The Diplomat13d
Guns and Manure: Sri Lanka’s Army and Organic Agriculture
In 2021, the Sri Lankan Army became the unlikely vanguard of a supposed green revolution, resulting in a radical redefinition ...
Government urged to formally apologise over 1919 massacre in India
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, occurred when the British Indian army fired on civilians in the Punjabi city in 1919. More than 300 Indians were killed and 1,200 ...
Daily Mail27d
ROBERT TOMBS: How today's rapacious tech barons recall the private company so overmighty it even had TWICE as many soldiers as the British Army
The most dazzling oligarch in the world, 260 years ago, was probably Clive Of India, the spectacularly daring but grasping English governor of Bengal. After one victory on the battlefield, Clive ...
StrategyPage3d
Leadership: Russian Military Rebuilding Plan
Russian leaders were intensely proud of having the largest tank fleet in the world for over fifty years. While the Red Army largely disintegrated in the early 1990s, the army sought to keep as many of ...
Indiatimes10d
Sudan’s military claims control of Khartoum’s Republican Palace after two years of war with Rapid Support Forces
Sudan's military has recaptured the Republican Palace in Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), bolstering their position in the capital. Despite the symbolic victory, the RSF still ...
The Argus5d
English is a mix of languages - By Dr James Williams
This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of ...
El Mundo on MSN13d
Why is Crimea strategically important for both Russia and Ukraine?
It also paved the way for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, during which Moscow annexed more land from ... It drew worldwide renown when Stalin, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and ...
Earthquake rescue efforts underway as death toll rises in Myanmar and Thailand
The quake hit 10 miles from Mandalay, Myanmar, and tremors reached Thailand. At least 144 people died, Myanmar’s military ...
Dallas Morning News29d
This rare coffee bean might take the place of arabica, robusta
A worker turns excelsa coffee beans to dry near Nzara, South Sudan on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.(Brian Inganga / AP) NZARA COUNTY, South Sudan (AP) — Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the ...
Boston Herald29d
As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may someday be your brew
NZARA COUNTY, South Sudan (AP) — Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she’s raised from a seedling, searching anxiously for its first fruit buds since she ...
Daily Mail4d
Myanmar earthquake RECAP: At least 144 dead as military make urgent plea with devastated quake-hit areas on alert for aftershocks
Thousands of people across Myanmar and Thailand are feared dead after powerful earthquakes resulted in the collapse of buildings and bridges. Search efforts are under way in both countries as ...
The Print on MSN25d
Colonial-era law that could land ‘dancing groom’ in jail. What was Dramatic Performances Act Modi cited
Abolished in 2017, the 1876 law let authorities ban plays, arrest performers, and seize props if deemed seditious, obscene, or anti-government, curbing artistic freedom for decades.