In Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, Putin has reached the point of no return

To withdraw troops would be humiliating for a president who relies on machismo to bolster his popular support.

David Roger Marples, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 11:30 pm

By boycotting the leader of Opposition, Imran Khan is derogating from his constitutional duties

Although Shehbaz Sharif is facing serious criminal cases, he has not been convicted in any one of them yet.

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, Dawn.com

· Yesterday · 09:30 pm

The big news: Kerala reports more than 54,000 Covid cases, and nine other top stories

Other headlines: Supreme Court refused to lay down yardstick for promotion to SC/STs, and in a separate case it warned airline SpiceJet of declaring insolvency.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 08:02 pm

What US Federal Reserve’s plan to raise interest rates means for you – and the global economy

While the American central bank has not specified a time when it plans to raise rates, analysts expect the first increase to come in March.

Alexander Kurov, The Conversation

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Marketa Wolfe, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 07:30 pm

Sri Lanka to amend anti-terror law that gives sweeping powers to arrest without trial

A provision has been proposed to allow suspects to approach the Supreme Court if they feel that their fundamental rights are violated.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 06:44 pm

Watch: Statue of NBA player Kobe Bryant and daughter Gigi placed near their helicopter crash site

Two years ago, celebrated basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi were killed in a helicopter crash, along with seven others, near Los Angeles.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 04:45 pm

North Korea successfully tests two cruise missiles, US calls it ‘provocation’

North Korea has tested six missiles in January, the highest in a month.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 03:05 pm

Watch: Afghan woman risks her life every day to sell non-religious books in Taliban-occupied Kabul

Gulljan sells fiction, non-fiction, and foreign books.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 12:57 pm

Watch: Elderly librarian stands her ground, denies entry to unmasked patron

‘This is our library policy that we have to abide by’, said the librarian from in Illinois, US.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 12:29 pm

Indian family found dead near US-Canada border identified

The police suspect that they had sought the services of human smugglers.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 12:29 pm

Watch: Ice cream shaped as roast duck, steamed chicken to celebrate Lunar New Year in Thailand

Made from coconut jelly, these moulded ice creams are a hit with customers.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 12:22 pm

Podcast: ‘Long Covid is real and debilitating, but I have been gaslit by sceptical doctors’

Padma Priya, founder, India Covid Survivor Group, says doctors here are yet to catch up with the science that is evolving around the world on Long Covid.

Smitha Nair

· Yesterday · 09:00 am