Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

More in World

Sri Lanka’s university crisis: Brain drain and union action demand urgent reform

by Prof. M.W. Amarasiri de Silva Sri Lanka’s state university system, long celebrated as the crown jewel of the nation’s free education policy, is currently navigating one of the most perilous periods…

  • State university system in Sri Lanka faces critical crisis due to severe operational deficiencies.
  • Union action by Federation of University Teachers Association demands urgent reform.

Pardon brokers offer to "put pressure on the president" — at sky-high costs

Hidden cameras captured lobbyists as they tried to woo a potential client interested in obtaining a pardon from President Trump.

  • Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl approached Ammon Covino at a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Virginia.
  • Covino, an aquarium operator, offered $300,000 for a pardon from President Trump.
  • Pardon economy is unprecedented with fees reaching up to $3 million.

More from Sunday 13 September →