An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team has concluded discussions with Sri Lankan authorities on the country’s seventh review under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement and the 2026 Article IV Consultation,
The hidden world of Cold War intelligence operations has long fascinated historians, but newly resurfaced and declassified documents are shedding fresh light on some of the most controversial experiments ever conducted by
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Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister Bimal Ratnayake has warned that the country’s existing fuel reserves may only last until the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in April, cautioning that the nation could face
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Archaeologists working in south-eastern Spain have uncovered rare evidence that sheds new light on how textiles were produced more than three millennia ago. The discovery of charred wooden timbers, plant-fiber ropes, and
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As Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz sends shockwaves through global oil markets, Saudi Arabia has activated its 1,200-kilometer East–West Crude Oil Pipeline, commonly called the Petroline, at full capacity to
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The sudden disappearance of high-resolution satellite imagery covering the Middle East has triggered speculation among analysts and observers that sensitive military information may be deliberately withheld during the ongoing regional conflict. Planet
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Leading executives in the artificial intelligence industry are facing growing criticism for issuing dire warnings about the technology they are building, with some analysts saying the rhetoric is amplifying public fear at
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Venezuela is grappling with surging inflation and worsening economic hardship despite promises of a rapid recovery following the removal of former president Nicolás Maduro, casting doubt on claims that the country’s economy
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China has moved to tighten restrictions on fertilizer exports in response to global supply disruptions triggered by the war involving Iran, a conflict that has begun to push crop nutrient prices sharply
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Sri Lanka’s leading business body has urged the government to take coordinated and proactive steps to safeguard the country’s economic stability as global uncertainty intensifies, particularly amid the escalating conflict in the
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As geopolitical tensions intensify in the Middle East and Russian gas supplies remain unpredictable, European nations are increasingly turning to Africa as a crucial source of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Next month,
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Social media platforms including Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and TikTok have been accused of exploiting users’ anger and outrage to boost engagement, according to whistleblowers and a BBC investigation highlighted by Times
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Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff and a key adviser to President Trump, has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Trump announced the diagnosis, describing Wiles as “one of the
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Encyclopedia Britannica and its Merriam-Webster subsidiary have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in Manhattan federal court, alleging that the artificial intelligence company misused their reference materials to train its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT.
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Grieving families in Iran are confronting the devastating human cost of the war that erupted on February 28, as U.S. and Israeli air strikes continue to strike Tehran and other cities. Marzia
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Astronomers at the University of Oxford have announced the discovery of a planet so extreme it evokes visions of literal hell. Known only as L 98-59d, the world is cloaked in a
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