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
Since December, Australian teenagers under 16 have been adapting to a life without their favourite social media apps, including TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram, after the government introduced a sweeping ban
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African nations are now sending more money to China in debt repayments than they receive in new loans, marking a dramatic reversal in Beijing’s role as a leading financier to the developing
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Hamas is seeking to secure a future role for its vast security and civil workforce in Gaza by pushing to incorporate its police force into a new U.S.-backed Palestinian administration, a move
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U.S. officials are preparing to issue a general license that would lift parts of the sanctions regime on Venezuela’s energy sector, signaling a significant shift in Washington’s approach as it seeks to
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Sales of fully electric cars surpassed those of petrol vehicles in the European Union for the first time in December, marking a symbolic milestone for the continent’s automotive transition even as policymakers
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Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access artificial intelligence chatbot companions despite internal warnings that the tools were capable of sexual and romantic interactions, according to internal company documents
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Chinese researchers have developed an all-superconducting user magnet capable of producing a central magnetic field of 35.6 teslas — more than 700,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field — setting a new
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Chinese researchers have found that an oral antiviral drug originally approved to treat Covid-19 shows significant activity against the Nipah virus, raising hopes for new ways to prevent and treat the emerging
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The World Health Organization has said the risk of further international spread of the Nipah virus from the latest outbreak in India remains low, adding that there is no evidence so far
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Entire neighbourhoods in a hilltop town in southern Sicily have been torn apart by a massive landslide triggered by extreme rainfall, forcing the evacuation of around 1,500 residents and leaving buildings split
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Japan cannot afford to stand aside if the United States defends Taiwan in a future conflict with China, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said, warning that failure to support American forces would
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Oxfam has been investigated over major failures in its staff vetting processes, eight years after the charity was engulfed by the Haiti sexual abuse scandal that forced it to promise sweeping reforms.
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The European Union and India have agreed what leaders on both sides are calling the largest trade deal ever concluded between them, a sweeping agreement that cuts billions of euros in tariffs
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Eric Schmidt, one of Silicon Valley’s most influential figures of the past two decades, has issued a stark warning to Europe over its approach to artificial intelligence, arguing that the continent is
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Stellan Skarsgård, one of European cinema’s most enduring presences, is experiencing an unexpected career crescendo at 74. After six decades of work across theater, arthouse cinema, and Hollywood blockbusters, the Swedish actor
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