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Iqbal Athas’ contribution to Sri Lankan war coverage
By Mohamed Ayub/Daily Mirror Colombo, January 17 –Sri Lanka’s best-known war correspondent, Aqbal Athas, died here on January 13 aged 81, leaving a void that is difficult to fill. If not for an exclusive revelation by Athas in the Sunday Times in 2003, when the...
With Maduro in U.S. custody, his lieutenants warm to Trump
By Ana Vanessa Herrero/Anthony Faiola/Samantha Schmidt/Evan Halper Caracas (Venezuela) January 16 -Last month, as U.S. forces were massing off Venezuela, government officials here — the political heirs to Hugo Chávez, founder of the country’s socialist state — vowed American intervention would ignite 100 years of...
Why Trump has set his sights on Greenland
Trump needs Greenland to stem Russo-Chinese ambitions in the Artic
Nepalese seek political clarity through March parliamentary polls
A lacklustre Interim Government, a dispirited Gen Z, ennui in political parties and a vertical split in the Nepali Congress mark the political landscape in Nepal
Policy imperatives and diplomatic style impede Indo-US trade deal
C By P.M.Amza olombo, January 16 -The recent observation by the United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that President Donald Trump “expected a call” from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to conclude the long-pending US–India trade agreement has triggered an unusually public exchange of narratives...
Veteran Indian journalist and political observer N. Sathiyamoorthy dies at 73
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, January 15 – Veteran Indian journalist and political observer N. Sathyamoorthy (73) passed away in Chennai on Thai Pongal day (15 th.) after a brief illness. Sathiyamoorthy, who had a particular interest in contemporary socio-political history, wrote extensively on Indian and...
FAO seeks US$ 16.5 million to restore livelihoods cyclone hit Sri Lanka’
Colombo, January 15 (FAO) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Headquarters in Rome issued an appeal calling for international assistance of USD 16.5 million to support the early recovery of livelihoods and food security for farming, livestock-keeping and fishing communities...
Greenland, Trump and the fault lines of power
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, January 15 – Recent public remarks by US President Donald Trump once again brought Greenland into global headlines as a territory of strategic interest to the United States. Although widely treated as rhetorical provocation, these comments echoed Trump’s explicit...
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