Sri Lankan social activist Arun Siddharth has criticised Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan over her public expression of pride in being a “Tamil Eelam woman”, arguing that celebrating the idea of Tamil Eelam
The head of the World Economic Forum has resigned following fresh scrutiny over past interactions with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, marking the latest fallout from document releases that continue to reverberate across
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Rolls-Royce has warned that it may move production abroad if it does not receive financial support from the United Kingdom government to re-enter the fast-growing market for single-aisle aircraft engines, setting up
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OpenAI is preparing to establish London as its largest base outside the United States, escalating a fierce competition for elite artificial-intelligence researchers with Google DeepMind in what analysts see as a defining
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Suppliers to U.S. aerospace and semiconductor firms are facing increasingly severe shortages of rare earth elements, even weeks before Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to industry
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Nearly 8,000 people died or went missing along global migration routes in 2025, according to the International Organization for Migration, which cautions that the real number is likely significantly higher due to
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It has been three months since Cyclone Ditva tore through Sri Lanka, leaving a trail of destruction that affected thousands of families and critical infrastructure. In response, the government announced the creation
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Former Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has issued a stern warning about the misuse of arrest powers, emphasizing that such authority is among the most intrusive the state can exercise and
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Despite promoting himself as a symbol of minimalism and anti-corruption, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has come under scrutiny after Tamil-language media published details obtained via the Right to Information Act,
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The Supreme Court of India on Thursday banned a Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training after taking strong exception to a chapter referring
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Saudi Arabia has announced a major overhaul of its labour enforcement penalties, aiming to tighten oversight of employment practices and protect workers’ rights. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development declared
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An Australian citizen working for a U.S. defense contractor has been sentenced to seven years in prison for selling sensitive cybersecurity trade secrets to a Russian-linked buyer, the U.S. Department of Justice
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The Mexican government is reportedly considering legal action against Elon Musk after the tech billionaire suggested on his X platform that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was influenced by drug cartels. The remark
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Cuban authorities have neutralized an armed fast boat off the coast of Villa Clara, detaining ten individuals allegedly attempting a terrorist infiltration, all reportedly Cuban residents in the United States. The operation
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New high-resolution satellite imagery shows construction progressing on China’s fourth aircraft carrier at the Dalian shipyard in Liaoning province, and defense analysts now believe with growing confidence that the vessel will be
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DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence lab that shook global markets with its low-cost AI model last year, has broken with industry norms by withholding its upcoming flagship AI model, V4, from major
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