The return of Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera to prison has revived an old confrontation between religious influence and judicial authority. His contempt case, examined alongside landmark rulings from Sri Lanka, Britain, the
Australia’s largest gold producer, Northern Star Resources, has rejected a A$39bn ($27bn) takeover offer from South Africa’s Gold Fields, blocking a proposed combination that would have created the world’s second-largest gold miner.
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A Chinese medical doctor with a PhD has left a prestigious hospital career to work as a food-delivery rider, breakfast seller and pub singer, choosing a flexible freelance life after years spent
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Southeast Asian businesses are looking to China’s newly opened Pinglu Canal to reduce transport bottlenecks and provide direct access to markets deep inside the country, but officials and analysts warn that the
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Vietnam is attracting a growing pipeline of data-centre investment as global operators seek alternatives to more constrained markets such as Singapore and Malaysia, but disputes over electricity tariffs, grid capacity and land
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More than 70,000 people gathered in Mexico City’s Plaza de la Constitución on Sunday, September 27, as President Claudia Sheinbaum concluded a nationwide accountability tour launched after she presented her constitutional Second
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Brazil’s overseas electorate has reached a record 918,876 registered voters ahead of the country’s presidential election on October 4, according to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The voters, spread across 134 countries,
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Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei is set to have a private dinner with President Donald Trump on Sunday, bringing together two prominent figures who have taken sharply different positions on the risks
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South Korea has demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine over the public disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, accusing Kyiv of breaking
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Israel’s upcoming election is being closely watched across the Middle East, where neighbouring governments and regional powers expect the result to affect security, diplomacy and the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Prime
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Iran has maintained its seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, refusing to soften its conditions as President Donald Trump sends mixed signals over whether Washington is prepared to reach a
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Pope Leo has reaffirmed his commitment to preventing the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests during a private meeting with seven survivors in France, the Vatican said on Sunday, hours after
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About 2.7 million people have returned to Khartoum since Sudan’s army recaptured the capital last year, seeking to rebuild their lives after nearly 4 million people fled when war broke out between
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Sri Lanka’s current account, which remained in surplus during the first five months of the year, has turned slightly negative in recent months as higher fuel prices on international markets increased the
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Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
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Germany’s postwar democratic stability is often attributed to a constitution designed to prevent another Weimar collapse. But Weimar already had powerful tools to defend democracy, which political institutions often failed to use
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