https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS7uGE6ZLzE/ruth-pollard RSS for Node Tue, 12 May 2026 04:18:03 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-22/is-sri-lanka-turning-the-page-on-its-violent-past https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-22/is-sri-lanka-turning-the-page-on-its-violent-past Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:00:05 GMT A Tamil woman prays during a commemoration ceremony in Mullivaikkal village in northern Sri Lanka on May 18, 2024 to remember victims of the country's 37-year Tamil separatist war that claimed at least 100,000 lives 15 years ago. Sri Lanka's minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation's civil war on May 18 in an emotional ceremony that proceeded despite fears authorities would attempt to prevent its staging. (Photo by Ishara S.Kodikara / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S.KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-14/why-everyone-s-turning-to-finland-on-national-security https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-14/why-everyone-s-turning-to-finland-on-national-security Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:00:20 GMT Finland, which shares a border with Russia, has urged citizens to prepare for emergencies. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-31/myanmar-earthquake-should-force-the-junta-s-hand https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-31/myanmar-earthquake-should-force-the-junta-s-hand Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:00:06 GMT Rescue workers survey the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1,000 on March 29, as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-29/afghanistan-the-long-road-to-justice-for-women-and-girls https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-29/afghanistan-the-long-road-to-justice-for-women-and-girls Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:00:23 GMT The Taliban and its brutal rule over women and girls. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-28/philippines-politics-is-often-mad-it-just-got-crazier https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-28/philippines-politics-is-often-mad-it-just-got-crazier Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:00:05 GMT QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES - 2024/07/22: Masked protesters act in front of the effigy of President Marcos Jr. and Vice President Duterte at Commonwealth Avenue during the demonstration. Activists and human rights advocates assembled in the streets to express their views and disapproval of President Marcos Jr.'s third State of the Nation Address (SONA). The President is expected to discuss a variety of subjects, including inflation, unemployment, and the crisis in the West Philippine Sea. (Photo by Ryan Eduard Benaid/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-23/china-and-india-bury-the-hatchet-for-now https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-23/china-and-india-bury-the-hatchet-for-now Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:00:36 GMT This picture taken on May 19, 2024, shows armoured vehicles of the Indian army at a military camp in Eastern Ladakh. Lines on a map once meant little to India's Tibetan herders of the high Himalayas, expertly guiding their goats through even the harshest winters to pastures on age-old seasonal routes. That stopped in 2020, after troops from nuclear-armed rivals India and China clashed in bitter hand-to-hand combat in the contested high-altitude border lands of Ladakh. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP) (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-23/un-betrays-afghan-women-to-appease-taliban-in-terrorism-fight https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-23/un-betrays-afghan-women-to-appease-taliban-in-terrorism-fight Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:00:02 GMT In this photograph taken on April 2, 2024, Khadija, a consultant for women entrepreneurs, speaks during an interview with AFP in Kabul. In December 2021, the Taliban government made it compulsory for any woman travelling on any journey longer than 72 kilometres (45 miles) to be accompanied by a mahram. Khadija, 25, a consultant for women entrepreneurs, noted that in Kabul "the situation is different from the provinces: you can go shopping" without a mahram in the capital. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-26/myanmar-s-armed-rebels-deserve-west-s-help-against-junta https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-26/myanmar-s-armed-rebels-deserve-west-s-help-against-junta Sun, 26 May 2024 20:00:18 GMT This photo taken on December 13, 2023 shows members of ethnic minority armed group Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) standing guard in a temple area of a hill camp seized from Myanmar's military in Namhsan Township in Myanmar's northern Shan State. Nestled in the hills of northern Shan state, the town of Namhsan is the latest to fall to Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) fighters since they launched a surprise offensive launched against Myanmar's junta in October. (Photo by AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-CONFLICT,SCENE' (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-04/india-s-future-looks-more-hardline-hindu-than-ever-as-states-lean-to-modi https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-04/india-s-future-looks-more-hardline-hindu-than-ever-as-states-lean-to-modi Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:03 GMT Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, arrives at the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party won three crucial state elections and unseated the opposition in two of them, strengthening Modi’s bid for a third term in office. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-20/israel-hamas-while-gaza-burns-the-west-bank-is-at-boiling-point https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-20/israel-hamas-while-gaza-burns-the-west-bank-is-at-boiling-point Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:00:01 GMT An Israeli security force officer takes position as they surround the area of a Palestinian home, believed to belong to one of the gunmen that attacked an Israel checkpoint on the edge of Jerusalem earlier in the day, during a military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on November 16, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas in retaliation for the attacks of October 7, which killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians, according to Israeli officials. