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  • Jun- 2026 -
    24 June

    THE US-IRAN MOU

    As this edition of LMD goes into print – and at long last! – the US and Iran announced on 14 June that they had

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  • 24 June

    THE FEUDAL SPIRIT

    If my grandmother had been alive today, she’d have screamed blue murder about the US outsourcing its manufacturing to China

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  • 23 June

    NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

    Sri Lanka’s recovery from economic collapse is often described as a process that must move from stabilisation to development

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  • 22 June

    GEOPOLITICAL FAULT LINES

    As it stands today, Cuba seems positioned to become the next potential regime change target of the Trump administration

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  • 21 June

    TOMORROW’S WORLD

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  • 21 June

    NEW FRONTIERS

    BUDZ AND BURTFifteen year old Canadian student Evan Budz has invented a bionic underwater robotic turtle (BURT) to help scientists monitor fragile submerged ecosystems.  Inspired by the smooth and non-disruptive…

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  • 2 June

    TRUMP VS POPE

    In the 14th century, there was a little-known Western phenomenon called the ‘Avignon Papacy.’ This marked a line of

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  • May- 2026 -
    29 May

    NUCLEAR BOGEY

    The Americans and Europeans in their selective Islamophobic commentary keep trumpeting the danger that Iran poses to

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  • 29 May

    TOMORROW’S WORLD

    The June issue of Tomorrow’s World features a list of important events across the globe.

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  • 27 May

    New Frontiers

    MINDS FOR HIREA new entrant in the rapidly commercialising AI economy is attempting to repackage expertise as a scalable product.

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