaking News)
by Prof Michael Roberts Many Sri Lankan fans expected the cricket team to win the World Cup and even stocked up with firecrackers to mark the celebratory moment. The disappointment has been commensurate with this high expectation. It has generated...
- Sri Lanka at World Cup bringing together two communities long divided along ethnic lines (Category: Breaking News)
- President Rajapaksa offers prayers at Tirumala (Category: Breaking News)
- Populist Politics and the Sooriyawewa & Premadasa Stadiums (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Government officials unable to recall President Rajapaksa advising the country's cricket team o... (Category: Breaking News)
by Amarnath Amarasingam The recent revelation that members of the federal and provincial Conservative Party have been getting into bed with former members of the World Tamil Movement (WTM), banned as a terrorist organization in Canada since 2008, was not...
- Tigers not a factor any more says Canadian Tamil Activist (Category: Breaking News)
- Group of Canadian parliamentarians schedule to visit SriLanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian PM under attack over candidates alleged Tamil Tiger links (Category: Breaking News)
- Mr Harper should be 'ashamed' of MV Sun Sea ad and Tamil refugees - Bob Rae (Category: Breaking News)
A decade ago, having recently begun Buddhist meditation practice, I attended a lecture/Q&A with a Tibetan master at a Buddhist center in Hollywood. The warm vibes and the stunning icons and paintings suggested a sacred, healing space. The speaker -- I knew so little at the time, I thought his name was "Sri" -- seemed the embodiment of enlightenment. He described how we can foster spiritua...
- Buddhism's Sacred Places (PHOTOS) (Category: Features)
- Meeting Our Minds: Is Meditation Practical? (Category: Features)
Two weeks ago, Dr Dayan Jayatilleka alleged that I had drafted a constitutional amendment in the 1970s in an abortive attempt to enable Mrs Bandaranaike to extend her term of office. Last week, in an article in which he transported...
- Defending the indefensible: Rejoinder to Dr. Nihal Jayawickrama (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolishing The Executive Presidency – Is Time Running Out? (Category: Breaking News)
- The burial of democracy - A response to Dr Dayan Jayatilaka’s spurious allegation (Category: Breaking News)
- The Mother of all discontents (Category: Breaking News)
Foreign news reports quoting an official source have stated that a group of 76 undocumented immigrants from Central America and Sri Lanka were rescued with signs of dehydration from inside a semi-trailer left abandoned in the southeastern state of Chiapas in Mexico. The Latin America Herald Tribune
- Immigrants get help from states, cheer inclusion in US bill (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Immigrants get help from states, cheer inclusion in US bill (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Immigrants get help from states, cheer inclusion in US bill (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Caught (Category: Business)
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