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
U.S. auto safety regulators have upgraded their investigation of Tesla Inc.’s “Full-Self Driving” (FSD) system to an engineering analysis, following additional crashes that suggest the technology may struggle to handle driving conditions
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has announced an aggressive plan to grow its cloud and artificial intelligence revenue to $100 billion annually within the next five years, aiming to counter the slowing momentum
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China’s government spending accelerated at the fastest pace for any start to a year since 2022, as authorities move to prop up the economy amid mounting domestic and international challenges. Bloomberg calculations
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are offering hedge fund clients ways to bet against the private credit market, according to people familiar with the matter. Both banks have
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Tehran’s effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has left tens of thousands of mariners stranded on ships carrying millions of barrels of oil, navigating a war zone where drones, missiles, and
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Iraq has struck a deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to reopen the 600-mile Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, resuming exports from northern fields to Turkey’s Mediterranean port. The North Oil Company confirmed that
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Jeff Bezos is reportedly in early discussions to raise an eye-popping $100 billion for a new fund designed to acquire manufacturing companies and accelerate automation using artificial intelligence, according to the Wall
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The Pentagon has quietly signaled it will seek a staggering $200 billion from Congress to sustain the ongoing war in Iran, a figure that would significantly expand the already immense U.S. defense
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A high-level Sri Lankan defence delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), began a two-day official visit to Japan to participate in the 2nd Japan–Sri Lanka Defence
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A significant development has emerged in Sri Lanka’s high-profile Airbus bribery investigation, with former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena reportedly admitting in court that he paid Rs. 60 million to former President
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The fragile progress made in reducing child mortality over the past two decades is now at risk of unraveling. A new report by a United Nations inter-agency group has issued a stark
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Italy is heading toward a pivotal moment that could reshape its democratic framework, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stakes her political future on a controversial overhaul of the country’s judiciary. The proposed
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Sri Lanka is facing the prospect of a steep increase in fuel prices, with a liter of diesel potentially rising to as high as Rs. 600, according to warnings from Dayasiri Jayasekara.
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Asian governments are rushing to secure Russian oil supplies following a temporary easing of U.S. sanctions, as disruptions in the Middle East send shockwaves through global energy markets. The sudden shift has
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It has been just over two weeks since OpenAI struck a controversial deal allowing the Pentagon to use its AI in classified environments, raising questions about how generative models may appear in
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