Fifteen of the 24 defendants tried over Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings were found guilty on Tuesday, while the remaining nine were acquitted and ordered to be released, according to a
An unusually large and heavily layered motorcade escorting President Donald Trump through Beijing during his recent state visit to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping has drawn significant attention from observers, particularly due
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to invoke the “Thucydides Trap” during a major summit with the United States in Beijing was far more than a passing historical reference. It was a carefully
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In the vast rocky deserts surrounding Tinduf in southwestern Algeria, the Sahrawi refugee camps have long symbolized one of the world’s most protracted humanitarian crises. Now, after half a century of exile,
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German prosecutors have charged a pediatrician in the eastern state of Brandenburg with 130 counts of child sexual abuse, including rape, in a case that has shocked the country and exposed serious
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Shakira returned to the global football stage on Thursday with the launch of “Dai Dai,” the official anthem for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, marking what the Colombian singer described as her
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Editorial Sri Lanka’s banking sector is facing a widening credibility crisis driven by multiple allegations of large-scale financial misconduct, internal collusion, and regulatory failure. The names now being repeatedly discussed are not
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Editorial What a move from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as Indian missions remain deeply engaged in an intense global media campaign around Operation Sindoor and its geopolitical aftershocks, RSS General Secretary
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Internal studio documents from Elstree Studios have revealed one of the most striking misjudgments in film history: the rejection of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels as unsuitable for cinema because they were
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China has issued a sharp warning to the United Kingdom over plans to nationalise British Steel, escalating tensions between London and Beijing in a dispute that blends industrial policy, foreign investment, and
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A lawyer for Elon Musk has launched a direct attack on the credibility of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman during closing arguments in a closely watched California trial that could reshape the
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The latest edition of the Sunday Times Rich List offers an unusually stark snapshot of Britain’s shifting relationship with global wealth. What has long been described in whispers by wealth advisers and
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The Venezuelan government has formally launched a comprehensive process to restructure its external sovereign debt and the obligations of state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., marking a major financial reset after
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A major historical dataset released yesterday by the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) and the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has documented 10,427 killings and disappearances during the Indian Peace
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China has expanded its zero-tariff policy to all African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations, effective May 1, in a move described by analysts as the first unilateral, full market-access offer
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Defense analysts are urging a rapid overhaul of Taiwan’s unmanned systems strategy and naval force structure, warning that delays in standardization and fleet expansion could undermine the island’s ability to deter escalating
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