A safe haven for ousted political leaders escaping executions and hangings
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – When world political leaders, mostly presidents and prime ministers, are ousted from power following military coups or street demonstrations, they flee to “safe havens” to avoid being jailed, executed by firing squads or hanged in public. Perhaps one of the secure “safe havens”—and a popular “political retirement home” [...]
What does India want from Russia?
By Sushanta Mallick and Brigitte Granville, exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka If there was a prize for the most quotable comment on international relations so far in 2022, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar would be in the running. Responding to criticism of his country’s neutral stance on the Russia-Ukraine war at a [...]
Looming nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine
By Edward Lozansky It is beginning to appear that beyond the increasingly likely exchange of nuclear weapons strikes between the US and Russia there is yet another scenario for a nuclear catastrophe that in recent days has presented itself in Ukraine. According to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano [...]
Lanka’s foreign policy and security threats to India
Lanka is a hapless maiden being wooed by two determined suitors. One of them has been dating her for some time, lavishing valuable gifts on her but right now the affair has struck a rough patch and her lover wants his gifts back. But Lanka, as young maidens often do, has been living it up, [...]
Rotary’s new leadership gears for economic development
Rotarians from District 3220 – comprising Sri Lanka and Maldives – under the dynamic leadership of District Governor Pubudu de Zoysa are preparing to launch a massive economic development programme across the country. “Rotary has always stepped in to support the country during some of its darkest hours and we are confident we can make [...]
Promoting home gardens
Plant packs were gifted to members of low-income families in the Wennappuwa Divisional Secretariat by the Gethsamane Humanitarian Institute, Wattala recently. The aim was to help improve the home economics of these families by encouraging the habit of growing produce. Picture shows founder of Gethsamane Humanitarian Institute Rev Anton Rajamani handing over the plant packs [...]
Rushdie on ventilator, likely to lose an eye
Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state Friday. The British author of “The Satanic Verses”, which sparked fury among some Muslims who believed it was blasphemous, had [...]
‘Top secret’ documents recovered in raid on Trump home
WASHINGTON, Aug 13, (AFP) – FBI agents recovered documents marked “top secret” during the search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate, US media reported, as justice officials were poised to make public the warrant authorising the extraordinary raid on the home of the ex-president. The Wall Street Journal said FBI agents removed 11 sets of classified [...]