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What Ukraine Needs to Learn from Afghanistan The greatest enemy of economic development is war. If the world slips further into global conflict, our economic hopes and our very survival could go up in flames. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to a mere 90 seconds to midnight. The world’s biggest economic loser in 2022 was Ukraine, where the economy collapsed by 35% according to the International Monetary Fund. The war in Ukraine could end soon, and economic recovery could begin, but this depends on Ukraine understanding its predicament as victim of a US-Russia proxy war that broke out in 2014. The US has been hea…

இன்று இளவயதினர் தற்கொலை செய்து கொள்வது முன்னரை விட அதிகரித்துள்ளது. காரணங்கள் என்ன என பெரும்பாலும் பெற்றோர்களால் விளங்கிக்கொள்ள முடியவில்லை!!, சில இடங்களில் பெற்றோர் காரணங்களை ஏற்பதும் இல்லை.. இந்த கட்டுரை சிலவற்றை விளங்கப்படுத்துகிறது. மாணவர்களுக்கு உளவள ஆலோசகர்களாக விளங்கும் சிலர் தமது கருத்துக்களை கூறுகிறார்கள். நேரம் கிடைக்கும் பொழுது மொழி பெயர்ப்பு செய்ய முயற்சிக்கிறேன்.. 9 things college mental health counselors wish parents understood If you're the parent of a college-aged kid, you know that students today have higher rates of depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders. Between 2020 and 2021, more than 60% of college students “met …

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M. A. Sumanthiran interview with The Morning அண்மையில் 'The Morning' ஆங்கில பத்திரிக்கைக்கு எம். ஏ. சுமந்திரன் வழங்கிய செவ்வியின் முழுமையான காணொளி இங்கே பகிரப்படுகிறது. இச் செவ்வியில் தற்போது நிலவும் பொருளாதார நெருக்கடி எவ்வாறு வட-கிழக்கை பாதிக்கின்றது, இதனைத் தாண்டி வட கிழக்கில் தொடர்ந்தும் நிலவும் முக்கிய சவால்கள், வடக்கு மீனவர் பிரச்சினை, நடைபெற்றுவரும் அரசியலமைப்பு உருவாக்கல் முயற்சிகள் தொடர்பிலும் அதில் தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பின் வகிபாகம், 13ம் திருத்தச் சட்டம் குறித்து இலங்கை தமிழ் அரசுக் கட்சியின் நிலைப்பாடு, இலங்கையில் உள்ள சிறுபான்மை குழுக்களுக்கு இருக்கும் பிரச்சினைகள் தொடர்பில் அவர்களை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தும் அரசியல் கட்சிகள் ஒருமி…

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Easter Sunday bombs had not been a factor which had determined the results of the presidential election in predominantly Catholic areas as there may have been other issues which led the people in the areas concerned to vote as they did, Catholic politicians in the area said today. Veteran Catholic politician, former Speaker Joseph Michael Perera told the Daily Mirror that there may have been other issues which led New Democratic Front (NDF) Candidate Sajith Premadasa to win Negombo and Wattala electorates at Saturday’s presidential election. “We cannot say that Catholics voted the way they did, defying the propaganda carried out by the SL…

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Tuesday reduced to 21 the minimum age at which women can go abroad for work and earn much-needed dollars for the bankrupt economy. Colombo imposed age restrictions on women working overseas in 2013 after a 17-year-old Sri Lankan nanny was beheaded in Saudi Arabia over the death of a child in her care. Following outrage over the execution, only women older than 23 were allowed to go abroad, while for Saudi Arabia the minimum age was set at 25. But with Sri Lanka in its worst economic crisis since independence, the government on Tuesday eased the rules, including for Saudi Arabia. ‘The cabinet of ministers approved the decision to…

France ends military presence in Sahel region with handover of last base in Chad Africa The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, marking the end of French military presence in the country. Once a key link in France's military presence in Africa, Chad was its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the forced withdrawal of French troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Trucks carrying French army vehicles and equipment leaving the Kossei base. © Joris Bolomey, AFP The French army has handed over its last base…

Ben Wallace: Ukraine has 'tragically become a battle lab' for war technology IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it would be "foolish" to ignore the war strategies being played out in Ukraine By Paul Adams & Francesca Gillett BBC News Ukraine has "tragically become a battle lab", but lessons learned will inform the future of Britain's armed forces, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said. He was speaking ahead of the release of a revised Defence Command Paper, first published before the wa…

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Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Re-Easter Bombing By Kumar David – Prof. Kumar David Believe me my column today is not intended to accuse anybody, not the government, not the armed forces, not Muslim religious bodies (the looney bomb-throwers excepted), not Buddhist extremist, not self-flagellating Catholics and not even the Man-in-the-Moon, for the 2019 Easter Sunday bombing. My bottom line is that I am flummoxed, confused and as bewildered as a sightless man blindfolded on the darkest night, about ‘who dunnit’, ‘why dunnit’, who cover up a…

Statement by President von der Leyen on the occasion of her official visit to Serbia Mr President, dear Aleksandar, It is wonderful to be back here in Serbia. I am very glad to be at this very special place, which I think shows the profound bonds we do have and our great cooperation. Today, we are watching the progress of the interconnector between Serbia and Bulgaria. It is great to see that this important project is taking shape. Indeed, you have just mentioned the funding that is coming from the European Commission and the European Investment Bank. It is …