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says the death toll from the military offensive has now topped 11,500, including thousands of children. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-22/pakistan-does-not-need-another-nawaz-sharif-comeback https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-22/pakistan-does-not-need-another-nawaz-sharif-comeback Sun, 22 Oct 2023 22:01:56 GMT Supporters during a welcome rally for former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Four years ago Nawaz Sharif left Pakistan, dodging a jail sentence on health grounds as ties with the powerful military soured. Now, the three-time former premier is back amid speculation his allies brokered a deal with the generals for his return to politics. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-16/voice-to-parliament-why-did-australia-fail-first-nations-citizens https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-16/voice-to-parliament-why-did-australia-fail-first-nations-citizens Mon, 16 Oct 2023 02:09:18 GMT The Aboriginal, left, and the Australian flag fly atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Celebrity endorsements and huge marches across Australia in support of the “yes” campaign for an Indigenous Voice to be included in the constitution have so far failed to reverse mounting opposition to the proposal ahead of a referendum. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-11/more-bloodshed-will-never-resolve-the-israel-palestine-conflict https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-11/more-bloodshed-will-never-resolve-the-israel-palestine-conflict Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:00:08 GMT 10/10/2023 Gaza, Palestine. A Palestinian man stands among the rubble following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City early on October 10, 2023. Israel continued its deadly bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza on October 10, after the Palestinian militant group threatened to execute some of the approximately 150 hostages. (Photo by Mohamed Zaanoun / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by MOHAMED ZAANOUN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-07/tv-crime-series-mirror-daily-life-in-modi-s-india https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-07/tv-crime-series-mirror-daily-life-in-modi-s-india Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:00:07 GMT Police personnel patrol on a street in Bangalore on August 12, 2020, after violence broke out overnight in Devara Jevana Halli area following a "derogatory" Facebook post about the Prophet Mohammed that sparked riots. - Two people died after a "derogatory" Facebook post about the Prophet Mohammed sparked riots in India's IT hub Bangalore that saw clashes between police and thousands of protesters, authorities said on August 12. At least 60 officers were injured the previous evening as a furious crowd attacked a police station, set vehicles on fire and burnt down the house of a local lawmaker whose nephew was allegedly responsible for the social media post. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-12/india-bloodshed-modi-silent-as-civil-strife-engulfs-northeast https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-12/india-bloodshed-modi-silent-as-civil-strife-engulfs-northeast Wed, 12 Jul 2023 20:00:10 GMT A motorist rides past a burnt vehicle on a street in Churachandpur in violence hit areas of northeastern Indian state of Manipur on May 9, 2023. More than 50 people have been killed in the hilly border region in clashes between the majority Meitei people, who are mostly Hindus, and the mainly Christian Kuki tribe. Thousands of troops have been deployed to restore order, while around 23,000 residents have fled their homes for the safety of ad-hoc army-run camps for the displaced. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-02/lgbtq-rights-reason-for-optimism-in-asia-step-by-step https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-02/lgbtq-rights-reason-for-optimism-in-asia-step-by-step Sun, 02 Jul 2023 22:00:05 GMT Moments of hope in Hong Kong. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-25/myanmar-s-civilian-resistance-needs-the-west-s-help-not-its-silence https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-25/myanmar-s-civilian-resistance-needs-the-west-s-help-not-its-silence Sun, 25 Jun 2023 23:00:07 GMT Members of ethnic rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army patrol near Namhsan Township in Myanmar's northern Shan State. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-04-04/big-pharma-india-s-drug-industry-needs-a-major-overhaul https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-04-04/big-pharma-india-s-drug-industry-needs-a-major-overhaul Tue, 04 Apr 2023 19:00:35 GMT Wockhardt Ltd.'s Ace Proxyvon tablets are arranged for a photograph in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. The U.S. is increasing scrutiny of generic drugs made in India, and in the past nine months banned imports from four plants belonging to Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and Wockhardt Ltd. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-opinion-how-livable-are-cities-three-years-after-start-of-covid/new-delhi.html https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-opinion-how-livable-are-cities-three-years-after-start-of-covid/new-delhi.html Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:00:35 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-12-29/women-s-rights-taliban-s-latest-cruelty-creates-surprising-cracks https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-12-29/women-s-rights-taliban-s-latest-cruelty-creates-surprising-cracks Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:00:14 GMT KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 22: Afghan women protest against a new Taliban ban on women accessing University Education on December 22, 2022 in Kabul, Afghanistan. A group of Afghan women rallied in Kabul against a governmental order banning women from universities. Armed guards barred women from accessing university sites since the suspension was announced on December 20. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)