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 warning comes as tensions between the Ethiopian Government’s National Defense Force (ENDF) and the ethno-nationalist Tigray’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have escalated in recent weeks, with a drone strike on the city
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The White House personnel report lists Natalie Harp as a special assistant and personal aide to the US president, with an annual salary of $150,000. On paper, it is a significant position.
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A debt crisis may not be imminent in the United States, but one of the world’s most prominent economists believes the country is becoming dangerously less prepared for the next major shock.
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Fears of a military confrontation between Israel and Turkey are growing after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered air strikes on the Abu Al-Duhur airbase in northwest Idlib province, close to the
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A fleet of Chinese J-16 fighters has arrived in Egypt for the Eagles of Civilisation 2026 exercise, marking the aircraft’s first-ever deployment to Africa and providing a significant test of the People’s
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For centuries, the Arctic was less a highway than a barrier. European explorers searched for a northern maritime passage to Asia from the 1500s onwards, repeatedly confronting ice, distance and extreme conditions.
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Qatar has slashed government department budgets by up to 30 per cent and cut funding for overseas aid by about 85 per cent as the US-Israel war against Iran inflicts a sharp
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Germany has become Europe’s largest regulated cannabis market since partially legalising the drug two years ago, with imports surging even as conservative politicians warn that the reform could increase health risks and
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The Pentagon has fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes for insubordination, extending the Trump administration’s confrontation with dissent to a military newspaper with a long history of editorial independence and significant
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Tesla and eight other automakers will recall about 4.3 million vehicles in China over concerns that emergency door-release mechanisms could be difficult to locate or operate, marking the country’s largest automotive recall
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The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825 million ($966 million) for deactivating drivers’ accounts through automated systems without adequately informing them, delivering the second-largest penalty yet imposed under Europe’s General
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The project is expected to have a capacity of 80 to 90 megawatts and will be developed at the Vatican-owned Santa Maria di Galeria estate on the north-western outskirts of Rome. Sources
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TikTok and ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settle a dispute with the US Justice Department over the protection of children’s data, bringing a major legal confrontation over the short-video
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Germany and four other European Union member states are negotiating with Rwanda over the establishment of centres for rejected asylum seekers, as European governments seek new ways to implement deportations outside the
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US President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is leaving the White House and returning to MAGA Inc., the political organisation supporting his movement and presidency. The 28-year-old announced on Friday that
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