According to the Federal Statistical Office, consumer prices rose by 4.5 percent throughout October compared to the same month last year. The Wiesbaden authority last measured an inflation rate of 4.5 percent in 1993. German economy on brink of disaster as inflation highest in 28 years – Eurozone on alert GERMANY's inflation has reached its highest level in 28 years. l Statistical Office, consumer prices rose by 4.5 percent throughout October compared to the same month last year. The Wiesbaden authority last measured an inflation rate of 4.5 percent in 1993. …

𝑨𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 #1056: 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚 24, 1983, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 9/11 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒓𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒂’𝒔 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒔. 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒃𝒔 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒔, 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒌𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑴𝒐𝒃𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔—𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒓𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒗…

Germany Resumes Petroleum Imports from Iran despite Sanctions: Eurostat TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Germany resumed its petroleum imports from Iran after five years earlier this year despite a continued American sanction that bans any trade of energy products with Iran. Data cited in a Monday report by ٍEurostat showed that Germany had taken delivery of a large petroleum shipment from Iran in March. The report cited data from the European Union’s statistics agency the Eurostat which showed the shipment imported by Germany had contained nearly 70,000 metric tons of Iranian crude oil or petroleum products, PressTV reported. Germany halted imports …

Macron Lashes Out At United States Over Double Standard Energy Policies U.S. trade and energy policies have created a “double standard”, with Europe left paying higher prices for its natural gas, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. France, the latest—and largest--country to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, has switched from being a net exporter of energy last year, to being a net importer of energy this year, after problems with its nuclear fleet surfaced. To compensate for its declining nuclear fleet and Russia’s complete halt of natural gas shipments into the country, France has turned to the United States for LNG—only …

Colonel Douglas Macgregor sits down with Stephen Gardner for update on the Ukraine-Russia war. Is the war in Ukraine about to hit a turning point because I am starting to see groups like the Washington post and the New York Times finally tell the truth about the strength and condition of Ukraine’s army and the number of casualties they have suffered? Why do you say that Bakhmut has been like a meat grinder? And is it time for Ukraine to fall back, regroup, give themselves a couple days to build up ammunition, and then dig in and try and hold the line again? Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says it’s time for the United States to get serious and show Russia who is …

Turkey arrests 44, claiming they are tied to Mossad A Turkish police officer is seen in Istanbul, Nov. 13, 2022. (Yasul Akgul/AFP via Getty Images) (JTA) — Turkey arrested 44 people on Wednesday for what officials claimed was their involvement with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, Turkish media reported. Those arrested appear to be largely Turkish citizens, and the group includes several private detectives, as well as the director of a private detective firm named Ismail Yetimoglu. No Israelis were arrested. According to Turkish media, those arrested have been accused of shadowing Palestinians and pro-Palestinian organizations in…

US loses last perfect credit rating amid rising debt Image source,Getty Images Image caption, Moody's warned in 2023 that the US' triple-A rating was at risk Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News Published 16 May 2025 Updated 17 May 2025 The US has lost its last perfect credit rating, as influential ratings firm Moody's expressed concern over the government's ability to pay back its debt. In lowering the US rating from 'AAA' to 'Aa1', Moody's noted that successive US administrations had failed to reverse ballooning deficits and interest costs. A triple-A rating signifies a country's highest possible credit reliability, and indicates it is considered to be in very good financial healt…

New YorkCNN — Americans ramped up their online shopping this past holiday season, splurging on a record-setting $222 billion worth of electronics, toys and other items. The spending haul between November 1 and December 31 marks a 4.9% increase from the previous holiday shopping season, according to an Adobe Analytics report released Thursday. Shoppers were enticed by deep discounts as well as Buy Now, Pay Later options, according to Adobe. The findings add to the evidence that Americans are still spending aggressively — despite telling pollsters they don’t like this economy. Adobe previously reported that shoppers spent …

Macron wants an invitation to the BRICS Summit? This idea is bold and innovative: Global Times editorial French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech as he meets the French community, in Beijing, China, on April 5, 2023. Photo: VCG According to French media reports, French President Emmanuel Macron has asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for an invitation to the BRICS Summit scheduled for August. This news has not been confirmed by the Élysée Palace yet, and the spokesperson for the South African president claimed to be unaware of Macron's request. Moscow has asked Paris to provide an explanation: Do they…

Tilvin Silva’s Encounter with the Tamil Diaspora in London Protests by a few sections had no impact 2 December 2025 12:10 amViews - 2861 Bookmark A A A Tilvin Silva meets Tamil community leaders in London -- file photo Another crucial change by the JVP is in the area of ethnic relations. The JVP is shedding its past “Sinhala Socialist” image and reaching out to the minority ethnicities of Sri Lanka, namely the Sri Lankan Tamils, Muslims and Indian or Hill Country Tamils However organisers of the JVP event were taken by surprise when over a hundred demonstrators assembled outside the Alperton high school issuing leaflets, holding placards and chanting slogans Several…

Ukraine’s other land grab Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe, and its land is changing hands. Ukraine might not look like a good financial investment after a year at war with no end in sight, but Harvard, Saudi Arabia, a handful of oligarchs, and the United States investment manager The Vanguard Group see it differently. They are just a few of the investors who have been buying up Ukrainian land – and its rich, fertile soil – en masse, while many Ukrainian farmers argue it should stay in Ukrainian hands. https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2023/4/7/ukraines-other-land-grab