SriLankan Airlines improved its underlying operating performance in 2024/25, but engine shortages, 487 flight cancellations, falling passenger revenue and LKR 31.6 billion in finance costs pushed the Group into a LKR 2.74
Researchers based in China have been excluded from applying to the European Union’s most advanced collaborative technology programmes, according to reporting by the South China Morning Post. The move affects €93 billion
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Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has passed a motion calling for a ban on social media use for children under 14, alongside tougher digital age verification checks for teenagers. The move,
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NASA said its next-generation moon rocket encountered another technical setback on Saturday, jeopardising a launch that was intended to send astronauts on humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than 50 years. The
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HSBC has cut roughly 10 percent of its US-based debt capital markets team, laying off at least six employees in New York as the bank intensifies a sweeping global restructuring designed to
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Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would raise a temporary tariff on all U.S. imports from 10% to 15%, the highest level permitted under law, following a Supreme Court ruling that
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Cuban security advisers and doctors have been leaving Venezuela as Interim President Delcy Rodriguez assumes control, according to multiple sources cited by the South China Morning Post. The departures follow U.S. pressure
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India and Brazil took a significant step to strengthen bilateral trade on Saturday, signing a pact aimed at expanding cooperation in mining and minerals. The agreement, inked during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
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Biologists have begun to “listen” to plants, deciphering the electrical signals they emit when under attack by pests or pathogens, according to recent research from Syngenta in Basel, Switzerland. Using machine learning
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Police in Catania say a dog has been caught on CCTV allegedly trained by its owner to dump rubbish illegally, highlighting growing fly-tipping problems in the city. Security footage from the San
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The Trump administration is facing a complex and unprecedented challenge: figuring out how to spend an additional $500 billion on the U.S. military, a move that could increase defense spending by roughly
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For the first time, Israeli soldier Nimrod Cohen has shared the full account of his two-year captivity by Hamas, offering a rare glimpse into the psychological, physical, and emotional trials endured by
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Sri Lanka is moving to establish a Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) to handle criminal cases independently, Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara confirmed. The new entity will operate alongside the Attorney General’s
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Humans and elephants have coexisted in Sri Lanka for thousands of years, yet today about 70% of elephant habitats overlap with human settlements, creating persistent conflict. Farmers cultivating crops in elephant-populated areas
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Sri Lanka’s police service is grappling with a severe personnel crisis, with 40,613 vacant positions hampering operations across several departments, notably the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The total sanctioned strength of the
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Treasury bill yields in Sri Lanka have fallen sharply across all maturities for the fifth consecutive week, with three-month bills dipping below the central bank’s Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) of 7.75%, reflecting
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