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China’s growing industrial strength is forcing Washington to confront realities that tariffs and political rhetoric cannot erase. Its dominance in shipbuilding, batteries, electric vehicles, solar manufacturing and critical minerals gives Beijing substantial
Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, has become one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in promoting rapid artificial-intelligence development, placing the head of the world’s most valuable company at the centre of a growing dispute over how the technology
Italy’s Senate has approved legislation paving the way for the country to return to nuclear power, nearly four decades after it abandoned the energy
Australia is investigating an incident in which an autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained access to a government-owned database and retrieved both
Editorial Vijitha Herath may well be, in private company, an amiable and jovial individual. That is not in dispute. Many politicians cultivate such traits and it serves them well in domestic political
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The launch of Operation Epic Fury and the subsequent wave of retaliatory Iranian strikes across the Middle East have rapidly escalated into a crisis with far-reaching economic consequences. What began as a
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for deeper political loyalty within the country’s armed forces as Beijing intensifies efforts to modernize its military and strengthen the Communist Party’s control over national defense
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Israel and Iran exchanged further attacks as the Middle East war entered its second week on Saturday, with the fighting spreading across the region and raising fears of a broader confrontation. Iranian
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A senior executive at OpenAI has resigned over concerns about the company’s partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, highlighting growing tensions within the technology sector over the military use of artificial
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India allowed an Iranian warship to dock at a southern naval port after the vessel reported technical problems, according to government sources, in a development that unfolded just days before another Iranian
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Saudi Arabia has stepped up direct engagement with Iran through quiet diplomatic channels in an urgent effort to prevent the rapidly escalating Middle East conflict from spiraling further out of control, according
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The United States is reportedly pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate survivors from the Irahumannian warship IRIS Dena, which was sunk by a U.S. submarine this week, as well as the crew
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Nearly four decades ago, the funeral of Iran’s revolutionary founder descended into scenes so chaotic that even seasoned observers struggled to comprehend them. Now, as Iran prepares to bury its second supreme
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Shipping activity near the Cape of Good Hope has surged by roughly 35% as vessels alter routes to avoid the Strait of Hormuz amid growing conflict in the Middle East. According to
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U.S. President Donald Trump has expelled conservative commentator Tucker Carlson from his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, declaring that Carlson has “lost his way.” The decision comes amid escalating tensions over
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The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has issued a detailed report warning that the country could face significant disruptions to electricity generation in April, June, and July 2026 due to the
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The complex and often antagonistic relationship between Russia and the Western world can trace its symbolic origins to Winston Churchill’s Fulton Speech in 1946, widely recognized as the opening salvo of the
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The foundations of digital security, from online banking to messaging apps, cryptocurrency, and critical infrastructure, rely on cryptographic keys—complex strings of characters that are nearly impossible to decipher using classical computers. These
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In Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s booming eastern city, the familiar Che Guevara Avenue no longer appears on official maps. Renamed Monseñor Nicolás Castellanos Avenue last November, the change reflects a
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