Israel’s parliamentary election has strengthened the political position of Arab parties while leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing bloc facing the prospect of losing its parliamentary majority. The emerging results could force
A dispute over alleged forced labour in China’s salmon industry in Xinjiang has exposed competing accounts of the region’s expanding economic activity, with the state-backed Global Times accusing The New York Times
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Saudi Arabia is facing an intensifying campaign of Houthi attacks on its airports, energy infrastructure and maritime interests, forcing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to seek assistance from international allies as Riyadh
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The United States and the Soviet Union came closer to an agreement to abolish nuclear weapons than the public was led to believe after their leaders met in Reykjavik in October 1986,
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Officials of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission have told Parliament’s Committee on Public Finance that nine plots of land near Colombo’s main commercial zone, valued at
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Buddhist monks leading the ‘Freedom Pilgrimage’ have begun an open-ended protest outside Sri Lanka’s President’s Secretariat in Colombo, demanding the release of Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, the
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The diagnosis of a malignant lung tumour in Pope Leo XIV has abruptly altered expectations for his papacy, just 17 months after his election in May 2025. At 71, and previously regarded
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In north-western Sri Lanka, an electric fence stretching 14 kilometres along the Siyambalangamuwa tank is the main defence protecting more than 2,000 families from wild elephants entering nearby villages. For wildlife officer
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Netflix will lay off approximately 1,000 employees, representing about 6% of its workforce, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC, as the streaming company seeks to focus its resources on areas
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Oil prices fell on Thursday as investors assessed the risk of supply disruptions following attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and considered the outlook for global crude supplies outlined in
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Eight US states have filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot is an unsafe product that has harmed children and deceived parents, adding to mounting legal and regulatory scrutiny
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) reported its sixth consecutive quarter of record net profit on Thursday, beating analysts’ expectations as global demand for artificial intelligence chips continued to fuel growth at the
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Sofía Monsalve, the Colombian political scientist appointed in May as the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, has warned that famine is increasingly being normalised as governments and armed
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Yemen’s renewed conflict has displaced at least 200,000 people, half of them children, as intensified fighting and restrictions on humanitarian operations worsen a crisis in which millions already depend on assistance to
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s party plans to file a complaint against Meta with the Organisation of American States (OAS), accusing the technology company of interfering in the country’s presidential
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European Union leaders are preparing for a difficult battle over the bloc’s next long-term budget, with disagreements over spending priorities and fears of electoral gains by eurosceptic parties threatening efforts to reach
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