Author: LMD International

The ultimate political prize for Joe Biden is a ceasefire deal A ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is the ultimate political prize for the White House. President Biden is under huge pressure from all sides over the war in Gaza. Some traditional Democrat supporters are extremely unhappy with the Biden administration’s support for the Israelis. America is Israel’s biggest supplier of military supplies, and many here are calling for conditions to be attached to arms deliveries – or for them to be stopped completely. This view is especially prevalent among young people and ethnic minorities – crucial groups that…

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AN ISLAND IN HIGH ORBIT Wijith DeChickera takes a ride in the space elevator for the satellite’s eye view of the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s perspective of and legacy to Sri Lanka The first map Sri Lanka appears on was drawn by Greek cartographer Eratosthenes in 194 BC where the island named Taprobanā is at India’s southern tip. Then there was Egyptian astronomer, mathematician and geographer Claudius Ptolemy who identified Taprobanē in 139 AD as being a large island south of continental Asia. There was a third charterer – of dreams as yet undreamed – who built on the…

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