The offer was blunt: $25,000 to track and kill a person in the Lithuanian capital who, according to U.S. prosecutors, was “telling lies about Russia”. The alleged approach came last year from
The offer was blunt: $25,000 to track and kill a person in the Lithuanian capital who, according to U.S. prosecutors, was “telling lies about Russia”. The alleged approach came last year from
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Australia is set to tighten migration rules, including restricting international students from bringing partners and children with them, as the government moves to reduce net overseas migration amid growing political pressure over
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A proposed amendment to Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2023 has drawn strong concern from a coalition of 86 local and international civil society organisations, which says the changes could
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Editorial Today is Narendra Modi’s birthday, and we believe it is important to write a few words about a political figure whose influence now extends far beyond the borders of India. Modi
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For two centuries, mathematicians have struggled with a deceptively simple question: can the equations that describe the movement of fluids suddenly break down? Now, according to reporting by New Scientist, OpenAI says
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The research team recovered 8173 arthropod remains, of which 8082 could be taxonomically identified, representing a minimum number of 5792 individuals. The remains included species associated with human decomposition as well as
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Glaciers throughout the region have thinned by approximately half a metre each year since 2000, Immerzeel says. The glacier close to the collapsed slope retreated more than 300 metres between 2010 and
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At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, according to Global Witness, bringing the number of documented killings and long-term disappearances since 2012 to more than 2,375. The
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Turkey has released 106 demonstrators detained during a protest against a nationwide crackdown on LGBTQ people, activists and organisations, while courts have continued to order the detention of others in an expanding
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China reduced its holdings of US Treasuries to an 18-year low in July, highlighting a broader retreat by foreign holders of American government debt as concerns over the sustainability of Washington’s finances
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The Government of Fiji has declared a national emergency to address a rapid increase in HIV infections, seeking to contain the virus and protect public health. The health crisis, first evident in
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That new route arrives as China’s trade with Southeast Asia continues to expand. According to China’s General Administration of Customs, bilateral trade between China and ASEAN reached about 4.34 trillion yuan, or
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The US Embassy in Colombo has declined to comment further on a special police investigation into a major narcotics seizure at the China-managed Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT), despite questions over the
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Ranjan Senaratne Bandara, Officer-in-Charge of the ‘Q’ Division of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), has been arrested in connection with the continuing investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, as prosecutors raise
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The renminbi’s role in South-east Asia is moving beyond trade settlement as companies increasingly incorporate the Chinese currency into their treasury strategies, financing arrangements and capital-market activities. Karen Ng, Standard Chartered’s head
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