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Hot weather in Sri Lanka, especially around March-April, is driven by the sun’s direct position over the island, creating high temperatures, high humidity, and low wind. This annual peak is intensified by climate change, which is accelerating temperature rises and increasing the frequency of “caution level” heat ind…
A woman who was operating a large-scale drug trafficking operation from a rented house in the Kelaniya area and her accomplice were arrested by the Wattala Police Crime Investigation Unit with a stash of Ice and heroin worth around Rs. 2.2 million and money earned from selling drugs.
Following a comprehensive, long-term consultation process, the Advanced Draft of the ‘National Media Policy of Sri Lanka’ was officially presented to Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa and Mass Media Deputy Minister Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne, at the Mass Media Ministry auditorium on Saturday (14).
Teaching children who are aged 3 to 5 years online through Zoom is contrary to educational psychology and child development principles the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs said.
Sri Lanka Navy’s Long Range Naval Fleet has conducted another successful drug raid in the deep seas off the Southern coast.
A muscle spasm could mean more than pain in your back — it could also hurt your ears.
The South Australian government took months to update its health advice after the discovery of a potentially harmful toxin in the state's disastrous algal bloom, insisting it posed minimal risk to humans.
Don’t sleep on this troubling symptom of Alzheimer’s.
Overthinking might not strike you as a strenuous activity. You don’t have to move a muscle to spend hours imagining worst-case scenarios, debating choices or playing the day’s headlines on a loop. And yet, running mental laps can feel almost as exhausting as real ones.
A Long Island jury just cleared four cops of alleged police brutality tied to a $9 million lawsuit involving a cancer patient’s broken arm.
Evidence is piling up that GLP-1 drugs can treat addiction. We must learn from the way that obesity has been stigmatised
ACOORDINATED anti-illegal drug operation at a major port in Surigao City led to the arrest of a suspected drug courier and the seizure of nearly P95 million worth of suspected shabu Saturday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Sunday.
TWELVE years after the signing of the peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and six years since the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), all obstacles seem cleared for the first regular parliamentary elections. The elec…
ARCHIVO – El expresidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, a quien se le permitió temporalmente salir de su arresto domiciliario para recibir tratamiento médico, sale de un hospital en Brasilia, Brasil, el 14 de septiembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Eraldo Peres, Archivo)
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli strikes has killed at least 850 people and wounded a further 2,105 since March.
They say kids can age you — and new research out of Finland shows how the number of babies a woman has can even shorten her lifespan.
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK. But screening is not universal, and charities are divided over whether it should be extended. What do those living with the disease think?
De um dia para o outro, os iranianos passaram a viver numa zona de guerra, e os ataques de Israel e dos EUA estão mirando não apenas Teerã, mas vários outros lugares em todo o Irã.
Toxic pollutants from laptops, televisions and smartphones found in bodies and brains of endangered dolphins and porpoises that washed up on city’s beaches
In this handout photo released by the World Health Organization, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visit the Specialty Hospital to meet with recent medical evacuees from Gaza in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (World Health Organization via AP)
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian couple and two of their children as they drove in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health authorities, with the Israeli military saying the incident is under review.
This Hollywood awards season, size 00 fits all.
Health chief Lo Chung-mau also rules out rigid deadlines for each stage of complaint handling by the council
Missiles and bombs contain pollutants which are released into the air, soil and water when they explode and crash, posing many health risks
Observatory says temperatures will reach 26 degrees Celsius in the middle of the week, with moisture from a seasonal coastal mist
Un chico lleva una bicicleta con bidones de agua a través de una tormenta de arena en Jan Yunis, en el sur de la Franja de Gaza, el sábado 14 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Abdel Kareem Hana)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said.
Israel’s health ministry on Sunday said 108 injured people were taken to hospitals over the past 24 hours amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to the Times of Israel.
Airstrikes on Iran’s oil depots are sending up billowing clouds of toxic smoke that health and environmental officials warn pose serious health threats to anyone who breathes or comes into contact with it. (AP Video: Aya Diab)
Story of kitten in a pet carrier containing clean food bowls left by owner no longer physically able to care for it moves millions online
TCM treatments at Upper House, Island Shangri-La and Yun Wellness ranging from acupuncture to massage are appealing to younger generations
The father of Sandipan Dhar has urged a parliamentary committee to revisit a request to probe accountability and transparency in WA’s health sector.
A disgruntled ex-employee of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was arrested Saturday after walking into the Manhattan hospital and claiming he was carrying a bomb, police sources said.
Survey reveals growing trend of residents seeking help from AI to deal with emotional stress
The five-year conflict has sparked a booming drug trade, which the military and rebel groups have been accused of profiting from.
A sick wannabe Christian “momfluencer” and her husband allegedly sexually abused their two-year-old daughter from the time she was a newborn — with the drugged-up father even filming himself torturing the toddler.
Israeli attacks killed 14 people in southern Lebanon in two separate waves of strikes, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
The recent conflict in Iran and across the Middle East is yet again exposing news audiences to atrocities and human suffering on a large scale. Credit: SBS
James Oaten is the ABC's North Asia correspondent, covering Japan, South Korea and North Korea. He was previously the ABC's South Asia correspondent based in New Delhi. During this time, he covered the COVID-19 pandemic extensively, including India's catastrophic Delta surge in 2021, and the Taliban takeover of Afgh…
Brazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned for plotting a coup after he lost the country’s last election, is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit after being hospitalised with bronchopneumonia.
The government’s weight management plan can help Hong Kong shift gear and accelerate its battle against obesity
Continued vigilance and proactive steps are required to guard against oil spills and prevent long-term environmental damage
Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed at least 826 people since the war with Hezbollah began, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
The fight to stamp out cigarettes may be heading in a mind-bending new direction.
A Los Angeles mother said her jarring symptoms were dismissed by doctors for years, chalked up to a side effect of childbirth — but they turned out to be signals of colorectal cancer.
Simone Annis was about to celebrate her 50th birthday when she noticed a lump in an unusual spot.
Short kings, rejoice: Your height may come with a hidden advantage.
ARCHIVO – El expresidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, a quien se le permitió temporalmente salir de su arresto domiciliario para recibir tratamiento médico, sale de un hospital en Brasilia, Brasil, el 14 de septiembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Eraldo Peres, Archivo)
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
