Sri Lanka’s new Chinese Ambassador, Wei Huaxiang, met VIII Executive President Ranil Wickremesinghe at his political office on Flower Road in Colombo, in an engagement between China’s new diplomatic representative and the
The sharp rise in government bond yields is increasing debt-servicing costs across the Group of Seven, adding pressure to public finances already strained by historically high levels of borrowing. The United States
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Russia has extended its ban on diesel exports until September 30 as the government seeks to stabilise the domestic fuel market amid persistent shortages and disruptions to refinery operations. The ban, announced
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Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the United States would remain in force for 25 years, setting an initial target of more than 1.5 million
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European central bankers left their annual meeting with US counterparts in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, far from reassured about the future of long-standing norms in global financial cooperation, according to sources familiar with
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has called on Muslim countries, particularly those in the Gulf, to unite against what he described as their “real enemy”, arguing that divisions among Muslims serve the
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Chinese authorities said on Sunday that 261 foreign citizens were missing following last week’s deadly floods along the border between Tibet and Nepal, providing the first country-by-country breakdown of foreign nationals believed
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North Korea has dismissed its defence minister as part of a wider reshuffle of the country’s military leadership, state media reported on Sunday, in a move that places several senior officials in
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For Dani Bensky, the story began long before Jeffrey Epstein became one of the most notorious names in America’s history of sexual abuse and trafficking. It began when she was 17, a
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Sri Lanka has lost the hosting rights for the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy after the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided it could not proceed with the country while Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)
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All teachers in Sri Lanka, including those conducting private tuition classes, will be required to obtain a teaching licence once the proposed National Education Council is established, a senior Education Ministry official
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Sri Lanka is preparing to renegotiate all four of its existing free trade agreements (FTAs), including the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, in an effort to secure terms that are more favourable
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Last week, in the crowded ports of Qingdao in China and Busan in South Korea, two medium-sized cargo ships largely unknown outside the maritime industry slipped their moorings and headed towards Europe.
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India’s space programme is entering a new phase, but a difficult question is emerging alongside its ambitions: can the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) be expected to concentrate on the country’s most
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For 22-year-old Vaishnavi Kadam, politics is not supposed to be a defining part of her identity. An MBBS student in Pune, she describes herself as “an apolitical person”. Yet on August 22,
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Former Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Germans to stand up for democracy, warning that the country must confront a political moment in which the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become powerful
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